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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Graham Cracker Toffee























  • 9 sheets graham crackers
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup chopped pecans


  • Grease and line a 13-by-9-inch baking sheet with parchment paper.
    Overhang parchment paper on short ends of baking sheet. 
    Break the graham crackers on the perforated lines into smaller rectangles.
    Place them on the baking sheet as close together as possible, cover the entire sheet.
    Melt  butter and sugar in a saucepot over medium heat.
    Stir the butter and sugar mixture until it bubbles.
    Add pecans and stir together.
    Pour the mixture evenly over all of the crackers.
    Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 10 minutes.
    Cool for 30 minutes.
    Break or cut into pieces to serve.

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    Wednesday, August 20, 2014

    Impossible Cheeseburger Pie





















    • 1 pound ground beef
    • 1 large onion, chopped
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
    • 1/2 cup Bisquick baking mix
    • 1 cup milk
    • 2 eggs


    Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    Spray 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray.
    Cook beef and onion over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown, drain.
    Add salt, and spread in pie plate. 
    Sprinkle with cheese.
    Mix remaining ingredients until well blended.
    Pour in pie plate.
    Bake 25 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

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    Wednesday, August 13, 2014

    Baked Coconut Shrimp










    • 1 1/2 pounds large shrimp
    • salt
    • vegetable cooking spray
    • 2 egg whites
    • 1/4 cup cornstarch
    • 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
    • 1 cup panko breadcrumbs 
    • 1 teaspoon paprika

    Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
    Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails on.
    Salt shrimp to taste.
    Place a wire rack coated with cooking spray in a jelly-roll pan.
    Whisk egg whites in a bowl until foamy.
    Place cornstarch into a shallow dish.
    Stir together coconut, breadcrumbs, and paprika into another shallow dish.
    Pat shrimp dry between layers of paper towels.
    Lightly dredge each shrimp in cornstarch, shaking off excess.
    Dip in egg whites.
    Dredge in coconut mixture, pressing gently with fingers.
    Lightly coat shrimp with cooking spray.
    Place shrimp on wire rack.
    Bake at 425 degrees for 16 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink, turning after 8 minutes.
    Serve with Orange Dipping Sauce.



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    Serve with Orange Mustard Sauce.






































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    Orange Mustard Dipping Sauce


    Orange Mustard Dipping Sauce

     
     
    • 1/2 cup orange marmalade
    • 1/4 cup honey
    • 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
    • 4 drops Tabasco hot sauce

    Mix all ingredient together.
    Stir to combine.


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    Orange Mustard Sauce with Baked Coconut Shrimp.
     


     

    Friday, August 8, 2014

    Crustless Brownie Pie



















    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1/4 cup cocoa
    • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 pinch salt
    • 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
    • ice cream

    Combine first 7 ingredients beat 4 minutes at medium speed of an electric mixer.
    Stir in nuts.
    Spread batter evenly in a buttered 9 inch pie plate.
    Bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
    Pie will puff, then fall.
    Cool completely before slicing.
    Serve with ice cream.

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    Thursday, August 7, 2014

    Blueberry Jam




















    • 4 pints blueberries, washed and sorted
    • 1 lemon
    • 7 cups sugar
    • 1/2  teaspoon butter
    • 2 3-ounce pouches liquid pectin
     
    Crush blueberries one layer at a time. 
    Measure 4 1/2 cups crushed berries into a large saucepot.
    Add the juice of one lemon.
    Add sugar all at one time.
    Add butter.
    Butter will help prevent foaming. 
    Bring to full rolling boil, a boil that cannot be stirred down.
    Add pectin, stirring constantly.
    Return to a full boil and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
    Remove from heat.
    Skim off foam with a metal spoon.
    Ladle into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/8 inch head space.
    Clean rims of jars and cap with 2-part lids.
    Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
    Remove from canner and cool. 
    Makes nine 1/2 pint jars.

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    Wednesday, August 6, 2014

    Thousand Island Salad Dressing





















    • 1 cup mayonnaise
    • 1/4 cup chili sauce
    • 1/4 cup finely minced celery
    • 2 teaspoon confectioner's sugar
    • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
    • 1 tablespoon onion, minced
    • 1 hard-boiled egg, sieved

    Mix first 6 ingredients together and chill.
    Just before serving add sieved hard-boiled egg.

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