Pancakes with Vanilla Custard Sauce

I love the custard and rasberry sauce! It's healthier than syrup and sooo much better! I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as I did!


For Pancakes:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 3/4 cups thick sour milk or buttermilk
1/3 cup oil

Sift together all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly.
Combine the eggs, the milk, and oil, then stir into the dry ingredients only until moistened.
Fry on hot griddle until browned on each side.

For Custard Sauce:
2 cups milk, divided
2 tablespoons flour, rounded
2 tablespoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract
2 egg yolks

In a small pot, heat 1 cup milk until it begins to boil (medium heat). While this is happening:
Mix dry ingredients, add just a little of the second cup of milk, blend the egg yolks in well and then the rest of the milk. Just before the milk in the pot begins to boil up, stir in the sauce and stir with whisk until the sauce begins to cook and thicken. Take it off the heat and mix in the vanilla extract.

For Raspberry Sauce:
Boil together 4 cups raspberries and 1 cup water . Add sugar to taste. Simmer until thickened. Pour over pancakes with Custard.

Peach Pie

For crust:
Your favourite pie crust recipe

For filling:
3 cups fresh sliced peaches
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup melted margarine
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, optional

Have the pie crust ready.
Pour cut up peaches into pie crust.
Mix together egg, margarine, sugar, flour, and nutmeg thoroughly.
You can put crumbs on top if desired. Or you can put a second crust on top.Just roll out a piece of pie crust, about the same size as the first crust, and place it gently on top of the pie. Put the pie in the oven and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes until lightly brown.
To use up leftover pie dough you can roll it out and use a cookie cutter on it. You can place the shapes on the pie or sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on them and eat them by themselves.

Blueberry Banana Oat Muffins

These muffins are delicous! They are the best muffins EVER!

1 1/4 cups flour (you can use part whole wheat flour if you like)
1 cup oatmeal
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup ripe mashed bananas (approximately one banana)
1/2 cup buttermilk ( I think I used 1 cup by mistake but they still tasted fine)
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup fresh or unthawed frozen blueberries

For topping: Mix together 1/4 cup oatmeal and 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup chopped pecans if desired

Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Mix well. Beat together banana, buttermilk, egg, and melted butter until smooth. Add to dry ingredients and stir until just blended. Grease the muffin tins and fill 1/2 full. This is a fairly small recipe. It will make about a dozen muffins. Sprinkle with brown sugar and oatmeal topping. Bake at 375 F for about 20 to 25 minutes.

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies (right) and Cherry Slice (left)

This is an easy, delicious cookie recipe. The first time me and my sister made it we put in 1 and 1/2 cups of cinnamon and nutmeg, not enough butter, and we made the oven smoke! The only person home was my uncle in the garage. My aunt came home just in time to find the oven smoking!

Ingredients for Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup margarine
1 egg, beaten
1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 medium)
1 3/4 cup quick oatmeal
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg. Cut in margarine until crumbly. Add egg, bananas, quick oatmeal, and chocolate chips, mixing well. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.


This recipe is really good. I made it when my friend from Mexico came to visit.

Ingredients for Cherry Slice:
1/2 lb. soft margarine (1 cup)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
4 large eggs
2 1/2 cups white flour
1 tin cherry pie filling (you can use any other pie filling if you want)

Cream margarine and sugar with an electric beater; add vanilla and almond extract. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add flour one cup at a time and beat well after each.
Grease a 10 by 15 by 1 cookie sheet. Spread 2/3 of the batter over the bottom. Then drop pie filling here and there, spread lightly. Then drop the rest of the batter in by spoonfuls and just spread it very lightly. Bake at 350 F for 25 to 40 minutes until golden brown. You can drizzle on a thin icing over the cherry slice while still warm. This recipe is very good warm, but I prefer it cold.

Rhubarb Pie

Ingredients:

Filling: (enough for one pie)
4 cups Rhubarb, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
2 tablespoons butter

For pie crust:
Your favourite pie crust recipe

Crumb topping: (enough for one pie)
3/4 cup quick oatmeal
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup margarine

For filling, stir together sugar, flour, salt, and slightly beaten eggs. Add Rhubarb.
To make pie, roll out pie crust dough on lightly floured surface. With floured rolling pin, roll dough outward from center until dough is a circle one inch larger than pie plate. Transfer dough into pie plate without stretching and evenly trim around plate, or decorate edges however you want. Pour filling into pie crust.
For crumbs, mix until crumbly and sprinkle on top of the pie. Put the pie in the oven and bake at 425 for 10 minutes, then turn heat down to 350. Continue baking for 30 to 40 minutes , or until brown.
Freeze other half of pie crust for future use.

Snickerdoodle Cookies

Ingredients:
1\2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1\4 teaspoon baking soda
1\4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 large egg
1\2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1\2 cups all purpose flour
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1\2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter on medium speed for 30seconds. Add the 1 cup sugar, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in the egg and vanilla until well blended. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer, and stir in remaining flour. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for one hour. Combine the 4 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1 1\2 teaspoons cinnamon in a separate bowl. Shape the dough into 1 inch balls and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture to coat. Place balls of dough 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or until edges are beautifully golden. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.

Ultimate Double Chocolate Brownies

This recipe took grand prize in my mom's favourite magazine.

Ingredients:
3\4 cup baking cocoa
1\2 teaspoon baking soda
2\3 cup butter or margarine,melted,divided
1\2 cup boiling water
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1-1\3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1\4 teaspoon salt
1\2 cup coarsely chopped pecans (optional)
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chunks

In a large bowl, combine cocoa and baking soda; blend in 1\3 cup melted butter. Add boiling water;stir until well blended. Stir in sugar,eggs and remaining butter. Add flour,vanilla and salt. Stir in the pecans and chocolate chunks. Pour into a greased 13-in. by 9-in. baking-pan. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool.