Still cleaning out my files and rediscovered a favorite for when you want to spoil your family! The scent of these donuts always wakes my brood up from the soundest sleeps!
Cake Doughnuts
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground clove
2 tablespoons shortening
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
Heat oil in deep fryer or heavy kettle to 375 degrees.
Beat 1 ½ cups of the flour and the remaining ingredients in large mixing bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes. Stir in remaining flour. Turn dough onto well-floured board; roll out 3/8th inch thick. Cut with floured doughnut cutter. Slide doughnuts into hot oil with wide spatula. Turn doughnuts as they rise to surface. Fry until golden brown, 1 to 1 ½ minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Serve plain, sugared or frosted.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Go with the sales . . .
Apples have been on sale most every week this month. From what I understand, they can keep apples for months under special cooling conditions so when it starts wending it ways toward apple season, again, they start shipping them to the stores and any surplus always means a bargain for us! I remembered a favorite recipe that makes a fast but good enough for company dessert that uses apples. Hey, it's the cold day and the two hours before lunch that is making me read recipes today!
Quick Apple-Custard Cake
4 med. tart apples, cored and thinly sliced
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Grated rind of one lemon
¾ cup granulated sugar, plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 generous teaspoons ground cinnamon
¾ cup (1½ sticks) butter or margarine
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch glass baking pan.
Toss the apples in a bowl with the lemon juice, two tablespoons sugar, lemon rind and cinnamon. Arrange apples in pan.
Melt the butter or margarine in small pan and cook until lightly golden. Watch carefully to avoid burning. Pour the browned butter or margarine into a bowl. Stir the ¾ cup sugar into the butter. Gently stir in the eggs; stir in the flour until blended. Spoon the batter evenly over the apples and spread into a layer. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of sugar.
Bake until lightly golden and crusty, about 30 to 40 minutes.
Cool in pan. Cut into portions and serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Quick Apple-Custard Cake
4 med. tart apples, cored and thinly sliced
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Grated rind of one lemon
¾ cup granulated sugar, plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 generous teaspoons ground cinnamon
¾ cup (1½ sticks) butter or margarine
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch glass baking pan.
Toss the apples in a bowl with the lemon juice, two tablespoons sugar, lemon rind and cinnamon. Arrange apples in pan.
Melt the butter or margarine in small pan and cook until lightly golden. Watch carefully to avoid burning. Pour the browned butter or margarine into a bowl. Stir the ¾ cup sugar into the butter. Gently stir in the eggs; stir in the flour until blended. Spoon the batter evenly over the apples and spread into a layer. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of sugar.
Bake until lightly golden and crusty, about 30 to 40 minutes.
Cool in pan. Cut into portions and serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Leftovers taste better!
It is interesting how some meals taste even better as leftovers. We had a roast beef on Sunday but are looking forward to the second round today when I simmer the slices of meat long and slow in homemade gravy. Another thing we like with such a meal is homemade noodles. I used to watch my mother make them and she took the whole process very seriously to the point that we didn't have them very often because it stressed her out! She would make her dough very stiff and it was a struggle to roll it out thin enough to slice into noodles.
Over the years, I have found that you can deal with a much more tender dough and still get the same results with a lot less angst! There is such a nice 'bite' to a homemade noodle that it makes the leftover meat and gravy seem like a new creation for the dinner table. I think I lot of people steer clear of even attempting noodle making out of a fear of failure. I'm here to tell you that it is hard to ruin them!
All you need is about three cups all-purpose flour and enough eggs to form a workable dough. It really depends on the weather and how dry it is to how many eggs are needed. So, that's it; eggs and flour! You make your dough, roll it out, cut it into strips and set them out on a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper to dry a bit. When you are ready to cook them, get a big pot of water boiling with about a tablespoon of salt. You can add a dash of oil to prevent any possible sticking. Drop in your beautiful noodles, cook for about five minutes or possibly less - check on it, drain and serve.
You can roll them out super thin or have them thicker. They aren't like packaged noodles, at all. Very homey.
What I like about this recipe that even in budget-tight times, we usually have flour and eggs on hand. Also, you can deep fry the noodles for a crispy snack with either salt and spices sprinkles on or cinnamon and sugar.
I just had my oatmeal for breakfast and am already making myself hungry!
Over the years, I have found that you can deal with a much more tender dough and still get the same results with a lot less angst! There is such a nice 'bite' to a homemade noodle that it makes the leftover meat and gravy seem like a new creation for the dinner table. I think I lot of people steer clear of even attempting noodle making out of a fear of failure. I'm here to tell you that it is hard to ruin them!
All you need is about three cups all-purpose flour and enough eggs to form a workable dough. It really depends on the weather and how dry it is to how many eggs are needed. So, that's it; eggs and flour! You make your dough, roll it out, cut it into strips and set them out on a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper to dry a bit. When you are ready to cook them, get a big pot of water boiling with about a tablespoon of salt. You can add a dash of oil to prevent any possible sticking. Drop in your beautiful noodles, cook for about five minutes or possibly less - check on it, drain and serve.
You can roll them out super thin or have them thicker. They aren't like packaged noodles, at all. Very homey.
