1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 cups unbleached flour (or substitute part whole wheat)
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 – 2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves (opt)
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup raisin
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, then honey and buttermilk. [...]
3/4 cup stone-ground whole wheat or graham flour
3/4 cup unbleached flour (or use all whole wheat)
1/2 cup sugar, white or brown
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup orange juice, apple juice, or other fruit juice
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups grated apple, peel on – just [...]
Love a thin-crust pizza with more topping than crust? Or, just want to avoid extra carbs and calories? Try making your crust fat-free and extra thin!
Thin Crust Pizza made with plenty of extra-lean ground beef, plus spinach, onions, and sauce, keeping it light on the cheese.
Crust (makes 3 twelve-inch pizza crusts):
1 [...]
I made some bread pudding over the Christmas holidays with some leftover french bread and end remnants of other loaves. Don’t throw that bread out – make it into DESSERT!
Bread Pudding
6 slices bread (or more if thin/small slices), a day old (or so)
2 Tbsp butter or margarine (approx)
1/4 – 1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 [...]
I love this way of making muffins – 1 big muffin in a pie pan. It takes a few minutes longer in the oven, but it turns out moist and delicious. (Take a little extra care to make sure it is done in the center before taking it out of the oven – [...]