September bounty 2021

 

Coffee Cake

 2 cups flour

2 t. baking powder

2 cups sugar

Mix together.

Mix in 2 or 4 cup container:

2 eggs

2t. vanilla

1/2 cup oil

Fill up container to 2 cup mark with milk

1 stick of butter, powdered sugar and cinnamon

Beat everything together until smooth.

Grease a 9X13 pan. Bake for 20-30 minutes. Check with toothpick for doneness at 20 minutes. Do not overbake.

When the cake comes out of the oven take a stick of butter and rub it over the cake until it melts. Soften stick on top of the oven while cake is baking. Sprinkle powdered sugar and ground cinnamon over the top.

Serve warm or cold.

Bake at 350 F. for 35 minutes.

Recipe from Lori Minger of Caseys Food.

Irish Soda Bread Cookies

2 cups all purpose flour

 1/2 t. baking soda

 1/4 t. salt

 1/2 cup butter, softened 

1/2 cup sugar

 1 egg

 3/4 cup raisins

 1/3 cup buttermilk

 2 T. sugar for tops 

 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line two sheets with parchment paper

 2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl

 3. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add egg. Beat one minute until mixed. Add flour and beat on low until combined. Add raisins and buttermilk until combined.

 4. Drop 1 T. of dough 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheet. Score top of cookie with X and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 12-15 minutes until light brown on bottoms. 5. Remove to wire rack. Serve warm. 

Makes 2-3 dozen.

 PS: I sugared the tops by pressing on a plate of sugar and then marking with an X. Recipe from Lori Minger of Caseys.

Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

1 1/2 cups (71/2 ounces) all-purpose flour 

1 t. baking soda 

1/2 t. table salt 

1 1/2 c. packed (10.5 ounces)dark brown sugar 

1 c. (9 ounces) creamy peanut butter 

2 large eggs

 4 T. unsalted butter, melted and cooled

 2 T. honey 

1 t. vanilla extract 

1/2 c. dry roasted peanuts, chopped fine

1. Adjust the oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350. 

Line two 18x13 rimmed pans with parchment paper.

 Whisk all dry ingredients in medium bowl except sugar.

 2. In large bowl, whisk sugar, peanut butter, eggs, melted butter, honey, and vanilla until smooth. 

Add the flour mixture and stir with rubber spatula until soft dough forms.

 Stir in peanuts.

 3. Form 2 tablespoons of dough (30 portion scoop)into ball and evenly space on prepared sheets.

 (12 dough balls per sheet).

 Using your fingers, gently flatten dough balls until 2 in. diameter.

 4. Bake cookies 1 sheet a t a time until edges are set, 10-12 minutes. Rotate sheets halfway for even browning. Let cookies cool 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely. Cooks Illustrated May/June 2019

Watergate Salad

Watergate Salad There is nothing better than Watergate Salad! This simple dump-and-go salad is a classic that makes it's way into every celebration because it's both incredibly delicious and incredibly easy. Whip it together in less than 5 minutes and you're good to go! Prep Time5 minutes Chill Time1 hour Servings10

 Calories158kcal

3.4 oz pistachio Jell-O instant pudding mix 

20 oz can crushed pineapple

 1 cup miniature marshmallows 

1/2 cup chopped nuts your favorite

 8 oz container Cool Whip I used lite - thawed Instructions 

Combine pudding mix, pineapple (with juice), marshmallows and nuts in a large bowl and mix well. Blend in Cool Whip and chill until ready to serve.

Classic Sloppy Joes Cooks Illustrated

2 T. water 

1/2 t. baking soda 

1 lb. 85% ground beef 

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1/2 t.salt divided 

2 t. vegetable oil 

1/2 onion chopped fine 

2 garlic cloves, minced 

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2 t. brown sugar, packed 

2 t. paprika

 1/4 red pepper

 1/4 tomato paste 

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1/3 ketchup

 1 T. red wine vinegar or regular 

1 T. Worcestershire sauce

 1/2 t. cornstarch

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 4 hamburger buns

 1. Combine 1 T. water and 1/2 t. baking soda. Toss beef with the baking soda and add 1/2 t. salt until mixed. 

2. Now, heat the oil until hot and add the onion and remaining 1/8 t. baking soda. Cook until soft,3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and stir until fragrant. Stir in sugar, paprika,peper and 1/8 t. salt. about 1 minute. Add paste and cook 3-4 minutes.

 3. Add beef. Cok until no longer pink. Mash beef with potato masher until fine textured. Add ketchup, vinegar and Worcestershire and stir well.

 4. Combine cornstarch and 1 T. water. Pour into beef mix. Cook until it thickens. Season and eat on buns! I've tried this recipe with a combination of turkey and beef. I like it much better with just beef. August 10, 2020 Cooks Illus.

This is tasty but maybe too much work for sloppy joes. I think that I prefer the simpler version of sloppy joes that I make. This flavor is a little more subtle than the other one.

Molasses Bran Muffins

Randy Foege loves these muffins and eats one every day. He shares them with me and sometimes I just have my own.