Saturday, July 2, 2011

Blueberry Zucchini Bread

2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar; lightly packed
1 cup shredded zucchini
3/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup fresh blueberries

Method
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8.5 x 4.5 loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugars. Fold in the zucchini. Beat in the flours, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Gently fold in the blueberries. Transfer to the prepared loaf pan.
3. Bake 55-65 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center of a loaf comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes in pans, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.

Notes
-No whole wheat flour? Simply sub in the all-purpose flour.
-No brown sugar? Simply sub in white sugar.
-No loaf pan? Make muffins–note the cooking time will be shorter if making muffins.

Old Fashioned Chow Chow

1 small cabbage, chopped
6 to 8 green or red tomatoes, chopped
6 medium bell peppers, chopped
6 large onions, chopped
2 hot peppers, chopped
3 cups sugar
5 cups white vinegar
1/4 cup salt or pickling salt

Instructions
1.Put all ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil.
2.Reduce heat and cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until desired
tenderness is achieved.

Notes
This recipe is designed to be put in pint jars and sealed. Yields
8 to 9 pints.

Freezer Salsa

3/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1/3 cup finely chopped sweet red or green pepper
1 to 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup olive oil
12 plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped (about 6 cups)
3 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste
1/3 cup lime juice
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried basil


Directions

In a large saucepan, saute the onion, celery, peppers and garlic in oil for 5 minutes or until tender.
Stir in the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool completely.
Spoon into freezer containers. Cover and freeze for up to 3 months. Stir before serving. Yield: about 6 cups.

10 Minute Zesty Salsa

1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
1 tablespoon seeded chopped jalapeno pepper
1 tablespoon chopped red onion
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
Dash salt
Dash pepper
Tortilla chips


Directions

In a small bowl, combine the tomatoes, jalapeno, onion, cilantro, garlic, oil, salt and pepper. Refrigerate until serving. Serve with tortilla chips. Yield: 1-1/2 cups.

Snickerdoodle Cake

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup white sugar

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup white sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
3 eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup full-fat sour cream, at room temperature

Method
In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon. Mix together really well and Preheat oven to 325F. Here's the exact way Julie made the crust: Using a spray product like Pam with Flour, generously spray a 9 inch Bundt pan, being careful to cover all the nooks and crannies, as well as the center tube. (Note: If you don't want to use Pam with Flour, you can just grease the pan with shortening.) Gently dust the entire inside of the pan with the sugar and cinnamon mixture. You should only need about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar, but you want to try and evenly coat the inside surface of the pan, including the tube. Save the remaining sugar and cinnamon mixture and set everything aside.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

Beat just the butter on medium speed for one full minute. Add the white sugar and mix for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl and blade and add the brown sugar.

Mix for 2 minutes until the mixture looks light brown and uniform in color. Add the eggs one at a time, beating each for 1 full minute. Stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream; beat well.

Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup of the cinnamon sugar mixture over top the cake. Spread the rest of the batter into the pan and sprinkle any remaining sugar mixture over the top. (If you run out of cinnamon sugar, you can mix just 1/4 cup of sugar + 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon together for the top of the cake. It should be more than enough.)

Bake in the preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Iced Mocha

4 1/2 C. strong brewed coffee
3/4 C. chocolate syrup
2 1/2 C. milk
frozen nondairy whipped topping, thawed

Cool coffee to room temperature. Stir in syrup and milk, mixing well with a spoon or whisk. Chill. Serve over ice with a dollop of whipped topping.

Goo Goo Bars

2 T butter
1 can Eagle Brand Milk
12 oz chocolate chips
2 cups dry roasted peanuts
2 cups miniature marshmallows

Melt butter, milk and chocolate in microwave or double boiler. Set aside and
let cool.

Stir in nuts and marshmallows. Press into buttered 13 x 9" inch pan.
Refrigerate 1 hour.

Cut into bars or squares and Enjoy!