Grandstand Cookies

Grandstand Cookies 

Ingredients: 

2 C. All purpose flour 

2 tsp. Baking powder 

1/2 tsp. Baking soda 

2 Eggs 

1/2 C. Butter 

1/2 C. Granulated sugar 

1/2 C. Brown sugar 

1 C. Chocolate chips 

1/2 C. Peanuts, chopped 

1/2 C. Raisins 

1 C. Quick oats 

1 Tbsp. Milk 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit 

2. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper 

3. Blend flour, b. powder and b. soda together in a small bowl. Set aside 

4. In a large mixing bowl combine softened butter and sugars together. With an electric mixer beat on medium speed until light and creamy 

5. Add chocolate chips, peanuts, raisins and quick oats to mixture and continue to beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until dough comes together 

6. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture and coat flour evenly over everything. 

7. Pour in 1Tbsp of milk to keep dough together and form cookie dough 

8. Roll small amounts of dough with your hand into balls and place on parchment paper placing 2 inches apart. 

9. Flatten rounds with a fork and bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes until brown 

10. Place on wire rack to cool completely before storing away 

Servings 23 cookies 

Cranberry Apple Breakfast Cake

Cranberry Apple Breakfast Cake 

Ingredients: 

1 1/2 C. All purpose flour 

2 tsp. Baking powder 

1/2 tsp. Baking soda 

1/2 C. Red River cereal 

1 C. Granulated sugar 

3 Eggs, beaten 

1 C. Milk 

1 C. Apples, finely chopped 

1 C. Fresh cranberries, halved 

Directions: 

1. Grease and flour a 13" by 9" by 2" baking pan. Set aside 

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit 

3. In a small bowl blend flour, b. powder and b. soda together. Set aside 

4. In a separate bowl beat eggs together until light and frothy 

5. Peel and chop apples into nice small pieces, Chop cranberries in half. Set aside 

6. Combine milk, beaten eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Mixing with a wire whisk stir all ingredients together. Add breakfast cereal, chopped apple and cranberries to the mixture. Mix ingredients together well 

7. Add dry ingredients to batter and fold into wet mixture until light and fluffy. 

8. Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 35 minutes until a light golden brown 

Servings:  15 squares 

Mandarin Orange Oatmeal Muffins

  Mandarin Orange Oatmeal Muffins 

Ingredients:  

2 C. All purpose flour 

2 tsp. Baking powder 

1/2 tsp. Baking Soda 

1 tsp. Dry ginger 

1 C. Milk or light cream 

2 Eggs, beaten 

1 C. Granulated sugar 

4 Mandarin oranges, peeled, seeded and segmented 

1 C. Quick oats 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit 

2. Grease a 12 cup muffin pan 

3. Blend flour, b. powder, b. soda and ginger together in a small bowl 

4. In a food processor assemble orange segments and pulse until fruit is a fine puree

5. Beat eggs together in a small bowl until light and frothy 

6. In a large mixing bowl combine light cream, sugar and eggs, mix until light and fluffy 

7. Add oats and orange puree to the egg mixture and fold ingredients until just combined 

8. Stir in the dry ingredients and combine until batter is smooth and no lumps remain 

9. Pour batter into muffin cups and fill 3/4 full  and bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven 

10. Remove from oven and allow to cool before removing from pan. 

Servings:  12 muffins 

Pineapple Cocktail Cake

Pineapple Cocktail Cake 

Ingredients:  

2 C. All purpose flour 

2 tsp. Baking powder 

1/2 tsp. Baking soda 

1 tsp. Dry ginger 

1 tsp. Cinnamon 

1 C. Light cream or milk 

3 Eggs, beaten 

1 C. Granulated sugar 

1 C. Crushed pineapple, drained 

Juice of 3 Limes 

Juice and zest of 1 Lemon 

Juice and pulp of 1 Mandarin orange, seeded 

1 C. Short strand coconut 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit 

2. Grease and flour a 13" by 9" by 2" baking pan. Set aside 

3. Ream juice and zest from limes and lemon 

4. Measure out crushed pineapple and mix with lemon and limes with juice and zest 

5. Peel Mandarin orange and break into segments. Place segments into food processor and pulse to a fine puree 

6. Mix all fruit puree and juice together in a medium size bowl 

7. Beat eggs together in a bowl until light and frothy 

8. In a large bowl mix cream, sugar and eggs together mixing until light and fluffy 

9. Add coconut and fruit puree to mixture and fold mixture gently until just combined 

10.  Mix in dry ingredients and blend all ingredients together until all the flour is absorbed into the batter 

11. Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the centre of the cake. 

