Monday, August 18, 2008

Grandma's Buttermilk Waffles

Grandma's Buttermilk Waffles

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk
4 tablespoons butter

Cooking Directions:

Melt the butter in a mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, and soda; stir to mix.
Add in eggs, buttermilk, and butter; mix well.
Pour batter into a preheated prepared waffle iron; cook until steaming stops and waffles are crisp and golden.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Gomlette Deluxe

Gomlette Deluxe

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1 tablespoon milk

1 slice ham, diced

Chopped red bell peppers

Chopped scallions

Grated cheese

1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

Salt and pepper

Cooking Directions:

Spray pan with Pam.

Scramble eggs and add milk. Combine with remaining ingredients and pour into pan.

Cook as you would any omelet. May top with additional cheese, if desired

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Friday, August 15, 2008

Almond French toast

Almond French toast

Ingredients:

2 cups slivered almonds (can use more or less)
3 eggs
1 cup half-and-half cream (or full-fat milk)
3 tablespoons flour
1/8-1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4-1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
10-12 slices thick French bread
3 tablespoons oil (more as needed)
4 tablespoons butter (more as needed)
Confectioners' sugar (optional)

Cooking Directions:

Place the almonds in a small saucepan; toss occasionally until lightly browned (about 5-8 minutes) careful not to overbrown; set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half or milk (if using) flour, salt, baking powder, almond extract and vanilla.
Soak the bread slices in the egg mixture until soaked.
Place in a shallow glass dish.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate the bread slices for about 1 hour.
Heat the oil and butter in a skillet (I do this on my large electric fry pan).
Doing one slice at a time, press one side of the soaked bread slice into the toasted almonds to coat.
Fry the bread slices on both sides until golden.
Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar if desired.
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Monday, August 11, 2008

Grab 'n' Go Breakfast Cookies

Grab 'n' Go Breakfast Cookies

Ingredients:

Shortening
1/2 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup mixed dried fruit, dried cranberries or cherries or raisins or snipped dried apricots
1/2 cup banana chips, broken up
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or peanuts or pecans or almonds

Cooking Directions:

Turn on the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet with shortening. Save until Step 4. Cut up butter with the table knife.
Put butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed about 30 seconds or until butter is creamy. Stop mixer. Add brown sugar. Beat on medium speed until combined, stopping the mixer occasionally and scraping the bowl with a rubber scraper. Stop mixer.
Add eggs and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until combined. Put the whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Stir with the wooden spoon. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture. Stir in oats, mixed fruit bits, banana chips, and nuts.
Scoop the dough with a 1/4-cup measuring cup.* Drop the dough in mounds 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet. If necessary, use the rubber scraper to push the dough from the measuring cup. Use your hands to flatten dough on cookie sheet.
Put the cookie sheet in the oven. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until cookie edges begin to brown.
Use hot pads to remove cookie sheet from oven. Let cookies remain on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Use a pancake turner to move cookies to a cooling rack. Repeat with remaining dough, letting cookie sheet cool between batches or use a second cookie sheet. Turn off oven.
Serve with your favorite fruit-flavored yogurt and orange juice. *NOTE: If you like, use an ice cream scoop that holds about 1/4 cup to scoop the dough.


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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Mother Murphy’s Doughnuts

Mother Murphy’s Doughnuts

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
2 eggs

Cooking Directions:

Beat the 2 eggs fine as silk, a little nutmeg or lemon will do of baking powder teaspoons two, thicken with flour and roll dissolve the sugar in the milk add 2 tablespoons melted butter if wanted a little richer.
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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Low Sugar & Low Sodium Syrup

Low Sugar & Low Sodium Syrup

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups Splenda granular
5 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon maple extract
1 1/2 cups of partial boiled water

Cooking Directions:

Place 1 1/2 water in a pan over stove and partially boil. Turn of when noticeable bubbles start to form.
Add remaining ingredient and stir until dissolved.

