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Sour Cream Banana Donuts
By Gerry
Why is it that donuts are an acceptable breakfast food? Cake and donuts have the same exact ingredients, so what m
- 1/2 c. butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2/3 c. brown sugar
- 2/3 c. sour cream
- 3 brown spotty bananas
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 c. flour
- Chocolate Chips
Almond Roca Cookies
By Gerry
Preheat to 350 In mixing bowl cream together butter and both sugars
- 1 cup butter, room temp
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 beaten egg yolk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups AP flour
- 8 Hershey's bars, broken into pieces
- 1/3 cup chopped almonds
Lilybean's Chocolate Chip Cookies
By Gerry
Oodles of chocolate chips
- 1 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
Banana Nut Bread
By Gerry
Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour 9x5x3" loaf pan or two smaller loaf pans
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 cup finely chopped nuts
- 1 cup mashed bananas (2-3 medium)
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
By Gerry
*Place butter in a large mixing bowl and blend slightly
- ½ cup butter, at room temperature
- 8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (clear)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 to 4 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Roasted Garlic Chicken with Red Potatoes
By Gerry
Preheat oven to 400. Place the chicken in the bottom of a 9×13 glass baking dish
- 3 chicken breasts, about 1 1/4 lb.
- 6 medium red potatoes, about 2-3 lbs., quartered
- Olive oil, drizzled on top
- Balsamic vinegar, drizzled on top
- 2 tsp minced dried garlic, or couple cloves fresh garlic, minced or crushed
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh or frozen veggies, or side salad
Coffee Bean Cookies
By Gerry
Press a few extra chocolate chips and chocolate covered coffee beans into the tops of drop cookies before they bak...
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup chocolate covered coffee beans
- 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Donuts
By Gerry
Preheat oven to 350* Use fresh or frozen strawberries and smash into puree
- 1 strawberry cake mix
- 1/3 c. oil
- 1/2 c. vanilla ice cream
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 c. strawberry puree
- canned chocolate frosting
Cinnamon Walnut Quinoa
By Gerry
This gluten-free breakfast is sure to please the entire family, not just those who need to eat sans gluten
- 2 cups white quinoa
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup sweetener (I used brown sugar)
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- Couple handfuls of chopped walnuts
- Couple handfuls of raisins, or dried cranberries
- Optional: Milk, cream or yogurt
- Fresh fruit to accompany
Vanilla Bean Baby Doughnuts
By Gerry
The recipe is pretty strait forward, and the only extra advice I can give is to put the donut batter into a piping ...
- Doughnut batter:
- 2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp. butter, melted
- Seeds from one vanilla bean
- Vanilla glaze:
- 1 cup confectioner’ s sugar
- 1 tbsp. milk
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 drops of liquid blue food coloring
- White nonpareils