Recipes

Just a few recipes that I like and use a lot. Mostly put here for my reference in case I can't find them in the cook book.
Apple Coffee cake - Emeril know his stuff!
Apple bread -
       Apple Cinnamon Loaf
1/3 cup brown sugar (not packed)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 apple, peeled and chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside. Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract.
Combine flour and baking powder together in another bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture. Mix milk into batter until smooth. Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Next add half the apples and half the brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat apple mixture into batter.
Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and add more brown sugar/cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture through apples using a finger or spoon.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.
Alfredo Sauce
Banana Bread
Banana Brownies - the kids said they didn't like them... they LOVE them! Best brownies ever. Add a handful of chocolate chips (or two) at the end.

Banana Muffins

Banana Cake - so yummy!
biscuit recipe

Boursin cheese dip recipe - I add a splash of worchestire sauce to mine and only use 1 block of cream cheese.

Cinnamon Apple Cider Bread

Crazy Banana Cake

Crepes - single serving. From Food.com.
1 egg, 1 Tbsp Sugar, 1 1/2 Tbsp Milk, 2 Tbsp flour, 1/2 tsp vanilla, dash salt. Melt butter in a small pan on med-low and add mixture. Cook until set and ok to flip and cook a little bit more. 5-7 minutes total.

Baked French Toast

Blueberry Buckle Cake

Carnitas 

Chicken Chili I use the leftover roaster chicken for this.

Chicken fajitas
Enchilada sauce.


Chili seasoning recipe - cincy style.


Corn Bread - 
1/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup corn meal, 1+ 1/4 cup flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt. 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1/4 cup oil. Mix and bake in a 8 inch round pan for about 20 minutes at a temp of 400 degrees.

Crunchy Roasted Chick Peas

Cuban black beans - double the garlic ( and add a crushed one or two in the cooking beans), cumin and orageno. 

Egg Roll in a Bowl 2023
Egg Roll in a Bowl (Crack Slaw)

French Bread - Mennonite girls can cook.

French Dip - crock pot recipe

Fried Chicken - Oh so yummy!

Greek Orzo Salad

Hamburger buns

Ice Cream - use 3 cups lactaid free half and half

Irish Soda Bread







Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Silly Cake




Zuppa Toscana Recipe CopyCat from Olive Garden

Yogurt Scones


Cream of Mushroom soup ala Sweet Tomatos. 

Sweet Tomatoes’ Cream of Mushroom Soup
Hands on: 15 minutes
Total time: 20 minutes
Makes 1 gallon
10 cups sliced mushrooms, 1/4-inch thick (about 2 pounds)
2 cups sliced celery, 1/2-inch thick (about 3 large ribs)
1 stick (4 ounces) plus 5 tablespoons salted butter, divided
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
9 tablespoons all-purpose flour
6 1/2 cups water
2 tablespoons beef base
2 tablespoons chicken base
2 cups whole milk
2 cups half-and-half
Salt and pepper, to taste
In a large saucepan, combine mushrooms, celery, 1 stick butter and pepper. Saute over medium heat for 15 minutes or until vegetables have cooked down and released their juices. Remove from heat and set aside. Do not discard liquid.
While mushrooms and celery are cooking, in a large saucepan, melt remaining 5 tablespoons butter over medium heat and stir in flour. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add water in 1/2 cup increments, stirring between each addition to be sure no lumps form. Add beef base and chicken base and bring mixture to a slow boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Soup will thicken. Stir in milk, half-and-half and reserved mushrooms and celery, with their cooking liquid. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot.


The BEST Sugar Cookies Ever - From FCQG Newsletter April 2010.
Makes 5 dozen 3 inch cookies. (I usually make half the recipe)

6 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and add a little at a time.
Chill 1-2 hours. Roll and cut into shapes. Bake at 350 degrees F. 8-10 minutes.


Buttermilk biscuits from Kristie Layne
My recipe....3 cups self-rising flower, 3/4 cup lard or Crisco, 1 cup more/less of buttermilk. I don't usually have buttermilk on hand so I take a cup of milk and add a couple tsp of vinegar in it, that will make buttermilk. Anyway, mix the flour and lard in the mixer. I just throw it in my Kitchen Aid and let it mix until the lard is completely mixed in and you have fine granules. Slowly add the buttermilk. Turn on a floured surface and pinch off dough balls and put on greased pan. You can also roll them out and cut them with a biscuit cutter. Bake at 350 until golden brown. I usually bake a few batches, let them cool, throw them in freezer bags, and store them in the freezer. Then when I need some, just pop a few in the microwave for a few seconds. They taste just as fresh as if you had just made them.

Sharese M - crepes for dinner.
Inside: 2 chicken beasts cooked and diced, 1 bunch broccoli sautéed with garlic and 1/2 bag spinach wilted. Handful mixed cheese and 1 egg.

Crepes: 1c flour, 1 1/2c milk, 1/4tsalt, 2 eggs, 1t oil. ..... 1/4 cup in sprayed pan over med heat till brown 
(1min) flip for 30 seconds

Spoon filling onto crepe and roll. Place in pan top with more cheese and bake at 350 for 20-30 mins

Sauce is just a basic Hallandale- 4 egg yolks, 2/3c cream, juice of 1 lemon; cook low heat till thickening then add 1/2 c butter stired in no heat. 

Spoon sauce over when ready to serve



AMISH CINNAMON BREAD
No kneading, you just mix it up and bake it 🙂
Batter:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk or homemade buttermilk--- 2 cups milk plus 2 tablespoons vinegar or
lemon juice
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
Cinnamon/sugar mixture:
2/3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Cream together butter, 2 cups of sugar, and eggs. Add milk, flour, and baking soda. Put 1/2 of batter (or a little less) into greased loaf pans (1/4 in each pan). Mix in separate
bowl the 2/3 c sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle 3/4 of cinnamon mixture on top of the 1/2 batter in each pan. Add remaining batter to pans; sprinkle with last of cinnamon topping. Swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 min. or until toothpick tester come clean. Cool in pan for 20 minutes before removing from pan. Makes 2 loaves

Chef's Lo Mein recipe: (He used this to demonstrate knife skills)

I medium onion - chopped.
2 carrots - cut on the diagonal in slices.
2 green peppers - julienned
2 zucchini - julienned and diced (1/2 and half)
8 -12 ounces of baby bella mushrooms - sliced
1/4 of a cabbage - (chopped like grass)
2-3 leaves of bok choi - dice the white part and chiffionade the green part
3-5 clove of garlic, minced
fresh ginger - diced (I did a little over a tablespoon)
2 eggs
1 pound spaghetti

Kosher salt
Canola oil
soy sauce
honey
saracha
sesame oil

Prep all veggies first (chef put them all on a baking sheet). I used our wok - on 375 for temp. Medium high heat if using a skillet.
Once heated - add some oil to the pan. Add a pinch of salt with each veggie addition! Add each of the veggies in this order one at a time - Onion, carrot, pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, cabbage, bok choi, then the garlic and ginger until fragrent. Add 2 eggs and toss everything around. Add the cooked spaghetti and separate it. Add soy sauce just until the pasta starts to turn a light brown. Add a little honey (a couple of tablespoons) and mix it. Add a little Saracha (the kids added a few tablespoons before I stopped them from adding more!), toss, then turn off heat and add a little sesame oil.