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Banana Pudding – attempt no. 1

22 Thursday Jan 2015

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Banana pudding recipe

An old fashioned southern recipe of my great grandmother’s.

This is another recipe of my great grandmother’s. It came out pretty good, but not perfect. My first mistake was using a bowl that was too large for the recipe. I think it calls for a deep, glass pie dish? But to my defense, it was all I had. I plan to re-do this with the correct container – or at least something close to it.

The other thing I did wrong was I put in too many vanilla wafers.

“There’s no such thing,” you say? Well, you may be right. It still tastes pretty good. I think I would like a little more pudding and a little less wafer, though.

I also elected to make the meringue, even though I don’t really care for it. I may try my hand at whipped cream next time. I bet it has more flavor.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything due to the holidays, as well as a few migraine issues. But the good news is, I’m on a new medicine which is preventing the headaches in the first place. After 25 years of agony, I seem to be headache-free. So, YEA!

Soutern banana pudding

My great grandmother’s recipe card of banana pudding.

1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Vanilla wafers
5 or 6 ripe bananas

Combine sugar, flour and salt in a large pot. Stir in milk and cook until thickened. Beat eggs, and add a cup of hot milk to them. Then pour all back into the pot and cook about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Line casserole dish with wafers, top with bananas, then a layer of custard. Continue to layer with wafers, bananas and custard.

Can use 3 egg yolks in custard, then after putting layers in casserole, beat egg whites, add 1/4 cup sugar. Pile on top of pudding and bake at 425 degrees about 5 minutes.

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Date Ice Box Cookies – (Aunt Lucy)

25 Monday Aug 2014

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Baking, Cooking, Food, Ice box date cookies, Vintage recipes

DateIceBoxCookiesAboveTonedReadI love dates. So any recipe that contains them gets my attention pretty quickly.

I have no idea who Aunt Lucy is, but that is how it was printed in the newspaper article that my great grandmother cut out for her collection. Unfortunately there is no date (no pun intended) on the clipping. But Mama died in 1976, so it was way before then.

These are pretty good. Not too sweet. I think they will make a good compliment to coffee. They are pretty easy to do and they make a ton.

Date Ice Box Cookies 

Filling:
1 pound chopped dates
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water

Cook mixture together until thick. (In a medium-sized pot on a low heat. I stirred frequently.)

Cookie dough:
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
3 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream together sugars and butter. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Sift dry ingredients together and add to mixture. (You may need a little bit more flour) – I definitely did need to add some.    Add vanilla.

Divide the dough into three equal parts. Roll dough about 1/4-inch thick. Spread filling onto dough and roll tightly into tight, oblong stick. Put cookies in refrigerator until well-chilled or store in freezer. Slice and bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

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Butterscotch Brownies

07 Thursday Aug 2014

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Butterscotch Brownies

1 1/3 sticks butter
2 cups light brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup flour (I used all purpose)
1 cup pecans (I chopped them just a little bit)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Melt butter and mix well with sugar. Stir in other ingredients and pour into a square cake pan. (I used an 8×8 glass dish). Bake in a very slow oven – 250 degrees — for 1 ½ hours. Let cool slightly, cut into squares and roll in sifted powdered sugar. (I did not roll them in the powdered sugar. I did not have time. I just dusted the tops with it.)

Ok. This recipe was pasted right next to the Branbury Tarts recipe in my great grandmother’s recipe book.

No wonder. This one is pretty good, too.

My oven is really slow, so it took a lot longer than 1 1/2 hours to bake. In fact, I had taken them out and decided they needed a little longer to finish. I’m still not sure if I cooked them long enough because they sort of fell apart when I was trying to get them out of the pan. So you may have to adjust the temperature a bit if you have somewhere to be.

Oh, and I burned my arm on the oven rack. For 250 degrees, it sure did smart.

Anyway, these are super-easy to make and extremely delicious.

Enjoy!

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Orange Nut Bread

24 Saturday May 2014

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Cooking, Food, Great grandmother, Orange Nut Bread, Photography

OrangeNutBread OnStoneREADyOrange Nut Bread
(I altered this one a bit for two reasons: 1. I wanted to start using gluten-free flour to possibly curb the number of migraines I’ve been having, and 2. I didn’t have all of the ingredients, as usual.)

