Tag: Baking

Peach and Blueberry Crisp

This fruit crisp is delicious, especially in the fall months. Serve it fresh out of the oven with some vanilla ice cream and everyone will love it. You can also substitute the peaches and blueberries for other fruits, but I find the peach and blueberry combination to work very well.
Ingredients:

Filling:

4 cup peaches (about 6 peaches, peeled and cubed)

2 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)

2 heaping Tablespoons cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon cloves

Crumb Topping:

1 stick butter, mostly melted (much easier to work with than just softened

3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt
Steps:

  1. Peel and cube your peaches. Place them at the bottom of your baking dish.
  2. Add the blueberries.
  3. Mix in the other filling ingredients.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix together all of the topping ingredients.
  5. Sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the filling in the baking dish.
  6. Bake at 375 degrees F for 60 minutes.
  7. Serve hot plain or with vanilla ice cream.

 

Honey Cookies

These are some of the best cookies ever! These honey-infused cookies will please the kids and adults. Do not preheat the oven yet, this dough needs to chill before baking.

 

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups softened butter (3 sticks)

2 cups white granulated sugar

1/2 cup honey

2 eggs

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cardamom (or more cinnamon, if you don’t have any cardamom)

4 cups flour

(1/2 cup white sugar for rolling the dough in)

 

Steps:

  1. Cream together the softened butter and sugar.
  2. Mix in the honey.
  3. Beat in the eggs.
  4. Add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom. (I have a Bosch, which can handle all of that flour at the same time. You may have to add it in increments).
  5. Cover the dough (which will be very stiff) and put it in the fridge. It needs to chill for at least 2 hours, although overnight is even better.
  6. When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  7. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper, or spray them with cooking spray.
  8. Roll your dough into balls and roll them in sugar.
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes (depending on the size of your dough balls).

Blueberry Banana Muffins

These muffins are perfect to make if you have extra ripe bananas that you need to use up! If there is any batter left over, which for me there usually is, you can make it into a tea bread! The tea bread will usually bake for longer than the muffins. I use a hand electric mixer for these muffins.

Recipe:

Batter:

3/4 cup melted butter (1 and 1/2 sticks)

1 cup white granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (the more the better)

2 cups flour

1/2 cup milk

About 3 ripe bananas

Crumb Topping:

1/2 cup white granulated sugar

1/3 cup flour

1/4 cup softened butter (1/2 stick)

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

less than 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Steps:

  1. Mix the melted butter with the sugar in a mixing bowl.
  2. Beat in the eggs.
  3. Mix in the banana and the milk, beat thoroughly.
  4. In a separate, large mixing bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg with a wooden spoon.
  5. Pour the wet ingredients into the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients.
  6. Gently mix with a wooden spoon.
  7. Add the blueberries, and gently fold them in.
  8. Grease your muffin tin and mini bread pan and fill them about three-quarters full.
  9. To make the crumb topping, mix the flour, sugar, and spices in a small bowl. Cut in the butter until it’s crumbly.
  10. Sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the batter.
  11. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes (longer for the tea bread).
  12. Let the muffins cool for a while before dumping them out of the pan.

 

German Pancakes

Great for breakfast or dinner, these German pancakes are easy to make and they are delicious! This isn’t in the original recipe, but I find it to taste much better if you add blueberries or mixed berries to the batter.

 

Recipe:

3 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup flour

1/4 tsp. salt

2 1/2 T butter

 

Steps:

  1. Whip eggs until thick and lemon colored.
  2. Add milk, flour, and salt.
  3. Beat well.
  4. Melt butter in square cake pan or baking dish.
  5. When the butter is bubbly, pour batter into the cake pan. (This is when you should add the berries, if desired).
  6. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
  7. Serve with syrup, jam, or sprinkle with powdered sugar (I like the powdered sugar)