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April 19, 2012

Nana's Banana Bread

Thursday, April 19, 2012 0 Comments

Nana's Banana Bread 

 

Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed, very ripe bananas
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

  • 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 9x5x3-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • 2 Beat butter in large bowl on medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat well. Add egg, egg whites and vanilla; beat until well blended. Add bananas, and beat on high speed 30 seconds.
  • 3 Combine flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder in medium bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with cream, ending with flour mixture. Add walnuts; mix well.
  • 4 Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pan. Bake about 1 hour 15 minutes or until browned and toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
  • 5 Cool bread in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan; cool completely on wire rack.





July 27, 2011

Frozen Hot Chocolate Day

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 0 Comments

 ok so the kids were driving me crazy they wanted hot chocolate…its too hot for hot chocolate so we did…

Frozen Hot Chocolate

ingredients

  • 3 ounces best-quality chocolate (or a variety of your favorites)
  • 2 teaspoons store bought hot chocolate mix (recommended: Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate Mix)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 3 cups ice
  • Whipped cream, for garnish
  • Chocolate shavings, for garnish

directions

Chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a small heavy saucepan or in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted. Add the hot chocolate mix and sugar, stirring constantly until blended.
Remove from heat and slowly add 1/2 cup of the milk, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
In a blender, place the remaining 1 cup of milk, the chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a giant goblet and top with whipped cram and chocolate shavings.











May 18, 2011

Key Lime cheesecake

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 0 Comments
I promised my friend Lisa that I would post this recipe for…

Key Lime Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 8oz packages cream cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup lime or key lime juice
  • 2 tsp lime zest
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 9-inch pre-made graham cracker pie crust (or make your own) I always make my own
  • fresh fruit for garnish (optional)

Preparation:

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a blender or food processor, combine the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, lime juice and zest, and cornstarch. Process until smooth and creamy. Pour into pie crust. Place pan on cookie sheet and bake 15 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 200°F (DO NOT forget to reduce temperature - very important) and continue baking 75 minutes or until center is almost set until cheesecake is lightly golden brown on top. Allow to cool completely, then chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
Serve topped with slices of fresh fruit if desired.

 

April 9, 2011

Nutella & Strawberry Crepes

Saturday, April 09, 2011 0 Comments
what you need…

Butter 2 TBS melted
Milk 2 cups
Large eggs 2
All purpose flour 1 1/2 cups
Sugar 1 TBS
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Powdered sugar for dusting
Nutella
Jelly/ Jam
Strawberries
Whipped cream
Fresh Fruit


first melt the butter…
Put 2 TBS of butter in a microwave safe bowl and melt 30 sec.

then blend the ingredients
pour the milk into the blender, then add eggs and butter. Add the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend briefly to mix. Using a rubber spatula scrape down the sides of the blender. Blend again until smooth. 

next cook the crepe…
place a nonstick frying pan over medium high heat. When the pan is hot, spread a little butter or butter spray in the pan. Pour in about  1/3 cup of the crepe batter in the pan all at once. Immediately tilt the pan and swirl the pan so that the batter evenly covers the bottom. Cook the crepe until lightly browned on the bottom (you can lift an edge with the spatula to take a peek), about 2 minutes. Using the spatula carefully flip it. Put a scoop of the filling in the middle of the crepe and spread around, while the other side cooks. Then fold in quarters and put on plate. 


finally serve the crepes…
sprinkle the crepe with powdered sugar and fresh fruit. Serve warm

recipe thanks to Williams-Sonoma The Cookbook for Kids Great recipes for kids who love to cook.