Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

Ingredients

• 4 tomatoes - peeled, seeded and diced
• 4 cups tomato juice
• 14 leaves fresh basil
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup butter
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Place tomatoes and juice in a stock pot over medium heat. Simmer for 30 minutes. Puree the tomato mixture along with the basil leaves, and return the puree to the stock pot.
2. Place the pot over medium heat, and stir in the heavy cream and butter. Season with salt and pepper. Heat, stirring until the butter is melted. Do not boil.

Maple Oatmeal Scones

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats, plus additional for sprinkling
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 pound cold unsalted butter, diced
• 1/2 cup cold buttermilk
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
• 4 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk or water, for egg wash
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Glaze:

nocoupons

• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the flours, oats, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Blend the cold butter in at the lowest speed and mix until the butter is in pea-sized pieces. Combine the buttermilk, maple syrup, and eggs and add quickly to the flour-and-butter mixture. Mix until just blended. The dough may be sticky.

Dump the dough out onto a well-floured surface and be sure it is combined. Flour your hands and a rolling pin and roll the dough 3/4 to 1-inch thick. You should see lumps of butter in the dough. Cut into 3-inch rounds with a plain or fluted cutter and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Brush the tops with egg wash. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the tops are crisp and the insides are done.

To make the glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. When the scones are done, cool for 5 minutes, and drizzle each scone with 1 tablespoon of glaze. I like to sprinkle some uncooked oats on the top, for garnish. The warmer the scones are when you glaze them, the thinner the glaze will be.

Molasses Gingerbread Cookies

1 C sugar
3/4 cup butter/margarine (I use shortening- the cookies always turn out better)
1 egg
2 C flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. ginger
1/4 C molasses

Cream sugar and butter. Add egg and molasses. Dry ingredients. Roll into balls and then into granulated sugar. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Don't overbake. Cookies should be soft and chewy :)

Banana Bread

1 3/4 cup flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
2 eggs
2 or 3 bananas
1 tsp lemon
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla

Bake for 40 min at 350

Sweet and Sour Chicken

- Chicken Breasts
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 can pineapple chunks
- 1can stewed tomatoes
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp grand ginger
- 2 tbsp flour
- green pepper cubed
- cooked rice

Cook chicken in oil over med. heat. Drain pineapple, reserving syrup, combine reserve syrup, tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and ginger in a sauce pan. Let simmer 10 min.

Combine flour with 2 tbsp water. Combine flour mixture, pineapple, and green pepper to tomato mixture. Cook until thickened. Pour over chicken, cook 5 min, turning chicken. Serve over rice.

Erica's Homemade Bread

-10.5 cup flour
-1/2 cup sugar
-3 tbs saf instant yeast
-1 tbs salt
3 tbs lecithin
4 cup hot water (wheat-3 hot water, 1 warm apple sauce)

Mix 5 min white or 10 min wheat

Raise 25 min

Bake 350 degrees for 25 min

MOA Cafe Turkey Harvest Croissant

Cream Cheese Spread:

8 0z. cream cheese

1 round tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate

2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 c. pineapple juice

1/3 c. sugar

Combine in food processor or beat with beaters until smooth.

For each sandwich you make, you will need:

Cream Cheese Spread

Croissant

3 slices turkey, the thin-cut deli stuff

1 slice provolone

3 slices of apple

1 leaf of green leaf lettuce

Cut croissant in half, and put Cream Cheese spread on both sides

Layer green leaf lettuce, turkey (rolled), cheese, and apples on sandwich.