Archive for December, 2008

Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Servings: 25
Ingredients:

1 1/2 c  Water;                              2 c  Unbleached flour;
1 c  Date sugar;*                        1 ts Baking powder;
4 tb Margarine; softened                 1 lg Egg; slightly beaten
2 ts Ground ginger;                           Butter-flavored cooking
1 ts Ground cinnamon;                         -spray
1/2 ts Ground cloves;

*Date sugar can be found at Health Food Stores. (…)

Beer Batter For Fritters

Beer Batter For Fritters

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

1 c  All-purpose flour                   1 c  Beer
1 ts Baking powder                     1/4 c  Vegetable oil
1    Egg

Mix flour and baking powder. (…)

Pecan Cinnamon Muffins

Pecan Cinnamon Muffins

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1 1/2 c  Unbleached Flour, Sifted
1/4 c  Sugar
1/4 c  Brown Sugar, Packed
2 t  Baking Powder
1/2 t  Salt
1/2 t  Ground Cinnamon
1 ea Large Egg, Slightly Beaten
1/2 c  Vegetable Oil
1/2 c  Milk
1/2 c  Chopped Pecans

Sift together flour, sugar, brown sugar, bakingpowder, salt and cinnamon into mixing bowl.Combine egg, oil and mil in small bowl; blend well.Add all at once to dry ingredients, stirring justenough to moisten. (…)

BOUILLABAISSE, Part 2 Of 2

BOUILLABAISSE, Part 2 Of 2

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

See Part 1

: Continued from Part 1
NOTES:
* Marseille-style fish soup — A friend and I had been talking about theglories of bouillabaisse for the past year and we finally decided to useNew Year’s Eve as an excuse to fish rather than continuing to cut bait, adnauseam. (…)

LINDA’S POTATO SKINS

LINDA’S POTATO SKINS

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

6 md Baking potatoes
3/4 c  Cheddar cheese, shredded
1/3 c  Butter
6 sl Bacon, fried and crumbled
1/3 c  Green onion, thinly sliced
Salt and Pepper
*-*-*
1/3 c  Milk | You can add these
-ingredients to the
1/4 c  Butter | mashed potato
-centers for mashed

Salt and Pepper | potatoes, if desired. (…)

Mellow Melon Soup

Mellow Melon Soup

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

1    Cantaloupe pared seeded and
Cubed about 2 lb
1/2    Honeydew pared seeded and
Cubed about 2 lb
2/3 c  Sweet white wine
1/4 ts Ground cardamom
Chopped mint for garnish
Optional

Reserve a few melon cubes for garnish. (…)

BOURBON CHICKEN

BOURBON CHICKEN

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

4    Chicken Breasts
4 oz Soy Sauce
1/2 c  Brown Sugar
1/2 ts Garlic Powder
1 ts Powdered Ginger
2 tb Onion Flakes, dehydrated
3/8 c  Bourbon

Mix all marinade ingredients and pour over chicken. (…)

Mediterranean Kitchen Lentil Soup

Mediterranean Kitchen Lentil Soup

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

5 c  Lentils
3 qt Water
1 1/2 lg Onions, coarsely chopped
1/2 c  Vegetable oil, divided
1/2 c  Olive oil
1    Green bell pepper, seeded,
-membranes removed, coarsely
-chopped
1 ts Salt or to taste
1/4 ts Coarsely ground black pepper
1 ts Ground allspice
1 ts Cumin
3/4 ts Ground cinnamon
6    Cloves garlic, peeled and
-coarsely chopped
1 c  Chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 c  Lemon juice

1. (…)

Chocolate Almond Pound Cake

Chocolate Almond Pound Cake

Servings: 16
Ingredients:

1/2 c  Finely chopped almonds
1 1/2 c  Sugar
4 oz Butter, melted
4    Eggs
4 oz Bitter chocolate, melted
1 1/2 ts Almond extract
2 c  Flour
1 c  Corn meal
1 ts Salt (optional)
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 c  Milk

Chocolate Almond Pound Cake
This recipe came from the echo in my early days on it. (…)

Waldorf Astoria Red Cake

Waldorf Astoria Red Cake

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

1/2 c  Shortening
1 1/2 c  Sugar
1/4 c  Red food coloring
2 tb (Heaping) Cocoa
1 c  Buttermilk
2 1/4 c  Cake flour
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Salt
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Vinegar
2    Eggs
Frosting:
3 tb Flour
1 c  Milk
1 c  Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 c  Butter, Must be Butter

Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. (…)