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14.9.09

Kaiser Schmarren

• 3 cups flour
• 4 whole eggs
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• not quite 1/2 quart of milk
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 3 heaping Tbls. lard
• Confection sugar
In a bowl mix the flour, 4 eggs, salt, milk and melted butter.
Mix with a whisk until smooth.
Melt the lard in a cast iron pot, get it very hot!
Pour in all the batter at once and cook it as a large pancake, over high heat.
As it cooks lift up the edges of the pancake to let the uncooked batter flow underneath.
When it is completely set, pull apart the pancake with the spatula and turn pieces over to cook on the other side. The pancake pieces should have some browned edges.
This dish only takes a few minutes to make, but you must stay with it if you do not want to have charred pieces.
Pile onto a serving dish, and sprinkle the top with powdered sugar.

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scrawled @ 16:17

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13.9.09

Crustless Spinach Quiche

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 3 cups shredded Muenster cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan.
2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft. Stir in spinach and continue cooking until excess moisture has evaporated.
3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, cheese, salt and pepper. Add spinach mixture and stir to blend. Scoop into prepared pie pan.
4. Bake in preheated oven until eggs have set, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Ideas:
a TOUCH OF NUTMEG and GARLIC
I slightly under cook them so I can pop them in the microwave at work for a nice breakfast.
dill and feta or basil or nutmeg
If using fresh spinach instead of frozen, use 8 c. washed and chopped.
Mushrooms or an extra egg.
I pour the mixture into muffin pan for bite sized baby quiches.
garlic and monterrey jack cheese
mozzarella and colby jack. tomatoes, red pepper, and ham.
egg whites, or egg substitute
more vegetables
tomato slices and bacon crumbled on top

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scrawled @ 21:25

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12.9.09

Pogácsa (hungarian cheesy biscuits)

8 oz. Cream Cheese
8 oz. (2 sticks) Butter
2 cups Flour
Salt & Pepper to taste
Glaze: Egg yolk and ~1 Tsp. of milk
Possible additions: crisped bacon bits, sesame or caraway seeds, onion bits, etc.

1. Soften cream cheese and butter at room temperature.
2. Work cream cheese, butter and flour together well by hand.
3. Roll out (on a lightly flowered surface) to about ½ inch thickness, and fold over; repeat this 2x.
4. Rest in fridge ~ ½ hour (or overnight), covered (plastic wrap or bags).
5. Repeat sequence of rolling out/folding/chilling in fridge 3x.
6. Last time, on the 3rd roll-out, score the top with a knife to get a small crosshatch design all over (cut very shallow lines close together in one direction, then at about right angles to the first ones).
7. “Paint” top with milk/egg yolk mixture.
8. Sprinkle w/crisp bacon bits or other toppings if you like.
9. Cut out small circles 1 to 1 ½ inch in diameter (I use a cut-off film can).
10. Let stand 10 minutes at room temperature.
11. Bake on a cookie sheet @350 until they are golden colored.
12. Remove from cookie sheet when they are slightly cooled.

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scrawled @ 09:16

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11.9.09

Old-Fashioned Ginger Bread

1 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger or 4 teaspoons finely chopped fresh ginger
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1 cup molasses
1 cup applesauce
1/2 cup buttermilk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat an 8x11-1/2-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

2. Whisk both flours, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

3. Place egg, sugar, and oil in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed until thick and creamy. Reduce speed to low and beat in molasses and applesauce.

4. With a rubber spatula, gently mix reserved dry ingredients and buttermilk into egg mixture, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 additions of buttermilk. (Do not overmix.)

5. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool slightly in the pan on a wire rack. Serve warm.

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scrawled @ 11:58

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