Dutch Baby

 These Dutch Babies are great for breakfast or dinner.  So delicious!

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup milk

1 Tablespoon sugar

Pinch of nutmeg

4 Tablespoons butter

Toppings of your choice.  Any soft fruit should work, peaches, berries, bananas, or use canned pie filling

Whipped Cream, optional

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Combine eggs, flour, milk, sugar and nutmeg in a blender jar and blend until smooth. Batter may also be mixed by hand.

Place butter in a heavy 10-inch skillet or baking dish and place in the oven. As soon as the butter has melted (watch it so it does not burn) add the batter to the pan, return pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes, until the pancake is puffed and golden. Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake five minutes longer.

Remove pancake from oven, cut into wedges and serve at once topped with your choice of fruit and whipped cream if desired.

Makes 3 or 4 servings

Banana Jumbos

These cookies are my family's favorite. They create lots of excitement when we see or smell them.

 

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup mashed bananas, about 2 large
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl with mixer at low speed, beat all ingredients except walnuts and chocolate chips about 3 minutes or until well blended, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Add walnuts and chocolates and beat with a spoon until mixed. Drop by scant 1/4 cupfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto large cookie sheet. (I only get about 6 on each cookie sheet at a time.)

Bake 10 to 12 minutes until lightly browned on bottom. Cool a couple of minutes then remove to wire racks to cool.
Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
They are soft and moist and cakelike in texture. Store in an airtight container.

Jumbo Raisin Cookies

These are my all time favorite cookies.  I love the texture!  I love the taste!  They are absolutely perfect.
Recipe makes about 5 dozen cookies.

Ingredients:

1 cup water
1 cup raisins

       1 cup shortening

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 eggs, beaten

4 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the water and raisins in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.  Boil slowly for 5 minutes.  Set aside. Do not drain!
Cream together the shortening and sugar.
Add the vanilla and beaten eggs; beat until light and fluffy.
Mix  the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg lightly.

Add the raisins with the water and the flour mixture alternately to the sugar mixture.  Mix well.

(If you want you may add one cup nuts of your choice.)

Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.

Place on rack to cool. 

Store in covered container in dry place.