In the Kitchen ~ Irish Stew

This week's new-to-me recipe from the Gooseberry Patch "Recipes for Comfort" cookbook is "Irish Stew".

I'm a meat-and-potatoes kinda girls so this stew was right up my alley!

I served it with crescent rolls, a vegetable and a fruit.

This recipe was so easy to make and was so delicious!  It will definitely be made again and again :)

Irish Stew

5 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 lb ground beef, browned
1 cup water
1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 T Chili powder
1 tsp garlic powder

Place potatoes and beef in a Dutch oven.  Add water and bring to a light boil.

Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low for about 45 minutes.

Makes 4 servings.

Next Saturday I'll be sharing an easy recipe for "Creamed Dried Beef"!

Have a great weekend!

Colletta

In the Kitchen ~ Banana-Coconut Crunch Cake ~ 4/30/15

This recipe came from a cookbook called "America's Favorites:  Bake Sale". 

Banana-Coconut Crunch Cake

Cake:

1 package banana cake mix (yellow if you can't find banana)
1 package (4 oz) banana flavor instant pudding
1 can (16 oz) fruite cocktail, in juice, undrained
4 eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Glaze:

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut

Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 13X9X2 inch cake pan.

Combine cake mix, pudding mix, fruit cocktail with juice, eggs and oil in a large bowl.  Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 4 minutes.

Stir in 1 cup coconut.  Pour into prepared pan.

Combine pecans and brown sugar in a small bowl.  Stir until well mixed.

Sprinkle over batter.

Bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

For the glaze, combine granulated sugar, butter and evaporated milk in a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil.  Cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat.  Stir in 1 1/3 cups coconut.  Pour over warm cake.

 Serve warm or at room temperature.

I wasn't sure I would like this recipe because I'm not a huge fan of fruit cocktail. But...I loved it!  The fruit cocktail mixed into the batter so well, I wouldn't even have known it was there.

This cake was so moist and delicious!


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It's Monday! What Am I Reading ~ 2/11/13

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The book I am currently reading is:

Cook-Booking ~ Easy Oatmeal Cake

Putting the cookbooks on my shelf to good use!

The first cookbook I'm going to be sharing recipes from is very special to me.  When I got married, my Mom made me a little notecard-sized binder of our favorite family recipes.  These are my go-to recipes for everything from cakes and cookies to potpie noodles.

To start off this feature and get myself back into baking, I made one of my family's very favorite cakes, Easy Oatmeal Cake.  It is quick and easy and the toping is hot so no waiting for the cake to cool is required.  In fact, this cake is best right out of the oven and because it has oatmeal, no guilt about eating this first thing in the morning!

Easy Oatmeal Cake

Cake:

1 1/2 cups boiling water

1 cup quick oats

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 egg whites (save yolks)

1 whole egg

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla

Heat oven to 350 and grease a 9X13 cake pan.

Pour water over oats in a bowl.  Stir.  Add shortening, eggs, sugars and vanilla.  Mix well.  Add dry ingredients.

Pour into pan and bake for approx 25 minutes.

Topping:

1 stick butter

1 cup brown sugar

2 egg yolks

1/4 cup milk

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Oatmeal

Melt butter in a suacepan.  Add remaining sugar, eggs and milk.  Mix well.  Add amount of oatmeal desired.  (I like my topping thick with oatmeal.  My aunt uses a good bit less.  I actually double the topping recipe because it is so yummy!)  Spread over baked cake.

Eat while hot, warm, or cold.  It doesn't matter.  It is delicious no matter what!

Family Notes:

This is a great cake for someone who isn't really a "sweets person" like my cousin, Steph.  This is her favorite and is her birthday request every year.

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So, let me know if you give this "Family Favorite" a try and what you think!

Enjoy!

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