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Latest Tips & Recipes September 2022
Here you'll find the latest tips and recipes added to the Tip Store and Recipe File during September 2022
Applesauce Banana Bread
Ingredients:
4 ripe bananas
1 cup of sugar
¾ cup of applesauce
2 eggs
2 cups plain flour
½ teaspoon of salt
1 tsp of vanilla essence
Method:
Preheat the oven to180 degrees Celsius. Grease a 9” x 5” loaf pan. In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a hand beater. Add the sugar and blend. Let mixture stand for 15 minutes. Add applesauce and eggs and mix well. Blend in the remaining ingredients. Pour into the greased loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand again for 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
4 ripe bananas
1 cup of sugar
¾ cup of applesauce
2 eggs
2 cups plain flour
½ teaspoon of salt
1 tsp of vanilla essence
Method:
Preheat the oven to180 degrees Celsius. Grease a 9” x 5” loaf pan. In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a hand beater. Add the sugar and blend. Let mixture stand for 15 minutes. Add applesauce and eggs and mix well. Blend in the remaining ingredients. Pour into the greased loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand again for 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Applesauce Cranberry Muffins
Ingredients:
2 cups SR flour
½ cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg (lightly beaten)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup craisins
½ cup pecans. chopped
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line muffin tin with muffin papers or lightly grease. In a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar and cinnamon. In a separate bowl mix the eggs, applesauce and oil. Add the applesauce mixture to the dry ingredients and mix together gently (do not over mix). Gently fold in craisins and scoop mixture into muffin cups until 2/3 full. Bake at approximately 30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.
2 cups SR flour
½ cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg (lightly beaten)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup craisins
½ cup pecans. chopped
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line muffin tin with muffin papers or lightly grease. In a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar and cinnamon. In a separate bowl mix the eggs, applesauce and oil. Add the applesauce mixture to the dry ingredients and mix together gently (do not over mix). Gently fold in craisins and scoop mixture into muffin cups until 2/3 full. Bake at approximately 30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.
Applesauce Cake
Ingredients:
225g butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
2 cups apple sauce
3 cups SR flour
1 cup sultanas
1 tsp vanilla
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line a 20cm square cake tin with baking paper. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add the applesauce (make sure it’s cold) and 2 ¾ cups flour. Mix well. Fold in the sultanas, remaining flour and vanilla extract. Mix well and poured into greased baking pan. Bake approximately 1 to 1 hour and 15 minutes until golden and baked through. Let cool for 5 minutes then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Note: You can also add 1 cup chopped walnuts to this bread when you fold in the sultanas.
225g butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
2 cups apple sauce
3 cups SR flour
1 cup sultanas
1 tsp vanilla
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line a 20cm square cake tin with baking paper. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add the applesauce (make sure it’s cold) and 2 ¾ cups flour. Mix well. Fold in the sultanas, remaining flour and vanilla extract. Mix well and poured into greased baking pan. Bake approximately 1 to 1 hour and 15 minutes until golden and baked through. Let cool for 5 minutes then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Note: You can also add 1 cup chopped walnuts to this bread when you fold in the sultanas.
Sometimes Buying Something You Don't Need Now Can Save You Money Later
I recently went to the super market to buy groceries for making pizza for family dinner. I noticed that mushrooms were marked down to $2 a punnet. While I did not need them for the pizza as planned, it was too good a price to pass up, so I substituted mushrooms for pineapple. I also bought 2 more punnets to slice and put in the food dehydrator. This gives me mushrooms to use in soups, rehydrate and use the fluid as delicious stock and mushrooms as ingredients. By buying the extra 2 punnets and preserving them I have 3 possible products from it and saved myself up to $3 for each punnet I would buy in the future. This not just limited to mushrooms. Berries, tomatoes, herbs and more can all be used the same way. Saving you money on a special buy and in the future by being preserved.
Contributed by Alexander Cole
Contributed by Alexander Cole
Peanut Butter Biscuits
Ingredients:
125g butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1-1/4 cups plain flour, sifted
3/4 tsp bicarb soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. In a large bowl, combine butter, peanut butter, sugars, egg and vanilla until well mixed. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Roll teaspoonfuls into balls and place on an ungreased biscuit tray. Press down with a fork. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes until just golden. Let sit on tray five minutes before moving to a cake rack to cool completely.
125g butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1-1/4 cups plain flour, sifted
3/4 tsp bicarb soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. In a large bowl, combine butter, peanut butter, sugars, egg and vanilla until well mixed. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Roll teaspoonfuls into balls and place on an ungreased biscuit tray. Press down with a fork. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes until just golden. Let sit on tray five minutes before moving to a cake rack to cool completely.
Subs for Chicken Coating
While the standard is flour for most coatings, over the years I have used breadcrumbs, crushed crackers, Bisquik and waffle mixes. Even almond and coconut flours work, but you might taste the almond or coconut. They do bring different flavors and textures to the dish, but all are reasonable substitutes when you are at the end of the flour bin.
Contributed by Cynthia Fowles
Contributed by Cynthia Fowles
Cheaper Fast Clothes Drying
Using a clothes dryer (aka tumble dryer) for 1 year emits more carbon than a tree can absorb in 50 years - meaning clothes dryers use significant amounts of electricity (due to the fact that they have to heat the clothes in order to dry them). In wet weather, if you have an indoor washing line or rack, you can use a pedestal fan to speed up the drying process. Fans are far cheaper to run than clothes dryers (and than air conditioners), costing only around a 1 or 2 percent of the cost, for the same running time.
Contributed by Jeremy Coleman
Contributed by Jeremy Coleman