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Archive for August, 2008
Explanation Thread
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Classic Pie Crust
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups flour
1 pinch salt
1 TBS sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3 TBS ice water
Directions:
1. Mix together flour and salt.
2. Cut butter/margarine into small pieces, then add into flour mixture.
3. Mix with fingers until mixture is a bunch of coarse crumbs.
4. Drizzle in ice water, mixing in between drops, until the mixture resembles dough.
5. Gather dough into ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for half an hour or more.
6. Roll out dough, spread in pie plate. Add desired filling and bake for as long as needed.
Chocolate Quiksand
Ingredients:
2 bags bittersweet chocolate chips
1 stick margarine
1 1/2 cup milk
A small bowl of strawberries
Directions:
1. Combine margarine and milk in a pot.
2. Heat mixture for 5 minutes.
3. Take off heat.
4. Stir in chocolate chips
5. Serve. Dip berries in mixture and eat.
6. If mixture hardens, reheat.
Serves eight.
Variations-
1. Use butter instead of margarine.
2. Use other fruit with/instead of strawberries
Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients:
1/2 onion, chopped
2 TBS butter
1/2 butternut squash
48 oz. chicken or vegetable broth
1 cup whipping cream
1 tsp sage
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Chop onion into small pieces.
2. Melt butter in 4 quart pot.
3. Peel butternut squash. Remove seeds. Cut into 1 inch cubes.
4. Saute squash with onion for 5 minutes.
5. Add broth to onion and squash mixture. Bring to a boil. Cover with lid.
6. Simmer for 10 minutes. Squash should be tender. Remove from heat.
7. Puree squash mixture.
8. Add whipping cream. Stir. If necessary, repeat.
Try out and comment.
Rocky Rowboats
Ingredients:
8 bananas
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup mini marshmallows
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Hollow out bananas without ruining the shape of the banana peel.
3. Slice bananas into large bowl.
4. Add marshmallows.
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Fill each banana peel with banana mixture.
7. Wrap in foil.
8. Bake 5 minutes.
9. Enjoy!
Serves eight.
Variations-
1.Use raisins and/or blueberries instead of/with chocolate chips.
2. Mash bananas instead of slicing.
3. Cool bananas, then unwrap and decorate with icing, frosting, and sprinkles.
