Baking for the American Women's Club of Barbados Pie and Goodie Stall at the Holetown Festival on Saturday 21 Feb 09

Here are some photo's and recipes of the items I'm making for the AWC Pie & Goodie Stall at the Holetown Festival in Barbados on Saturday 21 Feb 2009.

Annie Lauries Cold Oven Pound Cake. The recipe is in a much earlier blog. Turned out way better than the first time I tried making it. Can't wait to have a taste.













Someone in my family used to make these next two pies for family gatherings.. Can't remember who, but I decided to make them and they taste really really good













Lemon Chess Pie

Ingredients:
9-inch unbaked pie shell
Rind of 2 lemons
1-1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 Tablespoon flour
2 Tablespoons cornmeal
1/4 cup melted margarine or butter

Note: When using the food processor to grind the peel, you get more lemon flavor because the lemon oil is released into the sugar.

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Peel two lemons thinly, cutting very little of the white pith just under the rind. Fit the food processor with the steel blade. Turn the machine on. Drop the lemon rind in and 1/2 cup sugar. Continue to grind until it makes a paste.

Stop the machine. Add the remaining ingredients; pulse until well mixed.
Pour into an unbaked pie shell. Bake in the preheated oven on the lower rack for 35 to 45 minutes until knife inserted between the center and the outer edge comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack.

Without a food processor: grate lemon peel. Combine lemon peel, sugar and eggs. Beat well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into an unbaked pie shell and continue as above.

Note: You can get 9 slices by making cuts at "12 o'clock, 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock." Then slice each segment into 3 wedges

Chocolate Chess Pie
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 eggs
1 (5 oz.) can evaporated milk
1/4 c. melted butter (1/2 stick)
1 t. vanilla extract



Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix sugar and cocoa together. Beat the eggs then add the cocoa mixture. Beat in the milk, melted butter, and vanilla. Pour mixture into a 9-inch unbaked pie shell (I use Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts) and bake for 45 minutes or until set.

You may want to coverthe pie's edges with foil or a pie guard after the first 20 minutes, or when edges attain a good brown color... so they don't burn.) Let cool before slicing.

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Chocolate Chip - Peppermint Scones

This recipe is from my daughter, Madelines', Pink Princess Cookbook by Barbara Berry. We made these a few years ago only once (not sure why). Then decided it was Christmas and would be a good gift (or just a good thing to eat). We actually quadrupled the recipe. (had to make a lot as the whipping creme only came in 34oz container - I'm pretty sure we could have made the scone recipe with a substitution for the creme, as it was darn expensive.. but..)

Variation - we made one batch as it says in the recipe, then we pulverized the StarBrite peppermints we had and added the "peppermint powder" to the dough (not to much). We also still sprinkled a few on the top. We used Christmas Tree and Christmas bell cookie cutters to cut them out. Made 50 plus cookies..

Makes 12 scones

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups All purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup whipping cream plus 2 tablespoons
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies
Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour sugar, baking powder, and salt until well combined.

3. Add 1 cup whipping cream to the mixture, stirring just until ingredients are moistened. Turn mixture out onto lightly floured surface. Knead gently until soft dough forms (about 2 minutes). Pat dough out to about 1 inch thickness. Cut out into assorted shapes.

4. Place scones 1 inch apart on foil-lined baking sheets that have been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

5. Brush each scone with the remaining 2 tablespoons whipping cream and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candy.

6. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until very lightly browned. Really good served warm.. Try dusting with powdered sugar.

Camp Kaizen Maple Granola

May daughter went to Camp Kaisen this summer, in Lyndonville, Vermont. had a great time, lost some weight, got some great excersize and did really well.. and.. came home with some great recipes.. Here is one.

Ingredients:

7 cups rolled oats, uncooked
1 cup unsweetened coconut
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup almonds, sliced or broken up
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped or broken up
1 cup sunflower seads, raw or toasted
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup canola oil
1 cup maple syrup (real not the fake stuff)
t tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 250F

In a very large bowl, combine the oats, coconut, wheat germ, nuts and seeds. Mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, salt, maple syrup and vanilla. Pour over the dry mixture in the bowl, stiring and tossing till everything is very well combined.

Spread granola on a couple of large, lightly greased baking sheets (this makes two 1/2 sheet pans). Bake for about 90 minutes, stirring the mixture with a heatproof spatula every 15min or so. You want to bring the granola at the edge in towards the middle, so it all browns evenly. And reverse the baking sheets in the oven (top to bottom, bottom to top) each time you stir. When the granola is light to medium golden brown, remove it from the oven and cool completely on the pans. Transfer the granola to a large bowl and mix in the dried fruit.
Store in a tightly closed container at room temperature: Freeze for extended storage

Yield: about 18 cups.
takes time but well worth it. I put some in a bowl with vanilla yogurt and it's great. My daughter takes it in small bags to school.

The Annual St. Gabriel's School Fair 2008

Lavender Bath Salts

For my children, it is only now the end of the school year. While all the parents usually get together and give a class give, I like to give something a little more personal Over the years it's been things like cookies, picture frames, homemade earrings, and Bath Salts. My favorite (and one a friend of mine likes as well) is the Lavender Bath Salts. You have to figure the teachers have worked hard for your child all year, you could at least give them something to relax. So here is it..

Lavender Bath Salts

2 Cups Epsom Salts
1 Cup Baking Soda
4-5 drops Lavender Oil

combine the salts and soda. Put in the drops of oil and mix.

Add a 2 or 3 table spoons of the mix to your hot/warm bath water and relax.

Quantities above will depend on how much you want to make. I usually make several medium sized jars at a time, so my quantities are in multiples of usually 4 or 5.

To Give as gifts, get some fancy (or not so fancy) jars to put them in. preferably ones that have good lids. I also decorate the jars with fake lavender berries, or pretty leaves made in a lavender colour. I also put tags on the jars that tell how to use the salts.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Coconut and Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

I found this on a website (which I have directed you to in the title) as I was looking for Lunch Box Ideas for my 3 children. I read the ingrediants list, realized I had everything on it, got it all together and took less than about 20min to do it all. Now we wait. The Mixture tastes good warm, and they are now sitting in the oven to cool down (I know, sounds strange, but I have little sparrows that like to come into my house, so the safest place is the oven). I'll report back when they are cooled and ready to eat.

I will say this.. My husband, who doesn't have a sweet tooth at all, came upstairs from watching golf and said "what are you doing?" I said, found these on the net and am trying them out. He too a finger full of the mix.. then brought me a small bowl and asked if he could have some in the bowl, just like that, not cooled or nothing.. So I'm guessing they are really good.

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3-1/2 cups uncooked oats
1 cup shredded coconut

1. In a large saucepan combine sugar, butter, cocoa and milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

2. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Add oats and coconut; mix well.

3. Drop by tablespoonfulls onto wax paper. Allow to cool and set.

Yield: about 3 dozen cookies.


Steph's Country Kitchen Goodness (thanks Steph)