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Southern Apple Crumble
By bigbare
Prize-Winning Recipe 2008! Meet the easy cookie-mix cousin to warm and spicy apple crisp
- Filling
- 3 large apples, peeled, coarsely chopped (about 3 cups)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 to 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup cold butter or margarine, cut into small pieces
- Topping
- 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® oatmeal cookie mix
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
lemon poppyseed muffins
By bigbare
Sift together dry ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup butter
- 3 cups flour
- 1/4 cup poppy seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- granulated sugar
Chocolate Espresso Cookies
By bigbare
1. Preheat oven to 350F. 2
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, divided
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup, plus 2 tablespoons, sugar
- 3 teaspoons finely ground dark roast coffee
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Fresh Pear Pie with Dried Cherries and Brown Sugar Streusel
By bigbare
A hint of spice lets the delicate flavor of the pears shine through, while the dried cherries are a welcome alterna...
- For the streusel
- 4-1/2 oz. (1 cup) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp. table salt
- 4 oz. (8 Tbs.) unsalted butter, melted
- For the filling
- 3 lb. ripe Anjou or Bartlett pears (5 or 6 medium), peeled and cored, cut lengthwise into 8 wedges and then crosswise into 1/2-inch slices (about 7 cups)
- 1-1/2 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1-1/8 oz. (1/4 cup) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp. table salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
- 3/4 cup dried tart cherries, coarsely chopped
- 1 blind-baked All-Butter Piecrust
Triple Citrus Bars
By bigbare
If you cannot find fresh Key limes, use regular (Persian) limes
- Crust
- 5 ounces animal crackers
- 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar (light or dark)
- Pinch table salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted and cooled slightly
- Filling
- 2 ounces cream cheese , room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime zest , minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest , minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest , minced
- Pinch table salt
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 egg yolk
- 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice , either Key lime or regular
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- Garnish (optional)
- 3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut , toasted until golden and crisp
Minced meat
By bigbare
Combine all ingredients together in a large pot
- 2 pounds lean beef chopped
- 4 pounds of apples chopped
- 2 1/2 pounds of raisins
- cider
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1 1/4 's teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 pound ground suet
- 1 teaspoon mace
Fluffy Peter butter frosting
By bigbare
Gradually stir melt into flour in a small sauce pan
- 1 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- -- is salt
Blueberry Rustic Fruit Tart
By bigbare
A rustic fruit tart, or galette, is one of the easiest pastries you can make—perfect for the laid-back days of su...
- For the Dough:
- 6-3/4 oz. (1-1/2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. table salt
- 5-1/2 oz. (11 Tbs.) cold, unsalted butter
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3 Tbs. whole milk
- For the Filling:
- 4 cups blueberries
- 1/2 tsp. pure almond extract
- 1 Tbs. all-purpose flour
- Big pinch table salt
- 1 large egg, beaten well
- 2 Tbs. demerara sugar
Double chocolate oatmeal cookies
By bigbare
Beat sugar, butter, egg, water and vanilla until creamy
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/3 cup baking coca
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups quick oats
- 6 ounces chocolate chips
Apple Cobbler Plus
By bigbare
A vanilla-scented scone topping adds an extra layer of flavor to this classic apple cobbler
- Filling
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Instant ClearJel®
- 1 teaspoon Apple Pie Spice, or a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 to 5 large tart green apples, cored and sliced
- 3 tablespoons boiled cider or cherry concentrate
- Topping
- 1 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 cup cold butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup half & half or milk