Gingerbread Cake America's Test Kitchen

Cake
21/2 cups 121/2 ounces) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
16 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 tablespoons ground cinamon
1 teaspoon ground alspice
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 large eggs (room temperature
4 tablespoons grated or minced fresh ginger
3/4 cup robust or dark molasses
3/4 cup liquid (The recepie calls for Gusiness Beer) but we would use water next time. the first time we used ginger ale this didn't work because the cake sank while it was in the bundt pan.
Glaze
13/4 cups (7 ounces) confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons ginger ale
1 teaspoon ground ginger
For the cake
1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees Grease and flour 12-cup nonstick Bundt pan. Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat until bubbling. Stir in ground ginger cinamon allspice and pepper and cook until fregrant, about 30 seconds, Remove saucepan from heat and let cool just slightly
2. Whisk eggs, sugar and fresh ginger in large bowl until light and frothy Stir in melted butter mixture mollasses until incoperated Whisk flour mixture into egg mixture until no lumps form
3. Pour batter into prepared pan and gently tap pan on counter to release any air bubbles Bake until skewer inserted into center comes out clean. Let cake cool in pan for 20 minutes then turn out onto wire rack set inside rimmed baking sheet;let cool compltely.
4. For the glaze whisk all ingredents in bowl until smooth Pour glaze over cooled cake. Let glaze set 15 minutes Serve

Liz's Gingerbread Cookies Gwen Wiliams

1 cup molasses
1 cup sugar
1 cup margarine
1 tespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup boiling water
5 cups flour
Cream molasses, sugar, and margarine. Add hot water and mix well. Sift dry ingredents.
Add to sugar mixture. roll out 1/4 inch thick. Cut in desired shapes. Bake at 350 until botoms are barely brown.

Betty Crocker Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

1 package of cookie mix
1/2 cup banana or applesauce

Mix together well.  place on cookie sheet in small tablespoon size drops. bake in preheated oven at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

the cookies were very crunchy. 

Flour Tortillas

2 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp salt
1 Tb oil
warm water

Mix flour, salt and baking powder together with a wire whisk. Add oil and rub through mixture with your fingers. Add water to make a soft but not to sticky dough.  

Cover small walnut sized amount of dough with flour.   

  

Roll out until very thin and round with a rolling pin.

Bake on a hot cast iron frying pan.

and enjoy your delicious homemade Tortillas!Bon apatite

Ice cream

5 cups half in half
2 pk vanilla pudding
1/2 to 1 cup sugar

Béat together untill mixture starts to ticken. Then put the mixture in the ice cream maker.

Banana bread topping

1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup Brown sugar
2 or 3 Tablespoons butter (do not melt)
1/2 tsp. Vanilla

Blend in mixer until crumbly

Banana Bread by Sheri Stark

4 to 6 very ripe bananas(black ones work best)                2 c. sugar
2 tsp. soda                                                                      2 tsp. salt
1 c. shortening                                                                 4 eggs
                                                                                       3 c. flour

Run bananas through blender or use electric mixer to mash them. Add the soda to banannas and let stand while mixing other ingredents. Mix together shortening sugar salt eggs (well beaten) and flour When mixed add banana and soda mixture. grease 3 medium bread pans well and bake at 350 approximately 50 to 60 minutes.

There is an excellent glaze on top of the banana bread.  I will post the recipe with this recipe when I find it.

Pistachio Pudding Ice Cream Aunt Kim's recipe

2 - 3.4 ounce Pistachio Instant Pudding Mix (You can really use any pudding mix)
1 cup sugar
5 cups half and half
2 teaspoons vanilla

Combine pudding mix, half and half, sugar, and vanilla.  Whip with a wire whisk untill it starts to thicken.

Put in ice cream maker and freeze  following the directions for your ice cream maker.
Put in the freezer until  it is harder and ready to serve.   Makes two quarts.

It was really easy to make and it was rich and creamy.  We also made a batch with crushed pineapple
(1 cup) , half the sugar and fat free half and half. It wasn't as creamy but it was excellent.

Mango-Pineapple Sorbet Our Best Bites

3 cups diced mangos about 3 medium mangos
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (we used lemon juice)
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple including juice
1. In a food processor or good blender puree the mangos. Add the sugar and lemon juice and process to combine. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in the pineapple with the juice.

2. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze acording to the manufacturer's instructions for about 30 minutes or until the sorbet is frozen but still soft. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until ready to serve.

3. To serve the following day set out on counter for about 15 minutes to soften.

inside outside sandwiches

bread dough
peperoni
ham- you can put any kind you want
cheese

Shape the dough into a square put ingredients on half of the sandwich fold it in half and cook it on a George Foreman Grill. This was a good sandwich. This was a nice twist on a classic sandwich.

Chocolate Frosting Lion House Classics

4 tablespoons cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons butter or margarine softened
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanillia
In mixing bowl, mix cocoa; powdered sugar. Add softened butter, milk vanilla. Beat until smooth

Mexican Wedding Cakes Barbra Houghton

1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanillia
3/4 cup chopped nuts
4 teaspoons powedered sugar
1 cup flour
powdered sugar to roll cookies in
cream butter; add sugar and beat till light. Add vanillia. Add flour mix well fold in nuts. Shape into balls on ungreased cookie sheet bake at 350 15 to 18 min. roll in powdered sugar while hot.

