Old Town Cranberry Bread

This bread is a recipe from the Colorado Bed & Breakfast Cookbook.  I love this bread, it is so good.  I bake it every year.  I had to post the recipe on my blog so I never lose this recipe.

OLD TOWN CRANBERRY BREAD

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
2 strips (about 3x1 inch each) lemon zest
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 eggs
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
6 Tbls plain yogurt
1 1/2 cup fresh cranberries (or use dried cranberries**- see note below)

DIRECTIONS:

preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt, cream of tartar and baking soda.

In food processor, place sugar and lemon zest strips.  Process until zest is finely grated.  Add butter; process until creamy.  Add eggs, one at a time; mix well.  Add vanilla and yogurt; process until combined.  Transfer butter/yogurt mixture to a large bowl.

Put cranberries in food processor; pulse 3-4 times until coarsely chopped.  Add cranberries to dry ingredients; toss to combine.  Add dry ingredients and cranberries to butter/yogurt mixture; stir just until moistened.

Spoon batter into loaf pan.  Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool on a rack for 30 minutes.  Remove bread from pan to finish cooling.  Wrap well; refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.


**use 6 oz package of dried cranberries, soaked in very hot water for 10 minutes and drained well.  the cranberries worked great.

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Bacon Double Cheeseburger Dip

BACON DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER DIP

1 lbs ground beef

1 lbs bacon, cut into i inch pieces

1 small onion

2 cloves garlic, minced

8 oz cream cheese, room temperature

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 cup mozzarella, shredded

1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

2 tbls worcestershire sauce

4 tbls ketchup

Brown ground beef, onions and garlic. Drain fat off meat set aside.

Brown bacon bits, drain and set aside.

Mix together, cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, mozzarella, cheddar, worcestershire sauce and matchup. Mix in beef and bacon. 

Bake 350 degrees for 20-30 mins until bubbly.

serve with bread slices or tortilla chips

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Bread Pudding Bake

Bread Pudding Bake

10 oz bag dried stuffing bread or 8 cups cubed day old bread

9 eggs

2 1/4 cups whole milk

1 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup melted butter

3 tsp vanilla extract

3 tsp ground cinnamon

cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top

get a large baking pan (I used a 4 qt 15 x 10 Oblong Pyrex Baking Dish) spray with cooking spray.  Put bread in baking pan.  

In a large bowl, mix together, eggs, whole milk, heavy cream, sugar, extract and cinnamon. Mix until combined.  Drizzle butter over bread. Pour egg/milk mixture over the bread.  

let the bread soak up the egg/ milk mixture. Sprinkle as much cinnamon/sugar over the top of the bread.

bake 350 for 40-45 minutes, until set and a knife comes out clean.

serve warm with syrup over the top. optional, whipping cream

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Sausage Casserole

1 lbs Jimmy Dean Sausage

3-4 cups shredded potato hash browns, thawed and drained

1/4 cup butter melted

12 oz mild cheddar cheese, shredded

1/2 cup onion, shredded

16 oz container small curd cottage cheese

6-7 jumbo eggs

Brown the sausage in a pan and drain.  Mix hash browns and butter. Press into a 9x13 baking pan.  Mix the sausage, cheese, onion, cottage cheese and eggs.

Pour over hash browns.

Bake 375 degrees
Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the casserole comes out clean.  Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

you can add green peppers if you would like that. 
you also can use 1 lbs maple flavored sausage links, cook and rough chop

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Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

1/2 cup butter

1c diced carrots

1c diced celery

1c diced onions

3/4 c flour

6 c chicken broth

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground mustard

1/2 tsp curry powder

1/2 tsp dried parsley

1/2 tsp pepper or more

1 can cooked wild rice 15 oz. see picture below  

1/2 cup cooked jasmine rice

3 cups cubed cooked chicken approximate 3 small chicken breasts

Melt butter in a pan, add carrots, celery,and onions.  Cook until soft, 5-10 minutes

add flour, cook a couple of minutes to cook the flour taste out.  It will be thick. 

Slowly add chicken broth whisking as you add the broth to prevent lumps.

Add salt, gr mustard, curry powder, parsley and pepper. Stir to mix in.

Add both rice and chicken. cook 5-10 mins simmer to blend the flavors. 

If it is too thick you can add more chicken broth to your consistency.

*** if you cant find cooked canned wild rice, then use 1 1/2 cup cooked wild rice.  you just want a total of 2 cups cooked rice in the soup. you could omit the jasmine rice and just use 2 cups cooked wild rice soup.

PRINTABLE RECIPE

 butter with carrots, celery and onions

I added the flour and it gets pretty thick

add the chicken broth

soup is done

This is the wild rice i found canned.  sometimes it is hard to find. It is really quick and easy to use it already cooked.