August 29th, 2007 by alice
Tags: Baked, Potato, Soup
INGREDIENTS
- 2teaspoonsbutteror margarine
- 1cup choppedonions
- 1 1/2cups dicedcelery
- 2garlic cloves, minced
- 1bay leaf
- 1 1/2cups1% low-fat milk
- 1/2teaspoon choppedfresh thyme or1/8 teaspoondried thyme
- 1/4teaspoonsalt
- 1/4teaspoonpepper
- 2 loaded bakedpotatoes, chopped(4 stuffed halves)
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce)canchicken broth
- 1/4cup thinly slicedgreen onions
DIRECTIONS
- Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat.
- Add onion and celery; sauté 3 minutes.
- Add garlic, and bay leaf; sauté 2 minutes.
- Add milk and next 5 ingredients; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
- Discard bay leaf.
- Ladle soup into bowls; top with green onions.
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August 29th, 2007 by alice
Tags: Bread, Breadbm, Everyday, French, Machine
INGREDIENTS
- 2 1/4teaspoonsyeast
- 4cupsbread flour
- 1 1/3teaspoonssugar
- 1 1/2teaspoonssalt
- 1tablespoonolive oil
- 1tablespoon cloverhoney(or any type you prefer)
- 1 1/2cupswater
DIRECTIONS
- Add ingredients in the order listed to your bread machine, or follow the manufacturers directions for adding ingredients.
- Choose the basic cycle with regular or light crust.Rapid cycle will work, too.
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August 29th, 2007 by alice
Tags: Cake, Lower, Sugarpplesauce
INGREDIENTS
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- 1 1/2teaspoonsbaking powder
- 1/2teaspoonbaking soda
- 1/4teaspooncinnamon
- 1/4teaspoonground cloves
- 1/4teaspoonginger
- 1/4teaspoonnutmeg
- 1/2cupbutter
- 3/4cupsugar
- 1/4cup2% low-fat milk
- 1teaspoonvinegar
- 2eggs
- 1cupapplesauce
- 1/3cupbutter
- 2 1/2cupspowdered sugar
- 2tablespoonsmilk
- 1teaspoonvanilla
DIRECTIONS
- Combine flour, spices, and leveling ingredients in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Combine 1/2 cup butter and sugar in another bowl. Beat until combined. Add eggs 1 at a time beating well after each addition.
- Add in the applesauce,milk, and vinegar to the butter mixture and mix well.
- Fold the wet mixture into the dry incorporating well.
- Spread out into a greased 13×9 cake pan and bake for 35 minutes at 350°F
- When cake is cool make the frosting. In a saucepan melt the 1/3 cup of butter. Watch until it begins to brown, once a nutty color remove from heat and pour into a bowl.
- Add powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla and beat until smooth. Spread on top of cake and serve.
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August 29th, 2007 by alice
Tags: Baked, Bananas, Blueberries
INGREDIENTS
- 6bananas, peeled & sliced lengthwise
- 1cupfresh blueberries
- 1/2cupbrown sugar
- 1cuppecans, chopped
- 1cuporange juice
- 1/4cupbrandy
- butter, sliced into small pieces
- whipped cream, for topping
DIRECTIONS
- Place the bananas in a buttered dish.
- Sprinkle with blueberries and chopped pecans, then brown sugar.
- Pour the orange juice and brandy over top.
- Dot with butter.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
- Serve hot, topped with whipped cream.
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August 29th, 2007 by alice
Tags: Raspberry, Sauce
INGREDIENTS
- 12ouncesfrozen unsweetened raspberries
- 1/2cupsugar, to taste
- 1/4cupwater
- 2tablespoonscornstarch
DIRECTIONS
- Thaw the raspberries in a strainer placed over a bowl.About 1 cup of raspberry juice should drain out.
- In a small bowl make a slurry with the water and cornstarch.
- In a small saucepan gradually sweeten the juice to taste.Remember that the raspberries, when added back in, will make the sauce tarter.
- Bring the raspberry juice to a simmer and whisk in about half of the cornstarch slurry.Keep whisking until the mixture returns to a simmer.Whisk in more slurry if needed to achieve the desired thickness.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat, pour the thickened juice into a bowl and gently stir in the raspberries.
- Let cool to room temperature.Refrigerate covered until cold.
- If the sauce is too thick, stir in 1 teaspoon of water at a time until thin enough.
- If the sauce is too thin, strain off some of the liquid into a saucepan and gradually thicken with a cornstarch slurry as above.
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