12. Remove from oven and allow to cool before storing in a container 

Servings:   15 squares 

Whole Grain Maple Oatmeal Cookies

Whole Grain Maple Oatmeal Cookies 

Ingredients: 

2 C. All purpose flour 

2 tsp. Baking powder 

1/2 tsp. Baking soda 

1/2 C. Butter 

1/2 C. Granulated sugar 

1/2 C. Maple butter 

2 Eggs, beaten 

1 C. Quick oats 

1/2 C. Hemp seeds

1/2 C. Roasted sunflower seeds 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit 

2. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper 

3. Blend flour, b. powder and b. soda together in a small bowl. Set aside 

4. In a large bowl mix butter, sugar and maple butter together. Mix ingredients together to make a smooth paste 

5. Beat eggs in a small bowl until light and frothy 

6. Add eggs to butter/sugar mixture and blend together well 

7. Mix in oats, sunflower and hemp seeds to make a very thick dough 

8. Stir in dry ingredients and  incorporate flour to make a pliable dough 

9. Take a small amount of dough and roll into a ball with your hands 

10. Place balls of dough on parchment paper placing 2" apart 

11. Flatten rounds of dough with a fork and bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes until light brown 

12.  Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool completely before storing away in a container 

Servings:   24 large cookies 

Peachy Chocolate Mousse Muffins

Peachy Chocolate Mousse Muffins 

Ingredients:

2 C. All purpose flour 

2 tsp. Baking powder 

1/2 tsp. Baking soda 

1 C. Chocolate milk 

1 C. Granulated sugar 

2 Eggs, beaten 

2 Peaches, peeled, pitted and diced 

Mousse 

1 C. Pure chocolate chips, melted  

1/2 Light cream 

3 Egg yolks 

Directions:  

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit 

2. Grease a 12 cup muffin pan 

3. Blend flour, b. powder and b. soda together in a small bowl. Set aside 

4. In a small bowl beat eggs until light and frothy 

5. Put diced peaches in a food processor and pulse until mixture is a fine puree 

6. To make the mousse melt chocolate chips over medium heat stirring constantly until chocolate chips are melted. Add eggs and light cream to mixture until it is heated through. Remove from heat and allow to cool in refrigerator until a thickened consistency is reached

7. In a large mixing bowl combine chocolate milk, eggs, sugar and peach puree together. Mix together until creamy and smooth 

8. Add mousse to chocolate milk mixture and mix all ingredients well together 

9. Stir in dry ingredients and mix well until no lumps remain in the batter 

10. Pour bater evenly into muffin cups filling 3/4  full 

11.  Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven until muffins test done 

12. Allow muffins to cool in the pan before removing to a serving plate 

Servings:   12 large muffins 

Breakfast Sausage Quiche

Breakfast Sausage Quiche 

Ingredients: 

Crust 

1 C. All purpose flour 

1/2 C. Whole wheat pastry flour 

1/2 tsp. Salt 

1/2 C. Lard, chilled 

8 to 10 Tbsp. Ice water 

Filling: 

1 Sweet Onion, chopped finely 

1 C. Cheddar cheese, grated 

6 Breakfast sausages, cooked and sliced 

2 Tbsp. Canola oil
1 C. light cream 

1/2 C. All purpose flour 

3 Eggs 

1 tsp. Baking powder 

1/2 tsp.Salt

1 tsp. Dry ginger 

1 tsp. Maple butter 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit 

2. In a medium size bowl blend flour and salt together. Add chilled lard to flour mixture and break down lard with a pastry cutter to the size of a small pea 

3. Add ice water to flour/lard mixture and stir with a fork until mixture comes together and forms a round ball 

4. On a lightly floured surface roll out dough to the size of a 9" pie plate allowing for excess to be trimmed from the edges

5. Bake crust in preheated oven for 10 minutes until lightly browned 

6. Remove from oven and allow to cool before putting the filling in the crust 

7. In a saute pan over medium heat add 2 Tbsp. Canola oil to pan and cook breakfast sausages until medium brown on the outside. Remove the sausages and cook chopped onion in oil until onion is translucent and tender. Stir in dry ginger and maple butter into chopped onion and mix together 

8. Chop breakfast sausages into  thin slices and put into food processor chamber and pulse until mixture is fine 

9. Spread cooked onion and cover the entire surface of pie crust 

10.  Sprinkle grated cheddar cheese over top of onion and spread evenly over the surface of pie plate 

11. Spread pureed sausage meat on top of cheese and cover entire surface 

12. In a large mixing bowl combine light cream and eggs, Mix with a wire whisk until eggs are light and frothy 

13. Blend flour, b. powder and salt together in a measuring cup. Add to egg mixture and mix well with a wire whisk until no lumps remain in the batter. 

14. Pour batter over top of pureed sausage mixture and allow mixture to settle evenly in pie plate 

15.  Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit 

16. Remove from oven when nicely browned and allow to cool before slicing into wedges. 

Servings:   8 wedges