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Coffee Cake Banana Bread
By 4brennans
Preheat the oven to 350. Grease two 8x4 pans
- Bread
- 3-4 medium or large bananas
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp sour cream (or Greek yogurt)
- Crumb Topping
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 6 Tbsp butter, cold
Cretons in microwave
By 4brennans
Mix together all ingredients and cook in microwave at high for 7 minutes (cover dish with Saran-wrap with small ope...
- 1 lb ground veal or pork
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 Breton or Vivant crackers
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 tsp cretons spice
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 garlic clove (opitonal)
Tex-Mex Style Chilli
By 4brennans
In a 4 L saucepan, sauté beef chunks in oil until browned
- 1 lb lean beef steak, cut into 1-omch chunks, or lean ground beef
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 of each green and red pepper, chopped
- 1/3 cup corn niblets (canned or frozen)
- 1/3 cup tomato paste
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 2 tbsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp hot pepper flakes
- 2 cans (14 oz) red kidney beans (undrained)
Cake - Vanilla
By 4brennans
With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F)
- 3 cups (750 ml) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) salt
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups (500 ml) sugar
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) canola oil
- 1 1/4 cup (310 ml) milk
Bearnaise Sauce
By 4brennans
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, cut up
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp tarragon vinegar (or white wine vinegar)
- 1 tbsp minced fresh chives
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp dried tarragon
- 2 XL egg yolks
- pinch pepper or cayenne
Muffins, Blueberry Lemon
By 4brennans
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and lemon rind in large bowl
- Topping:
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 lemon - rind
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup fresh, frozen or canned blueberries
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup white sugar
Icing, Royal - Martha Stewart
By 4brennans
Perfect. This icing dries hard, making stacking easier
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp meringue powder
- 1/2 cup water
- liquid or gel-paste food coloring (optional)
Smoothie - Delicious
By 4brennans
Combine strawberries and banana in milk and then add the ice to the mixture
- 4 fresh strawberries
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 banana
- 4 cubes of ice
- ~1/2 tsp sugar
Butter Tarts - Best Classic
By 4brennans
Pastry: 1. Pulse the cold butter and shortening into the flour, sugar and salt using a food processor until the sh...
- Pastry:
- 2 1/4 cups flour pastry, but all-purpose will work
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup shortening, very cold and cut in cubes
- 1/2 cup butter, very cold and cut in cubes
- 6 tbsp ice water (approximately), enough to bring dough together
- Filling
- 3/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup raisins, pecans, walnuts or chocolate chips
Tropical Margarita
By 4brennans
Drinks
- 3 oz margarita mix
- 1 oz orange juice
- 1/4 lemon juice