Corn Cakes

Pancakes are a popular dinner at our house but sometimes you want something with a Mexican twist. Enter, corn cakes! It is a corn batter that you cook like pancakes and top with cheese, salsa, guacamole, whatever you like. Yum!

 

Corn Cakes

2 cans cream corn

2 boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix

1/4 c. sugar

1/2 c. oil

1/2 c. milk

2 eggs

Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Heat a frying pan or skillet to medium. Pour 1/4-1/3 cup batter for each cake. Allow to cook until the bottom is firm and the bubbles pop or the batter goes everywhere when you turn it to cook the other side. Cook both sides. Top with your toppings: salsa, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, beans, etc.

Jam Bars

These jam bars are amazing! Wow! My kids kept cutting off little pieces and eating them when they thought I wasn't looking... which I was but, for the first time, I ignored because I was doing the same thing! We used homemade peach jam and it was delicious! Make two pans of it because one goes too quickly!

 

Jam Bars

crust

1 1/2 c. flour

1/2 c. oats

1/2 c. sugar

3/4 c. butter, softened

1/2 tsp. baking soda

Combine all the above ingredients, beating with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes or until the mixture is crumbly. Be sure to scrape the bottom and sides as needed. Press the mixture into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan and bake 20 minutes or until it is golden brown.

filling

1 1/2 c. jam

Use strawberry, apricot, peach, or raspberry jam. When you take the crust out of the oven spread the jam over it immediately going almost all the way to the edges.

topping

3/4 c. flaked coconut

1/4 c. flour

1/4 c. brown sugar

2 Tbsp. butter, softened

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Combine topping ingredients while the crust is baking. Sprinkle over the jam and return the bars to the oven, baking an additional 20 minutes or until the topping os golden brown. Allow to cool completely before cutting - but good luck waiting that long!

Apple Fritter Bread

It's officially fall so let the fall baking begin! We were sitting in church when the need to bake overcame me. Does that ever happen to you? Baking is my coping skill and I needed to bake. But I hadn't planned on a baking spree and I didn't have the marshmallow creme I needed to make the peanut butter fudge I desperately needed to make and the bag of marshmallows was needed to make rice krispy treats for the boys lunches. My husband came to the rescue! He wanted apple fritters. With glaze. Everything is better with glaze! I didn't want to fry anything so I made apple fritter bread instead. So good! Eat it! It's fall!

 

 

Apple Fritter Bread

1/2 c. butter, softened

2/3 c. sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 c. flour

1 3/4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 c. milk

2 apples

1/3 c. brown sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

Mix the butter and sugar together until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla, mixing well. Add the flour and baking powder, stirring to combine. Gently mix in the milk, stirring until it is smooth. Peel the apples and chop into small chunks. Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside. In a greased loaf pan, put half the batter in the bottom. Add half the apples. Cover the apples with half the cinnamon sugar mixture. Repeat layers. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour or until the bread is baked through. 

Make a glaze with 1/2 c. powdered sugar and 1-2 Tbsp. milk. Pour over bread while still warm. Slice and enjoy!

*** I used homemade apple pie filling for my apples. I used about half the apples, chopping them into chunks before adding them to the bread. For the glaze I used some of the liquid from the pie filling instead of milk. So good!

Raspberry White Chocolate Muffins

And... more Saturday morning muffins. I like to pretend these are healthy since they have fruit and Greek yogurt. That counts, right?

 

Raspberry White Chocolate Muffins

1/2 c. butter, softened

1/2 c. sugar

1/4 c. brown sugar

2 eggs

1/2 c. plain Greek yogurt

2 Tbsp. milk

1 Tbsp. vanilla

1 1/2 c. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

 1 c. white chocolate chips

1 1/2 c. raspberries - fresh or frozen 

In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugars. Add in the eggs, stirring well, then the yogurt, milk, and vanilla. Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon stirring just until combined. Gently fold in the white chocolate chips and raspberries. Divide into paper lined muffin tins. I always double my muffin recipes and this doubled made 36 muffins so it makes quite a few. Bake at 350 degrees about 15 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched.