America’s Test Kitchen Makes one 9 inch loaf 2 cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup sugar ¾ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 3 very ripe bananas, mashed well (1 ½ cups) 6 tablespoons butter (¾ stick), melted and cooled 2 large eggs, lightly beaten ¼ cup plain yogurt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ¼ cups … Read More →
Peanut Butter Cookies
Slightly adapted from America’s Test Kitchen Makes about 2 dozen cookies Either creamy or crunchy peanut butter will work for this recipe. The peanuts can also be replaced with other nuts such as almonds. To finely grind the nuts, pulse them in a food processor. 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon … Read More →
Hawaiian Tea Cookies
Lynn Bryant 1 ¾ cups flour ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup shredded coconut (sweetened) In a medium bowl combine flour, salt, and baking soda; set aside. In a large bowl cream butter and … Read More →
Strawberry Shortcake
America’s Test Kitchen Serves 8 Fruit 2 quarts strawberries, hulled 6 tablespoons sugar Shortcakes 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for the counter 5 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes and chilled ⅔ cup half-and-half 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 large … Read More →
Atlantic Beach Pie
Bill Smith Makes 1 pie I think John doubles the crust amount. Best served with berries. NOTE – need to check quantities, I believe the filling also needs to be increased for larger pie dishes… For the crust 1 1/2 sleeves of saltine crackers 1/3 to 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter 3 tablespoons sugar For … Read More →
Chewy Sugar Cookies
America’s Test Kitchen Makes about 24 cookies I’ve found too many plain sugar cookie recipes out there are cakey, but these are perfect. Dry ingredients 2 1/4 cups (11 1/4 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon table salt Wet ingredients 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces) sugar … Read More →