Dragon Run Inn

Fall is just around the corner and that means apple time.  Enjoy these great muffins.

Mix together and set aside

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour                                               l

2 tablespoons sugar                                                   

1 Tablespoon baking powder                                    

½ teaspoon salt                                                          

¼ cup butter or margarine

 

Mix together and then add to dry ingredients – stir just until moistened

1 cup milk

1 egg, beaten

½ cup apples, peeled and chopped

 

Fill 12 greased or paper lined muffin tins 2/3 full

 

Top with

½ cup chopped apples, peeled and chopped

½ cup chopped pecans

 

Mix together and sprinkle a teaspoon of mixture over each muffin

¼ cup sugar

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

 

Bake 425 degrees for 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.

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It's apple picking time and time to enjoy some great recipes.

                                                          Apple Dumplings          

 

2 cups all-purpose flour                                 ½ cup butter or margarine, melted

2 teaspoons baking powder                            1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt                                                4 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 Tablespoon butter or margarine,                  6 tart apples, peeled, cored and chopped

            Softened                                              Apple Dumpling Sauce

1 Tablespoon shortening

1 cup milk

 

Place flour, baking powder and salt in large mixing bowl.  Cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.  Gradually add milk to make a soft dough.  Roll dough into a ¼” thick rectangle on a lightly floured surface.  Brush with melted butter; sprinkle with cinnamon and brown sugar.  Spread apples over pastry.  Roll up jellyroll fashion; cut into 10 slices.  Place flat in a greased 13x9x2” baking pa; bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.  Pour apple Dumpling Sauce over top, and continue baking 20 minutes.

 

Yield 10 servings

 

Apple Dumpling Sauce

 

1 cup sugar                                                     1 Tablespoon butter or margarine

1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour                      ½ teaspoon lemon juice

Dash of salt                                                     1 cup hot water

 

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat.  Bring to a boil; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

 

Yield: 1 ½ cups

Enjoy!

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This recipe is good for breakfast, I serve it at the Dragon Run Inn, or a quick dinner on the run.

2 small zucchini sliced thin (can also use half and half yellow squash)

1 small onion thinly sliced

1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil 

1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano

2 Tablespoons butter

Salt and pepper to taste

3 Tablespoons of bacon pieces and/or a half cup chopped ham

4 eggs, beaten

Saute zucchini and onion in butter until tender, add herbs, bacon pieces and season with salt and pepper.  Add the eggs; cook and stir until set.  Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese.

Serves 2

 

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Summertime is time to enjoy fresh vegetables from the garden and one of my guests favorites is zucchini bread.

Blend:

            4 beaten eggs                                      1 cup vegetable oil

            2 cups sugar                                        1 tsp. vanilla

 

Add:

            3 ½ cups flour                                     1 l/2 tsp. salt

            1 ½ tsp. baking soda                           ¾ tsp. baking powder

            1 tsp. cinnamon

 

Mix well and add:

            2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini        1 cup chopped pecans

            1 cup raisins

 

Mix well and pour into 2 large or 3 small loaf pans.  Bake at 350 for 45 minutes for small loaves or 55 minutes for large loaves

 

 

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As promised another recipe from Grandma's cookbook.

 

1 pint oysters                                       2 cups sifted flour

3 teaspoons baking powder                 1 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper                            2 eggs, beaten

 

Drain oysters and cut in quarters.  Save the liquid and add sufficient water to make 1 cup of liquid.  Mix dry ingredients, add egg and liquid, and mix well, add oysters.  Drop by tablespoon into hot fat (about ½” deep in skillet).  When brown on one side, turn and brown the other.  Drain on paper towels.     

Enjoy 

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 Scalloped oysters is a recipe I found in my Grandmother's cookbook.  Enjoy!

 

1 quart oysters                         1 pint milk

1 pint oyster juice                    salt, pepper, butter

cracker crumbs                        chopped fresh basil to taste

 

In a buttered dish put a layer of cracker crumbs, then a layer of oysters, sprinkle with salt, pepper, basil and bits of butter.  Add another layer of cracker crumbs, oysters, and seasoning and top with buttered crumbs.  Add the oyster juice and milk which should be enough to cover the oysters and crumbs.  Cover and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.  Remove cover and brown.

 

Watch for more recipes from Grandma's cookbook.