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Friday, August 8, 2008

Elegant Scrambled Eggs

Elegant Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided
4 ounces medium mushrooms, sliced
1 shallot, chopped
3/4 cup diced cooked chicken breasts
1 avocado, peeled and diced
1 teaspoon lemon juice
8 large eggs
1/2 cup half-and-half or milk
1 tablespoon dry white wine
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Cooking Directions:

Melt half the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Add in mushrooms and shallot; stir/sauté for 5 minutes or until tender.
Stir in chicken, avocado, and lemon juice.
Remove from skillet and set aside.
In a bowl, whisk the eggs, half-and-half, wine, salt, and pepper.
In same skillet over medium heat, melt remaining butter; swirl to coat the bottom of skillet.
When the butter foams, add egg mixture all at once.
Let set for 20 seconds.
Cook, stirring, until light and fluffy and almost dry (3-4 minutes).
Gently fold in chicken mixture; serve warm.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008

California Quiche

California Quiche

Ingredients:

1 cup mushrooms, fresh, chopped
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
1/2 cup green onions, finely chopped
2 tablespoons butter
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon red hot pepper sauce
1 cup bacon, cooked crisp and chopped or ham, cooked
1 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons dry white wine
Cooking Directions:

Sauté mushrooms, celery, and onion in butter until limp. Set aside.
Beat eggs, add milk, flour, salt, paprika, garlic powder, and pepper sauce and beat well.
Stir in bacon, mushroom mixture, cheese and wine.
Cover and chill for about an hour.
To bake:.
Stir egg mixture well and turn into a buttered 9 inch quiche pan or deep pie plate.
Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until the center is firm.
Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Garnish with bacon curls if desired.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Bohemian Raised Doughnuts

Bohemian Raised Doughnuts

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon yeast
3 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons melted lard
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
6 cups flour

Cooking Directions:

Blend yeast with 2 teaspoon sugar. Add lukewarm milk sugar and enough flour to make thin sponge. mix well and let rise in warm spot 1 hour or until sponge is bubbly and light then add eggs and lard salt and nutmeg and flour enough to make a thick dough with spoon. Let rise till doubled 1 1/2 hours. Put dough on floured board cut into pieces smaller than egg. Flour each piece and roll around and around. Let rise till doubled. Just before dropping into fat make a hole in middle of each by bringing the thumb and middle finger towards each other through bun and stretching a little. Fry roll in sugar.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Apple Pancake Bake

Apple Pancake Bake

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons cups butter
3 large apples, peeled and sliced thinly
1/4 cup brown sugar (can use more)
1 teaspoon cinnamon (can use more)
PANCAKE MIXTURE
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream or milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar (can use more for a sweeter batter)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2-3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Cooking Directions:

Set oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
Melt the butter in the baking pan inside the oven.
Arrange the apple slices evenly over the bottom of the pan.
Bake for about 10 minutes, or until apples are soft.
Remove apples from oven, and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
In a blender, combine all pancake ingredients, and pour over apples.
Return to oven, and bake about 30-40 minutes.
Sprinkle with icing sugar, and serve.
Delicious!

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Monday, August 4, 2008

No Sage Turkey Sausage

No Sage Turkey Sausage

Ingredients:

1 lb lean ground turkey
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds, crushed
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground oregano
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Cooking Directions:

Combine all very well & refrigerate overnight. Makes about 4 patties, or enough crumbled for a good size pizza or casserole
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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Cheesy Bacon Breakfast Bake

Cheesy Bacon Breakfast Bake

Ingredients:

5 eggs
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
3 slices bacon, cooked and cut up
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 dash black pepper
1/4 cup milk
Cooking Directions:

Preheat oven to 325.
Combine eggs, milk, cheese, salt, pepper, and onion powder in a mixing bowl. Blend well.
Place cut up bacon in a shallow glass pie pan.
Pour egg mixture over the bacon.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until the egg mixture has puffed up and the center of the dish isn't runny.
Grate as little or as much cheese over the top of the dish right after you take it out of the oven.
Serve hot, and enjoy!
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Friday, August 1, 2008

Ham, Tomato, and Mozzarella Breakfast Treats

Ham, Tomato, and Mozzarella Breakfast Treats

Ingredients:

1 English muffin, halved and toasted
4 ounces deli ham
2 slices fresh tomatoes
Cooking Directions:

Shredded mozzarella cheese, to taste pepper, to taste
Layer each English muffin half with ham, tomato, a dash of pepper (if you like), and cover with cheese.
Place under the broiler for about 3-5 minutes until cheese is melted and starting to crisp.


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Strawberry Omelet - Omelet Aux Fraises

Strawberry Omelet - Omelet Aux Fraises

Ingredients:

1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 teaspoon Watkins vanilla extract
2 medium eggs
1 pinch salt

Cooking Directions:

Hull the strawberries and cut them in half into small bowl.
Sprinkle them with half the vanilla.
Beat eggs until blended; add salt and remaining vanilla.
Pour into preheated 6-inch nonstick skillet.
As mixture sets, lift up the edges so uncooked portions flow to the bottom edges.
When eggs are set, place berries on one half of the omelet and with a spatula fold the other half over the fruit.
Roll out of pan onto a warmed plate.
Divide evenly and serve immediately.
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