Home-made Frappiccinos! | a recipe

Homemade Frappiccinos

 Makes 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup espresso or strongly brewed coffee
• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons whole milk
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup (more to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Method:
Brew your espresso or coffee and place in the refrigerator until cold, about an hour or so. Add the remaining ingredients and stir or shake well (if using a bottle). Taste and adjust the ratio of milk, syrup, etc. Keep going until you love it. Enjoy!

(since our yearly supply of maple syrup is gone, I used
xylitol dissolved in milk, and added the desired amount. You could use sugar if wanted but, I'm suremaple syrup would be better...and healthier!)


I saw this recipe...a while ago, and was REALLY interested! So, I finally decided to make it and LOVE IT! :) I don't care for it to be completely chilled, but that's just my preference.

Enjoy!

*recipe and photo from Cooking for Seven*

In the Kitchen: Molasses Cookies

I have been "dying" for some good molasses cookies, since Mom bought a jar of  molasses.  So, away to the shelf of cookbooks, to find a good recipe.  After looking at several recipes I found this one!  I made them, and they taste REALLY good. : ) Here's the recipe:

Molasses Cookies:

3/4 cup of shortening (I used butter)

1 cup of sugar

1/4 cup of molasses

1 egg

2 tsp. baking soda

2. cups of flour

1/2 tsp. of cloves

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

Mix all ingredients. Roll in to a ball. Dip in sugar and place on a greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.  *NOTE: when the cookies come out of the oven, they are really soft, but they harden while cooling.* 

:) Enjoy!

It's A Recipe!

For all you coffee lovers like me, here is a recipe for a "Almost Famous Mocha Frappe".  Here's the recipe!

This recipe makes four drinks.

For the Coffee Ice:

3 tablespoons sugar

2 Cups of warm strong coffee

For the chocolate syrup:

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup unsweeted cocoa powder

1 ounce of milk chocolate, finely chopped

1 1/2 teaspoons honey

1/2teaspoon of vanilla extract

For the Frappes

1 cup of milk

whipped cream, for topping

1) Make the coffee ice: Stir the sugar into the coffeee until dissolved, then let it cool (it doesn't have to be cold because warm liquid freezes better anyway).  Pour into a 16-cube-icetray and freeze until solid, they say about three hours. ?

2) Make the chocolate syrup: Combine the sugar and cocoa powder in a saucepan and slowly whisk in 2/3 cup of hot water. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, whisking, until the sugar dissolves, 3 to 5 minutesl do not boil. Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate, honey, and vanilla until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until cool.

3) Make the frappes: "Puree" 8 coffee cubes, 1/2 cup milk, 1/3 to 1/2 cup of chocolate syrup and 1 cup plain ice into a blender utnil smooth. Pour into 2 glasses, then repeat to make 2 more drinks. Top with whipped cream and more chocolate syrup.

Enjoy!

Baked Apple French Toast :D Mmmmm

Here is a recipe my Aunt Megan sent me, so hope you all can try it! Enjoy!

Baked Apple French Toast


I just made this last weekend and it was so good! I used English muffin bread, but any bread would work (cinnamon bread would be tasty).

5 C bread cubes
4 eggs
1 1/2 C milk
2 T brown sugar
2 T white sugar
1/4 t salt
3 apples, peeled and cubed
1 t vanilla
1 t cinnamon


Preheat to 350. Spray an 8x8 pan.

In a large bowl beat eggs, milk, brown sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir in bread cubes and apple cubes and let sit for 10 min. Stir, then pour into baking pan. Spring white sugar and cinnamon on the top. Bake 45 to 50 min. covered. Can uncover for a few min. at the end.

Serve with maple syrup

Cookies!

I grabbed this recipe from Taste of Home. Anna made some oatmeal cookies, and they were delicious. They were really good. Hope you enjoy the recipe!

3 cups quick-cooking oats

2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup egg substitute
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
In a large bowl, combine the oats, flour, sugars, baking powder and salt. Add the egg substitute, corn syrup and vanilla; mix well.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen.

Cherry Pie Recipe

Hello All! I thought I would share this with you! ;) On Monday night our kind neighbour gave us some cherries, they had bought up in Door County. We readily accepted. So, on Tuesday night Anna decided to make a CHERRY PIE! She ended up making the pie crust, and spaghetti for supper, and I making the cherry filling. So, this is the amazingly good recipe!

Sweet Cherry Pie

1 pie crust

3 cups of fresh, or canned cherries, pitted

1/4 cup. sugar

2. 1/2 Tbsp. quick cooking Tapioca

2 Tbsp. butter

Preheat, the oven to 425. Line a pie pan with half the pastry dough. Drain the cherries, saving 1/2 cup of juice. *If using fresh cherries, the natural juices, which bubble up when baking are sufficient.* Mix juice, sugar, and tapioca in a bowl, add the cherries, and toss well. Pile into the lined pan and dot with the butter, Roll out the top crust and drape over the pie. (Note, I didn't use the top pie crust, I made a crumble, I will write the recipe in a minute) Crimp the edges and cut several vents in the top. Bake for 10 minutes, reduce the heat to 350 F, continue to bake for 30-4o minutes more, until the crust is lightly browned.

The Crumble

1 cup. of flour

1 cup. of oats

1 cup. of brown sugar

1/2. cup of butter

Mix your dry ingredients together. Cut in your butter. Pour over your pie...bake...then it tastes really good!

Cherries!All the ingredients you'll need


WASH YOUR HANDS!

Measure the cherries into a separate container, for pittingNow, pit your cherries

* Be sure your hands are clean!* Toss the cherries with sugar, and tapiocaThe pie

The finished piece!

The pie was really good...you all should try it. If you have cherries. But, if not you can just let your mouth water while you look at my pictures! :D

Hope you enjoy this recipe!!!

~Kara

Raspberry Pie!

Hey, all of you cooking friends, it's raspberry season and with the season comes rspberry pie. Mmmm, it's really good. So, I thought I would give you all a recipe for a "heavenly" pie. Here it is!

Raspberry Glaze Pie
1 quart berries
1 cup of Water
1 cup of Sugar
3 Tblsp. Cornstarch (or permaflo or something that jells)
1 - 3 oz. Cream Cheese.

Simmer 1 cup. of berries and 2/3 cup. of water for about 3 mins. Blend sugar, cornstarch and remaining 1/3 cup of water. Add to boiling mixture. Boil for 1 min. stirring constantly. Cool.

Spread cream cheese over the bottom of the cooled baked pie shell. *save 1/2 cup. of berries* Put remaining 2. 1/2 cups of berries in the pie crust shell and pour the jelled mixture over the berries. Arrange the saved 1/2 cup of berries over the pie. Refrigerate. Top with sweetened whip cream.

Start with getting ALL your ingredients. (In pic. all but the cr. cheese is present)
Make sure your working area is clean. :)

Wash the berries of any dirt or bugs

Combine your Water and Berries, to simmer.

Add your jell mixture to your berries and water

The finished product piece

The pie!!

Hope you enjoy this really good pie recipe!!!

~Kara