| Pies, Pastries & Desserts |
| One of the simplest and perfect cake frostings. - From 5starchocolate.com : Ever Wonder How Chocolate is made? It all begins on a plantation within 2 degrees of the equator. 1 cacao tree, planted in the shade of a larger tree, will produce 5 pounds of chocolate per year (each seedling takes 5-8 years to mature, so starting a plantation can take a while).
At harvest time, plantation works gather, split and dry the cacao beans until they have reached a moisture content of only 7%. The average harvest requires 400 fermenting trays, 50 long-handled pod whoppers, 25 machetes, and a lot of burlap.
The dried pulp and other debris is removed from the beans. The beans are then sorted, selected and roasted. The outer shell is removed and the nibs are left to be crushed by a mill. The heat generated liquefies the pulp, resulting in what is referred to as “chocolate mass”. This mass is then sweetened and cooled into bricks to be used by chocolatiers like Stephany's Chocolates.
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| I came up with this recipe after making the Mississippi Mud Pie desert. I changed some of the ingredients and make a new dessert. My dad was a diabetic so I made it with a sugar free pudding and equal or splenda. But you can use the original recipe. |
| Remember that you can use sweet potatoes whenever the recipe calls for pumpkin. |
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| From cpcchester.org - Peach Festival - Peaches were probably the first fruit crop and domesticated in China about 3000 years ago.
Top 5 Countries in peach production - 1. China 2. Italy 3. USA 4. Spain 5. Greece
Peaches contain no fat and no cholesterol and over 10 minerals and vitamins and only 66 calories per cup.
A peach and a nectarine are similar. Genetically, there is little difference between the two. The primary difference is that a peach has fuzz on its skin while a nectarine does not.
The peach is grown in 64 countries worldwide. U.S. produces about 20% of the world's peaches. -This recipe is the perfect use for peaches.
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| Evaporated Milk a staple that most mothers raised their babies on. This recipe appeared on the Pet milk cans when a 16 ounce jar of pure grape jam sold for 23 cents! That is now close to being just the sales tax on a large can of evaporated milk. Ceux-là étaient les jours mes enfants Not yet rated |
| Brown sugar is used commonly in baking and cooking. However we never use the full bag and store only to find next time we use it the sugar is now hard. Crystal Sugar.com has this interesting information. How can brown sugar be stored to prevent hardening? Store brown sugar in a way that allows the product to retain its natural moisture--in its original plastic bag (closed tightly) or in a moisture-proof container. (A good use for your canisters)
If the sugar hardens, let it stand overnight in a sealed jar with a damp paper towel or apple slice. For a quick fix, heat the needed amount in a 250 degree oven for a few minutes, or microwave on low for 1-2 minutes per cup. Use immediately.
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| These pistolettes are very simple to make and so good! You can take your biscuits and gravy with you!
This recipe is easily modified to your personal taste. Many things could be added such as cheese, onion, Tabasco sauce, your imagination is the limit. Not yet rated |
| I can remember when my grandma cooked tapioca the vanilla flavor in it smelled so good; but I always wondered what tapioca was. From Wikipedia -Tapioca is essentially a flavourless starchy ingredient produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root and used in cooking. It is similar to sago and is commonly used to make a milky pudding similar to rice pudding. Purchased tapioca comprises many small white spheres each about 2 mm in diameter (although larger grain sizes are available). These are not seeds, but rather reconstituted processed root. The processing concept is akin to the way that wheat is turned into pasta. These tapioca pearls are made mostly of tapioca starch, which comes from the tapioca, or bitter-cassava plant. In other parts of the world, the bitter-cassava plant may be called mandioca, aipim, macaxeira, manioca, boba, or yuca.
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| Although apples trees are not very common in Cajun country; apple remains a very popular fruit for both eating and cooking. Here are fun facts from www.funfacts.com - If you grew 100 apple trees from the seeds of one tree, they would all be different. Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free. Apples are a member of the rose family. 25 percent of an apple's volume is air. That is why they float. The largest apple picked weighed three pounds. China is the leading producer of apples with over 1.2 billion bushels grown in 2001. It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider - and only 6 apples to create this delicious dessert.
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| Cookies and Cakes that are Cajun good! |
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