Another favorite site . . .

I subscribe to this newsletter and have often discovered great German recipes along with a lot of interesting facts and stories. Being half German, for some reason this appeals to me! Today, I discovered this recipe in time to use it for my pie crust for a change of pace from my usual recipe.
http://www.kitchenproject.com/GermanGoodies/2012/Aug31-2012.htm

Next on my list of things to bake . . .

Two peach pies are cooling on the counter . . . right next to two, huge bowls of fresh tomatoes from the garden. It gave me an idea . . . Use the search engine on the computer to see if anyone has come up with a recipe for sweet tomato cake and one showed up immediately. The blogger mentioned the same problem, a surplus of beautiful tomatoes so she devised this recipe. She is into healthy so you don't need eggs or butter in it and her picture reflect a very successful outcome. I plan to put this recipe to good use . . . as soon as the peach pies are gone!

http://www.lovefoodeat.com/sweet-tomato-cake-with-olive-oil-cinnamon/

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More Wisdom Through Quotes!

"Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd."
-- Edith Sitwell

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives."
-- Sue Murphy

"Outer space is no place for a person of breeding."
-- Lady Violet Bonham Carter

"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
-- Robert X. Cringely

Brown Sugar Lemon Spice Shortbread

This is a small-batch recipe. I use it when my husband decides he needs something to sustain his engergy in a hectic week. I like it because there won't be a lot of leftover cookies to tempt him too much! It is easy to throw together and the long baking time leaves you to the rest of your dinner prep work without worry.

 

Brown Sugar Lemon Spice Shortbread

 

1 cup butter - margarine will definitely not work!

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cup all-purpose flour

 

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

 

Beat together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the spices, zest, vanilla and beat to combine. Stir in the flour to form a dough.

 

There are two ways to prepre the cookies. You can either scoop out tablespoons of dough into rounded balls and press them down with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar or you can divide the dough into two or three larger balls, press out into about a 1/2 thick circle.

 

Either way, bake for approximately 25-40 minutes depending on the size of the cookies. They should be golden around the edges. Let cool on baking sheet and carefully transfer to a rack to finish cooling.

 

These go great with an iced tea, glass or cold milk,

 

 

I can always make these easy little cookies with the ingredients in my pantry. They're rich, crisp, and so simple to make.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter (NO substitutes), softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups flour

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add brown sugar and mix well. Then add flour and mix just until a dough forms. Divide dough into 2 balls and pat each into a 1/2" thick 7" round on an ungreased cookie sheet. Prick each with fork. Bake at 300 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Carefully remove to wire rack to cool. Cut each round into eight wedges to serve. 16 cookies

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