Honey Fruit Shortcakes
Ingredients & Directions ———————-ESSENCE OF EMERIL #EE2381———————- 2 1/2 c Flour 1 1/2 tb Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Honey 1 To 2 peaches, chopped 5 tb Shortening 1/2 To 3/4 cup heavy cream 2 Scoops vanilla bean ice Cream Sprigs fresh mint Powdered sugar ———————MACERATED PEACHES AND BLACKB——————— 1 c Sliced peaches 1 c Blackberries 1 c Sugar Grand Marnier Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and honey. Stir in the peaches. Cut the shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles a mealy texture. Slowly stir in the cream until the mixture resembles a wet mass of dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Pat the dough down and gently fold the edges in towards the center. Form the dough into a circle and 1 inch in diameter. Place the biscuits on a lightly floured sheet pan. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the biscuits are golden. Slice the biscuit in half. Place one half in the center of the plate. Spoon the berries over the biscuit. Place a scoop of ice cream on top of the berries. Place the top of the biscuit over the ice cream, securing in place so the biscuit won’t fall off the ice cream. Spoon the berries over the biscuit. Garnish with mint and powdered sugar. Nutritional information per serving: xx calories, xx gm protein, xxx mg cholesterol, xx gm carbohydrate, xxx mg sodium, x gm fiber, xx gm fat (x gm sat, x gm mono, x gm poly), x mg iron, xx mg calcium, xx% of calories from fat. Brought to you by MMCONV and Sylvia Steiger, SylviaRN (at) compuserve (dot) com (change characters as needed, this is to prevent bulk E-mailers from capturing my address), moderator of GT Cookbook and FringeNet Lowfat & Luscious echoes. For breadmachine tips and mixes, visit my homepage: Yields 8 Shortcakes
Blackberry Cake
Ingredients & Directions 1 White cake mix with pudding 1 3 oz pkg black raspberry-fla 1 c Vegetable oil 1/2 c Milk 4 Eggs 1 c Fresh or frozen blackberries 1 c Flaked coconut 1 c Chopped pecans —–icing—– 1/2 c Butter or margarine; softene 1 lb Confectioners’ sugar 4 Milk 1/2 c Fresh or frozen blackberries 1/2 c Flaked coconut 1/2 c Chopped pecans In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, gelatin, oil and milk; mix until blen Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in blackberries, coconut and pecans. Pour into three greased 9-inch round bak pans. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tests done; cool in p 10 minutes before removing to wire racks. Icing: Cream butter in a mixing bowl. Add sugar and milk; beat until des consistency is reached. Stir in blackberries, coconut and pecans. Frost to of two layers; stack on serving plate with plain layer on top. Frost top a sides of cake. Yields 12 Servings
Icebox Angel Cake
Ingredients & Directions 1 Angel food cake 24 Marshmallows 1/2 c Milk 1 cn Crushed pineapple (lg), Well drained 1 Jar maraschino cherries, Chopped 1 lg Carton of Cool Whip Angel flake coconut Crumble angel food cake into a 9×13 inch glass pan. Melt marshmallows with milk. Spoon over cake. Spoon pineapple over top then cherries. Spread Cool Whip over all. Sprinkle with coconut and refrigerte. Randy Rigg Yields 1 Servings
Country Sweet Cake(english)
Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Flour 4 oz Butter 4 oz Brown sugar 4 oz Sultanas 4 oz Currants 1/2 oz Yeast 1/4 ts Bicarbonate of soda 1/2 ts Ground nutmeg 1/2 ts Allspice 1/4 pt Milk 1/2 oz Ground rice 1/2 oz Glace cherries Few drops almond essence Set oven to 300/F or M.rk 2. Grease and line a 7 inch x 9 inch x 2 inch deep baking or roasting tin. Warm the milk slightly and dissolve the yeast in it. Rub the butter into the flour in a bowl and add the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix in the combined yeast and milk. The finished mixture should be soft in texture. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 30-45 minutes until the cake is set. Leave in the tin for 10-15 minutes and turn out on to a wire rack to cool. This cake is also called “Cut and come again cake”. Yields 4 Servings
Chicken Pieces With Lime
Ingredients & Directions Chicken, cut up 2 tb Olive oil 1/2 ts Thyme 2 tb Lemon juice Pepper 2 Limes,cut into wedges Place chicken pieces in an oiled baking dish, and mix with olive oil,thyme, juice and pepper. Bake at 375 F for 45 minutes to and hour, or until chicken is golden and tender. Garnish with wedges of lime so guests can soak his own chicken. From Yields 4 Servings
Best Quick Pancakes
Ingredients & Directions 1 c All-purpose flour 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 2 tb Sugar 1 lg Egg; slightly beaten 1 c Milk 2 tb Unsalted butter; melted, -plus 1/2 teaspoon for -griddle 1. Heat griddle to 375 deg. or griddle pan over medium-high heat. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, & sugar in bowl. Add egg, milk, & 2 tablespoons butter; whisk to combine. Batter should have small to medium lumps. 2. Heat overn to 175 deg. Test gribble by sprinkling a few drops of water on it. If water bounces & spatters off griddle, it is hot enough. Using pastry brush, brush remaining 1/2 teaspoon butter onto griddle. Wips off excess. 3. Using a 2-oz. ladle, about 1/4 cup, pour pancake batter in pools two inch away from each other. When pancakes have bubbles on top & are slightly dry around the edges, 2 1/2 mins., flip over. Cook until golden on bottom, 1 min. 4. Repeat with remaining batter, keeping finished pancakes on heat-proof plate in oven. Yields 1 Servings
Jell-o Fruity Spritz Cookie
Ingredients & Directions 4 c Flour, sifted 1 ts Baking powder 1 1/2 c Butter or margarine 1 c Sugar 3 oz Jell-O Gelatin; any flavor 1 Egg 1 ts Vanilla Additional Jell-O Gelatin -for sprinkling over cookies -before baking. Sift flour with baking powder. Cream butter/margarine. Gradually add sugar and gelatin, cream well after each addition. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing after each addition until smooth. Force dough through cookie press onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with gelatin. Decorate as desired. Bake at 400 degrees F. about 13 or 14 minutes, or until golden brown at edges. Store in loosely covered container. The accompanying cookie picture showed colored sprinkles or non-pareils, silver balls, and green and red candied cherries as decorations. From Yields 60 Cookies
