Apple cake

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. YIELD:9 servings

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 medium tart apples, peeled and grated
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• BUTTER SAUCE:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream

Directions

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in apples and walnuts.
• 2. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 3. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt butter. Stir in sugars and cream. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over warm cake. Yield: 9 servings.

Nutritional Facts

1 slice: 443 calories, 21g fat (11g saturated fat), 71mg cholesterol, 379mg sodium, 61g carbohydrate (48g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.

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Peacher's cake

Preacher Cake
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple, with juice
1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans or walnuts, divided
1 cup flaked coconut (optional)
Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe below)

Sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.

Combine sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla and mix on medium-low speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Slowly mix in flour mixture until just combined.

Add pineapple (undrained), 1 cup chopped pecans and coconut and continue mixing on medium-low speed until all ingredients are thoroughly combined (about 1 minute).

Spray a 13x9 baking pan with cooking spray. Pour cake batter into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until cake is set in the center and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Cool cake completely in pan then the frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup chopped pecans over cake. Store in refrigerator.

Cream Cheese Frosting
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Whip cream cheese, butter and vanilla with an electric mixer until fluffy (about 2 minutes). Beat in powdered sugar (add more if necessary to reach desired consistency – if your kitchen’s hot, you might need more because the butter will be softer). Makes enough to top one 13x9 cake – double recipe if using on a layered cake.
Read more at http://www.southyourmouth.com/2013/11/preacher-cake.html#uoQSPdEucU1yCM4M.99

BEST FRENCH BREAD,
Megan requested a french bread recipe and this is my fav from the Utah Heritage cookbook

2 pack yeast or 2T instant yeast                    5T Shortening, melted or vegt oil
1/2 c warm water                                           6 cups flour, unsifted
2 cups hot water                                             1 egg white
3 T sugar                                                         Sesame seeds, opt
1T salt

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 c warm water and set aside for 10 min.
 In large bowl combine 2 cups hot water, sugar, salt, shortening or oil and half of flour, beat well,
Stir in yeast and mix well, stir in rest of flour, 1 cup at a time ( should be a little sticky), mix well,
leave spoon in bowl , allow to rest for 10 minutes then stir vigorously and then let sit for 10 minutes , repeat 3 more times.
Turn dough out on floured board. Knead once or twice until coated with flour, divide in half.
roll each half into a rectangle 9x 12 .
Starting at the long end, roll loosely like jelly roll.  Seal edges
Place both rolls seam down on large baking sheet.
Gash the tops of each loaf diagonally 3 times with sharp knife,
Brush with beaten egg white,  sprinkle with sesame seeds
Let rise for 30 minutes.
Bake at 400 for 35 minutes (till barely golden brown)

Curry Pumpkin Soup

Curried Pumpkin Peanut Soup
found this recipe this fall when we had small pie pumpkins and apple to use up.  Great for fall.
serve 4 220 calories and 12 gm protein and 6 g fiber, 9 gm fat, less with fat free cream.

1 1/2 cups chopped peeled apples
1 cup onion
1/4 c sherry or apple juice
1 1/2 T curry powder
1 can pumpkin, pure or  cooked fresh pumpkin
1 can 14 oz chicken broth, I  use homemade
3/4 c evaporated milk , skimmed- I use fat free half and half
1/4 c peanut butter, creamy
3/4 t salt

In a large stockpot, combine apple , onion, sherry over med high heat
stir occasionally, cook about 8 minutes until onion is soft and liquid absorbed
add curry and stir for 30 sec
stir in pumpkin, broth and peanut butter, cover pan, bring to a boil then
reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes, stir in milk or cream
and allow to cool then pour into blender until smooth.  Warm on stove before serving, so not boil
Garnish with pumpkin seeds made from fresh pumpkin...

