Yvonne's Done-to-death Apple Bread

Yvonne's Done-to-death Apple Bread

From the 2Peas Board

oven 325, bakes in about 1 hour and 10 minutes

3 eggs, slightly beaten

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

1 Tablespoon vanilla

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

4 cups chopped, pared, cored apples (about 3-4) (this puts to good use that darned apple/peeler/corer slicer thing you got at a Pampered Chef party years ago and never used!)

1 cup chopped pecans topping:

2 Tablespoons sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to slow 325. Grease and flour two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pans (or I use those mini loaf pans)

2. Stir together the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla in medium sized bowl until well mixed.

3. Combine the flour, soda and cinnamon on piece of waxed paper, and then then stir into liquid ingredients until just evenly mixed. Stir in the apples and pecans. The mixture will be very thick and gloppy. Divide between the loaf pans.

4: Prepare the topping: combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small cup, and sprinkle over the loaves.

5: Bake in preheated slow oven at 325 for 1 hour and 10 minutes, approximately.

Check it carefully with a tester inserted in center comes out CLEAN. Make sure it's done. Sometimes in my oven they take longer than the time specified. Make sure they are done. Nothing worse than raw middle. Let the breads cool in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edges of the pans. Remove the breads from the pans to wire racks to cool.The breads are better the second day. Wrap them tightly in plastic wrap or foil and store at room temperature.

Candied Peanuts

Candied Peanuts
 
 
 
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 cups raw peanuts (skin on)
 Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 300. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and water. Place over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
  2. Add peanuts to sugar water and continue to cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the peanuts are completely sugar coated and no sugar syrup remains, about thirty minutes.
  3. Pour out onto ungreased cookie sheet and spread out a bit. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every ten minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet and then store in sealed container.

Chicken and Lentil Soup (Pressure Cooker)

Made this last night and it definitely going into the soup rotation.Recipe was adapted from Skinny Taste website

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb dried lentils
3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (whole)
7 cups water
2 tbsp chicken Better than Bouillon
1 small onion
1/4 cup chopped cilantro or freeze-dried
3 cloves garlic fresh or  from pre-minced
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can corn kernels drained
1 tsp garlic powder1 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp oregano1/4 tsp ground paprika
salt, to taste

DIRECTIONS:In a large pot combine all ingredients stir. Set Instant Pot to Soup setting for 30 minutes.  When done natural release pressure, remove chicken breasts, shred and add back to soup. Stir well and serve.

Makes 11 cups and will freeze

Pressure Cooker Shredded Chicken BBQ

Super easy to make for a large crowd.

Place 3-5 lbs of boneless Chicken breasts in Insta-Pot

Add 1 cup canned chicken broth or 1 cup of water and either one bouillon cube or 1 cup water and one tablespoon "Better than Bouillon" Chicken base (this is what I use).

Manual Cook high 18 minutes, fast steam removal and shred.  Pour favorite BBQ sauce over it and mix well.

If making this for a crowd, repeat recipe for a second batch and then place all shredded chicken in a Crock-pot to keep warm.