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[Meriweather]

Good morning!


* Exported from MasterCook *

Cranberry Bread

Recipe By :Betty Crocker's Homemade Quick Breads
Serving Size : 2 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breakfast Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 cups cranberries -- fresh or frozen
1 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans -- coarsely chopped
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Oven 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 or 9 x 5 x 3".
Mix cranberries, sugar, oil, milk, orange peel, vanilla and eggs in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Pour into pans.
Bake 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.
Loosen sides of loaves from pans. Remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack before slicing.
Store tightly wrapped in refrigerator up to 1 week.

 

[pennst8r]

Mine went out this morning. Nancy, I'm going to PM you my conf # just incase it's needed while I'm gone.

I'll have to try the cranberry bread when I get back!





Here's the reason I drive 45 min to a Wegman's just to find clotted cream:


Simple Scones

2 c flour
1/3 c sugar + 1 t
1 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
6 T unsalted butter, frozen
1/2 c raisins (or dried currants)
1/2 c sour cream
1 large egg


Preheat oven to 400’

In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 c sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a grater. Use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal.), then stir in raisins.

In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.

Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use our ands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as your press, the dough will come together.)

Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a7-8” circle about 3/4 “ thick. Sprinkle with remaining 1 t sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on a cookie sheet (prefereable lined with parchment paper) about 1” apart. Bake until golden about 15-17 mintues. Cool 5 minutes and serve warm or at room temp.

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Oh my goodness - I think I hit the exchange jackpot! I got my package today from Nancy (meriweather) and it was PACKED with great things!

- A whole BOOK of Recipes! (I'm so excited to try these)
- Bag of Halloween trinkets (spider rings, bat slinky, bat stamp, pumpkin game) - Samantha will LOVE all of this!
- Halloween themed cake/cookie decorating kit and halloween sprinkles
- Ghost hand towel
- Candy corn shaped playing cards
- Pumpkin tealight holder
- Cookie Cutters - Fall leaves, stocking and Christmas bell
- Christmas tree shaped bath confetti
- Set of Christmas kitchen towels
- Snowman bath puff
- Gingerbread man ornament
- Spatula, Cookie Scoop and Silicon pot holder (all really needed!)
- Christmas soap with a cute penquin and bear
- Christmas themed magnetic shopping list
- snowflake magnet
- Lollipop magic towel (Samantha loves these too!)
- Bag FULL of animal shaped erasers
- Christmas cookie cookbook
- AND A DIS PIN!!! I am so excited about this as we are leaving for Disney in 6 days. I've been trying to think of something to make and this is just perfect.

And, as an added bonus, when I opened the box there were a bunch of loose fall leaves that fell out - nice touch!

Thank you so much for everything! I am really getting excited for the holidays now and Sam will be thrilled when she gets home from school.

 

[Meriweather]

Glad it arrived. I wanted to make sure you received before you left.
I LOVE putting this exchange together.

I just checked DC to see if it was going to arrive today, still said expecting it at the PO

 

[Trish Bessette]

Just checking in to say I'm still shopping Mine will probably be going out on Monday. I'll post to confirm.

I love this exchange

 

[Meriweather]

Hi Trish.

How is everyone else doing?
Monday is mail day.....somehow I think we will hear of a lot of mailings that day

 

[mommytotwo]

Just posting a recipe to share with everyone-
Macadamia Nut Torte

Crust:
2 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. (1 1/2 blocks) butter, or margarine, softened

Cake:
6 egg whites
1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. sugar
1/2 c. oil
2/3 c. milk
4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. macadamia nuts, chopped
Powdered sugar, for topping


Sift together the flour, and sugar. Mix well with the butter/margarine. Pour into a 9x13 inch pan, and press down to form a crust. Bake at 350 degrees, for 15 minutes; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites, gradually adding in 1/2 cup of the sugar until stiff. Set aside in the refrigerator. In a small bowl, sift flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Make a well in the center, and add in the oil, milk, egg yolks, and vanilla; mix well. Pour a steady stream into the stiffly-beaten egg whites; folding gently. Fold in the nuts, mixing well. Pour the batter over the baked crust, and bake at 350 degrees, for 30-35 minutes. The cake will be done when a toothpick is inserted into the center, and it comes out clean. Cool, and top the torte with the sifted powdered sugar.

