All posts by Angie Cure

Crunchy Lemon Squares

Crunchy Lemon Squares

Ingredients
  

Crumb mixture

  • 1 Cup Quick Oats
  • 1 Cup Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Coconut
  • 1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans
  • 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Cup Butter Or Margarine melted

Filling

  • 1 Can sweetened condensed milk low or no fat
  • 1/2 Cup Cup lemon juice
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon rind grated

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350. In bowl.
  • Combine 1st 7 ingredients. Stir to from a crumbly mixture. Set aside.
  • In medium bowl combine condensed milk, lemon juice and rind.
  • Pat HALF of crumb mixture in 9X9 pan.
  • Spread milk mixture on top and sprinkle with remaining crumbs.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool thoroughly before serving.

Notes

Exported from MasterCook II

Cranberry-Pineapple Bars

Cranberry-Pineapple Bars

Ingredients
  

  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • 1 cup Cranberries
  • 3 tablespoons Brown Sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Cornstarch
  • 1/2 pound Unsweetened crushed pineapple undrained
  • 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 3/4 cup Quick Oats
  • 1/4 cup Brown Sugar firmly packed
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoons Unsalted Butter cut into pieces and chilled
  • 1 egg white lightly beaten
  • 3 tablespoons Pecans chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray an 8 inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
  • Combine cranberries and next 3 ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently, and cook 1 minute.
  • Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer about 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cranberries pop and mixture thickens. Set aside.
  • Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a bowl. Cut in chilled butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  • Reserve 1/2 cup oat mixture. Combine remaining oat mixture and egg white in a bowl and stir well. Press oat mixture into the bottom of baking pan.
  • Bake 10 minutes.
  • Spread cranberry mixture over prepared crust.
  • Combine reserved oat mixture and pecans in a bowl. Sprinkle over cranberry mixture.
  • Bake 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. This recipe serves 8.

Notes

Exported from MasterCook II

AZ Highways Lemon Bars

AZ Highways Lemon Bars

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 2 sticks Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 cups Flour

Filling

  • 1 can Eaglebrand sweetened condensed milk
  • zest 2 lemons and 1 orange
  • juice 3 lemons

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Cream butter and sugar, add flour, pat all but one cup (to sprinkle over top) into bottom of pan.

Filling

  • Mix all ingredients and spread over bottom crust.
  • Sprinkle remaining cup of crust over top. Bake at 350 for 30 – 35 min. Let cool completely before serving. (May sprinkle powdered sugar on top.)

Apricot Bars and Squares Recipes

Apricot Bars and Squares Recipes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup oats
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup wheat germ
  • 1/2 cup butter flavor shortening
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped almonds
  • 1 cup raisins golden raisins or currants
  • 6 oz dried apricots chopped
  • 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk NOT evaporated. Fat free works well

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350, or 325 if using glass. Grease a 13x9 pan.
  • In a large bowl, cut together oats, brown sugar, flour, wheat germ, extract and shortening till crumbly.
  • Reserve about 3/4 cup mixture and press the rest into the baking pan.
  • In the bowl, mix fruit and nuts with sweetened condensed milk. Spoon evenly over crust and spread gently so as not to break up the crust.
  • Top with reserved crumbs, press firmly down with waxed paper.
  • Bake 25 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool, cut into bars. Store covered at room temperature.

Notes

Almonds and apricots, when eaten together, are said to create a "perfect" protein/carbohydrate food which helps curb blood sugar peaks and valleys, reducing hunger pangs. Oatmeal is also recommended as a food which regulates insulin levels. While this is in no way a diabetic or dietetic food, a small Almond Apricot Bar with a glass of milk will carry you a long way and curbs the sweet tooth. This recipe for Almond Apricot Bars serves/makes 16.

Amaretto Brownies Supreme

Amaretto Brownies Supreme

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 oz semi-sweet chocolate
  • 2 eggs well beaten
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur

Chocolate Amaretto Frosting

  • 3 tlb Butter
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar sifted
  • 4 1/2 tsp amaretto liquer
  • 4 1/2 tsp cocoa
  • 4 1/2 tsp hot coffee

White Almond Icing

  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1/4 tsp almond flavoring
  • 1/4 cup half and half
  • 1/4 tsp almond flavoring
  • 1/4 cup half and half

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325°.
  • Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over low heat.
  • Remove from heat let cool then stir in eggs.
  • Add sugar, flour, salt, and pecans. Pour batter in a greased 8” sq pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.
  • Brownies should still be soft. Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
  • Poke holes in brownies with fork, and pour amaretto liqueur over top. Refrigerate overnight.
  • Spread Chocolate amaretto Frosting over brownies and then drizzle white almond icing in a criss-cross pattern on top. Cut into bars.

Chocolate Amaretto Frosting

  • Combine butter, sugar, amaretto liqueur, cocoa powder, and coffee and beat until smooth.

White Almond Icing

  • Combine sugar, salt, and almond extract. Add half and half, a little at a time, mixing until smooth. .

Notes

Heidi Glockhammer, Kino, 1995

White Chocolate Fudge

White Chocolate Fudge

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 3/4 stick stick butter
  • 1 jar marshmallow cream or 24 lg. marshmallows
  • 12 oz white chocolate cut up into very small pieces
  • 1 cup nuts
  • 4 oz candied cherries (may use maraschino cherries chopped and drained well.

Instructions
 

  • Bring sugar, milk, and butter to boil over low heat. Cook to med. Soft ball stage. Stir frequently.
  • Remove from heat and add rest of ingredients. Stir until melted.
  • Pour into buttered 9”x13” pan.
  • May substitute bitter chocolate for cherries and add vanilla. (put chocolate in before cooking sugar, milk and butter mixture.)

Notes

Mom Helling, 1994

Peanut Butter Bars

Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients
  

  • 2 sticks Butter melted
  • 1 1/2 cups Graham Crackers crushed
  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 cup Peanut Butter
  • 12 oz Milk Chocolate Chips

Instructions
 

  • Melt butter and pour over graham crackers, sugar and peanut butter.
  • Press into 9”x13” pan.
  • Melt chocolate chips and spread over top.
  • Chill and serve.

Notes

Mary Weed, Cheyenne Wells, CO

Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup roasted salted peanuts
  • 1 tsp butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions
 

  • In 1 ½ quart casserole, combine sugar and syrup. Microwave at high for 3 minutes.
  • Add peanuts. Microwave at high 4-5 minutes, until mixture is light brown, stirring every 2 minutes.
  • Add butter and vanilla; stir well. Add baking soda and gently stir until light and foamy.
  • Pour mixture onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Let cool 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • When cool, break into small pieces. (may substitute almonds or cashews for the peanuts).

Microwave Caramel Popcorn

Microwave Caramel Popcorn

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 Qts. Popped corn
  • 1 cup Brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp soda

Instructions
 

  • Boil sugar, syrup, butter and salt for 2 minutes on stove…add soda, stir.
  • Pour over popped corn which has been placed in a large paper bag.
  • Microwave on high for 1 ½ minutes. Remove and shake well.
  • Microwave again for 1 ½ minutes on high. Remove from microwave, shake well again.
  • Cool and serve. (I like to add peanuts or other nuts to the caramel before pouring over popped corn.)