Gingberbread Biscotti

"Oooooooh the weather outside is frightful, but the fiiire is so deliiightful..." 

Well, okay...the weather outside isn't frightful, and a fire would only be sort of delightful.  I'm trying to get us in the holiday spirit with our little Charlie Brown christmas trees, foods, and music.  

This was a really good recipe!  I made swirly patterns on mine before I baked them, and that added a nice touch.  They're great by themselves, or you could dip them in milk\white chocolate, or drizzle a little frosting across the tops.

Ingredients:

 - 1\3 cup vegetable oil

 - 1 cup white sugar

 - 3 eggs

 - 1\4 cup molasses 

 - 2 1\4 cup all-purpose flour

 - 1 cup wheat flour

 - 1 tablespoon baking powder

 - 1 1\2 tablespoon ginger

 - 3\4 tablespoon cinnamon

 - 1\2 tablespoon ground cloves

 - 1\4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375º, and grease a cookie sheet.

2. In a large bowl, mix together oil, sugar, eggs, and molasses. In another bowl, combine flours, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg; mix into egg mixture to form a stiff dough.

3.  Divide dough in half, and shape each half into a roll the length of the cookie. Place rolls on cookie sheet, and pat down to flatten the dough to 1/2 inch thickness. 

4.  Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool. 

5.  When cool enough to touch, cut into 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices. Place sliced biscotti on cookie sheet, and bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes on each side, or until toasted and crispy.      

  

Sweet Cinnamon Quick Bread

This is one of my favorite breakfast breads!  It's really quick and easy to make, and it's so good!

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Bread                                       

• 2 cups flour                       
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk (Since we don't have buttermilk here, I just use one cup of regular milk, and add one capfull of white vingear)
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs

Streusel

• 2 TB  sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp butter, softened

Directions
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• Heat oven to 350˚F.  
• Grease and flour bottom of 9x5 loaf pan (just using cooking spray or greasing it alone doesn't cut it, trust me...it needs greased and floured).  
• Combine all bread ingredients well, and pour batter into pan.  
• Combine streusel ingredients, and siwrl to marble.  
• Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.  
• Remove from pan and cool. 

  



Enjoy!  
Tell me if you tried the recipe!  :)

 

Southern Gal biscuits

These are the best biscuits ever.  Next time you want to make biscuits (or just want to try making biscuits period), give this recipe a try!  You'll be glad you did.

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Ingredients

4 cups sifted flour

8 tsp baking powder

1 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp salt

4 TB sugar

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1 cup shortening

2 eggs, unbeaten

1 1\3 cup milk

Directions

Sift dry ingredients into bowl.  Blend in shortening until  it looks like corn meal.  Pour in milk slowly, and mix with fork or wooden spoon.  Add eggs.  Stir to a stiff dough.  Roll out to 1\2" thick.  Cut with cookie cutter or drop with cookie dipper.  Bake at 400*F for 10-15 minutes.

Yield: Makes (?) of the best biscuits you've ever tasted.


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There you have it!  Make sure and tell me if you tried and liked the recipe. :)