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Marzipan, Almond Paste

11/12/2013

November is upon us and Christmas is around the corner. Marzipan always reminds me of Christmas when my mom would buy Banek from the dutch deli. Banek is an almond filled roll that is so delicious you can't stop at just one piece. Almond paste is expensive to buy but I will show you how you can make a better tasting one at a much lower cost.

Marzipan, Almond Paste, you can easily half the recipe.

Ingredients

6 cups of ground raw almonds, no peel (in food processor)
6 cups icing sugar
3 tsp pure almond extract
1 tsp salt
2 egg whites

Mix everything in a bowl and then dump on the counter and keep kneading it. The heat of your hand will bring it all together.

Makes 10- one inch rolls then inches long.
Keep the paste wrapped in the fridge or freezer...it wont last long!

I wrap rolled out puff pastry or you can lay out 3 sheets of phylo dough on top of each other and melted butter brushed between each layer and on top then lay out a length of almond paste. Brush on beaten egg white and put on cherries and almonds, then bake at 350 for about 15 minutes. Watch them as you only want them lightly browned. Cool, cut and eat.

NOTE: each cup of sliced almonds grinds up to almost a cup of ground almonds. I do mine in the food processor.

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Pumpkin Loaf

3/24/2012

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This is a delicious recipe that I had found and follow it to a t. It makes 3 7x3 loaves, moist, spicy and tastes even better the next day! It kind of reminds of me of a Dutch Koek. I often double this recipe so I have some for the freezer but make sure your oven is big enough.

Ingredients.

1 (15 oz can pumpkin puree or 2 cups). We grow our own small pie pumpkins which are small and the flesh is very orange, then in the fall I bake them and puree in food processor, then in the freezer it goes in 2 cup bags.
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water or orange juice
2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3- 3 1/2 cups of flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ginger

Optional.....1/2 to 1 cup of raisins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350, Grease and flour 3 loaf pans or line with parchment.

In a large bowl mix all your liquid ingredients and beat together for a minute.

Mix all your dry ingredients in a smaller bowl and mix it around with a whisk or large spoon, you really want to mix in the baking soda evenly. You don't want to taste it.

Then mix the liquid and dry together quickly just until blended.

Scoop into prepared pans and into the oven for 40 to 50 minutes. When tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Take out pans and let sit in pans for 5 minutes, run a knife along the edges.....you want to make sure it comes out in one piece as easily as possible. Let cool on racks.

You can wrap up in saran wrap in a bag and freeze as they freeze really well. I find it goes so fast there is never any to freeze.

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Apple Crumble

3/3/2012

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Apple Crumble

Enough for 2 or 3 apple crisps, keep in fridge or freezer till ready to use,

1 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup oats

Put everything in bowl. I take my hands and pinch all the butter through till it is all a pile of coarse crumbles.

Layer at least 2" of cut up apples in a 9x13 pan.

Sprinkle on your apples and bake at 350 till browned to your liking, about 30 minutes. If you like it sweeter you can add 1/2 cup brown or white sugar and some cinnamon to your apples and then sprinkle the crumble on top.

TIP...IN THE FALL I BUY A COUPLE OF HUGE BAGS OF WHAT WE CALL "DEER APPLES" THEY SELL THEM OUTSIDE OF SOME OF THE GROCERIES STORES IN GATINEAU. THEY ARE NOT PERFECT APPLES ALTHOUGH THEY LOOK AND TASTE GREAT TO US.
I PEEL THEM ALL AND MIX THEM WITH BROWN SUGAR, CINNAMON, A BIT OF NUTMEG AND A TOUCH OF FLOUR AND FREEZE THEM IN BAGS THAT ARE JUST ENOUGH FOR ONE PIE OR APPLE CRISP. I TAKE A BAG OUT, SPREAD IT OUT IN A 9 BY 13 OR A BIT SMALLER PAN.....SPRINKLE WITH CRUMBLE AND IN THE OVEN IT GOES. IT IS FAST AND SIMPLE AND ONE OF THOSE GREAT COMFORT FOODS.

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