Recipes With Course: Desserts
Puff Pastry Fruit Tart
Puff pastry is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough and butter or other solid fat. The butter is put inside the dough (or vice versa), and the dough is repeatedly folded and rolled out before baking. similar to making a croissant – Wikipedia Using your ...
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Fig Muffins
In Memory of Louella Landry Kaplan LA Cajun love making fig preserves – Great with bread, corn bread, or over cream cheese as an appetizer. Another sweet use for fig preserves is to make fig preserve muffins – so good Ingredients1 cup (2 sticks) butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs1 ...
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Fig Ice Cream
Figs are among the oldest fruits. Figs are wonderful straight off the tree And what’s really nice you can also eat the peel. Many Cajun love making fig preserves – Great with bread, corn bread, or over cream cheese as an appetizer. Another sweet use is fig ice cream – ...
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Brown Rice Apple Crisp
A recipe adaptation from LivingWell.com. A new idea on using ingredients – especially Mahatma Rice – that Cajuns like and creating it into a yummilicious dish. Ingredients1 cup Mahatma rice or whole grain brown rice fully cooked2 cans (20 ounces) each pre-sliced apples undrained1 tablespoon lemon juice1 cup packed brown sugar ...
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Chocolate Banana Bread
This recipe is a popular “bread” in almost every culture, Cajun included. This recipe has a little lagniappe – Cocoa Chocolate and Chocolate Chip. A popular bread especially when bananas are going brown. Ingredients1 cup flour1/4 cup cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon sea salt 1½ cup mashed ...
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Croquinoles (Kro-ce-yoils) II
A fresh batch of Croquinoles (Kro-ce-yoils) can perk up a dreary November afternoon, especially with a nice hot pot of spiced tea or a cup of dark roasted coffee. Great breakfast food. Ingredients3 eggsI/2 cup sugar1 tablespoon butter, melted2 tablespoons water1 teaspoon baking powderApproximately 3 cups of sifted flour, sufficient ...
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Lemon Squares (School Recipe)
Ingredients1 cup softened margarine2 cups all purpose flour1/2 cup powdered sugar4 eggs2 cups sugar4 tablespoons flour7 tablespoons lemon juiceDirectionsStep 1Mix together the first three ingredients - margarine, flour, and powdered sugarStep 2Pat into the bottom of a 9 x 13" greased pan and bake for 20 minutes in a 350° ...
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ELBIE’S Carrot Cake
Ingredients 2 cups flour1 1/2 cups sugar2 teaspoons baking soda2 teaspoons cinnamon - mix this a bit then add4 beaten eggs1 1/4 cup oil2 cups grated carrotsIcing:1 1/2 block cream cheese1 stick bitter, softened1 box powdered sugarDirectionsStep 1Use a buttered and sugared pan (grandma Rajewski's method) and bake in 3 ...
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