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour (I used gluten-free plus 3/4 teaspoons Xanthan Gum for every cup of flour. This helps keep the bread firm)
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup chopped nuts (I used almonds because I didn’t have any walnuts)
1 tablespoon grated orange peel ( I used lemon. No oranges in the house)
I beaten egg
3/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons salad oil (I assumed this meant canola oil)

I also added 1 cup craisins soaked in boiling water to plump them up.

Sift together dry ingredients. Stir in nuts and orange peel. Mix egg, juice and oil. Stir into dry ingredients until just moist, then fold in craisins. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until done. Remove from pan and cool on rack. Wrap and store overnight.

It turned out pretty good. It’s really good with coffee.

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Blackberry Filling

15 Thursday May 2014

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Blackberry filling, Cookies, Food, Tarts

BlackberryFillingInJarSmallBerryRingSmallI decided to try my hand at making the Branbury Tarts again last night for a friend of mine – and typical of me – I ran out of the raspberry preserves. Joe suggested I make my own filling using some of the blackberries we picked last summer.

Hmmm. Good idea!

So I did. I mixed the frozen blackberries with sugar on the stove – and voila! Instant filling.

They’re tasty, too!

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Balsamic Lime Vinaigrette – Snapshot of the Day, No. 363

22 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Balsamic-lime vinaigrette, Chattanooga, Food, Gwyneth Paltrow, It's All Good Cookbook, Migraine diet, Photography, Salad dressing

012214_363BalsamicLimeVinaigretteRSo far, so good with my new diet to prevent migraines.

One thing to avoid: processed foods. So, that means homemade salad dressing for my lunch.

Again, this is from Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook, “It’s All Good.”

 

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Chicken Salad – Snapshot of the Day, No. 349

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Chattanooga, Chicken salad, Food, Photography

010814_349ChickenSaladRChicken salad. I haven’t made that in years!

This morning I made it with the rotisserie chicken I made a few nights ago. I added apples, grapes, toasted walnuts, salt and pepper, and red chili flakes to offset the sweet fruit. Oh, and mayonnaise, of course.

It turned out to be really good! I was so excited. My goal this year is to try a new recipe once a week.

We’ll see if I succeed. I’ll do my best, but it won’t kill me if I miss a week here and there.

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One Tablespoon – Snapshot of the Day, No. 338

29 Sunday Dec 2013

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Food, Gwyneth Paltrow, It's All Good Cookbook, muffins, Photography, Sweet potato

122913_338OneTablespoonRTI got a new cookbook for Christmas: “It’s All Good,” by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Due to some health issues, including migraines, she developed recipes to help eliminate her medical problems.

Hmm. Migraines. Why not?

For a few weeks, at least, I plan on gearing my diet as closely to hers as I can reasonably manage. No coffee, shellfish, soy or alcohol (no problem). No dairy or gluten (small problem). No processed food. (Going to be tough)

Here’s the biggie: No sugar. (Not possible) I must have my morning Coke. But I will cut down on the amount I drink. Not quite a whole one per day.

I adhered to it pretty closely yesterday and felt great all day. We’ll see if it’s just my imagination after a few days.

At the very least, I’ll be healthier for a while. With any luck – it will cut down on my migraines.

My first healthy recipe: Sweet Potato + Five-Spice Muffins

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Edible but Hot – Snapshot of the Day, No. 336

28 Saturday Dec 2013

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Food, Ornamental pepper plant, Photography

122713_336EdibleButHotRI bought this pepper plant several months ago to add color to the deck / kitchen.

The sign said, “Edible but hot!” Chances are they are even hotter now since I neglected to water them.

 

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Birthday Dinner – Snapshot of the Day, No. 335

27 Friday Dec 2013

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Blue Orleans restaurant, Chattanooga, Food, Photography, Still life

122513_335BirthdayDinnerRToday was our niece’s 18th birthday, so we all met at Blue Orleans for dinner to celebrate.

This scene looked like one of those still life paintings to me. I thought I’d make a photo out of it.

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