Key Lime Pie

This tastes better than it looks. The picture looks a bit yellow, but believe me, it is a yummy summer treat! I found this recipe from The Joy of Cooking.

For the crust put in the food processor:

1 package graham crackers (10 large rectangles)
1/4 cup walnuts

Add to the crumb mixture and process till smooth:

6 T cold butter

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes


For the pie filling

Whisk together:


15 oz can sweetened condensed milk
4 large egg yolks
1/2 cup key lime juice (12-14 key limes)
4 tsp grated key lime zest

Pour filling into baked graham cracker crust. Bake at 325 for 17 minutes. The middle will jiggle a bit, but will set up as it cools.

Top with hand-whipped cream.

Applesauce Pork Chops

This recipe was so easy and yummy! The pork chops came out fork tender :)

Butter the crock pot with 2 T butter. Place 5 pork chops on bottom

Mix and pour on top:


1 can applesauce
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 T cinnamon

Cook on low for 8 hours

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

Cream:


1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
zest of 1 lemon (I used 3 drops essential oil)

Add:


1 egg
1 tsp almond extract

In a separate bowl, mix:


2 cup flour (I used 1, 1/2 flour and 1/2 c wheat)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Add the flour to the butter mixture alternately with :

1/2 cup buttermilk

Fold into mixture:


2 cups blueberries mixed with 1/8 cup flour
1/2 cup sliced almonds

Top with:

 1/2 T sugar

place in greased 9 inch baking dish. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes

Candied Walnut Salad

This is my new favorite salad! Just throw together some cut greens, craisins, and raspberry vinaigrette.  For the candied walnuts...

Bake at 350 for 5 min:

1, 1/2 cup walnuts

While the nuts are cooking slowly melt on the stove top:

1/2 cup sugar

The sugar will become an amber color. Remove the walnuts from oven and stir into the melted sugar. Separate with a fork while still warm.

Toss into salad!

Raisin Bran Muffins

 

This batter stays good in the fridge for several days. Then you can make fresh muffins on demand all week long. I used this batter to make "breakfast in a tin" all week. Simply slice ham and place in the bottom of the muffin tin and crack an egg on top. Spoon muffin batter the remaining 6 spaces. It looks like this.

Then bake at 400 for 20 minutes

 

Here is the recipe

In large mixing bowl:

2 eggs

1/4 c oil

1/4 c applesauce (or mashed banana)

2 c buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla

add:

2 c flour

1/2 c wheat

2, 1/2 baking soda

2 tsp Cinnamon 

1 tsp salt

half 17 oz box bran cereal

 1, 1/4 c sugar

1, 1/2 cup raisins

bake 400  for 20 minutes

Oatmeal Cookie

 

Cream:

1 c butter

1 c sugar

1 c brown sugar

add:

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

add:

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp baking soda

2, 1/4 cup flour

Add with a wooden spoon:

2 cups oats

chocolate chips 

*I just made these using only shortening and they turned out fluffier :) I didn't have chocolate chips so I used 1 cup of coconut and they were wonderful!

Lemon Pull-Apart Monkey Bread

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After making pull-apart bread, I don't think I have a need for cinnamon rolls. Each bit of pull-apart bread is like eating the middle of a cinnamon roll. And everyone knows that the middle of the cinnamon roll is the best part! I'm sure you could use orange zest and juice if you wanted to do orange pull-apart bread.

 In stainless steel bowl or in your mixer mix:

2 cups white flour
1 T yeast

In a glass pyrex or liquid measure cup dump in this order and then microwave for about a minute. You want the butter to be almost melted, but not scorching hot:


1 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/2 tsp salt

Now add this to the flour and mix until incorporated. Now add and mix until incorporated:


2 eggs

Now add and mix for 2 minutes:


2 cups white flour

Allow the dough to rise for an hour. Then form little balls and place in a greased 9x13 pan.

Sprinkle over dough 1/2 of this mixture:

zest of 1 lemon

1/2 cup sugar

Let the dough rise until doubled in size. Then sprinkle the other half of lemon sugar.

Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

Glaze:

1/2 c powdered sugar

1 T lemon juice