…to make people think you are a better cook than you are. Naturally, we will use inexpensive pre-prepared pancake powder. Mix with water exactly as specified — the directions are there for a reason! Then whisk in your favorite fruit: the ultimate all-time best is wild strawberries, but blackberries and raspberries and bananas and whatever your…
Author: Joanna LeRoy
Jo is an crafter, singer-songwriter, foodie, photographer, artist and reformed blogger.
Blueberry Muffins
1⅔ c flour 2 t baking powder ½ t salt ½ c sugar ¾ c milk ⅓ c Crisco oil 1 egg, eaten 1 c blueberries Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Mix milk, oil and egg, and add enough to flour mixture to wet the dry ingredients. Batter will be lumpy. Fold in…
Banana Oatmeal Muffins
½ c butter ½ c sugar ½ c honey 2 eggs, beaten 3 bananas, mashed 1½ c flour 1 t baking powder 1 t baking soda ¾ t salt 1 c oatmeal Cream butter and sugar. Add honey and mix well. Add mashed bananas and eggs. Combine dry ingredients and mix well. Add quick oatmeal….
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
¾ c butter 1½ c sugar 2 eggs 1 pt sour cream (NOT fat free!) 1 t vanilla ½ t lemon 3 c flour 1½ t baking powder 1½ t baking soda ¼ t salt ½ c chopped nuts 1 t cinnamon ½ c sugar Cream butter and sugar; mix in eggs. Add sour cream,…
Homemade Grape Juice
About 10 lbs grapes 1 c water 3 lbs sugar Heat grapes and water in a saucepan until pulp and stones separate. Strain through jelly bag or cheesecloth. Add sugar to juice and heat to boiling. Freeze or bottle. Makes about 1 gallon. Dilute with equal amount of water before serving. (Someday I want to…
Newfoundland Trout Breakfast
3 to 6 (per person) 6-8″ wild brook trout are best by far, far, far and away a dab of butter or your favorite cooking oil salt/pepper to taste (don’t need much) eggs prepared camp style: either overeasy/sunnyside, or scrambled — but no hoity-toity methods… pan fries done your favorite way (I slice, half-cook in…
Jenny Main’s Blueberry Muffins
We all remember Jenny for her many years in Harrisville as the Postmistress. She disdained modern calculators and insisted on doing her sums of stamp purchases the old-fashioned way which enabled the citizen of the town a chance to visit and get caught up on the local gossip. She was also an incredible Red Sox…
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Originally published by David Leite in the New York Times 2 c minus 2 T (8½ ounces) cake flour 1⅔ c (8½ ounces) bread flour 1¼ t baking soda 1½ t baking powder 1½ t kosher salt 2½ sticks (1¼ cups) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1¼ c (10 ounces) light brown sugar 1 c plus…
Sarah’s Superior Sauced Chicken
8 bone-in chicken thighs, skin on In dutch oven 4–5 T butter, brown chicken thoroughly, both sides. Salt and pepper both sides. Add ¾–1 lemon, cut into wedges Add ¼–½c madeira Jar of mushroom slices Jar of pimentos 1 lg onion chopped Put covered dutch oven in oven at 350°. After 30 minutes, stir, remove…
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