Seasoned Bread Crumbs For Coating
Ingredients & Directions 2 c Fine bread crumbs 1/2 c Flour 4 ts Salt 4 ts Paprika seasoning 1 ts Pepper Combine all ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Keep in a covered container until ready to use. Yields 2 Servings
Honey-nut Cookie Bars
Ingredients & Directions 2 Eggs — separated 2/3 c Honey 4 tb Nonfat Dry Milk 1/4 c Whole-Wheat Flour 1/4 ts Coriander 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1 ts Baking Powder 1 c Walnuts Or Almonds — Chopped 3/4 c Sesame Seeds, Unhulled 1. Beat egg yolks and honey together. 2. Combine well the dry ingredients except nuts and seeds. Add to the honey mixture. 3. Add the nults and seeds and mix well. 4. Beat egg whites until they hold stiff peaks, and fold into the dough. 5. Spread batter in oiled 9×13 inch baking pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350?F in preheated oven. 6. Cool in pan and then cut into bars. Yields 1 Servings
Hearty Garlic Bread
Ingredients & Directions 1 tb Dry yeast 1 c Warm water 3 tb Vegetable oil 1 ts Salt 1/4 ts Sugar 3 c White flour 12 Garlic cloves, pressed In a deep bowl, dissolve the yeast in water. Add oil, salt & sugar. Beat in half the flour & the pressed garlic. Add the rest of the flour slowly, working it in as you go. Using your fingers, squeeze the dough together. Bang the dough down hard on the kneading board. Form into an oval & place on an oiled pan. Let rise for a while in a warm place. Preheat oven to 375F & bake for 45 to 55 minutes. Anne Lerner, “Breads you Wouldn’t Believe” Yields 1
Hornet's Nest Cake
Ingredients & Directions 1 Box yellow cake mix 1 sm Box vanilla cook & serve -pudding 2 c Milk; (to prepare pudding -mix) 6 oz Butterscotch morsels 1 c Nuts; chopped Cook pudding as directed on package and let cool. Mix pudding and dry cake mix well. (You can beat for 2 minutes for a lighter cake, but it is not necessary. The cake comes out moist and dense and very good this way). Preheat oven to 350. Spread batter in a 9x13x2″ pan. Sprinkle with butterscotch morsels and nuts. Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated 350 oven. My Note: Recipe didn’t say anything about greasing the pan. I used Pam and it worked fine. Yields 1 Servings
Creole Crab Cakes
Ingredients & Directions 1 Stalk celery; finely chopped 1 sm Onion; finely chopped 1 tb Olive oil 1 Egg white 1/4 c Mayonnaise 1/2 ts Dry mustard 1/4 ts Garlic powder 1/4 ts Onion powder 1/4 ts Ground red pepper 1 1/2 c Soft french bread crumbs 8 oz Canned or fresh cooked -crabmeat, flaked 3 tb Red pepper; chopped 3 tb Green pepper; chopped 3 tb Olive oil Ancho remoulade *see recipe 1. Cook the celery and onion in the 1 Tablespoon of olive oil until tender; cool slightly. 2. Combine egg white, mayonnaise, dry mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, and ground red pepper in a bowl. 3. Add celery mixture, bread crumbs, crabmeat and red and green peppers; mix well and shape into 12 cakes. 4. Cook the cakes in 3 Tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet for 2-3 minutes on each side until lightly browned. 5. Serve with Ancho Remoulade, and garnish with finely chopped red and green pepper. Notes: Makes 12 cakes Yields 6 Servings
Apple Honey Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Butter flavor shortening 1 1/4 c Light brown sugar – firmly packed 1 Egg 1/3 c Milk 2 tb Honey 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 3 c Quick oats, uncooked 1 c Flour, all-porpuse 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 ts Cinnamon 1 c Raisins 1 c Walnuts, coarsely chopped 1 Granny Smith Apple, peeled – cored, & finley chopped Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease baking sheets. Place sheets of foil on counter top for cooling cookies. Combine shortening, brown sugar, egg, milk, honey and vanilla in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until well-blended. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in raisins, walnuts and apples. Drop rounded measuring tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto baking sheet. Bake one baking sheet at a time at 375 degrees 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool completely. Makes 3 dozen cookies. Yields 36 Servings
Raisin-spice Coffee Cake
Ingredients & Directions 2 c All-purpose flour* 1 c Sugar 1/3 c Margarine or butter, -softened 1 c Milk 3 ts Baking powder 1 ts Salt 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground allspice 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 1 Egg 1/2 c Raisins Streusel Heat oven to 350F. Grease square pan, 9 x 9 x 2 inches. Beat all ingredients except raisins and Streusel on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes. Stir in raisins. Spread half of the batter in pan; sprinkle with half of the Streusel. Top with remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining Streusel. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. 1 coffee cake (9 servings); 460 calories per serving. Streusel Coffee Cake: Omit cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and raisins in batter. *If using self rising flour, omit baking powder and salt. Yields 9 Servings
