Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

This is pretty much the same recipe as I posted before but with a chocolatey twist. Watch for the few differences....like with the cinnamon and cocoa....

Enjoy!!!

JESSIE'S CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI BREAD

{cream together}

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

3 egg whites

3 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup apple sauce

{add in while still mixing}

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1-2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup baking cocoa powder

{slowly mix in until smooth}

1 cup white flour

2 cups wheat flour

3 cups grated zucchini

1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup walnuts, pecans (yummy with chocolate but totally optional)

Pour into 2 loaf pans

Place into a preheated oven of 350 degrees

Bake for an hour

Zucchini Bread

So, in true Jessie style, I kind of put this recipe together over the years and seem to have found a great bread....at least that's the feedback I always get.

I really hope people are honest when they say my recipes are good. Laughing. I guess I'll never know all truth in all comments.

So, here it is per several requests:

JESSIE'S ZUCCHINI BREAD

{cream together}

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

3 egg whites

3 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup apple sauce

{add in while still mixing}

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 Tbsp cinnamon

{slowly mix in until smooth}

1 cup white flour

2 cups wheat flour

3 cups grated zucchini

1 cup walnuts, pecans, or chocolate chips (totally optional)

Pour into 2 loaf pans

Place into a preheated oven of 350 degrees

Bake for an hour

Spread a tiny layer of button on the top of loaf while its still hot

and eat hot, cold, or however you wish.

It's a great loaf to freeze, too...

ENJOY!

Creamy Chicken Calzone-ish dish

So, this dish is inspired by Tamara who has a meal that includes bread,chicken, cream cheese, and a sauce. But her recipe calls for a few things that hurt my tummy (dang lactose intolerance!), so I made up something that was somewhere in the ballpark of her meal.

(Except it looks and tastes much different.)

So, here it is:

A Creamy Chicken Calzone-ish Dish

Start by making a basic bread dough. I use half white and half wheat flour just so its a little more fibrous and heart healthy.

Cut the dough in half and let one half rise into rolls or bread or whatever you want.

Roll the other half of the dough into a flat, almost cinnamon roll/pizza crust shape. Slice downward diagonal slices coming from both sides leaving about a 6 inch strip of unsliced dough in the middle where your creamy chicken mix will go. You'll be braiding the connected sliced strips over the middle in a minute. Does that make sense?

Next, gather these ingredients and blend them altogether by hand or by mixer

(While the oven is preheating to 350 degrees):

1 big head of broccoli Florettes (chopped up into tiny pieces)

3 medium carrots (grated)

1 bunch green onions (sliced into small pieces)

1-2 cans of shredded chicken (drained) or 1-2 shredded chicken breasts

1 (8 oz) brick of cream cheese (I use Neuftachel cheese since its lower in fat/calories/lactose)

about 1 tsp salt

about 1 tsp pepper

about 1 Tbsp garlic powder

about 3 Tbsp parsley

Spoon the creamy chicken mixture onto your bread dough and fold the sliced parts over the chicken as if you're braiding hair until the whole chicken mixture is covered.

Brush butter over the top, sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic, and parsley over the top of it, and bake in the oven for about 35 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

While it is cooking, make a sauce.

Here's what I did--and it was scrumptious:

In a small sauce pan combine and boil:

2 cubes of chicken bouillon

1 1/2 cups water

Add a rue of 1 Tbsp butter, 1/2 cup cold water + 1/2 cup flour mixed

Add 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 Tbsp parsley, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1 tsp mustard powder

Bring to a boil and then turn heat to low to thicken sauce

Serve the sauce over the baked chicken-bread thing :)

Yum.

My boys and hubby love love loved it!

Let me know what you think!?

P.S. Don't forget to bake the leftover bread dough...:)

Irish Soda Bread

IRISH SODA BREAD

(image taken from here, though the recipe isn't)

St. Pattie's Day is one of my favorite holidays---and one of the foods that the Irish eat is Soda Bread. This is more like a gigantic biscuit type bread as it doesn't use yeast for its leavening.

This bread is great to eat with stew, with ham & potatoes, or with breakfast.

Its easy, its quick, and its delicious! Enjoy!

