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Happy Easter!

tearsa — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:53:42 +0000

Amirah’s second Easter (despite being less than a year old…) in her Easter dress on our luscious lawn.

I made it based on this pattern and tutorial.

Strawberry Pie

tearsa — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:52:29 +0000

The recipe that got us completely hooked on almond extract. So delicious.
From Aunt Linda.

1 9-inch baked pie shell
3 oz. cream cheese
2 T. (24 g) sugar
1 T. (15 g) milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 pints (1.5 lbs) strawberries
1 c. (200 g) sugar
3 T. (25 g) cornstarch
pinch salt
1/2 c. (125 g) water
1 T. (15 g) lemon juice
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1/2 pint whipping cream, whipped

1. Blend cream cheese, sugar, milk, and vanilla together until smooth. Spread evenly on bottom of pie shell.

2. Wash berries, remove stems, drain and dry strawberries. Place as many strawberries as possible in pie shell, pointed sides up.* Mash remainder of berries, set aside.

3. Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt in saucepan; add mashed berries, water, lemon juice. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat and add almond extract. Pour over strawberries and cool.

4. Top with whipped cream before serving.

This little piggy…

tearsa — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:35:04 +0000

Amirah’s hair is long enough for itty-bitty pig tails!

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

tearsa — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:26:25 +0000

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 c. peanut butter
1 c. water
1/2 c. butter
2 eggs
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together the first 5 ingredients, from sugar to baking soda. Mix peanut butter, water, and butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove and add the dry ingredients. Then add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Stir well and pour into greased jellyroll pan. Bake for 15 minutes.

Frosting
6 T. butter
3 T. buttermilk
1/4 c. peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 c. powdered sugar

Heat butter, buttermilk, and peanut butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and add vanilla and powdered sugar. Immediately spread over warm cake.

Slightly adapted from here.

Hot Cereal

tearsa — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:34:23 +0000

We have recently discovered a most tasty and delicious 7-grain (& 10) cereal. Amirah tried some as well

For you, Annalee & Jeremy: coconut-kiwi & coconut-almond-raisin cereal.

Amirah!

tearsa — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:51:36 +0000

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

tearsa — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:53:58 +0000

Bret gave me a kitchen scale for Christmas, and this is the first recipe I “officially” used with it. It is pretty nifty. All I had to do was set a bowl on the scale, and dump ingredients in (taring the scale between each). A much cleaner way to cook–especially the shortening and peanut butter.

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

Yields 4 dozen • (adapted from: Allrecipes.com)

1/2 c (96 g) shortening
1/2 c (113 g) margarine, softened
1 c (220 g) packed brown sugar
1/4 c (50 g) white sugar
1 c (256 g) peanut butter
2 eggs
1 1/2 c (192 g) flour
2 tsp (10 g) baking soda
1 tsp (6 g) salt
2 c (170 g) oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, cream together shortening, margarine, brown sugar, white sugar, and peanut butter until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the oats until just combined. Refrigerate (or freeze) dough for 15-20 minutes. Roll into balls and place on cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until just light brown.

Happy Birthday!

tearsa — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:56:37 +0000

Today is Dad’s birthday, and we celebrated with pie: peach-raspberry and pumpkin deliciousness.

Another Busy Weekend

tearsa — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:38:44 +0000

Jeremy & Annalee came to Utah, so we spent last weekend with them and with Sean and Christina.

Our babies are each about 1 1/2 months apart, and they’re already friends.

Almond Sheet Cake

tearsa — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:27:26 +0000

1 cup butter
1 cup water
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
4 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup nuts (opt.)

1. In a large saucepan, bring butter and water to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in the flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, baking soda and salt until smooth.
2. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 to 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean and cake is golden brown. Cool for 20 minutes.
3. For frosting, in a large saucepan, combine butter and milk. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in sugar and extract. Spread over warm cake; sprinkle with nuts.

from allrecipes.com