recipes

Pickles!

This one is from Dom, though I think he received it from Byers

4 pounds pickling cucumbers, cut into 1/2inch thick rounds
1/4 cup chopped garlic
2 jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced
1/2 cup chopped fresh dill

Brine:
4 cups white vinegar
2 cups water
6 tbsp kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar
5 heaping tbsp pickling spice
2 tbsp mustard seeds
2 tbsp black peppercorns

Combine in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.  
Remove from heat and cool for a couple of minutes.  Pour over
other ingredients.

Cool to room temperature, cover, and put in the fridge for a week.

Dom's comments: I find that it makes less brine than is necessary,
so you can increase the brine proportions, decrease the cucumber
amount, or just shake the jar around each morning (which is what i usually do) to make sure all of them are getting pickled

Baked Oatmeal

Hmmmmmmm... Maybe I'll implement the recipe.module for this site. For now, Kris' family's recipe for baked oatmeal. Mmmmmmmmmm........ 

3 eggs
1 C oil
2 C milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 C brown sugar
3 tsp. cinnamon
4 tsp. baking powder
5 C uncooked oatmeal

Mix wet ingredients and dry ingredients separately.
Add wet to dry while stirring.  Pour into greased
casserole dish and bake at 350º for 30 minutes or until
golden brown.

Jen comments, "We usually put some milk on it and heat it up (if it didn't just come out of the oven). Shaun even adds more cinnamon or brown sugar sometimes. Whatever floats your boat. Enjoy!!! By the way--this makes quite a bit so if you aren't having company and don't want to eat baked oatmeal for several days, I would half the recipe."

Zucchini bread

From James Pine 

Zucchini Bread

Bowl 1 {medium bowl}:
3 cups flour
1 and one-half cups sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
4 and one-half teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Mix well.

Bowl 2 {big bowl}:
2 eggs and 2 egg whites
two-thirds cup canola oil
3 cups grated zucchini
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel or 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Mix together eggs and oil.  Fold in the zucchini and lemon.  Stir gently
until the zukes are well coated with liquid.

Pre-heat oven to 350F.  Grease TWO loaf pans.  Stir bowl 1 ingredients
into bowl 2 ingredients just until mixture is moist.  Divide mixture
between two pans.  Bake 45-60 minutes until pick inserted in center
comes out clean.  Run spatula around the edges of the bread.  Remove
bread from pans within 10 minutes.  Place breads on cooling rack.

James comment: "ok, that's clipped in all its gory detail. I didn't want to send you the
contents of the shorthand index card, so I found the original. enjoy."

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