BLEND TOGETHER UNTIL SMOOTH:

1 1/2 cups buttermilk (if you don't have buttermilk, you can use 1 1/2 cups milk and 2 Tbsp lemon juice as substitute)

3 Tbsp honey

1 egg

4 Tbsp melted butter

3/4 cup flour

STIR INTO SMOOTH MIXTURE UNTIL WELL MIXED:

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cream of tartar

1/2-1 tsp salt

3 cups flour (I do 2 cups white, 1 cup wheat)

Knead on a floured surface until its a smooth ball

Cut an big "X" on the top of it and place it on a cookie sheet

Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour (check at about 50 minutes)

Spread warm butter over the top and serve with jam or honey

Oatmeal Banana Bread

image from google images

I have meddled around in Banana Bread recipes for so long and have never found one that is truly my taste buds' romantic interest. But I think I've figured it out. I've put it together from the best of about 6 different recipes I've tried and vwalah, the love affair has begun. Try it out and tell me if your taste buds have any of the same feelings for it.

1 1/2 sticks salted butter

8 oz Neuftchal Cheese

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 whole egg + 1 egg white

3-4 ripened bananas

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 cups white flour

1 1/2 cups wheat flour

1 cup quick oats

optional:

1 cup pecans/walnuts

and/or

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Cream together first set of ingredients then slowly add the dry ingredients altogether

If wanted, add nuts and/or chocolate chips last

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Bake in 2 loaf pans for 50-60 minutes

Banana Bread with Orange Glaze

This is one of my new favorite recipes. It has a little more sugar than your standard banana bread, but it has whole wheat flour, so it must be good for you. For a dessert, serve warm with vanilla ice cream.... or that is good as a mid-morning snack too :o)

3/4 cup soft butter
8 oz. soft cream cheese
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 medium mashed bananas
1/2 tea vanilla
1 1/2 cups white flour
1 1/2 cups wheat flour
1/2 tea baking powder
1/2 tea baking soda
1/2 tea salt

Glaze
Juice and zest of one orange
1 cup powdered sugar

Beat butter and cream cheese together until fluffy, add sugar and beat again. Add eggs, vanilla and banana's and mix until combined, then add the rest of the ingredients. Bake in 2 8"x4" loaf pans at 325 degrees for 60 minutes. Pour the glaze over hot bread before removing from pans, let cool 10 minutes, and then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Breakfast Coffee Cake

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Cake

1/4 cup softened butter

1/3 cup sugar

1 egg

2/3 cup milk

1 1/2 cup flour (or 1 cup white flour, 1/2 cup wheat flour)

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

Topping:

2 Tbsp softened butter
4 Tbsp flour

5 Tbsp brown sugar

5 Tbsp white sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

In a mixing bowl combine all the cake ingredients and beat until smoothe. It will seem thick. Pour into a greased baking dish.

In another bowl mix together the topping ingredients until it has the consistency of wet sand. Sprinkle over uncooked cake in baking dish.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until fork comes out clean when pierced into middle of cake.

Serve hot with or without butter. Cold leftovers are delicious, too.

--Recipe submitted by Jessie Eyre

Easy Parmesan Dinner Rolls

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10 Rhodes Rolls thawed but still cold
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp parsley flakes
1 tsp garlic salt

In a shallow baking dish combine parmesan cheese, parsley, and garlic salt.

Coat the Rhodes rolls evenly in melted butter and then roll buttered rolls through dry herb mixture.

Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes
--Recipe Submitted by Kim Sharpe

Cheese Biscuits

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2 1/4 cups Bisquick

2/3 cup milk

3/4 cup shredded cheese

1 tsp parsley flakes

4 Tbsp butter (melted)

1/4 tsp garlic powder

Blend bisquick and milk in mixing bowl and stir in cheese and parsley flakes. For each bisquit, measure 2-3 Tbsp batter and drop on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Stir butter and garlic powder and brush on hot biscuits after pulling them out of the oven.

--Recipe submitted by Kim Rodela

Pumpkin/Sweet Potato Cornbread

This cornbread is deliciously moist and even gluten free

3 large eggs

1/2 cup extra light olive oil or vegetable oil

3/4 cup sweet potato/pumpkin puree

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

A pinch of Pumpkin Pie Spice or Cloves

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 tsp salt added

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Grease the bottom of a 7 or 8-inch cake pan and dust it with cornmeal.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs until frothy, and add the oil; whisk to combine. Add the sweet potato/pumpkin puree and whisk well. Add the brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and pie spice and whisk to combine.In a separate mixing bowl whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt.
Add the dry ingredients into the wet; and stir by hand just enough to make a smooth batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
Bake for about 45 minutes or so until the cornbread is firm and golden.
Cool the cornbread in the pan.
Serve slightly warm, if desired.

Makes 8 servings.