Peggy C's photos with the keyword: ginger

Banana Bread put on rack to cool .. both loaves .. took one to the drum circle .. came home with an empty pan .. requests made to 'please make more?' .. - preheat oven to 350 degrees F, with rack placed in lowest position - pan sizes: 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 (2 loaves) or 9 x 5 x 3 (1 loaf) Recipe Ingredients: 1 c. sugar 1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce 1/4 c. butter / room temp. 1/2 c. eggs ... 2 eggs ... 1 1/2 c. mashed bananas .. 3 or 4 1/2 c. sour milk .. can use regular and just add vinegar or lemon juice to sour it 1 t. vanilla [ didn't use vanilla: used spices instead] 1 t. ginger & 1/2 t. allspice 2 c. Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose flour 1/2 c. cornstarch [ if making w/regular wheat flour .. leave out cornstarch .. make flour amount= 2 1/2 c. all purpose flour ] 1 t. baking soda 1 c. chopped nuts [ opt ] -- but, if toasted ahead of time, taste so good Directions: In large bowl, put all dry ingredients. Mix well with spoon. [ not the nuts, yet ] For wet ingredients - mix well in a separate bowl. Combine wet ingredients into the dry; mix well. Add nuts and stir. Spoon into loaf pan [s] which have been greased on the bottom only. Bake the smaller 8.5 " pans for about 1 hour. The 9" loaf .. about 1 1/2 hrs. Note: baked 2 8.5" pans just under an hour. Toothpick inserted in center should come out clean. Remove and place on cooling rack for 10 min. Then, loosen sides of pan [s] and place top side up on rack to completely cool. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temp. up to 4 days or refrigerate up to 10 days. Plan on making more and freezing them. ** For the Banana-Brandon topping: - slice bananas length wise & place over batter before baking - sprinkle a mix of cinnamon .. nutmeg .. ground cloves and either brown sugar or cane sugar .. this caramelizes on top. All this part is subject to how much intensity of spice you like. But, oh -- this is really good ! Would give credit to the original recipe, but have no idea where I got it. Have changed my baking to no wheat/gluten., but this one used to be made with regular flour. * all photos: © All Rights Reserved

This is my version of 'Brandon Banana Bread' before it got to the cooling rack! , Sort of followed your recipe, but when I got to the 1/4 t. cloves, had none.. substituted 1/4 t. ginger & 1/8 t. allspice. Toasted the nuts before folding them in to the batter. On top, since I used Lady Finger bananas (from the backyard trees), sliced them in half long way to cover top before the liberal cinnamon & sugar sprinkle. Found out the hard way that this pan (not used in ages) wasn't the correct size.. now have an oven to clean! But, it is worth it! This is blasted good stuff! Think I could live on it! Thanks for your ideas. Namaste © All Rights Reserved

cooking on the range.... Spicy Cranberry Chutney Need: 1/4 c. chopped dried apricots (snip with scissors) 1/2 c. brown sugar - packed 1/2 c. light raisins - the gold ones 1 c. water 3 c. fresh or frozen cranberries - rinsed 1 Granny Smith apple - chopped 1 tsp. lemon zest ( I used orange.. use what you have) 1/4 c. lemon juice ( used a combination of lemon and lime ) 1/4 c. crystallized ginger - snip with scissors 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes In saucepan: Bring to boil apricots, brown sugar, raisins and water. Reduce to simmer for 5 min.-- stirring occasionally. Stir in cranberries, apple, zest -- simmer about 10 min. more. Stir in lemon juice, ginger, red pepper flakes before removing from heat. Mixture should be somewhat thick. Serve chilled over cream cheese block with crackers; as a side with turkey, chicken or pork. Recently tried it with cream cheese/Greek yogurt block -- oh, yes !! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2nd part: (haven't done this, so can't say if it's good or not.. seems that it would be) Need: 2 ( 8 oz ) softened blocks cream cheese 1/2 c. spicy cranberry chutney 1/2 tsp. mustard powder 1 1/2 T. curry powder 1/2 c. sliced almonds (or whatever you like) toasted slightly Mix: In med. bowl softened cream cheese and chutney until blended. Add mustard powder and curry. Mix well. Chill overnight. Roll chilled mixture into a ball; roll in the toasted nuts to coat. Serve with crackers or veggies. © All rights reserved

.. finished .. on Ritz crackers with cream cheese .. or crackers of your choice ... © All rights reserved Recipe for Chutney: www.flickr.com/photos/tincangypzee/3072891668/in/photostr...

Formerly labeled as a cycad, my Flickr friends have let me know (thank you so much !) that this is a ginger plant !