Banana Cake

Banana Cake

Mash 3-4 bananas in a small bowl. 
Add 2 teaspoons lemon juice.
Set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar together.
3/4 cup butter
1 3/4 white sugar

Add:
3 eggs one at a time.  Mixing well after each egg. 

Then stir in:
1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir together:
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Add some of the flour mixture to the creamed butter and eggs, alternating it with:
1 1/2 cups buttermilk.

Mix well.

Stir in the banana mixture. 

Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. 
Pour the cake mixture into the pan.

Preheated the oven to 275 degrees F. (135 degrees C.)

Bake for one hour, until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Allow cake to cool completely before you frost it.

Frosting:
Cream a softened 8 ounce package of cream cheese until smooth.

Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. 
Add 3 cups confectioners sugar until it is combined, then beat on high speed until it is smooth. 
Spread on the cooled cake.

Seth's Healthier Pancakes

Preparation : 15 mins

Cooking : 5 mins
Total : 20 min
Yield : 16-20 pancakes

Ingredients

2 cups milk
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tsp chia seeds
2 tbsp butter
1/3 cup shredded zucchini (optional)
1/3 cup applesauce
3 eggs

2 cups wheat flour
1 cup oat flour
1 tbsp ground flaxseed
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Recipe

1.  Add vinegar to milk and let sit for up to 5 mins.
2.  Mix all dry ingredients while it sits.
3.  Add chia seeds, butter, zucchini, applesauce, and eggs to milk mixture.
4.  Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix. You don't want any dry clumps.
5.  Heat griddle to 350º or medium heat.
6.  Pour batter over griddle.
7.  Cook until edges start to lift off griddle (2-3 mins), then flip over and cook for 1-2 minutes more, until bottom is golden brown.

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Seth's Protein Pancakes

One of my son's has a great recipe that he has developed for his family that meets the needs that they have for breakfast.  His children all love theme and they taste really great!  I just thought it would be good to add it to the blog so the rest of the family has access to it if they want it.

Seth’s Pancakes (12 - 14 Pancakes)

Mix and let sit 5 min:

1 2/3 C Milk

¼ C Apple Cider Vinegar

Mix with milk mixture:

2 TBLS Melted Butter

1/3 C Applesauce

2 Eggs

Mix dry ingredients:

(can be done ahead of time, if desired)

1 C White Flour

¼ C Wheat Flour

¼ C Sugar

2 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Baking Soda

½ tsp Salt

Grind and add to dry mix:

(Do not mix with other dry ingredients when storing)

4 tsp Flaxseed

1 C oats

Beat wet ingredients and mix with dry. Then cook like normal pancakes/waffles.

If you want to add extra protein, add protein powder: either whey, soy or vegetable, your choice.

Seth’s Pancakes (5 - 7 pancakes)

Mix and let sit 5 min:

5/6 C Milk

1/8 C Apple Cider Vinegar

Mix with milk mixture:

1 TBLS Melted Butter

1/6 C Applesauce

1 Egg

Beat wet ingredients and mix with dry. Then cook like normal pancakes/waffles.

Mix dry ingredients:

(can be done ahead of time, if desired)

1/2 C White Flour

1/8 C Wheat Flour

1/8 C Sugar

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Salt

Grind and add to dry mix:

(Do not mix with other dry ingredients when storing)

2 tsp Flaxseed

1/2 C oats

Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Getting ready to leave China, I had 1/2 cup of butter and 8 ounces of cream cheese to use up.  I found a recipe that was similar to this, but I had to make changes for exactly what I had left to use up.  I was pleased with the results.

Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

1 1/2 c. flour
1 c white sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Mix these all together in a large bowl.  Make sure it is well blended.

In a small bowl:

2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup softened butter (this must be butter!  no margarine)
1 tsp vanilla
1TBS apple cider vinegar

Blend together and then add to the flour, sugar, cocoa mixture.  Mix until well blended
Fill lined cupcake pan with about 1/2 inch of batter.  You will have a total of 18-20 cupcakes with batter left over for just a minute.

Mix together:

8 oz of cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt

Mix with a mixer until the sugar is well blended in. 

Add:

1/2 to 3/4 cup chocolate chips

Put a TBS of the cream cheese/chocolate chip mixture in the batter that is in the cupcake tins.  When all the cream cheese mixture has been added to the batter in the cupcake tins, finish putting the rest of the batter over the top, using up all the rest of the batter. 

If you want, you can add chopped walnuts or pecans to the top of the cupcakes.

Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees.  Test with a toothpick to see if they are done.  No batter will be sticking to the toothpick if they are done.

Buttermilk Biscuits

I have had to cut this recipe down so that when it is just the two of us, we don't have a lot of biscuits left over.  This made four good sized biscuits.  It's easy to double, triple or quadruple for how many you are feeding.

1 cup flour
1/2 TBS Baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1/4 cup butter or shortening
1/3 cup cold buttermilk

1.  Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together.
2.  Add the butter or shortening.  Using a fork, mash the butter into the flour mixture.  Keep mixing until the flour and butter are well blended.  I start using the fork and then mix it with  my hands to finish getting the right texture.
3.  Add the cold buttermilk and stir with a fork, gathering the flour/butter mixture in together. 
4.  When it starts to hold together well, knead the dough for about a minute.
5.  Let is sit for two minutes.
6.  Roll the dough out to 1/2 inch thickness.  Cut the biscuits into round shapes.  (Doesn't have to be round though...)
7.  Place the biscuits onto an un-greased baking pan.  You can either have them touching, or not.  If they touch, the sides will be softer where they join together.
8.  Bake at 425 F. degrees (230 C) for 12-15 minutes, until they are golden brown.

Cheesecake Cookies

Cheesecake Cookies

1/2 c. butter
8 oz. cream cheese
1 1/4 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup powdered sugar

1. Cream together the butter and cream cheese until smooth
2. Mix in the 1 1/4 cups of sugar
3. Add the 2 eggs and vanilla and mix well.
4. Blend the flour, baking powder, and salt together.  Then add to the butter, sugar, egg mixture.  Be careful to only mix it until all is blended.  Don't over mix!
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
6. Lay parchment paper on the cookie sheet.  Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough on the paper.  This dough will be sticky.
7. Bake for 10-11 minutes, until the ridges are golden brown.
8. Sprinkle warm cookies with powdered sugar.

Makes 4-5 dozen cookies, depending on how large your spoonfuls are.

Apple Brownies

Apple Brownies

1/2 C. Butter
3/4 C. White Sugar
1/4 C. Brown Sugar
1 egg
3 apples
1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon

1.  Melt the butter
2. Add white and brown sugar and the egg.  Beat them until they are fluffy.
3. Peal and thinly slice the apples.
4. Add the apples and walnuts to the butter, sugar, egg mixture.  Fold them in.
5. Mix flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon together.
6.  Add them to the apple mixture and stir it just until it is blended.
7. Spread the mixture into a 9x9 inch greased pan.
8.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.  Check to make sure it is done by inserting a toothpick in the middle.  If it comes out clean, it is done.