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12:39 AM
This is so easy! I made this a few nights ago with fresh sliced peaches and a bit of blueberries and it turned out great. I love how simple it was and I didn't need a ton of spices or ingredients. This is not a super sweet cobbler, which made for a good duo with vanilla ice cream.
*1 package any frozen fruit or 2 C sliced fresh fruit. You can use whatever you want/have.
*1/4 C melted Butter
*1 C sugar
*1 C self-rising flour. (If you cannot find self-rising flour - I can't here where I live - then mix 1 t. baking powder and 1/2 t. salt to your all purpose flour)
*1 C milk
Place fruit in the bottom of any bakeware 9x13 style dish. Pour melted butter over the fruit.
In a seperate bowl mix sugar, flour and milk. Stir just until combined. Pour over the fruit.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Serve with ice-cream (optional).
Perfect for last minute company, easy family night dessert or I'd even take it to a brunch...or you could top it with creamy yogurt for a breakfast type cake/cobbler.
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2:08 AM
Here's my most oft used pancake recipes. I figured I'd post all three and let you choose which sounds best to you or try all three. I make pancakes once a week on the weekends for us to enjoy a lazy breakfast. One is healthier than the others and really simple to throw together. The others aren't as healthy but are amazing. The gingerbread one is so good around the holidays or on cold mornings with hot coffee. I like mine with REAL maple syrup (can't be found here in Asia!) and a variety of frozen berries.
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl, beat together buttermilk, milk, vanilla, eggs and melted butter. Keep the two mixtures separate until you are ready to cook.
Heat a lightly greased griddle or frying pan over medium heat.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture, using a wooden spoon or fork to blend. Stir until just blended together.Do not overmix! Scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/3 cup for each pancake. Cook on both sides until golden brown. Serve with butter, syrup, and powdered sugar or fruit preserves.
Easy Overnight Oatmeal Pancakes
Healthier :)
4 cups Oats
6 cups buttermilk. (I add 1 T. vinegar or lemon juice to every c. of milk and let it sit for 5-10 minutes before adding rest of ingredients - you can't find buttermilk here.)
6 eggs
1 cup of flour
3 t. baking powder
dash of salt
2t. olive oil
Add oats and milk and let it sit overnight. Mix in rest of ingredients with whisk then cook over skillet until done.
Magnolia Cafe’s Gingerbread Pancakes
Cream together the first 2 ingredients. Add the next 3 ingredients. In a separate bowl, sift together all but the last ingredient. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, mix well, and add butter and stir until combined. May need to add water if the batter is too thick. Recipe can easily be halved or doubled.
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1:52 AM
These are the fastest cookies I can make! Three ingredients and so simple. Found from a good friend back in NC.
1 C Peanut Butter
1 C Sugar
1 Egg
Mix up together and roll into balls. Roll in sugar and press down with a fork if you like them pretty. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. A cookie from start to finish in 10 minutes!
I think low-fat Peanut Butter won't work in this recipe because it needs the oil of full fat/natural peanut butter.
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11:40 PM
It's killing me but I've not been able to find wheat flour here yet. I think I can get some in the future, we will see. I've been making this simple, great tasting pizza dough each Friday since we have been here. I got it off a friend's blog who is a great cook. It's actually a foccacia bread recipe so it can go either way for pizza or bread.
Naomi's Foccacia Bread
2 c. warm water
2 c. flour
2 tsp. dry yeast
Mix into a slightly lumpy batter.
Add: 2 tsp. salt, 2 c. flour. Mix. Batter should be moist and still slightly lumpy.
Do not knead. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place 1-2 hours. When doubled, transfer to a slightly oiled sheet with fingers dipped in olive oil. Spread on cookie sheet to about 1/2 in. thickness. Prick with a fork. Top with anything (coarse salt, pepper, garlic, fresh rosemary, olives, tomatoes.) Bake at about 375 for 10-15 minutes. (if using as a pizza crust, bake for 8-10 minutes, just until a bit firm, then top with toppings, then bake again.)
**I make my own pizza sauce and after I've sprinkled it with garlic salt and rosemary and baked for 8-10 min. I throw on my sauce and toppings. It's so simple and reminds me of home :)
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Miranda
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6:33 PM
Steel cut oats are whole oats that have been thinly sliced into pieces. They have a heartier texture than heated and flat pressed rolled oats. We love this for breakfast at our house.
1 c. steel cut oats
3 c. water
4 pitted dates, cut into small pieces
1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1/2 t. sea salt
1 T. butter
Place all ingredients in a pan and stir briefly; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20-25 minutes.
For an even quicker version, soak the oats in a bowl with water for 8-12 hours (overnight couldn't be simpler). In the morning, add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, stir constantly for 5 minutes until done.
Serve with your favorite toppings - these are endless but here's what we like:
*whole milk yogurt
*applesauce
*walnuts or pecans
*real maple syrup
* sliced apples, bananas or other fresh fruit
*frozen berries
*dollop of peanut butter and jelly
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2:47 PM
This is my favorite pizza dough. I found it in one of my best cookbooks Feeding the Whole Family. This is a healthy pizza crust but does not have a heavy wheat taste or feel. You can make stromboli or calzones with it too. It's our staple Friday Pizza Night dough.
Marilyn's Best Pizza Dough
2 t. yeast
2 c. lukewarm water
1 T extra virgin olive oil
1 t. sea salt
3 c. whole wheat pastry flour
2 3/4 c unbleached white flour
To make the dough: combine yeast in lukewarm water in a large mixing bowl. Let rest for 10 minutes while yeast comes to life. Gently stir in olive oil. Mix salt and whole wheat pastry flour, and whisk in a little at a time. Beat for a minute or two until mixture is stretchy and elastic. Stir in unbleached flour to make a soft dough. Cover and let rise 1 to 2 hours.
To make the Pizza: deflate, divide, and shape dough into 5 or 6 balls. Each will make an 8 in pizza crust or a few large pizza's, calzones, etc. At this point the dough can be frozen for later use as well. Cover and let rest 15 minutes to relax dough.
Preheat oven to 500. Shape each ball into a flat round by using your fingertips to make little tapping indentions rather than pulling or stretching the dough. Place on a baking sheet liberally with cornmeal or rice flour. Top each pizza with favorite sauce and toppings. Place on lowest rack in your oven. An 8 inch pizza will cook in about 6 minutes.
*Our favorite pizza sauce to date is THIS ONE. *click* Or use a pesto base (like my pesto recipe) instead of tomato sauce and make a white pizza using veggies and mozzarella - yum.
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Miranda
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11:48 AM
So this is the second of my two favorite spinach salad's. I attribute this yummy salad to a good friend who is connected through my brother in law's family. Her name is Jerri-Ann. When Job was a baby (under a year) I would go hang out with her all the time. She had three little ones at the time and I loved just soaking up life with kids around. One night I ended up staying for dinner and out came this salad to the table...one bite and I was hooked.
Jerri's Spinach Salad with Warm Poppyseed Dressing
Dressing:
1 c. honey
1 1/4 t salt
1/2 c white vinegar
1 1/4 c oil
1 T onion (can be dried minced)
2 t poppyseed
Blend well in a blender and microwave for 30 seconds. Pour over salad while warm.
*This makes a LOT of dressing so if you don't want leftovers, half it...
Salad:
Torn baby spinach leaves
Cooked crumbled bacon
Quartered purple onion
3-4 hard cooked eggs
Diced, sauteed, salt and peppered chicken breast *optional - but great for a main dish salad*
Combine salad ingredients and pour dressing over salad before serving.
