Recipes

            Ok, well, my blog has a lot of recipes. So... instead of having to view them one by one, just click here!

 Banana Nut Bread

                                                           1 cup sugar
                                                           1/3 cup butter
                                                           2 eggs
                                                           1 and 1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas
                                                           1/3 cup water
                                                           1 and 2/3 cup flour
                                                           1 tsp baking soda
                                                           1/2 tsp salt
                                                            /4 tsp baking powder
                                                          1/2 cup chopped nuts
                                                Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
                                               Grease bottom of a loaf pan.
                                                 Beat everything together except nuts.
                                                  Stir in nuts.
                                                    Bake for 55-60 minutes.
                                   120 calories per slice.

 Key Lime Pie 

Ingredients

• 5 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup key lime juice
• 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Combine the egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk and lime juice. Mix well. Pour into unbaked graham cracker shell.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool. Top with whipped topping and garnish with lime slices if desired. Yum!

 Pico de Gallo (Serves 6)

                                    You will need: 

                               2-3 big tomatoes or 12 cherry tomatoes(diced) 

                               1/3 cup chopped onion

                                4-5 sprigs of cilantro (diced) 

                                1 seeded jalapeño (diced)

                                1tsp lemon juice

                                     1 tsp salt
                                       --------

                                  

                      1.  Mix tomato and onion.

                          

                                                         
                                                   2.Cut cilantro with scissors.
                                               3.Add everything else and chill.
                                               4.Enjoy!


                                                     How to make Guacamole.
                                                          2 avocados
                                                           1tsp lemon juice
                                                             1 tsp salt 
                                                             lettuce
                                                           tomatoes


                                                        1. Peel avocados and remove seed.

                                                   2. Puree in food processor with lemon or lime juice and salt .

                                                    3. Arrange shredded lettuce on plates.

                                                    4.Sprinkle with diced tomatoes.

                                                    5.Add a spoonful of guacamole and chill.

                                                    6. Yum!            

Me and my littlest brother both LOVE cheesecake. We found a delicious recipe, which is what I made for the project show. I posted the link for the recipe below. The trickiest part of this is the Oreo crust, which my mom makes. The cake is actually easy once you get the crust down. It takes a while to cook and chill, but it is soooo worth it. The recipe mentions a spring-form pan. You NEED this, otherwise the cake will not work. Trust me! We (finally!) found one at Wal-mart. Ours is pretty and red, and it works! The cheesecake turned out great, if you see the photo below.

http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/105109/Turtle-Cheesecake/detail.aspx

     Here are my adorable cookies! They are great to make for Easter. My middle brother made the hens. My mom is a awesome cook, so she helped us. My littlest brother made teddy bears, but I didn't get a picture.

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks. You can get the glaze recipe from I am Baker blog.

  Coconut Shrimp
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper
2 egg whites
2 cups sweetened coconut flakes
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs(sounds kinda weird, but you need them)
1lb shrimp peeled and deveined.
Canola Oil to fry

In a shallow bowl mix flour and cayenne pepper. In another bowl, add egg whites. In food processesor combine  panko bread crumbs and sweetened coconut flakes. Place mixture in a bowl. 1. Toss shrimp in flour. 2. Dip shrimp in egg whites, then coconut mixture. 3. In a saucepan add oil for frying; heat oil to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. 4. Place shrimp in oil for 3 minutes, or until crispy. Enjoy!