SWEET NOVICE BUTTERS
There are six types, but they're all easy to make!!
Almond Butter:
1/2 cup softened butter
1 tblspn finely chopped almonds
1/2 tsp almond extract
Honey Butter (my favorite):
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup honey
Lemon Poppy Seed Butter (an Ebou Dari favorite!):
1/2 cup softened butter
1 tblspn finely shredded lemon peel
1 tspn poppy seed
Orange Butter:
1/2 cup softened butter
1 tsp grated orange peel
1 tblsp orange juice
Pecan Butter (another one for all you nuts out there! ;) )
1/2 cup softened butter
1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 tblsp packed brown sugar
Raspberry Butter:
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup raspberries, crushed
1 tblsp sugar, or 1/4 cup raspberry jam
I find these spreads best whith biscuits at breakfast time!
Comfort Pie (Banana Cream)
A graham cracker pie crust - ready to go
2 cups(or so) (500 mL) of banana creme pudding(I use the jello Instant
banana flavor)
1-2 bananas (sliced up like you would put in your ceral
1 can of whip cream ( you can use the Cool Whip if you have a frosting
bag for "delivery"
Directions
Layer the graham crust with sliced bananas.(dont overkill) Next, add a
layer of pudding. For a good steady pie chill at this point for about
half an hour(covered). Add another layer of sliced bananas(if the slices
fall through the pudding then chill a little longer). Add another nice
size layer of pudding on top of the slices. Now add swirls of whip
topping on the top. Decorate as you see fit . Last add the last bit of
banana slices to decorate around whip topping.Chill for another hour or so and serve cold.
KANDORI CHICKEN
One shall cut a young chicken in two and wrap about it whole leaves of salvia, and cut up in it bacon and add salt to suit the taste. Then cover that with dough and bake like bread in the oven.
5 c flour
1/2 lb bacon
3 T dried sage (or sufficient fresh sage leaves to cover)
about 1 3/4 c water
3 lb chicken, cut in half
Make a stiff dough by kneading together flour and water. Roll it out.
Cover the dough with sage leaves and the sage leaves with strips of
bacon. Wrap each half chicken in the dough, sealing it. You now have two packages which contain, starting at the outside, dough, sage, bacon, chicken. Put them in the oven and bake like bread (325deg. for 2 hours).We find the bacon adds salt enough.The part of the bread at the bottom is particularly good, because of the bacon fat and chicken fat. You may want to turn the loaves once or twice, or baste the top with the drippings.