 

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1/2 tsp. dry mustard

1 T. Old Bay seasoning

1/4 tsp. salt

1T Miracle Whip

1/4 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 T. chopped fresh parsley

1 T. chopped fresh basil

1/4 cup bread crumbs

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 lb. lump blue crab meat

Combine all ingredients but the crab meat and mix well.  Very gently fold in crabmeat, do not break up the lumps.  Cover and refrigerate the mixture for 1 hour.  Remove the mixture from the refrigerator and shape into 4 balls, flatten slightly between your palms.  Heat a skillet with 1 T. oil and 2 T. Butter until hot.  Place the crab cakes in the skillet and cook until golden brown on each side.  Turn only once.    Enjoy.

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It has been a tradition in our home to always have Hot Cross Buns during the Easter season. To see more on their history go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_cross_bun. Following is the recipe we have enjoyed.

1 pkg yeast

butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 cup evaporated milk

2 eggs beaten

7 1/2 to 8 cups flour

1 1/2 cup raisins or currants

1 1/2 cup candied fruit

Icing:

10X sugar

vanilla

water.

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Combine 1/4 cup butter, sugar and salt. Pour in 1 cup boiling wate; stir. Add milk and cool to lukewarm. Add yeast, eggs and 4 cups flour; beat until mooth. Add fruit and raisins. Add remaining flour to make soft dough. Put in greased bowl and turn to grease top. Cover; let rise until double. Punch down and shape into rolls placed in greased baking pan. Cover, Let rise until double. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Brush tops with butter. Cool slightly..

Mix icing until workable consistency and use a pastry bag to ice crosses on top of each rool.

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Warmer weather is finally on it's way and we think of serving cooler foods.  A great dessert is an ice crem pie made with Bits 'O Brickle pieces.

 1 baked 9" graham cracker pie shell

1/2 gal. vanilla ice cream, softened

1/2 cup Bits "O Brickle pieces

Spoon 1/2 of ice cream into prepared shell and sprinkle with 1/2 cup brickle pieces.  Top with remaining ice cream nd freeze.

 To serve, bring pie out about 10 minutes before serving, cut and top with sauce.

 Sauce is enough for 3 or 4 piecs.

1 1/2 cup sugar

1 cup evaporated milk

1/2 cup brickle pieces

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup light corn syrup

Dash of salt

Combine all but brickle pieces and bring to a boil.  Boil 1 minute, remove from heat and cool slightly.  Add pieces, cool, then chill.  To serve, stir well and spoon on ice cream.  Refrigerate remaining sauce in tightly covered container.

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8 slices of bacon, fried crisp and crumbled

1 medium onion, chopped

1 (17oz.) cans cream style corn

1 cups milk

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 can drained whole kernel corn.

Fry bacon and remove.  Add onion to drippings and cook until transparent; drain.  Mix corn, milk, bacon, onion and seasonings.  Cook over medium heat until hot, stirring constantly.  Add butter, stir until melted.

Enjoy this chowder with a salad for a great meal, we at the Dragon Run Inn do, it makes for a quick and easy lunch or dinner.

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New Year's is just around the corner and you are looking for a punch that is not red or green, white works well for New Year's and it's quick and easy.

Place a 1/2 gallon softened vanilla ice cream in punch bowl.

Mix together:

1/2 gallon apple juice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

Pour over ice cream; stir and serve.

Enjoy!

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• 1 unbaked deep-dish pastry shell
• ½ chopped broccoli or close
• 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour (can use gluten free flour)
• 6 eggs
• 1-½ cups milk
• 2 Tablespoons chopped green onion
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp sweet basil
• 1 pkg chopped ham (may want to put on paper towel and squeeze so won’t be watery)

Place pastry crust in pie shell. Spread ham, cheese and broccoli in bottom of pie shell. Beat eggs, add milk onion and seasonings and mix well. Bake 350 for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

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Cool evenings are the time for a good pot of chili.

Brown: 1 lb. ground beef and 1/2 cup minced onion, drain

Add and simmer: 2 1/2 cups kidney beans and 1 1/3 cup condensed tomato soup

Make into a paste and add to been mixture: 3/4 Tablespoons chili powder, 1 Tablespoon flour, 3 Tablespoons water, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 Tablespoon sugar.

Cook over low heat, stirring frequently for 45 minutes.

I often make 10 times the recipe and put it in my large heavy turkey roaster without the top and put it in the overn for 2 hours on 350 instead of simmering on top of the stove. This eliminates the need to stir often and also make a large batch which is great for a crowd or to freeze for a quick meal later. Sometimes I'll take some and put in my blender and blend to go on hot dogs.

