Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Blueberry Coffee Cake

I decided to make a coffee cake for a funeral reception we were having in our community.  I hope they liked it.



Mix together, 1 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup shortening, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 3/4 cup milk.  Then add 2 cups of flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt.  Beat together, add 1 cup of blueberries, (I put some flour on the blueberies), gently stir them in and don't over stir, they will start to run.  I used frozen.

Grease and flour a tube pan, and put in pan.

Topping:  2 Tbsp flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 2 Tbsp butter.

Put this mixture on top.  And bake in oven preheated to 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

I had a bit of a problem getting the centre out, but i managed.  Let it sit to cool completely and it sliced up really nice.  I hope they enjoyed it, because it smelled so good!

My Homemade Crockpot Turkey Soup

Happy New Year Everyone!  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday, we did.  Now it is all over and put away on to the new year.  I don't make resolutions, I just want to continue to improve on myself and be good to others.  My first crockpot recipe is something I created myself, so you can do whatever you like with it, as per your taste.  Anyway here is mine.

1 box of chicken broth
1/2 onion
2 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
3 carrots, cut small
3 large potatoes
3/4 cup of large egg noodles
leftover turkey
salt, pepper, sprinkle of thyme, parsley

In frying pan, fray bacon and onion.  Crumble bacon up and put both in crockpot.  Add everything
else, except egg noodles.
Cook on low for 5 hours, add egg noodles, cook another hour.

I added a little more ingredients this time to make a bigger soup and if you feel there isn't enough liquid add
a little water.

Enjoy!