Maple Shortbread

Maple Shortbread 

These cookies will literally melt in your mouth

Maple Shortbread

2 cups butter, softened
1 cup maple sugar
1 tsp Watkins Maple Extract.  (If you cannot find maple sugar you can use extra Maple Extract)
1/2 cup cornstarch
3 cups flour


Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly grease your cookie sheets or use Watkins cooking spray.
Using an  hand held electric mixer, cream the butter, sugar and maple extract until very creamy.  Gradually beat in the flour and cornstarch.  Beat the batter until it looks like slightly over beaten whipped cream.  About 10 minutes.    Drop the batter by heaping a generous tablespoon on to the prepared cookie sheets.  It the batter sticks to the spoon slightly grease it and dust it with cornstarch.   Add a walnut piece into the middle of each cookie.   Bake the cookies for approximately 15 minutes.    Remove the cookies when they start to brown on the bottom.   While the cookies are still hot from the oven sprinkle a little of the maple sugar on top of each cookie.     Let the cookies cool for at least  10 minutes before transferring them on to a plate.

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Banana Spice Bread

Banana Spice Bread

1/3 cup/80 mL vegetable shortening

1/2 cup/125 mL sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Original Gourmet Baking Vanilla™

3/4 tsp/4 mL Watkins Banana Extract

1-3/4 cups/440 mL all-purpose flour

1 tsp/5 mL baking powder

1-1/2 tsp/7.5 mL Watkins Pure Ground Cinnamon

1/2 tsp/2.5 mL baking soda

1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Watkins Coarse Sea Salt

1/4 tsp/1.2 nutmeg

1 cup/250 mL mashed ripe banana

1/2 cup/125 mL chopped walnuts

Grease bottom only of a 9 × 5-inch/23 × 13-cm loaf pan; set aside. In large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs and vanilla and banana extracts until well combined. In another bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Add alternately with bananas to sugar mixture; mix well. Stir in nuts. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350°F/180ºC for 45 to 50 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool in pan on rack 5 minutes. Turn out of pan and cool completely on rack. To store, wrap tightly and refrigerate.

Makes 1 loaf, 12 servings.

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TIP: No Baking powder in your cupboard? For each cup of flour you recipe calls for, substitute 2 tsp cream of tartar, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt for the baking powder you don't have.

Blueberry Loaf

Blueberry Loaf

Blueberry Loaf

1/2 cup shortening or margarine
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup sifted flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup blueberries
1 tsp Watkins Lemon Extract
Lemon rind (if desired)

Cream shortening and sugar; add eggs and lemon extract.  Then  add flour mixed with baking powder and salt, alternating with milk.  Then stir in the blueberries and lemon rind.

Turn mixture into a loaf pan that has been sprayed with Watkins Cooking spray.  Bake for 55 to 60 minutes in 350 degree F oven.


Remove from oven and while still hot, ice with a mixture of 1/4 cup white sugar plus juice of on lemon (approx 2 Tbsps and 1 tsp Watkins Baking or Pure Vanilla

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Warm Wassail

Wassail is a hot, mulled punch  often associated with  Yultide,  drunk and often drunk from a 'wassailing bowl".  The early versions contained warm mead and roasted crab apples.  Eventually the drink evolved to the drink we know today.  Made with sugar, cinnamon and sometimes adding ginger and nutmeg.


Warm Wassail   

1 quart hot tea

1 cup sugar

1 bottle (32 ounces) cranberry juice

1 bottle (32 ounces ) apple juice

2 cups orange juice

3/4 cup lemon juice

2 Watkins Cinnamon Sticks ( 3 inches each)

24 Whole Cloves, divided

1 orange, sliced

In a large kettle, combine tea and sugar. Add juices, cinnamon sticks and 12 of the cloves. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Serve warm or cool. Garnish punch bowl with orange slices studded with remaining cloves.

Yield: 12-16 servings.

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Tip: Place a toothpick under the end of a roll of packing tape - it'll be easy to spot the end the next time you need to use it. 

4 Cobbler and Crisps

4 Fabulous Cobbler and Crisp Recipes

Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp

4 cups sliced peeled tart apples (about 3 medium)

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup rolled oats

½ cup flour

1. tsp. Watkins Cinnamon

1/3 to 1/2 tsp. allspice

1/3 cup cold butter

Vanilla ice cream, optional

Place apples in a greased 8 inch square baking dish. In a bowl, combine brown sugar,

flour, oats, cinnamon and allspice; cut in butter until crumbly.

Sprinkle over apples. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.

Peach Crisp

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup butter

Filling

2 cans (16 ounces each) sliced peaches

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1 tsp. Watkins Vanilla

Topping

1-1/2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp. Watkins Cinnamon

5 T. butter

In bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Pat into a

9 inch square baking pan. Bake at 360 for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, drain the peaches and reserve juice in a medium saucepan. Add the sugar and cornstarch; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; add vanilla and stir in peaches. Pour into crust. For topping, combine oats, brown sugar and flour and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling; Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden and bubbly.

Cherry Cobbler

5 cups pitted canned tart red cherries

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

2 1/2 T. cornstarch

1 tsp. Watkins Cinnamon

1/4 tsp. Watkins Nutmeg

2 1/2 T. lemon juice

Topping:

1 cup all purpose flour

1 T. sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

2 T. butter

1/3 to 1/2 cup milk

Drain cherries, reserving 1 1/4 cups juice; discard remaining juice; set aside. In a saucepan, combine sugars, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir in cherry and lemon juices. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally; boil 2 minutes. Add cherries; pour into an ungreased 9 inch square baking dish. For topping, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in enough milk to moisten. Drop by tablespoonfuls over cherries. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 to 13 minutes or until golden brown.

