Friday, September 30, 2011

Recipe : Apricot Bars I

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup butter
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup apricot preserves
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream flour, butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Press into a 9x13 inch pan.
Bake for 20 minutes. Take out and spread preserves evenly then sprinkle with nuts. Score into bars, but leave in pan.
Return to oven at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for up to 15 minutes. Cool on rack.

Recipe : Annie's Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips

Ingredients
2 kiwis, peeled and diced
2 Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored and diced
8 ounces raspberries
1 pound strawberries
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor
10 (10 inch) flour tortillas
butter flavored cooking spray
2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar

Directions
In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, Golden Delicious apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Coat one side of each flour tortilla with butter flavored cooking spray. Cut into wedges and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle wedges with desired amount of cinnamon sugar. Spray again with cooking spray.
Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture.

Recipe : Asian Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients
4 ounces dry Chinese noodles
1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
6 shiitake mushrooms, sliced
2 green onions, chopped
1 skinless, boneless chicken breast half
2 eggs

Directions
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Stir noodles into boiling water and cook until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes. (For a chewier texture, shock the noodles by pouring 1 cup cold water into the pot when it starts to foam, then letting it come to a boil again to finish cooking.) Drain and divide into two serving bowls.
Meanwhile, bring chicken broth to boil in a medium saucepan with mushrooms and green onions. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and stir into boiling broth. When broth returns to a boil, crack eggs into broth. Continue to cook until chicken is no longer pink and eggs are cooked, about 10 minutes. Pour the chicken soup over the noodles in the bowls and serve immediately.

Recipe : Baked Slow Cooker Chicken

Ingredients
1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon paprika

Directions
Wad three pieces of aluminum foil into 3 to 4 inch balls, and place them in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Rinse the chicken, inside and out, under cold running water. Pat dry with paper towels. Season the chicken with the salt, pepper and paprika, and place in the slow cooker on top of the crumbled aluminum foil.
Set the slow cooker to High for 1 hour, then turn down to Low for about 8 to 10 hours, or until the chicken is no longer pink and the juices run clear.

Recipe : Applesauce Cake III

Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups applesauce
2 tablespoons molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour tube pan.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream the sugar and shortening until fluffy. Add applesauce and molasses and mix in.
Gradually add the flour mixture and beat well to moisten. Fold in the raisins.
Pour into a prepared fluted or straight sided tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle of cake comes out clean. Cake will not rise to top of pan. Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan and cool on wire rack.