Chocolate Frosting Lion House Classics

4 tablespoons cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons butter or margarine softened
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanillia
In mixing bowl, mix cocoa; powdered sugar. Add softened butter, milk:vanilla Beat until smooth

Black Bean Quesadillas

1 can black beans
2 tablespoons green chiles
1 cup salsa
cheese
flour tortillas

1. drain and rinse black beans
2. combine black beans, chiles, and salsa
3. sprinkle tortilla with cheese
4. put desired amount of mixture on tortilla
5. fold in half and grill on preheated George Foreman

No Bake Cheesecake

1 8 oz bar cream cheese

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1/3 cup lemon juice

lemon zest from lemon

1 graham cracker pie crust

1. Whip cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk together

2. Add lemon juice, mix well add lemon juice as needed
3. Add lemon zest
4. Pour into graham cracker pie crust and refridgerate

This was a very good cheesecake to make and eat. It was very easy to make. and it was delicious.

Brazilian Lemonade Our Best Bites

1 cup sugar
6 cups cold water
4 juicy limes, smooth, thin skinned limes are the juicest and least bitter
6 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
1. Mix Cold water and sugar very well and chill until ready to use. This step can be done ahead of time
2. Wash limes throughly with soap (just use hand-dishwashing soap or regular soap to get the wax and petsicides off the limes because you're using the whole lime. Cut the ends of the limes and then cut each lime into eights
3. Place half of the limes in your blender. Add half of the sugar water place the lid on your blender and pulse 5 times
4. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a pitcher and pour the blended mixture through the strainer into the trash. Repeat with remaining limes and sugar water
5. Whisk in sweetened condensed milk
6. Serve immediatly over lots of ice This does not keep well, so while you can mix the sugar and water ahead of time and slice the limes, don't mix them in the blender until you are ready to serve.

This was very easy to mix in the blender and go pulsing pulsing (Mary Crafts) It was simple to make even if it sounds complicated.  It goes great served with lots of ice.

Bread

2 cups hot water
3 cups flour
1 tb (3 tsp) yeast
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup melted margarine or oil
 Additional flour
Pour flour on top of water, place yeast on top of flour. Mix together well and let stand for 20 minutes This is called making a sponge.
Add oil and salt to sponge, mix well. Add one cup of flour to sponge, mix well add more flour a little at a time kneading until the mixture starts to form a ball and the dough is plible and a little stiff.

Pizza Crust
Press dough out onto pizza pans to desired thickness. (makes 2-3 pizzas) Spread with sauce and desired toppings. Bake at 425 degress until done.

Bread Sticks
Roll out dough until 1/2 inch thick, cut into bread sticks. Place on greassed cookie sheets. For chrispy breadsticks bake at 425 degress until done. For lighter breadsticks let rise for 15-20 minutes and then bake.

Rolls
Put dough in a greased bowl, cover with a towel or plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled 30-45 minutes Shape into Rolls place on a greassed baking pan, let rise about 30 minutes. Bake at 375 degress until browned.

Bread
Put dough in a greassed bowl, cover with a towel or plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled, 30-45 minutes. Shape into 2-3 loaves of bread, try round or French bread style loaves or shape into loaves and place in bread pans. Let rise 30-45 minutes. Bake at 350 degress until browned and bread sounds hollow when you thump it remove from pans and cool on a rack or towel.

White or whole wheat flour or a mixture of both may be used. if you use all whole wheat flour you may want to use 1 1/2 teaspoon vital wheat gluten for each cup of whole wheat flour for a lighter bread.

This was a very good bread recipie to make and eat. It was good because it tasted like bread you get from a bakery.

Biscuits

2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tb Flax Seed
3  Tb. oil
3/4c milk +1 Tb. milk

Mix flour, salt, flax seed and baking powder well in a bowl. Whisk oil and milk together until frothy.
Add liquid ingredients to the dry ingredents. mix together with a spoon until the dough forms a ball. Add flour if needed kneed lightly 4 or 5 times. Pat out into a rectangle about 1" thick cut into biscuts with a glass. place on cookie sheet. Bake in a 425 degree oven.

These were very good to make. They were really chewy. You can make them into any shape you want to with cookie cutters.

Basic Waffles The Everything Cookbook

Yield about 6 waffles
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups milk
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegtable oil

Preheat waffle iron following manufacturer's instructions.

Stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt, and make a well in the middle. Beat the eggs lightly then beat in the milk and oil until well combined.  Add all at once to the dry ingredients and combine until just moistened. Batter will have a few lumps.
Use manufacturer's directions to determine how much batter to use per waffle; use about 1 cup for a standard 7-inch circular waffle. do not open the iron while the waffle is cooking! Remove with a fork.

These were very good waffles to eat. they were good to eat because they were very big.