Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Nameless recipes

Somehow I managed to get a whole bunch of recipes that Mom copied off of the internet (I'm guessing) and they have no name and some have very few instructions. Luckily, this recipe had a cooking temperature and time, but I have a few that only have a list of ingredients slightly blurred by oily substances that got on the 3x5 card or half sheet of computer paper (that had a list of car repair shops I could take my car to when it wouldn't shift out of park back in December of 2009 or lists of important things that have happened to remember to write about in the family paper).

I guess I'll make up names for these recipes and do my best to make some directions to go along with them. My made up stuff will be in pink and Mom's copied down stuff will be in black.

Orange Cranberry Nut Muffins
2 c. flour
3/4 c. white sugar
3/4 t. salt
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. soda
1 c. cranberries
1/2 c. nuts
1 T. orange zest
1 egg
2 T. oil
3/4 c. oj

350 degrees 50 min

Mix dry ingredients together. Add egg, oil, oj, nuts and cranberries. Bake in greased loaf pan (8"x4" is what I used and it seemed right). Done when toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. For me that was 53 minutes.

It was great to eat for breakfast. It isn't very sweet at all and with butter spread on top while it was warm, it was really yummy. I did realize as I was typing this in that I forgot to put in the 1 1/2 t. baking powder, but it seemed to turn out fine for me. It would probably be a little lighter with the baking powder. I also used what ever nuts I had on hand (almonds) and chopped them up. I bet it originally asked for walnuts or pecans because those or typical baking nuts. Luckily, Mom's version didn't specify what type of nuts were needed.

Be prepared for all my other no-name-no-direction recipes.

4 comments:

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