Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

 

 What You Will Need:

1 12 oz. bag of cranberries

1 cup of sugar (a little less for a more tart taste)

1 cup of water

1 cup of sugar

1 chopped apple (optional)

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 In a sauce pan, dissolve water into sugar and bring to a boil.

 

 Next, add cranberries and chopped apple and return to a boil.

 

 Let simmer for 10 minutes

Finally, cover and let cool to room temperature.

The cranberry sauce will thicken as it stands.

 

 

The finished product will look like this:

 

 

 Enjoy!



Super Easy, Delicious Monkey Bread

Super Easy, Delicious Monkey Bread

25 Minutes Prep Time

1 Hour, 5 Minutes Total Time

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp. Cinnamon

2 cans "Grands" biscuits

1/2 cup walnuts (if desired)

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

 

Step One:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray.

In a large, plastic food bag mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.

 

Step Two:

Open and separate dough into 16 biscuits. Then cut each biscuit into four pieces. Shake in bag to coat with the sugar and cinnamon mixture.

Add walnuts, if desired.

 

Step Three:

In a small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter. Arrange biscuit pieces in the tube pan, then pour sugar and butter mixture over the biscuits.

 

Step Four:

Bake 28-32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center.  Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto a serving plate. Pull apart to serve. Serve warm and enjoy!



Grape Salad

Grape Salad


You Will Need:
2 lbs . red seedless grapes
2 lbs. green grapes
1 (8 oz.) of cream cheese (room temperature)
1 (8 oz.) container of sour cream
1 Tbs. vanilla flavoring
1/2 cup granulated sugar


Topping:
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup of sliced almonds
1/2 cup pecans (chopped)
3 Tbs. butter


Mix together cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla, and sugar.
Once you have this combined, add grapes, mix well, then put into refrigerator.


Now it's time to assemble the topping:


Heat oven 250 degrees.


Melt the butter then add brown sugar, almonds, and pecans and mix well.


Spread mixture onto a cookie sheet and place in oven for 30 minutes.


Once nut mixture has cooled, spread onto the top of the grape mixture.


Chill and serve.


Enjoy!

** I apologize for not having a photo with this post. My computer was acting crazy. I will try to update with a photo soon.

Easy, Delicious, Made-From-Scratch Banana Bread

Kelly's Famous Made-From-Scratch Banana Bread

 

I was recently given the nickname "Kelly-Deli" because of my love for baking, so I decided to live up to my name! Here's my famous banana bread. It's a super easy recipe!

 

 

 

What you will need:

 

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1tsp. baking powder

3 or 4 very ripe bananas (the riper, the better!)

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. Vanilla

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. Cinnamon

 

Here's What To Do:

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

In a large bowl, cream together eggs and sugar

Stir in mashed bananas, vanilla, oil, and cinnamon.

Stir in flour mixture, one third at a time, until just combined.

Divide batter into two 9x5 (greased) loaf pans.

Bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

Allow to cool on cooling rack before cutting...if your family can wait!! My banana bread usually just barely makes it out of the oven before we are cutting into it!

Hope You Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Squash Pickles

Homemade Squash Pickles

 

*This has became one of my favorite summer time snacks!

 

Ingredients:

 

 

3 small yellow summer squash, thinly sliced

 

1 medium union (chopped) I used a red onion because that's my favorite but you can use any kind of onion you prefer.

 

1 large sweet red or orange bell pepper (not green!)

 

1 TBS salt

 

1 cup sugar

 

3/4 cup white vinegar

 

3/4 teaspoon mustard seed

 

3/4 teaspoon celery seed

 

1/4 teaspoon ground mustard

 

Directions:

 

In a large bowl, combine squash, onion, bell pepper, and salt. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. (I usually let them chill in the fridge over night)

 

Drain the veggie mixture after getting it out of the fridge.

 

In a large pot, combine remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil.

 

Once your sugar and spice mixture is boiling, add in the squash and return to a boil. Then remove from heat.

 

Store in an airtight container refrigerator. (I can mine in pint sized mason jars.)

 

Let them sit a few days before eating them, as they sit, the squash will become more flavorful after sitting in the juice.

 

Then you're all done!! 

Homemade Butter

Homemade Butter

 

You Will Need:

1 carton (any size) of heavy whipping cream

(photo shown below)

 

Pour carton of heavy cream into large mixing bowl

 

With a hand mixer (or stand mixer if you have one) begin to beat the cream on medium speed. After beating for approximately 6 or 8 minutes the cream will start to "separate". This is normal. (photo shown below, about halfway through the process)

 

Continue to beat until mixture has separated and the solid portion becomes thick. (This can get a little messy. It splatters once the liquid starts to accumulate.)

 

Once you finish beating, scoop out the solid portion and strain through a mesh strainer to insure you remove as much liquid as possible. The solid part is your pure, fresh homemade butter! You can season it any way you like such as salt. This is what your butter will look like.

 

Store your fresh butter in a container in the refrigerator.

The liquid portion that is leftover is fresh buttermilk! You can freeze the fresh buttermilk and use in numerous recipes such as biscuits or pancakes!

This is what your buttermilk will look like. If you are not planning to use it right away you can freeze it for later use.

 

And there you have it! Homemade fresh butter and buttermilk!

 

Enjoy!





Made From Scratch Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Bread

 

 

Ingredients:

 

3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 teaspoons baking soda

3 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs, beaten

1/3 cup water

2 cups grated zucchini

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans OR raisins (optional)

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon, and sugar.

 

In a separate bowl, combine oil, eggs, water, zucchini, and lemon juice.

 

Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients, add nuts or raisins and fold in. (If you chose to add nuts or raisins)

 

Divide batter into two standard size loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

 

ENJOY!