Friday, January 28, 2011

No egg cookie dough, YUM!



This is a super delish recipe (so i am told)that was a hit for FHE. I'm thinkin sunday repeat sometime for sure! I dipped some of them in chocolate, yum! I'm thinkin' big chunks of this in ice cream would be oh so good! I found the recipe at this cute blog
If you're into cookie dough, try it for sure!!

protein bars

Ingredients

1 Cup Natural Peanut Butter
3 Tablespoons Honey, or to taste
1 1/2 cups Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
1 Cup Uncooked Oats
2-5 Tablespoons water
(optional) 1 Tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa


Directions

Mix the peanut butter and honey in a bowl,microwave for 30 seconds. Add the rest of ingredients and mix together. Mixture should be crumbly and slightly moist.

Press (hard) into a 9x9 tray and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Cut into 12 equal bars.

Mmmmm!

Number of Servings: 12

found at this website

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Grandma Betty's Banana and Apple Cakes

Banana Cake
Mix all ingredients together for cake batter
1/2 cup butter (soften)
2 eggs
2 mashed bananas
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream ( I use plain yogurt)
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
Pour into greased 9 X 13 pan bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes
or until tooth pick comes out clean

Frosting
Soften 4 oz. cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter in microwave, mix then add 2 tsp. vanilla and about 2 cups powdered sugar. Beat until frosting consistency you may need a little more powdered sugar.

Fresh Apple Cake

3 beaten eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
Mix above ingredients then add 4-5 sliced apples. (Betty peels them I don't)
1 cup walnuts
Pour into greased 9 X 13 pan, bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes
or until tooth pick comes out clean.

These are two easy cakes that taste great and both freeze well.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Mom's Pudding Cake

2 -1 oz. pkg sugar free lemon pudding
2 cans of pears (pureed)
2 cup wheat flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup butter

Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes

Monday, June 28, 2010

Roasted Red Potatoes

1 lb red potatoes (quartered)
2 T diced onions (optional)
2 T butter (melted)
1 T honey
1 tsp dry mustard
pinch salt
pinch ground black pepper

Preheat oven 375 degrees. Combine honey, mustard, butter, salt, pepper in skillet adding onions last (burn easily). Combine potatoes and glaze in a bowl until potatoes are coated. Spread potatoes in a single layer on cookie sheet and bake 35 minutes.

Monica's Granola

14 cups rolled oats
2 cups wheat germ (can substitute freshly ground flour or 2 extra cups oats)
2 cups coconut
2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
Combine ingredients in bowl and stir well. Then in blender, mix 1/2 cup honey, 1 cup oil, 1 cup warm water, 1 tablespoon vanilla. Blend and pour over dry ingredients and mix together. Pour onto ungreased cookie sheet (might need 2 cookie sheets). Bake 250 degrees until golden brown (for crunchy approximately 2 hours, for chewy about an hour and a half.)

Not-Fat Granola

5 cups oats
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 concentrate apple juice
1/2 cup dry milk
1/3 cup honey
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup dried fruit

Mix sugar, juice, honey and heat until sugar disolves. Combine other dry ingredients in bowl and pour liquid over dry mix. Spread on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.