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Crab Meat Imperial
By plilhig
1. HEAT oven to 375ºF. 2
- PREPARATION DIRECTIONS:
- 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Shortening, divided
- OR 3/4 stick Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening Sticks, divided
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 2 (6 1/2 oz.) cans crab meat, drained thoroughly
- 2 tablespoons pimiento strips
- 1/2 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 4 cups milk
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder or ground red pepper, or to taste
- Dash Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs
Moist Old Fashioned Banana Bread
By plilhig
Preheat oven to 350 Step 1
- 1/2 c. butter, softened (1 stick)
- 2/3 c. brown sugar
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 4-5 extremely ripe bananas (the blacker the better)
- 1 3/4 c. all purpose flour
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1 t. baking soda
- 2 t. baking powder
- 1 t. cinnamon
- 1/2 c. walnuts (optional)
- 1/2 . c sour cream (optional if freezing)
- SOUR CREAM! Note* If you plan on making this bread and freezing it, add in a 1/2 c. of sour cream.
Deep Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake
By plilhig
FOR THE CAKE: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F
- For the Cake:
- 2 1/4 cups self-rising cake flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- For the Glaze:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- Decadent Soft Chocolate Cream (See Recipe below)
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 pound milk chocolate, melted
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 cups heavy cream
- Softly whipped cream, for serving
Coconut Cake
By plilhig
This moist coconut cake is reminiscent of the venerable classic that was a staple of birthdays for years, and is no...
- Cake
- 3 cups (12 ounces) Queen Quinevere Cake Flour
- 2/3 cup (2 1/2 ounces) coconut milk powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (5 ounces) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups (10 ounces) sugar
- 6 large egg whites (about 1 1/4 cups; packaged liquid egg whites work fine, too)
- 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) whole milk, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 drops coconut flavoring
- Coconut Frosting
- 1 (14-ounce can) unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) unsalted butter
- 5 1/2 cups (22 ounces) confectioners’ sugar, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or 3 to 4 drops strong coconut flavoring
- Garnish
- 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded sweetened coconut
Tuscan Bean Soup
By plilhig
Author Nancy Harmon Jenkins uses olive oil three ways in this version of the venerable Italian soup: for sautéing ...
- 2 cups dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight
- 2 medium carrots, roughly chopped
- 1 rib celery, roughly chopped
- 1 ⁄2 yellow onion, roughly chopped
- 3 ⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic (3 minced, 1 halved)
- 10 oz. squash, such as butternut,
- peeled and cut into 1⁄2" cubes
- (about 2 cups)
- 4 large kale leaves, preferably lacinato or cavalo nero,
- stemmed and chopped
- 1 medium waxy-style potato, peeled
- and cut into 1⁄2" cubes
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black
- pepper, to taste
- 1 ⁄2 tsp. crushed fennel seeds
- 8 thick slices country-style bread
The BEST Moist Banana Bread Recipe (Melt in Your Mouth Bakery Style Banana Bread!)
By plilhig
Preheat Oven to 275 (yes that’s correct : ) Step 1
- Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups very riped bananas, mashed
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
- 2 1/8 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Shanghai Spring Rolls with Sweet Chili Sauce
By plilhig
Preparation Peel shrimp, and devein, if desired; finely chop
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 pound unpeeled fresh shrimp
- 2 2 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1 1 can 1 (8-ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and minced
- 1 1 can 1 (8-ounce) can bamboo shoots, drained and minced
- 3 3 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 2 2 green onions, diced
- 2 2 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
- 1 1 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/8 1/8 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 1/8 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1 package 1 (12-ounce) package spring roll wrappers
- Vegetable oil
- Sweet Chili Sauce
- Lettuce leaves (optional)
- Preparation
- Peel shrimp, and devein, if desired; finely chop.
- to 2 to 350°. 6 depth of 2 inches into a medium saucepan, and heat to 350°. Fry spring rolls, a few at a time, 6 minutes or until golden. Drain on paper towels. Serve spring rolls with Sweet Chili Sauce and over lettuce leaves, if desired.
Crispy Crab Cakes with Mango Salsa
By plilhig
1. COMBINE 1/2 cup bread crumbs, mayonnaise, egg, mustard, green onion, Worcestershire sauce and seafood seasoning
- 1 cup unseasoned bread crumbs, divided
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
- 1 green onion, white and green parts, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon seafood seasoning
- 1 pound fresh lump crab meat, picked over for cartilage
- Crisco® Pure Canola Oil, for frying
- MANGO SALSA
- 2 cups chopped pitted peeled mango
- 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
- 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 2/3 cup chopped green onions
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 4 teaspoons Crisco® Pure Canola Oil
soft butter pretzel
By plilhig
Pretzels are available crisp and hard from your grocery or, if you're lucky and in the right place, soft and chewy ...
- Dough
- 2 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons regular instant yeast
- 7/8 to 1 cup warm water*
- Topping
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- coarse, kosher or pretzel salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- *Use the greater amount in the winter, the lesser amount in the summer, and somewhere in between in the spring and fall. Your goal is a soft dough.
Southern Homemade Sweet Potato Pie
By plilhig
Preheat oven to 350 Let’s Make The Crust! Step 1) In a bowl add the flour and cut in the Crisco, until it resemb...
- Dough
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups butter flavored Crisco
- 3 Tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup ice water
- The Sweet Potato Filling
- 2 cups sweet potatoes (2 medium sweet potatoes usually does it. I always have a bit extra left)
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoons ginger
- 1 Tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract