Monday, May 19, 2008

Lots of Carbs

Crumb Cake

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2/3 vegetable oil

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 egg

½ cup milk

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix the first 5 ingredients together. Take out 1 ½ cups of the mixture and add 2 teaspoons cinnamon. With the other remaining ingredients, add 1 egg and ½ cup milk, stir. Pour this into a non-greased 8 inch pan and then sprinkle the cinnamon mixture on top. Bake for 25 minutes or until done.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

3 very ripe bananas

1 cup sugar

½ cup butter- softened (do not use margarine)

1 egg

3 tablespoons sour milk

2 cups flour

1 scant teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

¾ cup broken walnuts (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream sugar and butter together, add bananas and beat. Then add egg and milk. Lastly add dry ingredients- mix only until blended. Add nuts last. Bake in 9 in pan for about 30 minutes. Test with toothpick.

(I usually double the recipe and put it in a 13 by 9 in pan for 45 minute-60 minutes.)

Blueberry Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

¾ cup sugar

2 ½ teaspoon baking powder

¾ cup teaspoon salt

¼ cup butter

¾ cup milk

1 egg

2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Topping:

½ cup sugar

1/3 cup flour

½ teaspoon cinnamon

¼ cup butter softened

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees, grease a 9 inch pan. Blend the first 7 ingredients together. Beat vigorously ½ minutes – stir in berries carefully. In a separate bowl, mix the topping ingredients with a fork or pastry blender until completely crumbly. Spread the batter mixture into a greased 9inch square or round pan, top with topping and bake for 40-50 minutes.

Caramel Corn Recipe (I actually won a school contest on this one!)

1 cup butter

2 cup brown sugar

½ cup light corn syrup

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

½ tsp. baking soda

6 qt popcorn (I use 3 bags of microwave extra butter popcorn)

Make popcorn and put in a turkey pan or deep pan. Boil the first 4 ingredients without stirring. Take off the heat and add the vanilla and baking soda. Pour over the popcorn and bake at 250 degrees stirring every 15 minutes. Cool on parchment paper and then store in tight container. Enjoy!