recipes!

HEre is a list of misc. recipes I've collected recently. I've tried teh pumpkin bread and it's divine...not healthy for you...but.. still really good! I haven't tried teh rest, but they are all from friends, so hopefully they are good :)

BANANA BREAD
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons soft shortening (I use butter flavored Crisco)
1 egg
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 cup mashed bananas (3-4 bananas)
1 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour the bottom of 9x5x3" loaf pan or spray with Pam with flower.

Mix sugar, shortening and egg. Stir in buttermilk and bananas (if you like banana pieces, don't mash the bananas before adding to the batter). Blend in the dry ingredients until all the flour is moistened. Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, then take out of pan. Cool completely on rack. Slice when completely cool.









Chicken Tortilla Soup
Serves: 6 - 8

Broth Ingredients

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Calabaza squash, diced ½” - 1 cup
Red onion, diced ½” - ½ cup
Chopped garlic - 1 tsp
Sliced jalapeno, no seeds - 2 tsp
Chicken broth, canned - 8 cups
Corn kernels, canned, drained - 1 ½ cups
Tomatoes, ½ “ diced - 1 cup
Jicama, ½” diced - 1 cup
Salt - to taste
Lime Juice, fresh squeezed - ¼ cup
Oregano, chopped - 1 tsp
Chicken breast, fully cooked & chopped - 1 pound

Broth

Heat the oil in a large pot until hot. Add the calabaza, onions, jalapenos and garlic, then sauté until they loose their raw appearance. Add the chicken broth, corn, jicama, and tomatoes, then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the calabaza is tender. Season to taste with salt, then add the lime juice, oregano and fully cooked sliced chicken breast. Simmer for an additional 5 minutes then cut the heat.

Garnish Ingredients

Cilantro Chopped - 8 tbsp
Avocado, diced ½” - 8 tbsp
Cut the Avocado just before serving to prevent discoloration.

Blue Corn Tortillas 6” -
White Corn Tortillas 6” - 8
Canola or Peanut Oil - 1 cup
Salt - As Needed


Garnish

Cut the tortilla strips into 1/4 inch strips and set aside. Place the oil in a small pan and heat to medium heat. Add small amounts of the strips and fry until crisp. Remove and place on a paper towel lined plate to absorb the excess oil. Lightly season the crisp tortillas with salt. Repeat the process until all the tortillas are fried.

Serve the soup hot, and garnish with diced avocado, chopped cilantro and crisp tortilla strips.





From Relish Online:

4 large eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

FROSTING
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl of a an electric mixer, beat the eggs well, add in the sugar and butter and mix well. Add the pumpkin and vanilla and mix. Add the flour and spices and mix well. Spread in a 9 X 13-inch greased pan.

Bake for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.

To make frosting: In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until just mixed, careful not to over mix. When the brownies are cool, frost. Cut into squares and serve.





Pumpkin Roll

3 eggs
1 C Sugar 1 teas. Ginger
2/3 C plain pumpkin ½ teas. Nutmeg
1 teas. Lemon Juice ½ teas. Salt
¾ C flour chopped nuts
1 teas. Baking powder
2 teas. Cinnamon

Beat eggs on high speed for 5 minutes. Slowly beat in sugar.
Stir in pumpkin & lemon juice. In separate bowl, combine flour,
baking powder, spices, & salt. Fold dry ingredients into pumpkin
mixture. Spread onto greased & floured cookie sheet. Top with
chopped nuts. Bake at 375 ° for 15 minutes. When done, turn out
on towel, roll up & allow to cool. After cooled, unroll & spread
w/cream cheese mixture (recipe following). Roll it up & chill.

Filling: 1 C powder sugar 6 to 8 oz. cream cheese
4 teas. Butter 1 teas. Vanilla
Beat till creamy & of a frosting consistency.