Free – food and drink recipes

Prep Time: 6 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup(s) flour, all-purpose
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cinhealnamon, ground
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg(s)
• 1 cup(s) buttermilk, low-fat
• 1 tablespoon butter, or stick margarine, melted
• 2/3 cup(s) banana(s), mashed, very ripe (about 1)
• cooking spray
• 1/2 cup(s) maple syrup

Preparation

1. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a bowl. Combine egg, buttermilk, and butter; add to dry ingredients, stirring until smooth. Stir in banana.

2. Spoon 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto a hot griddle or skillet coated with cooking spray. Turn pancakes when tops are bubbly and edges look cooked. Serve with syrup.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 pancakes and 2 tablespoons syrup).

Apple Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 5 cup(s) apple(s), tart, cored, peeled, chopped
• 1 cup(s) sugar
• 1 cup(s) raisins
• 1/2 cup(s) nuts, pecans, chopped
• 1/4 cup(s) oil, vegetable
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1 egg(s), beaten
• 2 cup(s) flour, all-purpose, sifted

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 

2. Lightly oil 13- by 9- by 2-inch pan.

3. In a large mixing bowl, combine apples with sugar, raisins, and pecans. Mix well and let stand for 30 minutes.

4. Stir in oil, vanilla, and egg. Sift together flour, soda, and cinnamon, and stir into apple mixture about a third at a time — just enough to moisten dry ingredients.

5. Turn batter into pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cake slightly before serving.

Apple & Nectar

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup(s) apricot nectar, or unsweetened orange juice
• 2 tablespoon raisins, golden 
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 4 apple(s), Granny Smith, or other crips dessert apples
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Preparation

1. Bring fruit juices, raisins, and margarine to a boil.

2. Halve, peel, and core apples. Lower them carefully into juice mixture and simmer gently for 7-10 minutes or until soft but not mushy.

3. Mix cornstarch with a little cold water to make a paste.

4. Transfer apples to a serving dish, cut side down.

5. Stir the cornstarch mixture into the juice and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Pour over apples and chill before serving.

Applesauce

Nut Bread Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 egg(s), beaten, or 1/4 cup egg substitute
• 1 cup(s) applesauce, unsweetened
• 1/2 cup(s) oil, canola
• 1/2 cup(s) sugar
• 1/2 cup(s) raisins
• 1/2 cup(s) nuts, walnuts, chopped
• 1 3/4 cup(s) flour, all-purpose
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves, ground

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick pan spray.

2. In a large bowl, combine the egg, applesauce, oil, sugar, raisins, and walnuts; mix well.

3. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a medium bowl and add to the applesauce mixture; mix well.

4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack before removing from the pan. When cooled, cut into 18 slices.