Country Style Pickles
October 16, 2009 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Boiled, Buffet, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, New Miscellaneous Recipe, Side Dish, Snack
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Country Style Pickles -This extraordinary, easy, homemade pickles recipe really has a wholesome flavor to it. Simple, basic ingredients, like cucumber and onion, are combined with pickling spices and vinegar, to create some of the crispiest, crunchiest, pickles you have ever had. Perfect as a snack, as a condiment, and even as a garnish, you will love eveything about this quick easy recipe.
Cook Time: 35-45 mins |
Ingredients to make Country Style Pickles
4 qt Cucumber, thinly sliced
8 md Onion, peeled, thinly sliced
1/2 c Pickling salt
5 c Sugar
1 1/2 ts Turmeric
1 ts Celery seed
2 tb Mustard seed
5 c Cider vinegar
Directions to make Country Style Pickles
Step 1:Mix the cucumbers and onions with the salt and 2 quarts of cracked ice and let them stand, covered with a weighted lid, for 3 hours.
Step 2:Drain thoroughly and put the vegetables in a large kettle. Add the sugar, spices and vinegar and bring almost to a boil, stirring often with a wooden spoon, but do not boil, approx 35-45 minutes.
Step 3:Pack the pickles into hot jars and seal.
Coconut Amaretto Bread
June 12, 2009 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Baked, Breakfast, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Side Dish, Snack
| Coconut Amaretto Bread - Slice into a taste of the tropics with this delightful, easy homemade bread. Rich, golden, Amaretto, saturates the sweet coconut, and is then baked up golden and delicios. Try this one soon!
Prep Time: 15 mins |
Ingredients to make Coconut Amaretto Bread
4 oz Tofu
1 c Sugar
1/4 c Amaretto
14 fl Coconut milk
2 1/2 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
1 tb Baking powder
1 c Coconut flakes
Directions to make Coconut Amaretto Bread
Step 1:Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Blend together tofu and sugar thoroughly in an electric mixer or by mashing them together in a large mixing bowl.
Step 2:Mix Amaretto and coconut milk into tofu until well blended.
Step 3:Meanwhile, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Toss in coconut flakes, then add dry ingredients to liquid mixture and blend thoroughly. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake about 50 minutes
Step 4:[Note: 1 teaspoon of almond extract and 1/4 cup of water may be substituted for the 1/4 cup of Amaretto. 1 1/2 cups water plus 1/4 cup oil may be used instead of coconut milk.]