Never have I finicked more over a recipe. First it was too dry, then not enough spice...Finally I'm satisfied!
Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
3 eggs
1/2 cup applesauce (no extra flavorings!)
1/2 cup butter (plus more for the pan)
2 1/4 cup sugar (plus more for the pan)
3 tsp vanilla
2 c zucchini, grated
2 c nuts (optional and of your choice. I like pecans)
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 325. Grease and sugar two bread loaf pans.
Sift all your dry ingredients into a bowl.
Beat eggs, butter, apple sauce, vanilla, and sugar. Add in dry mix, scraping the bottom to make sure everything is mixed together: it will seem very stiff at this point. Mix in zucchini and nuts if you want them.
Divide the batter equally between the pans and bake 40-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out with some moist crumbs. Keep in mind that sometimes one loaf will bake faster than the other, so test both loaves!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Cherry Butter Cookies
Those fall-apart crumbly butter cookies you get sometimes at Christmas plus sweet candied cherries equals a sweet little treat that's super easy, pretty, and tasty!
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups cake flour (you can use regular flour, but the cookies won't be as light)
1/2 cup chopped up candied cherries
Directions:
Cream together your butter and sugar, then mix in the vanilla. Add the flour and mix thoroughly until everything starts to stick together in a paste. Stir in the chopped cherries. Chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator
Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 350 and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Roll out pieces of the cookie dough into 1 inch balls and place on lined sheets. There doesn't need to be much room between the cookies because they won't spread much. Bake 15-18 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly golden or you can gently press the top of one and it doesn't give.
Let cool and enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups cake flour (you can use regular flour, but the cookies won't be as light)
1/2 cup chopped up candied cherries
Directions:
Cream together your butter and sugar, then mix in the vanilla. Add the flour and mix thoroughly until everything starts to stick together in a paste. Stir in the chopped cherries. Chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator
Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 350 and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Roll out pieces of the cookie dough into 1 inch balls and place on lined sheets. There doesn't need to be much room between the cookies because they won't spread much. Bake 15-18 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly golden or you can gently press the top of one and it doesn't give.
Let cool and enjoy!
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