Flan

Quesillo ( Flan)
This recipe was from our maid in Venezuela who taught me how to make this when we lived there.
Preheat oven to 350



 Need a metal pan, 8" round cake pan or bread pan , coated with caramelized sugar
 To caramelize sugar:
in a heavy sauce pan heat 1 cup sugar on high  and start stirring in small circles as starts to melt, will clump up but keep stirring till all melted,  turn down or off so doesn't burn once starts to turn dark.
As soon as completely dissolved pour immediately into pan and turn all around till  the bottom and sides are coated 1/2 way up.  Hint: Use a hot pan, the pan will get hot and carmel will harden quickly
While cooling make the custard:

In the blender blend together
6 small eggs or 4 large
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can full of  whole milk or 1 can evaporated milk ( really rich)
(when I  double it/make 2, 1 use can evap and 1 can full of milk)
1 teas vanilla

Pour custard into caramelized tin

Bake at 350 in water bath for 1 hour or till browning on top and set
 ( water bath : I use a cake pan with 1 inch of water and place in the middle)

Remove from bath and let cool  about an hour and when pulls away from sides dump upside down on a plate with a lip, I take a knife around pan and back sure it is loose
Chill before serving

10 cup cookies

1 c butter
1 cup peanut butter
1 c sugar
1c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup flour
1t baking soda
1/2 t baking powder
1 cup coconut
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup nuts,  I subbed 1 cup m and m's  for kids

Cream butters and sugars, add eggs and flour, oats and powders
Mix rest of ingredients

 drop by large spoonfulls on greased pan and
Bake 350 12 minutes

Larry's Salsa

This is a secret family recipe! Larry said : DO NOT REVEAL TO ANYONE!
 It makes alot so make it when there are lots of peeps around to eat it up.   I always cut in half
INGREDIENTS
7  28 oz cans of diced tomatoes. blend or grind 6 of the cans, leave one diced
5 7oz cans of diced green chilis
1 batch of green onions, trim and chopped
1 small onion, yellow sweet , minced
4 large anaheim green chilis, chopped
2 hungarian chiles, if can find, I use 2 jalepenos as sub
1 bunch of cilantro, soaked and chopped lightly
1T of garlic powder
1 t salt, add more to taste after made
1 can tomato juice

INSTRUCTIONS
mix the ingredients except juice and cilantro in a large bowl  and stir together like a crazy person
add cilantro to liking/look and juice to consistency you want, it will thicken over night
add salt in 1/2 t increments and stir like there is no tommorrow
seal and refridge  over night.  Last in fridge a few weeks.
invite friends over and enjoy!

FLAN

I started making this recipe in Venezuela
the trick is learning how to melt sugar, 1/2 c with 2 -4T water , stir till dissolved/melted together in pan over high heat and cook over medium heat, should boil without stirring till carmel color.  pour into bottom of can or mold quickly coating completely the bottom and sides, it should be hard crack then add mixture

1 can sweet condensed milk
6 eggs, beaten
1 cup of milk
1 teas vanilla

Beat together well and pour into a carmelized can or mold ( i use a round pyrex baking dish and it works)
Bake 350 for 60 minutes in a pan of 1 " water bath, 
Invert on plate when cold.

Peach Crisp

Every year we get palaside peaches to make jam and cobbler and this year we tried a new recipe and loved it.  Served with homemade icecream.

Peach Filling:
3# fresh peaches, cored and diced into wedges, 3/4 inch thick (I left the skins on , they were thin and sweet)
1T fresh lemon juice
1/4 c sugar
2T flour

Topping :
3/4 c flour
3/4 cup oats
1/4 t salt
3/4 t cinnamon
1/8 t nutmeg
1/8 t ginger
3/4c brown sugar
10 T butter, cold an diced into 1/2 in cubes ( I used 8 oz)
1/2 c chopped pecans

Directions
OVEN 350, preheat.  In large bowl mix peaches with lemon and sprinkle sugar and flour on top pto coat evenly. Pour into a buttered 3 quart baking dish.
In mixing bowl, whisk together flour, oats, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger.  Add
brown sugar and stir while using fingertips to break up any clumps.  Add butter to mixture and using fingertips rub into mixture until small clumps and pieces of butter gone.
sprinkle evenly over top of peaches in baking dish. 
Bake in oven 38-42 minutes till golden brown on top and juices bubbling along edges.
Serve warm with ice cream.

