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Monday, October 30, 2017

Golden Raisin-oatmeal cookies w walnuts

I made these awhile back.  A very tasty cookie and well worth making.  Hope you try them.

Ingredients
 ¼ cup unsalted butter 
6 tablespoons neutral flavored oil (canola, melted coconut, etc.)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup plus
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 large egg
2 cups old fashioned oats + ¼ cup hot water
1 cup all purpose flour
 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking soda
 ½ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup each: dried golden raisins, chopped pecans or walnuts, chocolate chips



Instructions
 1. Preheat the oven to 350.
 2. In a bowl, combine butter, oil, and vanilla. Mash until butter is soft. Add in sugars and stir to cream them together, and then stir in an egg. 
3. In a separate bowl, combine oats and hot water and let it sit for 5 minutes until oats are slightly softened. Add them to the wet mixture. 
4. Add in flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt, and stir to combine it all with the wet mixture. Add in your mix­ins (no more than 1 cup of total assorted mix­ins). 
5. Refrigerate dough for at least 10 minutes.
 6. Measure out tablespoon­sized cookies, and bake them onto parchment lined cookie sheets for 12 minutes, or until the bottoms are golden. 
7. Let the cookies cool fully before removing them from the baking sheet.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week and Always Remember to Find the Time to Do ALL the things You L♥ve.
Donna

Monday, October 23, 2017

Do Nothing Cake



I was trying to decide what to make for my Monday work treat but didn't really want to get into doing a lot of work, so stumbled upon this on FB.  I had all the ingredients on hand so thought what the heck.  Was worth making and everyone loved it.  So I think this would be a good one when you have a crowd for dinner.
Cake :
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 large can (20 Oz) crushed pineapple with juice
Frosting :
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1 cup sugar
1 can (5½ ounce) evaporated milk
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup shredded coconut

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl, Whisk together all the batter ingredients until just combined.
  3. Pour into a greased 13×9 baking dish, and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a wooden toothpick, inserted in the middle comes out clean. Don't overbake.
  4. While cake is still baking, prepare the frosting.
  5. Heat the butter, sugar, and evaporated milk in a small saucepan until boiling.
  6. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
  7. Remove from heat and add in the coconut and pecans.
  8. Remove the cake from oven, and using a kabob skewer or wooden spoon handle, or some similary-sized object, begin poking holes in the cake.
  9. You need holes so that hot frosting has plenty of room to get down and soak the cake.
  10. Pour frosting over the hot cake, spreading it out to make sure it’s all evenly dispersed.
  11. Allow cake to cool for a bit before cutting.
  12. Due to the frosting seeping into the cake, it is very moist!
  13. Enjoy
Thanks for stopping by, have a great week and Always Remember to Find the Time to Do ALL the things You L♥ve.
Donna

Monday, October 16, 2017

Peanut Butter Brownies




I made these a long time ago.  I saw the recipe on FB, one of my friends had posted and the recipe is super simple.  I made a double batch so we could have some with Sunday Dinner and the rest to take to work for the crew.....they love anything peanut butter and chocolate.  I thought it strange that these didn't have any eggs, or a leveling agent.


Here is the recipe for a single batch (makes 9x9)

Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cut cocoa
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup AP flour
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2-3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven 350°

In a bowl mash bananas then add sugar and mix with a fork til combined.  Add melted butter (save 1 tbl for spreading on pan and also 1 tbl cocoa to dust pan. I lined my pan with parchment and also did this step )
, vanilla and mix again.  Add flour, salt, mix then add cocoa, add nuts.  Mix well but don't overmix.  Spread mixture into pan getting into all the corners.  With an small ice cream scoop place 4 scoopes on top of batter, with a flat knife drag the pb through the mix, first one way then the other this will give you a nice pattern.
Bake for 20=25 minutes until tester comes out clean.
ENJOY!!

thanks for stopping by, have a great week and Always Remember to Find the Time to Do ALL the things You L♥ve,
Donna

Monday, October 9, 2017

Lime and Blackberry bundt cake


I first saw this on Pinterest but they had made muffins, I decided to do it in a bundt cake.  I was ok, might make it again because it was fairly quick to put together.  I may try it in muffin form next time.


adapted from here
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⁄2 cup lime juice { you can use lemon if you want }
  • 2 tablespoons lime zest
  • 1 1⁄2 cups white sugar
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup lime yogurt (I used regular plain yogurt)
icing:

1/2 cup powdered sugar (more if needed)
zest of 1 lime
juice from 1 or 2 limes
1 tsp 1/2 n 1/2
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F
  2. Grease and flour bunt pan.
  3. In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Slowly beat in sugar.
  4. Add eggs, one at a time.
  5. Add lime juice and zest; mix well.
  6. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients.
  7. Fold in dry ingredients into egg and butter mixture. Mix just until blended.
  8. Add in the yogurt last and mix again.
  9. Bake for 40 minutes or until done.
  10. Ice cake when cooled.

Thanks for stopping by,  have a great week and Always Remember to Find the Time to Do ALL the things You L♥ve.
Donna

Monday, October 2, 2017

lime and blackberry scones

A While back our local grocery had limes on sale, which I bought...was a great buy about 15 limes for $1.49, can't pass that up.  So now what to do with all these limes.  I've made a couple of different recipes and this was one that was really good.  Oh yeah BTW the same grocer had blackberries on sale too so bought those also.  Then went searching for a recipe that might combine the two and this is what I found.    Took these to work and they were a big hit.  I do but them smaller since the guys at work would eat all of them if there were just   

adapted from here

Blackberry Lime Scones

prep 
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Fresh blackberries and a vibrant pop of lime make these scones irresistible!

Ingredients

2 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 granulated cup sugar
2 teaspoons lime zest
1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, VERY cold and cut into tiny pieces
1 large egg, beaten
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons whole milk
1 cup blackberries, fresh or frozen (If using frozen, do not thaw first)
For the egg wash:
1 large egg, beaten
1 teaspoon milk or water
2 tablespoons granulated sugar, for sprinkling
For glaze:
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3/4 cup confectioners sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°(F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, add flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and lime zest; whisk well to combine. Quickly cut the butter into small cubes then work them into the mixture (using your fingers, two forks, or a pastry cutter) until lit resembles a coarse meal. Set aside.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and milk, then add to flour mixture. Use the fork to stir everything together until just moistened.
  4. Add blackberries and gently stir into dough. Don’t worry if some of the berries break up a bit.
  5. Empty the loose dough out onto a clean, floured work surface, then shape the dough into an 8-inch circle.
  6. Cut the dough into 8 wedges and carefully transfer to the prepared sheet.
  7. Lightly brush each scones with the egg wash, then sprinkle the top of each scone with sugar.
  8. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until light golden brown.
  9. Allow scones to cool on the baking sheet while you make the glaze.
  10. For the glaze:
  11. In a small bowl whisk together the lime juice and confectioners sugar. Drizzle over warm scones and serve at once.
Thanks for stopping by, have a great week and Always Remember to Find the Time to Do ALL the Things YOU L♥ve.
Donna
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