What I like about this recipe that even in budget-tight times, we usually have flour and eggs on hand. Also, you can deep fry the noodles for a crispy snack with either salt and spices sprinkles on or cinnamon and sugar.
I just had my oatmeal for breakfast and am already making myself hungry!
A most wonderful feeling!
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Looking for inspiration . . .
I'm looking for inspiration, today, in my quilting. I've gone back to crocheting lately but my mind is always running through the fabric I have on hand and what I can do with the next quilt I make. Probably, if I could sell some of the backlog of quilts I already have made, it might make room for more inspiration!
My husband found a place that sells fabric by the pound which is a unique concept. We plan to check it out when the weather clears and time permits as it is about an hour from our home. We ran a 'test' at home and it would actually be a good price by the pound. Now, I just have to see if the quality will be worth a second trip. I still prefer the fabric warehouse where the fabric is top quality, just out of season like that really matters when it is all cut up and rearranged into a quilt!
I'm finishing up an Our Lady of Guadeloupe quilt and will post a picture when it is completed. Just handsewing left on it.
This week, we are catching up on doctor visits for my son and that keeps us running in and out of the house most of the day. He is so appreciative, of course, to be getting all this poking and prodding not to mention the update on his vaccines! Can't drag a quilt into doctor's office to work on while you wait!
My husband found a place that sells fabric by the pound which is a unique concept. We plan to check it out when the weather clears and time permits as it is about an hour from our home. We ran a 'test' at home and it would actually be a good price by the pound. Now, I just have to see if the quality will be worth a second trip. I still prefer the fabric warehouse where the fabric is top quality, just out of season like that really matters when it is all cut up and rearranged into a quilt!
I'm finishing up an Our Lady of Guadeloupe quilt and will post a picture when it is completed. Just handsewing left on it.
This week, we are catching up on doctor visits for my son and that keeps us running in and out of the house most of the day. He is so appreciative, of course, to be getting all this poking and prodding not to mention the update on his vaccines! Can't drag a quilt into doctor's office to work on while you wait!
Celebrating a chilly (chili?) day . . .
Although we have a break in the rain today, more is on the way. The temperatures turned a lot of the rain into hail, yesterday, which made it seem even colder and vastly annoyed out dog!
As usual, when it is too cold to venture out, my thought turn to keeping family warm, inside and out. This is a favorite recipe that is warming and brings everyone around the table for a light lunch or just a splurge of a snack on a dismal day.
Chili Cheese Fondue
1 small onion, chopped
2 T. butter
1 8-oz. can tomatoes, drained
1 4-ounce can diced, green chili
2 Tablespoon chili sauce
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 lb. processed American cheese cubes
Saute onion in butter in pot. until golden. Add tomatoes and peppers. Mix cornstarch in chili sauce and heat at medium. Add cheese by thirds, stirring well after each addition. Serve with French bread, crackers,
corn chips, etc.
As usual, when it is too cold to venture out, my thought turn to keeping family warm, inside and out. This is a favorite recipe that is warming and brings everyone around the table for a light lunch or just a splurge of a snack on a dismal day.
Chili Cheese Fondue
1 small onion, chopped
2 T. butter
1 8-oz. can tomatoes, drained
1 4-ounce can diced, green chili
2 Tablespoon chili sauce
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 lb. processed American cheese cubes
Saute onion in butter in pot. until golden. Add tomatoes and peppers. Mix cornstarch in chili sauce and heat at medium. Add cheese by thirds, stirring well after each addition. Serve with French bread, crackers,
corn chips, etc.
Annoying questions to ask your catechism teacher!
Annoying questions to ask your CCD teacher:
Is it a sin to mouth obscenities if you don't make any sound?
Is it okay to laugh at people in hell while you're up in heaven?
Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why is there suffering?
If there's life on other planets, are there aliens in heaven, too?
Do dinosaurs have souls?
Is neanderthal man in heaven?
Could God create a corn dog so big even God couldn't eat it all?
If you told a really, really good joke, would it make God laugh?
Wouldn't eternal bliss get boring after a while?
If you were a masochist in life, wouldn't it be a reward to be sent to hell and a punishment to be sent to heaven?
If I spent all my time praying instead of studying, would I get better grades?
Can the spirits of your dead relatives watch you when you go to the bathroom?
If money is the root of all evil then how come we have to have jobs?
If someone's been decapitated, are they still headless in heaven?
Is it a sin to mouth obscenities if you don't make any sound?
Is it okay to laugh at people in hell while you're up in heaven?
Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why is there suffering?
If there's life on other planets, are there aliens in heaven, too?
Do dinosaurs have souls?
Is neanderthal man in heaven?
Could God create a corn dog so big even God couldn't eat it all?
If you told a really, really good joke, would it make God laugh?
Wouldn't eternal bliss get boring after a while?
If you were a masochist in life, wouldn't it be a reward to be sent to hell and a punishment to be sent to heaven?
If I spent all my time praying instead of studying, would I get better grades?
Can the spirits of your dead relatives watch you when you go to the bathroom?
If money is the root of all evil then how come we have to have jobs?
If someone's been decapitated, are they still headless in heaven?
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