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Banana Bread
By sianshan
from Cooking Light ingred/directions in brackets for Chocolate-Marbled Banana Bread
- 2 c flour
- 3/4 t bs
- 1/2 t salt
- 1 c sugar
- 1/4 c butter, softened
- 2 lg eggs (1/2 c egg substitute)
- 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
- 1/3 c plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 t vanilla extract (no vanilla extract)
- 1/2 c semisweet chocolate chips
Buckingham Palace Shortbread
By sianshan
from Holiday Baking by Sara Perry Oregon tea maven, Jan Lambert, insists that this is the very recipe made daily...
- 2 cups cake flour
- 3/4 cup plus 1 T cornstarch
- 1/4 t salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temp
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- up to 1/4 cup superfine sugar for sprinkling
Black-bottom Coconut Bars
By sianshan
from Martha Stewart
- for base
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, plus more for pan
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 t salt
- 1 lg egg
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup flour (spooned and leveled)
- for coconut topping
- 2 lg eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 t vanilla
- 1 cup flour (spooned and leveled)
- 1 pkg (7 ounces) sweetened shredded coconut; 1/2 cup reserved for sprinkling
Starbucks "Outrageous Oatmeal Cookie"
By sianshan
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 1 1/2 c old fashioned rolled oats (not quick-cooking)
- 1/2 c all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 Tbsp butter, room temperature (slightly more than 1/3 cup)
- 1/2 c packed dk-brown sugar
- 1/4 c granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (I omit)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- pecans (crushed or chopped)
Apple Crumble Bars
By sianshan
from http://dessertfirst.typepad
- Filling
- 3 large tart apples (about 1 3/4 lbs total)
- 3 tablespoons softened unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Crust
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons softened unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- Streusel
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced
- 1/4 cup pecans, roughly chopped
Wilton Sugar Cookies
By sianshan
Oven 400F. Cream butter and sugar
- 1 c butter, softened
- 1 c sugar
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1 lg egg
- 3 c flour
- 2 t bp
Welsh Cakes
By sianshan
350F Combine dry ingred in med bowl; blend well
- 2 c flour
- 3/4 c sugar
- 1 t bp
- 1/2 t nutmeg
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/2 c cold butter
- 1 egg
- 1/2 c raisins
- Milk