Recipes Galore

For pictures see previous post.

Lane's sweet Mimi gave me a cookbook with her favorite recipes in it for a wedding gift and I treasure all her hand written recipes. This strawberry bread is one I tried this week. I enjoyed it toasted or warmed with a little butter.

Strawberry Bread


3 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cup oil
4 eggs
2 10 oz pkg frozen strawberries - thawed
1 1/4 cup chopped pecans (I left these out)
1 tsp vanilla

Mix dry ingredients and add to the mixture of eggs and oil. Add remaining ingredients. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Makes 3 small loaves or 2 large loaves.

These lemon bars are super.

Crust:

2 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 sticks butter

Mix and press into 9x13 glass dish sprayed with cooking spray
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Crust will be light

Topping:

4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups sugar
5 tbsp lemon juice
rind of 1 lemon
4 tbsp flour
powdered sugar for dusting

Mix well and whip again just before pouring over hot crust. Bake 20-25 minutes, shake pan to be sure filling is set. Sift powdered sugar over top as soon as it comes out of oven. Cool and cut with a wet knife.


BBQ Meatballs

adapted from http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/

I made few changes to the recipe for the sauce. I noted my recipe

Meatballs

1.5 lbs ground beef
3 tbsp finely diced onions
3/4 cup oats
1 cup milk
salt and pepper

Roll into 1 - 1 1/2 inch meatballs and place in freezer. While in freezer make sauce

Sauce:
1 cup ketchup
3 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp Worchestershire
2 tbsp brown sugar
6-8 tbsp finely diced onions
1 tbsp yellow mustard

Take meatballs from freezer and dredge in flour immediately. Brown on 2 sides in a skillet with 2 tbsp oil. Do not cook completely. Place browned meatballs in baking dish and top with sauce. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Enjoy!