Holding on by a green bean thread

Lemon Pound Cake

mycookingrut — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:03:23 +0000

Cake
2 lemons, organic (keep 1/2 of a lemon for juice for glaze)
1.5 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, that is completely softened
1.5 cups sugar
3 eggs, warmed for 10 minutes in hot tap water before using
1/2 cup full-fat yogurt, at room temperature

Zest the lemons and mix with the sugar and keep aside for a while.

Sift the dry ingredients in a bowl.

In another bowl, beat the butter and half the sugar. Add in the rest of the sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Juice 1 and 1/2 of lemons and incorporate along with some vanilla extract. Add in flour at lowest speed (mixer). Then add the yogurt.

Pour into a buttered and floured loaf pan.

325 for 40-50 mins

Mix the other half lemon juiced with confectioners sugar to make a thin glaze.

Poke holes in cooked loaf with a fork and pour the glaze over while hot.

Granola bars

mycookingrut — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:25:53 +0000

2c rolled oats

1c almonds

1c dried fruit (cherries, apricots, dates, chopped finely)

1/4c pepitas – pumpkin seeds and/or flax seeds

1/4c dried unsweetened coconut

1/2c honey

2Tcoconut oil

Roast oats and almonds in 325 oven for about 15 mins. After the first 10 mins, begin to heat coconut oil and honey on low. Then add the pumpkin seeds for few mins.

Remove from the oven and stir in the coconut, let it release the fragrance. Stir in the honey mixture to coat all the oats, etc. Then stir in dried fruit.

Spread in parchment lined 9×9 pan and press it down reallly well. Bake for another 15-20 mins. Let it cool then cut into squares.

Lemon

mycookingrut — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:49:42 +0000

http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2008/02/biscuit-as-spoon/

http://www.aminglingoftastes.com/2008/05/lemon-lovers-lemon-bars.html

Coffee Gelato -t-n-t

mycookingrut — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:38:51 +0000

Just because gelato sounds fancier than saying ice cream!

2c half and half
1/3c sugar
1 spoon honey
1.5 TBS instant coffee
1 sm sq dark chocolate
3 sm sq dk choco chopped finely
1tsp vanilla

heat half the milk but not to boiling. add the sugar, coffee powder, honey and 1 sq of chocolate chopped. whisk till dissolved. stir in vanilla and remaining milk. chill in fridge.

after it begins to set in the ice cream maker, stir in chocolate pieces.