Rubarb Pie

It is Father's day and Bruce wanted Rubarb Pie, this is the recipe he grew up having and this year we had a great harvest of rubarb in our yard.
2 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 c flour
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 teaspoon lemon juice
dash of salt
2T butter- dot on top , do not mix in

Mix together and turn into pie crust, dot with butter and top with pie crust. cut a slit,
Bake 450 for 10 minute
then 350 for 30 minutes
 
Pie Crust, Bruce likes the pie crust recipe from Salt Lake Jr League cook book and He does make the best pie crust...
I like Pampered Chef
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 c shortening
1 t viegar
1 egg
2-3 T cold water

Cut flour and salt into shortening till pie size balls form
Add vinegar mixed with egg
Add 1 T cold water at a time till forms a ball, divide into 2 balls.

Roll each ball between saran wrap or a ziploc bag cut on the sides into a circle, peel off top plastic and place upside down into pie pan, peeling off plastic on other side

TOP RAMEN CABBAGE SALAD

This is Megan's fav and I added it for her to have at college

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2 tbsp. sesame seeds
1/2 c. slivered almonds
1 head cabbage, shredded
4 green onions, chopped finely
1 pkg. Top Ramen raw noodles, broken

DRESSING:

4 tsp. sugar
6 tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. pepper
1 c. sesame oil
Flavor packet from Top Ramen

Lightly toast sesame seeds and almonds in frying pan. Cool. Combine cabbage and onions. Combine slivered almonds, sesame seeds and noodles. Toss with dressing just before serving.

Oat Bran Bread

I got this recipe from Michelle Larsen and we love it!  It makes 4 loaves so being the RS president, this is the bread I make to take to people and everyone asks for the recipe but I haven't ever shared till now.  I always make it different everytime that is probably why, I grind regular oatmeal instead of quick oats and I add flax sometimes instead of oat bran.  I use honey instead of sugar and I always use 1/2 WW flour and then bread four. Here is the original recipe:

Bake 350 preheat oven
2 pkg yeast dissolved in 1/2 c warm water
Mix in mixer: 3/4 c oil
3/4 c sugar
1/4 c molasses
2 teas salt
1/4 c wheat germ
1/4 c oat bran
4 c warm water
Mix well and Add yeast,
2 c quick oats
3 c flour, WW and 2 c white flour ( total around 10 cups)
Beat till smooth and then add 5 more cups of flour, white
to make a soft smooth dough
let rise for 1 hour, shape into 4 loaves and let double ( 30 minutes ) then bake 30-35 minutes

Horton's Pancakes or Crepes

I can not believe I haven't put Bruce's pancake recipe on my blog.
Here it is.  I has become famous around our house as we have pancake parties for sleepovers.  We had blueberries, bananas and swirl cinammon  ( butter brown sugar and cinammon) while they are cooking.

2 C. flour
2T baking powder
1 t. salt
4 eggs
1/3c  sugar
2 C. milk or buttermilk
1/3 C. oil
Beat eggs, add milk, stir in oil, add dry ingredients.  Beat until smooth.  (If you’re using all dry powders, you can simply add all your dry ingredients, water, and oil.
For waffles, sepearate the egg whites, whip and fold in at the end. 


GERMAN PANCAKES
I am putting together recipe books for my girls and they want my German Pancake recipe, a sunday before or after church tradition.  I sprinkle with lemon and powdered sugar when come out of oven
Preheat oven to 450 degree
In a metal pan 8x11, add 1/4 c butter, sliced and place in oven till butter melts- watch so doesn't burn!
Mix  in a blender or mix with beater in a bowl till blended well, lots of air 
6 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
dash of salt
Remove pan from oven, coat with melted butter and immediately pour the egg mixture into pan and return to oven for 15-20 minutes.  Will form peaks and be slightly golden when done.  feeds 4-6

 to make individual or for 2
use a metal pie tin and 1T butter, melt in 450 degree oven- watch!
Blend
2 eggs
1/3 cup of milk
1/3 cup of flour
Pour into pie pan and bake for 10-15 minutes.

