When the weather starts to get cold I turned into my alter-ego Little Miss Susie Home-maker! I pull out my big stand mixer & start baking.
I am not one to do things halfway & usually make at least 3 of everything & stockpile things in the freezer. I see no point in making a gigantuous ( I made up that word) mess unless there something to be gained by it. Usually Popster follows behind me cleaning up & doing dishes. It drives him crazy as I own 3 of everything & usually will grab another measuring cup, spoon or whatever instead of washing the one I just used!
This is what I made this morning...unfortunately I had to clean up my own mess...Popster was at work!
By 8:00am I had made the pumpkin breads, a chopped salad & hardboiled eggs (my lunch for the week) & fixed a pot roast in the crock pot(Popster's dinner). I even had all the dishes done & the kitchen cleaned!
Yesterday I made Apple Cranberry bread ....sorry no picture
Banana Sour Cream bread ...see yesterday's post
All three recipes are from allrecipes.com
These are apple-raisin bars which I got from a magazine
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
11/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup(1 stick) butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
11/2 cups diced apples
1/2 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 350. Liberally spray 13x9x2 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon & salt.
In a large bowl, with electric mixer on med speed, blend together sugar, eggs, butter & vanilla for 3 mins until smooth.
Reduce speed to low & gradually add flour mixture for 2 mins until incorporated. Stir in apples & raisins & spread in pan. I also used chopped walnuts
Bake at 350 for 35 mins. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
I try to make everything a little healthier so I always use a combination of non-bleached & whole wheat flour & also cut back on the amount of sugar. It doesn't appear to really change any of these recipes.
PS Whoops....I just discovered I didn't plug in the crock pot...I guess Popster will be eating late tonight!!
I am not one to do things halfway & usually make at least 3 of everything & stockpile things in the freezer. I see no point in making a gigantuous ( I made up that word) mess unless there something to be gained by it. Usually Popster follows behind me cleaning up & doing dishes. It drives him crazy as I own 3 of everything & usually will grab another measuring cup, spoon or whatever instead of washing the one I just used!
This is what I made this morning...unfortunately I had to clean up my own mess...Popster was at work!
By 8:00am I had made the pumpkin breads, a chopped salad & hardboiled eggs (my lunch for the week) & fixed a pot roast in the crock pot(Popster's dinner). I even had all the dishes done & the kitchen cleaned!
Yesterday I made Apple Cranberry bread ....sorry no picture
Banana Sour Cream bread ...see yesterday's post
All three recipes are from allrecipes.com
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
11/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup(1 stick) butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
11/2 cups diced apples
1/2 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 350. Liberally spray 13x9x2 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon & salt.
In a large bowl, with electric mixer on med speed, blend together sugar, eggs, butter & vanilla for 3 mins until smooth.
Reduce speed to low & gradually add flour mixture for 2 mins until incorporated. Stir in apples & raisins & spread in pan. I also used chopped walnuts
Bake at 350 for 35 mins. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
I try to make everything a little healthier so I always use a combination of non-bleached & whole wheat flour & also cut back on the amount of sugar. It doesn't appear to really change any of these recipes.
PS Whoops....I just discovered I didn't plug in the crock pot...I guess Popster will be eating late tonight!!
Mmmmmm....those all look fantastic! I might need to borrow the recipes!
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