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Ingredients 1 lb. sea scallops, 1/2 cup butter, 7 tablespoons lemon juice, 5 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce,1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 1 teaspoon paprika, one large red pepper, one yellow squash, and one zucinni. Slice squash into 1/4" slices and pepper into pieces about 1 1/2" square and set aside. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the butter, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay, garlic powder and paprika. Microwave until butter is melted, stir to blend. Set aside 1/3 cup for basting latr. Pour remaining marinade over scallops, toss to coat well, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, turning occasionally. Drain and discard marinade. Alternately thread scallops, red pepper, yellow squash and zucinni onto soaked wooden skewers or metal skewers, repeat. Grilling can be done on a barbeque grill or on top of the stove in a grill pan. Grill, uncovered, over medium-hot heat for 6 minutes, turning once. Brush with reserve marinade. Grill 8-10 minutes longer or until scallops are opaque.

Tags: Scallops, seafood, grill

This is a recipe I've used many times for wedding receptions or for parties.  Cucumbers are in season this time of year and it makes a refreshing nibbler.

• 1 (8oz.) package cream cheese
• 1 large cucumber, shredded and drained extra well
    (I spread it out on paper towels and squeeze the water out.)
• 2 teaspoons chopped chives
• 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper

Mix well.  Makes 1 3/4 cups.
Use a pastry bag with large star tip and squeeze a star of spread onto 1" rounds of bread or spread on crackers.  One cup will make 50 open face bread rounds.

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Growing up we raised blueberries in our back yard.  Mother created this recipe and it was always one of our favorites.

Mix together:  1 cup sugar, 1/2 scant cup shortening and 1 egg.

Stir in: 1/2 cup milk

Stir in:  2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.

Sprinkle: 2 1/2 cups of blueberries with a little sugar and flour and add to mixture.  Batter will be stiff, spread in a greased and floured 9 inch square baking pan.

Bake 25-35 minutes at 375 degrees.

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This is one of my most often requested recipes!  It's good as a pastry for breakfast or dessert for dinner served warm with ice cream. 

Ingredients

• 1 tube (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent rolls
• 2 small Granny Smith apples, peeled, quartered
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup Mountain Dew soda
• Cinnamon sugar

Directions

Unroll crescent rolls and separate dough into 8 triangles, spread lightly with butter and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon sugar.  Cut each apple into four wedges. Wrap a crescent dough triangle around each apple wedge. Place in a greased baking dish or small pie pan.

In a bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup butter; spread over rolls. Slowly pour the soda around the rolls (do not stir). Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.  Yield: 8 dumplings.

Tags: apple, dessert, pastry, dumpling

• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
• 1 1/4 cups fresh lemon juice (seeds removed-4 or 5 large lemons)
• 1/2 cup crushed raspberries
• 1/2 cup raspberry vodka

Make Lemonade base, in a saucepan heat and stir water and sugar over medium heat till sugar is dissolved, remove from heat; cool 20 minutes.
Add peel, juice, sugar, and vodka to sugar water, refrigerate for up to 3 days.

When ready to serve combine equal parts of base and water and serve in ice-filled glasses, stir. Makes about 8 cups.

Tags: Lemonade, raspberry, drink

Tis the season for local fresh strawberries Oh My!  Here is a good recipe for fresh fruit salsa I hope you will enjoy

• 2 Golden Delicious apples
• 2 Kiwi
• 1 lb strawberries
• 3 Tb strawberry preserves
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 Tb brown sugar
• 2 Tb white sugar
• 10 tortillas
• 1 cup cinnamon sugar

Dice up all of the fruit. Mix sugar w/preserves. Pour mixture over fruit and mix.

Chips: Cut tortillas into triangles, like a pie. Lay tortilla triangles on cookie sheet and spray with Pam. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and bake them at 350 for 8-10 minutes until crisp. Cool chips and eat with salsa.

Enjoy spring and summer's bounty.

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Warm weather makes you want something light and delicious for dessert.  Here is a recipe I've found that really hits the spot and is not too dangereous to your figure.  It can be made ahead in just a few minutes, my kind of cookin.

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (.3 oz) sugar-free lime gelatin
• 1/4 cup boiling water
• 2 cartons (6 oz. each) key lime yogurt
• 1 carton (8 oz.) frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed
• 2 reduced-fat graham cracker crusts (8 inches)

Directions

In large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water.  Whisk in yogurt. Fold in whipped topping and pour into crust. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until set.  Yield 8 servings.

You can make it fancy with a little cool whip piped around the edge and some berries on top.  I have done this with several flavors of gelatin and yogurt, but the key lime or lemon are my favorites.  Do not use the gelatin with sugar, it will not turn out the same.

Enjoy!

Tags: Key Lime, pie, dessert