Posts tagged ‘easy snacks’
Recipe of the Week – Homemade Granola
(From the Misc Collection at emealsforyou.com)
Granola
It has been a few days of cooking. Beginning with homemade pizza on Friday and then Sweet Cabbage on Saturday and Grilled Clams Casino, Steak au Poivre and the granola on Sunday. All recipes worked as planned; all wonderful. There was one miss on Saturday; we attempted to make homemade Ricotta from a recipe found in a magazine a few months ago. We followed the recipe right down to the cheesecloth strainer but to our surprise the milk never formed a curd. I guess we will give it another try in the near future.
Back to the granola. Usually you make something like this and it is okay but not worthy of the effort; as it is pretty much the same as the store bought stuff. Not with this recipe. We were surprised by the crunchy, delicious, not too sweet results. This is definitely a keeper. The only problem turned out to be that you have to put it away as soon as it cools or it seems to disappear from the cookie sheet each time you pass it on the counter. I suggest a double batch. You can freeze it; that’s if you hide it fast enough.
Granola
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Misc |
| Meal: | other (General) |
| 3 | cups | oats, old-fashioned rolled |
| 1 | cup | fruit, dried |
| 1 | Tb | vanilla |
| 1 | Tb | cinnamon. ground |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, kosher |
| 0.33 | cup | sugar, brown |
| 1 | cup | maple syrup |
| 1 | cup | almonds, slivered |
| 1 | spritz | PAM |
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Spray cookie sheet with PAM. Spread granola mixture evenly on cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, stir and bake an additional 20 minutes. Allow to cool then store in an airtight container.
All the recipes mentioned above, with the exception of the Ricotta, can be found at emealsforyou.com.
The Message Said – Bring Cookies
(From the Dessert Collection at emealsforyou.com)
Teresa's Oatmeal Cookies
Just before I left for my very brief trip to NJ a couple of weeks ago I got a message from my brother-in-law to bring some “finger food” desserts for a family gathering. I don’t know about you but I would prefer larger desserts as they take less time and effort to make. Biting the bullet I decided on some very good brownies, chocolate macaroon jam tarts, some individual fruit tarts and at the last minute some of these cookies.
They are called Teresa’s Oatmeal Cookies, named for a friend and fellow cook, who gave me the recipe. These are without a doubt the best oatmeal cookies you will ever try. Very easy to make and the best part is they travel well; unlike my individual tarts that arrived in NJ looking more like individual tartlets. Make these, stand back and watch them disappear.
Teresa’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Dad’s in charge???? (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 3 | large | egg |
| 1 | cup | raisins |
| 1 | tsp | vanilla |
| 16 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | cup | sugar, brown |
| 1 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 2.5 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 1 | tsp | salt, table |
| 1 | tsp | cinnamon. ground |
| 2 | tsp | baking soda |
| 2 | cup | oats, old-fashioned rolled |
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine beaten eggs, raisins, and vanilla and cover with plastic wrap. Let stand for one hour. Cream together room temperature butter and both sugars. Add flour, salt, cinnamon, and soda to sugar mixture and mix well. Blend in egg-raisin mixture and oatmeal. Dough will be stiff. Drop a heaping tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Delicious: Soaking of the raisins is the secret!
More of Teresa’s and my recipes at emealsforyou.com.
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