 

[powellrj]

mine went out today Priority, but because it has to go far, far away, the lady at the post office said it may not arrive until next week!

 

[Luv2Roam]

Mailed mine today priority too. They should receive it Saturday. Hope they like it!

 

[Luv2Roam]

While we are openly sharing recipes here is an easy one I like to use:

Cheese Scalloped Potatoes

1 can Campbell's Cheddar Cheese soup
1/2 c milk
4 c thinly sliced potatoes
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1 t butter or margarine
paprika

Stir Cheddar Cheese soup until smooth; gradually add milk.
In a buttered 1.5 qt casserole dish, arrange alternate layers of potato, onion and sauce. Dot top with butter.
Sprinkle with paprika.
Bake covered at 375 degrees for 1 hour.
Uncover. Bake 15 minutes more.
4 - 6 servings

 

[Meriweather]

My DS will love that one

Thanks for sharing.

 

[jrnunzio3]

How is everyone else doing?
Monday is mail day.....somehow I think we will hear of a lot of mailings that day

Nancy,
Just a quick update.
I am still shopping for mine. I have my recipes all set. I actually went out shopping last weekend, went to four different stores and since I wasn't feeling well , didn't really find anything that caught my eye. I couldn't believe that I came home with nothing, definitely not like me I will finish shopping by Saturday and have it in the mail by Monday. Luckily, it doesn't have far to go.
Jenny

 

[Meriweather]

Not a problem. Hope you are feeling better.
Monday is perfectly acceptable for mailing.....that is the mail date.
I expect a lot to go out that day because of people shopping and working on their recipes over the weekend.

 

[Meriweather]

Is the DIS moving super, super SLOOOOOW for everyone this morning? Or just my connection?

Anyway...it has taken me 20 minutes to get this far, so a recipe and then my time is up.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 9 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breakfast Breads Cakes


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/4 cup butter or margarine -- melted
2 large apples -- cored and sliced
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
Gingerbread
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- melted
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup hot tea

Pour butter into a 9" square baking pan.
Arrange apples over butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar and set aside.
For gingerbread: Combine butter, molasses, sugars and egg in a mixing bowl. Mix well.
Combine dry ingredients. Add to sugar mixture alternately with hot tea. Mix well. Pour over apples.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool for 3-5 minutes. Loosen sides and invert onto serving platter. Serve warm.

 

[pennst8r]

Is the DIS moving super, super SLOOOOOW for everyone this morning? Or just my connection?

.

SLLLOOOOWWW here too! But I got my package today!
I got

A cookies for santa plate and 2 santa mugs
A Christmas cookie book
Land o Lakes holiday cookies book
napkins
Holiday Cheer checklist
candles

What a great package--and surprise that it came before I left.

Thanks so much, Nancy (nancyg56, I think!)--cookie recipes are an addiction with me! I can't wait to get home to make some.

Maybe I'll even meet her at WDW this week???


And Nancy (Merriweather) -you always post yummy sounding recipes ! I'm going to have to print out this thread when we're all done.

 

[Meriweather]

So glad it arrived before you left......you did get tried and true recipes also, I hope

I have so many recipes!! Happy to share.

Have a wonderful trip!!

 

[wishuponastarforever]

My package is packed and ready to go. Off to the post office later today.
I will send priority.
Thanks everyone for the recipes. I'll submit a few this weekend.

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Nancy/meriweather - I LOVE the tacky tourist costumes from MNSSHP! Very funny!

 

[Meriweather]

Nancy/meriweather - I LOVE the tacky tourist costumes from MNSSHP! Very funny!

Thanks...... It was a blast!! We got so many people talking to us. The CMs loved it.
We even had a couple of people stop us to take pictures

 

[wishuponastarforever]

Meriweather,
I love your costumes. Very clever - gotta love a DH that goes along with that.

My DH is a great sport too - Last MVMCP he wore a 13 inch tall Christmas tree hat with Disney ornament on it and it lights up. He is 6'3" on his own so he really stood out.

Hurray for the weirdo DH's in this world!!!!!

Also - shipped my package out yesterday, priority as planned.