from: Everyday Food, Jan/Feb 2003
Ingredients
10 tablespoons (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter
¾ cup light-brown sugar
2 small pink grapefruit
1 ½ cups flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup milk
whipped cream (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Put 4 tablespoons butter in a 9-inch round baking pan. Place the pan in the oven just long enough to melt the butter. Remove pan from oven; scatter ½ cup brown sugar evenly over the melted butter.
With a sharp knife, peel the grapefruit, removing all pith (the white stuff). Slice into small rounds. Arrange the slices to cover the bottom of the pan. In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and allspice. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer, beat remaining butter until creamy. Add granulated sugar and remaining ¼ cup brown sugar; beat until well combined. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in vanilla. Alternately add dry ingredients and milt to butter mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
Pour batter over grapefruit in pan. Bake 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; turn cake out onto serving plate. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream if desired.
from: Matt & Jess Nichols
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
½ cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 ½ tsp vanilla
2 ¼ cups flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 tsp salt
¾ cups milk
1 ½ cups mixture coarsely chopped bananas and strawberries
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 5×9 inch loaf pan. Cream 1 cup of the sugar, and butter in a large mixing bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Set aside 2 tablespoons of the flour. Sift the remaining flour with baking powder and salt. Mix flour alternately with milk into creamed mixture, beating until smooth after each addition. Combine the reserved 2 tablespoons flour with fruit and gently fold into batter.
Turn into prepared pan and bake 1 hour fifteen minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes then pierce gently with a fork. Makes 1 loaf.
from: Jess & Matt Nichols
Ingredients
2 packages of ready-made pizza dough
mozzarella cheese, grated
pizza toppings (we like mushrooms & ground beef)
marinara sauce for dipping
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. If you need to prepare any of the ingredients (grate the mozzarella cheese, brown the ground beef, etc.) do that.
Spread out one can of dough on a cookie sheet with your fingers. Cut it into four sections. On each half of the dough slices, put some mozzarella cheese and pizza toppings. Fold over and seal edges with your finger tips or a fork. Arrange the calzones on the cookie sheet. Bake for about 18 minutes in the oven or until golden brown.
Serve with marinara sauce for dipping.
