Cake Doughnuts

  by

Morwen

  Dear, dear, dear, I really haven't been posting as often as I should.  Naughty me!  

 

  Lately I have been making a lot of doughnuts.  I just adore them and can't get enough.  And since they are so scrumptiously delicious, I decided to share the recipe with you all.  This recipe came from an Amish woman whom we knew when I was little.  They taste even better if you use apple cider instead of milk, and eat them while drinking apple cider.

3 1/3 cups Flour *

1 cup Sugar **

3 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Nutmeg

1/2 tsp Salt

2 TBSP Butter

2 Eggs

3/4 cup Milk

Vanilla

  Heat Fat or Oil 3 to 4 inches deep to 370 Fahrenheit.

  

  Mix together dry ingredients.  Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Mix together wet ingredients.  Pour into dry and mix thoroughly.  Roll dough 3/8" thick and fry!  Enjoy!

* Depending on the humidity where you live, you might have to add more Flour.

** I use 1/2 cup Honey instead of Sugar.  If doing so, mix it with the wet ingredients and don't forget it!  I speak from experience!  They don't taste all that great if you forget it!

  There are also different toppings that I enjoy.  You can just roll them in Powdered Sugar and they are amazing that way, but here are a few of the toppings I have used.

  Chocolate Sauce

1/4 cup Butter

3 TBSP Honey

1/4 cup Cocoa Powder

1 tsp Vanilla

  Melt Butter and Honey together.  Stir in Cocoa Powder and Vanilla.  Cool slightly and dip Doughnuts in.  Gobble up!

  Lemon Frosting

1/4 cup Butter, softened

2 cups + Powdered Sugar (you may need more than 2 cups to reach the right consistency for spreading.

1 TBSP Lemon Juice**

  Stir 1 cup of the Powdered Sugar into the butter.  Add Lemon Juice and mix in thoroughly.  Stir in the rest of the Sugar.  Spread and enjoy!  

**You can substitute pretty much anything for the Lemon Juice if you want a different flavor.  I have used Apple Juice, Raspberry Lemonade, Milk and Orange Juice.

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

by Morwen

Hello again!  Sorry that I haven't been posting more often.  Life has kind of gotten in the way.  Anyway, here is another family favorite.

 2 cups Flour

 1 tsp Baking Soda

 1/2 tsp Salt

  Mix together.  Set aside.

 1 cup (2 sticks) soft, Butter

 1/2 cup Honey

  

  Cream together.

 1 tsp Vanilla

 1 Egg

  Add to creamed mixture.  Beat well.  Gradually add flour mixture.  Combine well.

    

 2 cups Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

  Stir into dough.  Grease an 8x8 glass casserole with butter.  Spread dough in pan.  Bake in pre-heated 350 Fahrenheit oven for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Cool thoroughly before cutting.

  

Pico De Gallo

                                                                 By Mairwen.

Ingredients.

                  - 2 large tomatoes, diced.

                  - 1 medium sweet onion, diced.

                  - 1/2 a bunch of cilantro, chopped. ( About 1 large handful ).

                  - Juice of 1 lemon.

                  - 1 1/2 t salt. Add more if needed.

Mix all ingredients well. And serve with chips. Enjoy!

Frozen Yogurt

                                                                  By Mairwen.

This is a great summertime treat. Lightly sweetened, but still yummy

Ingredients.  - 2c Frozen Strawberry's.

                     - 2c Frozen Mango.

                     - 1c Greek un-sweetened yogurt.

                     - 1/4 c heavy cream.

                     - Stevia or honey, to taste. I used about 1 1/2 t of stevia.

In a food processor blend all ingredient until smooth. Pour into bowl and place in freezer. Freeze for 3 hours before serving. Scoop into serving bowls and garnish with fresh mint. Enjoy!

Butterfinger Pie

I wanted to make a secret Mother's Day dessert and when browsing Pinterest, came across THIS recipe.  Since Mom loves Butterfingers (and it just looked knock-me-down delicious), I decided to make it.

I did make a few changes to the recipe.  Instead of a store-bought graham cracker crust, we made our own with standard 'Homemade Graham Cracker Crust' recipe.  Also I substituted Whipped Cream for Cool Whip.

French Bread

by

Morwen

I know that I haven't been posting on here as regularly as my dear sister has.  Sorry about that.  But here is our recipe for French Bread.

1 cup + 2 T  Milk

2 1/2 T  Oil

1 T  Honey

1 1/4 t  Salt

3 1/2 cups  Flour

1 1/2 t Instant Dry Yeast

 Put all of the ingredients into the pan of your bread machine.  Set machine to Dough setting (my machine's dough setting is 1:40 min) and start.  When the machine beeps, take out the dough and let it rest on a floured surface for 10 min.  Meanwhile prepare baking sheet by sprinkling it with cornmeal.  After the dough has rested, divide into two loaves, place on baking sheet, slice the top, then let rise for 15 minutes.  Bake in preheated oven on 350 for 15 min or until golden brown.  The baking time will vary depending on how much moisture is in the air.

Here are the instructions for making it if you aren't using a bread machine.

 In bowl, combine half of the Flour, and all of the Yeast and Salt.  Heat Milk and Honey, add to bowl also add the oil.  Beat on low speed for 30 sec. high speed for 3 min.  With wooden spoon, stir in as much Flour as possible (the other half).  On lightly floured surface, knead in enough flour to make a stiff dough that is smooth and elastic.  Let rise until double(1 hour).  Punch dough down.  Divide in half, cover, let rest on lightly floured surface for 10 min.  Shape into 2 loaves, place on cormealed baking sheets.  Follow above instructions for baking.

Southern Sweet Potato Cakes

                                                                  By Mairwen.

Ingredients - 2 sweet potatoes, mashed.
                   - 2 eggs.
                   - 1 t vanilla.
                   - 1 c brown sugar.
                   - 1/2 c honey.
                   - 1/2 c vegetable oil.
                   - 1/2 t salt.
                   - 1/4 c buttermilk.
                   - 1 3/4 c flour.
                   - 1 t baking soda.
                   - 1 c pecans, chopped.

In a large bowl mix together all ingredient as listed. Scoop batter into muffin pan, filling them about 3/4 full. Bake at 350` for 20 - 25 minutes. Or until a toothpick comes out clean. Best served warm. Enjoy!