Feb 24, 2014
Fruitful Day
Got a baking bug today. Asked honey what he wanted me to bake and he said Peach Upside Down Cake. So, okay, down to the cellar and I did have a jar of peaches left.
It's a cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of melted butter, peaches and I mixed up a yellow cake and poured over it. I use the Dinette Cake from the Betty Crocker cookbook and just doubled it.
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As long as the oven's going I thought I should do all my baking for the week. Save on propane. So I looked in the freezer and pulled out some cranberries and some strawberries.
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Made these cranberry cookies:
1 12 oz. bag of cranberries**
2/3 cup powdered sugar**
3 1/2 cups flour**
1 t. cinnamon**
1 t. baking powder**
1 t. soda**
1/2 t. salt**
1 egg**
1 cup sugar**
3/4 cup brown sugar**
1/2 cup butter**
3 T. orange juice************
Slice cranberries in half and put in bowl sprinkle with powdered sugar. Let set 10 minutes.
Cream butter, sugars, orange juice, and add beaten egg. Sift and add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, gradually. This gets a bit dry and I usually only put in 3 cups of flour. Add cranberries and stir gently. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.******************
Now some strawberry bread...
3 cups strawberries, mashed and drained**
(I put some of the juice into the batter)**
1 1/4 cup oil (lard)**
4 eggs beaten**
Mix all this together and add to the dry ingredients which are:**
3 cups flour**
2 cups sugar**
1 1/4 t. cinnamon**
1 t. salt**
1 t. baking soda**
Mix everything together will and pour into two greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for an hour.*******************************
Last-I threw some homemade mac and cheese in the oven with some ham for supper tonight.
Now everything is done except the dishes. Help.
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Feb 24, 2014
Fruitful Day
Got a baking bug today. Asked honey what he wanted me to bake and he said Peach Upside Down Cake. So, okay, down to the cellar and I did have a jar of peaches left.
It's a cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of melted butter, peaches and I mixed up a yellow cake and poured over it. I use the Dinette Cake from the Betty Crocker cookbook and just doubled it.
*************
As long as the oven's going I thought I should do all my baking for the week. Save on propane. So I looked in the freezer and pulled out some cranberries and some strawberries.
********************
Made these cranberry cookies:
1 12 oz. bag of cranberries**
2/3 cup powdered sugar**
3 1/2 cups flour**
1 t. cinnamon**
1 t. baking powder**
1 t. soda**
1/2 t. salt**
1 egg**
1 cup sugar**
3/4 cup brown sugar**
1/2 cup butter**
3 T. orange juice************
Slice cranberries in half and put in bowl sprinkle with powdered sugar. Let set 10 minutes.
Cream butter, sugars, orange juice, and add beaten egg. Sift and add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, gradually. This gets a bit dry and I usually only put in 3 cups of flour. Add cranberries and stir gently. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.******************
Now some strawberry bread...
3 cups strawberries, mashed and drained**
(I put some of the juice into the batter)**
1 1/4 cup oil (lard)**
4 eggs beaten**
Mix all this together and add to the dry ingredients which are:**
3 cups flour**
2 cups sugar**
1 1/4 t. cinnamon**
1 t. salt**
1 t. baking soda**
Mix everything together will and pour into two greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for an hour.*******************************
Last-I threw some homemade mac and cheese in the oven with some ham for supper tonight.
Now everything is done except the dishes. Help.
4 comments:
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Mama Pea said...
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What a wonderful bounty of lusciousness came out of your oven today! Had to laugh at your cry for help when facing the mound of dishes such a day makes though. And it's not funny, believe me, I know! Anytime you spend any amount of time in the kitchen, dirty dishes seem to materialize from thin air.
I'm going to make your cranberry cookies. They look so festive. Thanks for sharing the recipe. -
February 24, 2014 at 6:08 PM
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odiie said...
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Mama Pea,
The cranberry cookies use a lot of sugar, but maybe that's what makes them so good. They tend to get mushy in the cookie jar, haven't figured out a way to fix that. Maybe just eat them all right away.
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February 27, 2014 at 1:24 PM
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Mama Pea said...
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I wonder what would happen if I just left out the powdered sugar? Just the brown sugar and white sugar would be about the same amount for "usual" cookie recipes. (Would it be the powdered sugar that is causing them to get mushy in storage?) With the less amount of sugar, would they be too "puckery" because of the cranberries then? Just a thought . . . how 'bout substituting craisins for the cranberries? Methinks I need to get busy and see if I can totally botch them up!!
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February 27, 2014 at 3:30 PM
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FoxyLady said...
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Some of that looks pretty tasty. I usually end up putting my currants or high bush cranberries in muffins or in a cranberry cheese bread. They are nice and tart.....so, yum! I think I may still have some peaches left myself. But, I usually freeze them. They tend to end up on waffles with whipped cream on top. That makes a yummy start to a day once in a while too. :) But cookies....hmmmmm :)
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March 7, 2014 at 11:48 AM
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What a wonderful bounty of lusciousness came out of your oven today! Had to laugh at your cry for help when facing the mound of dishes such a day makes though. And it's not funny, believe me, I know! Anytime you spend any amount of time in the kitchen, dirty dishes seem to materialize from thin air.
I'm going to make your cranberry cookies. They look so festive. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Mama Pea,
The cranberry cookies use a lot of sugar, but maybe that's what makes them so good. They tend to get mushy in the cookie jar, haven't figured out a way to fix that. Maybe just eat them all right away.
I wonder what would happen if I just left out the powdered sugar? Just the brown sugar and white sugar would be about the same amount for "usual" cookie recipes. (Would it be the powdered sugar that is causing them to get mushy in storage?) With the less amount of sugar, would they be too "puckery" because of the cranberries then? Just a thought . . . how 'bout substituting craisins for the cranberries? Methinks I need to get busy and see if I can totally botch them up!!
Some of that looks pretty tasty. I usually end up putting my currants or high bush cranberries in muffins or in a cranberry cheese bread. They are nice and tart.....so, yum! I think I may still have some peaches left myself. But, I usually freeze them. They tend to end up on waffles with whipped cream on top. That makes a yummy start to a day once in a while too. :) But cookies....hmmmmm :)
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