CREPES    makes 9-12 or serves 3-4.     I always double it for the family. 
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
dash salt
2 T butter melted
Mix together, cover and let stand for 1/2 hour (want the air out)
Heat up an 8"-10" skillet or crepe pan till really hot.   coat with non stick spray and pour 1/4c -1/3 c batter into pan and roll till thinly coats the bottom, cook over med high heat for 30 sec, till starts to bubble then then flip and cook 1 minute on the other side till barely golden.  Repeat!

White Chicken Chili

White Chicken Chili

1 pound boneless chicken, cubed

1 medium onion

2 ½ t garlic powder

1T oil

In large sauce pan, Saute chicken, onion and garlic in oil till not pink.

Add:

2 can great white northern beans ( 15 oz can) drained and rinsed

1 can broth (14 oz)

2 can green chilis, diced ( 4 oz)

1 teas salt

½ t pepper

1 teas oregeno

¼ teas cayenne pepper

Bring to a boil and reduce heat, simmer for 30 minutes

Remove from heat and stir in

1 cup sour cream

½ c cream I use fat free sourcream , a little less and fat free half n half it is not as thick

Serve!

Homemade Ice Cream

This summer, I bought a new ice cream freezer and took it to Rockville with us and we made ice cream every night!  Here are some of the recipes that we love... I ended up making plain vanilla everytime and then having a side bar of crushed up candy bars ( butterfinger, reeses and snickers) , oreos and fruit ( strawberries, rasp and bananas)  do people could mix in what they liked. 

Ice Cream recipes:

Coconut Ice Cream

I have gotten away from cooking the custard first so I left off the cornstarch and didn't cook it.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup half-and-half (or I used evaporated milk because I had it on hand)
1 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut milk
1 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spread the coconut on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Place in the hot oven for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the coconut turns a light brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

In a medium mixing bowl, beat the sugar into the eggs with a hand held mixer (or wire whisk) until thickened and pale yellow. Beat in the cornstarch and salt. Set aside.

Combine the half-and-half with the coconut milk in a heavy medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from the heat and slowly beat the hot liquid into the eggs and sugar.

Then stir in the toasted coconut, heavy cream and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate until cold (about 5 hours) or overnight.

Stir the chilled custard, then freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. (The mixture should be about 1 quart) When finished, the ice cream will be soft but ready to eat. For firmer ice cream, transfer to a freezer-safe container and freeze for at least 3 hours. (We froze ours overnight and had perfect, scoopable ice cream the next day.)

Chicken Brocoli Bake/ Chicken Dijon

One of our favorites from a recipe in the Heritage cookbook, I double it for my family and serve with rice or if I am taking a meal to someone or freezing it, I add 2-4 cups cooked rice on the bottom of pan. 

4 Chicken Breast, cooked and cut up in strips*
Fresh broccoli spears,  cooked till tender or use 1 10oz pkg frozen, cooked an drained.
1 cup  milk
1 8oz pkg cream cheese , can use low fat
1/2 teas salt
1/4 teas garlic powder
1/2 c Parmesan cheese

In a sauce pan, mix milk, soft cream cheese, slat and garlic and 1/2 parmesan cheese.  Stir and cook till thick.
In bottom of 9x9 greased with butter pan, 9x 13 if doubled,  Put (rice then ) broccoli then chicken breast and pour sauce over.  Sprinkle with rest of parmesan cheese.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.  4 servings



 *I use the breast meat off a Costco chicken cut up or 3- 4 boneless skinless breast, thawed and grilled or bake in the oven at 400 till brown, usually 15 minutes. Recipes calls for 3-4 chicken breast with skins and bones, simmer for 45 minutes in 2 cups water and 1 teas celery salt, discard liquid, cool and skin and bone chicken.

Chicken Dijon- very simiar, but tastier, my kids don't like it but I do!
4 large chicken breast or whole chicken, cooked and diced
2 packages of frozen broccoli, 10 oz , cooked,  I use fresh...
Make sauce :
2 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup  mayo
1 lemon, juiced
1t curry
Layer chicken and broccoli and pour sauce over and top with
1/2c cheese, grated
Bake a 350 for 25-30 minutes
Serve with rice

4 large

Potato Cheese Soup

This has been a staple in our home for years.  My friend Shelley Kruger brought this for dinner one night in Las Vegas and everyone loved it.  Seem like a lot of steps, they are easy and worth it. 

3-4 large Potatos  (5-6 small)
1/4-12c diced onions ( I use dried 1-2T )
3-4 cups Chicken Broth
1/2 c butter ( I have used 1/4c- just add 1/2 of the flour with the cream cheese)
1/2 c flour
1 brick of low fat cream cheese- fat free doesn't work as well
2-4 cups of Milk
1-2 c shredded cheese
bacon bits  or fresh bacon crumbled
 

-Peel and dice 4 large potatos and place in large pot with  diced onions
-Cover with Chicken Broth 3-4 cups ( I always use homemade or 1-2 cans swanson) and boil till tender.
-In a smaller pan melt butter and add flour to make roux.  Add cream cheese brick and slighty melt adding 2 cups of milk blending till becomes thick. 
-Immediately add to potatos and stir with wisk till blended. Let heat till thick, do not boil, add salt and pepper to taste, amont of salt depends on your broth
-Add 1-2 more cups of milk if needed to thin out

Serve with Shredded cheese, diced bacon or even coooked brocoli/ carrots.

Casey's Coconut Cake/ homemade condensed milk

Over spring break, Megan had a friend from Texas come visit to go on College tours in Colorado.   They have a tradition of breaking a coconut and making a cake with it.  I found this recipe and it was a big hit- alot like tres leches cake... of course we used freshly grated coconut!

 Ingredients:
1 white cake prepared- use egg whites only
1 13 oz can coconut milk
1 can sweetened condensed milk- see recipe below or use ff
1 cup milk- I left this out so  and was glad I did-
1 bag of shredded coconut
butter
Whipped Topping
fruit toppings
Instructions:
1.  Prepare your white cake
2.  While it is baking, mix the 3 milks together and set aside
3.  When the cake comes out of the oven, pierce it all over with a fork to create holes for the liquid to seep into
4.  Slowly pour the milk all over the cake
5.  Refrigerate the cake until chilled through
6.  Mix 1 small container of whipped topping with 1 cup of shredded coconut.  Spread over top of cake.
7.  In a pan, melt 1 T butter.  Add remaining coconut and stay close, stirring frequently, while the coconut toasts.  Remove when you have a light toast and sprinkle all over the top of the cake.
8.  Top with your fruit of choice.

Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk (like Eagle Brand)...never buy it again!

1/2 cup cold water,

1-1/3 cups nonfat dry milk powder,

3/4 cup sugar,

1 teaspoon vanilla.

Directions: Stir milk into cold water.

Microwave on high 45 seconds to 1 minute until steaming, stir in sugar & vanilla. Refrigerate till cool before using...makes 1-1/3 cups (1 can).

Lemon Bars

1/2 c soft butter
1/4 c powdered sugar
1 c flour

Cream butter and sugar; add four.
Spread into 8x8 pan
Bake at 325 for 15-20 min

While crust is baking, prepare next layer:
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 T flour
2 T lemon juice
grated lemon rind ( 1/2 lemon)
Beat eggs slightly & add sugar, flour & lemon rind.
Mix well. Pour over the hot crust

Bake for 15-20 minutes at 325
Remove and sprinkle with powdered sugar
Cool before cutting into finger cookies