Pear Crisp

8 medium ripe pears, peeled and thinly sliced

1/4 cup orange juice

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp. Watkins Cinnamon

1/4 tsp. allspice

1/4 tsp. Watkins Ginger

Topping:

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup old-fashioned oats

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 cup cold butter

Garnish with fresh mint or addition pear slices, optional

Toss pears with orange juice; place in a greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish. (Spray with Watkins Cooking Spray!) Combine the sugar, cinnamon, allspice and ginger; sprinkle over the pears. In a bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar and baking powder; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over pears. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until topping is golden brown and fruit is tender. Serve warm. Garnish with mint and additional pears if desired.

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TIP: Whiten coffee stained coffee mugs by pouring in full strength bleach and hot boiling water.   Allow to rest and soak undisturbed for at least 30 minutes.  

Watkins Coleslaw Recipe

Do you remember Watkins Coleslaw Seasoning?  

Watkins shared the recipe for this sought after classic!

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HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS

Ingredients

4-1/4 to 4-3/4 cups/1 to 1.25 liters all-purpose flour
1 package quick-rising active dry yeast
1-1/4 cups/325 mL milk
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Pure Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup/60 mL sugar
1/4 cup/60 mL butter
1 tsp/5 mL salt
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Pure Ground Cinnamon
2 eggs
6 tbsp/90 mL butter, softened
1/2 cup/125 mL brown sugar
4 tsp/20 mL Watkins Pure Ground Cinnamon
1 cup/250 mL powdered sugar
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Pure Vanilla Extract
4 to 5 tsp/20 to 25 mL milk

Directions

Combine 1-1/2 cups/375 mL of the flour and yeast in large mixing bowl. Heat the 1-1/4 cups/325 mL milk, vanilla, sugar, butter, salt, and cinnamon just until mixture is warm (120-130°F/50-55°C), stirring constantly. Add to flour mixture along with eggs. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds; scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Using a spoon, stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can (dough will be soft). Knead in enough of the remaining flour to make a moderately soft dough (3 to 5 minutes total). Shape dough into a ball; place in a lightly greased bowl, turning once. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size (about 1 to 1-1/2 hours). (The dough is ready for shaping when you can lightly press two fingers 1/2-inch/1-cm into dough and an indentation remains.) Punch down dough and divide in half. Place each half on lightly floured surface and smooth into a ball. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.

On lightly floured surface, roll half the dough into a 12 × 8-inch/30 × 20-cm rectangle. Spread with 3 tbsp/45 mL of the butter. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle half over rectangle. Roll up from short side. Seal edges (brushing with water makes rolls easier to seal). Repeat with remaining dough. Slice one roll into 8 pieces and the other roll into 7 pieces. Arrange slices, evenly, cut-side up, in greased 13 × 9-inch/33 × 23-cm baking dish. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled (about 30 minutes). Bake at 350°F/180°C for 25 to 40 minutes or until light brown. Invert at once onto wire rack, invert again. Cool slightly. Drizzle rolls with a glaze made by combining the powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. Serve rolls warm or store in an air-tight container.

Makes 15 servings.

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Apple Crisp & Watkins Organic Apple Bake Seasoning Recipe

TIP: To prevent  cut apples from turning brown.  Try dipping in lemon juice, soak in ginger ale, salt water, sprinkle with Ascorbic powder or Vitamin C.


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Watkins Organic Fire Pepper Seasoning Recipe

TIP: Store your garden hose inside an old tire .... or around a metal tire rim,

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Watkins Potato Salad Seasoning Recipe

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Banana Spiced Bread

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Slow Cooker Cider Recipe

Slow Cooker Cider Recipe

2  Cinnamon Sticks (3 inches)

1 teaspoon Whole Cloves

1 teaspoon whole allspice

2 quarts apple cider

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 orange, sliced

Place cinnamon, cloves and allspice on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with a string to form a bag.

Place cider and brown sugar in a 3-qt. slow cooker; stir until sugar dissolves. Add spice bag. Place orange slices on top. Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours or until heated through. Discard spice bag. Yield: 2 quarts.

Tip: Burned Food on the bottom of the oven? Let the oven cool and then sprinkle salt over of the burned mess.  It will contain the goo and help absorb the smells too.

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Zucchini Crust Pizza

Autumn Zucchini Crust Pizza

Photo Credit: West Coast Seeds

2 cups shredded zucchini (1 to 1-1/2 medium), squeezed dry

1/2 cup egg substitute or 2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1/4 cup all-purpose flour 

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided

2 small tomatoes, halved and sliced

1/2 cup chopped red onion

1/2 cup julienned bell pepper

1 teaspoon Watkins Oregano

1/2 teaspoon Watkins Basil

Chopped fresh basil, optional

Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, combine first four ingredients; stir in 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Transfer to a 12-in. pizza pan coated generously with cooking spray; spread to an 11-in. circle.

Bake until golden brown, 13-16 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 400°. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese; top with tomatoes, onion, pepper, herbs and remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake until edges are golden brown and cheese is melted, 10-15 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped fresh basil, if desired.