Fanatic Friday Contestant-Rice Pudding w/ Apples & Cinnamon: Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal-Everyday Food Storage on November 19, 2009 · View Comments

What a fun twist on rice pudding and maybe something different for those that don’t like pumpkin pie. Personally, rice pudding is one of my favorite desserts! Thanks, Robin for sending this in!

Rice Pudding with Apples and Cinnamon
Serves 4

I make this in my pressure cooker – it is easy, fast and yummy.

1 T. butter
1/4 cup long grain rice *
2 cups milk *
1 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg *
1/4 cup evaporated milk *
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Cinnamon

Melt the butter, add rice and stir to coat with butter. Stir in your water (3 cups) and dry milk (6 T. for non instant, 2/3 cup for instant) add sugar and salt. Close lid and bring to pressure, cook 12 minutes at pressure. Remove from heat, allow pressure to come down on it’s own.

In a small bowl, mix together your egg (you can use your powdered eggs) and the evaporated milk (you can make your own) and vanilla. Stir a little of the hot liquid from you cooker into the egg mix (tempering the eggs), then add to the rice mixture.
Cook, uncovered, over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until the rice pudding begins to bubble. Remove immediately from heat. Cool 10 min. stirring occasionally. Transfer to individual dessert bowls, continue cooling, then refrigerate. Serve sprinkled with cinnamon or you can top with a spoon (or two) of the Apple Cranberry Cinnamon Topping below.

Apple Cranberry Cinnamon Topping:
3 – 4 Apples * (Equivalent of 3 – 4 apples set to hydrate) peeled, chopped
1/4 cup Dried Cranberries *
2 T. sugar (or to taste)
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
dash cloves
water, about half way up apples

Cook apples and cranberries until tender. Mix 1 rounded teaspoon corn starch* with a little cold water and add to cooked apples; continue to cook until thickened (2 minutes) stir in cinnamon and cloves.

* Food Storage Item
Although I have used the (*) for food storage items all of these items would be in your food storage but the fresh butter

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Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Pie

Posted by Crystal-Everyday Food Storage on November 1, 2009 · View Comments

Don’t let your carved pumpkin go to waste! You can actually cook it up and use it for your Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pies. This is what my mom did when I was growing up and it makes even more sense since the pumpkins were so expensive this year (did anyone else notice?) My favorite part of the idea of being self reliant is you don’t waste anything. This recipe is DELICIOUS (I have pictures to prove it…including a picture of me when I was 3 having taken a bite and sometimes half the pie out of all 13 pies my mom had made…uh….we have large Thanksgiving dinners, if you couldn’t tell Here are the directions, straight from my mom…

Cooking your Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin:

Wash and cut up Jack-O-Lanterns into 4-5 inch square pieces. Pressure cook in 1 C. water for 10-12 minutes. (If you don’t have a pressure cooker, see the NOTE:)You will not need to add any more water with the next batches since they seem to “grow”water. Drain, scoop out of peeling, and blend in blender until smooth. (I freeze in 7 C. packages which make 2 pies.) This pumpkin is wetter than canned pumpkin it needs to have liquids cut down in regular pumpkin recipes. (I use extra pumpkin in place of the liquid called for.) Or it can be used in exact measurements with any apple sauce recipe.

NOTE: If you don’t have a pressure cooker, simmer in covered pan for 30-45 minutes or until soft and tender.

Jack-O-Lantern Pie

3 1/2 C. Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin
3/4 C. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 t. cinnamon
1 t. ginger
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. cloves
3 eggs (or 3 T. dry egg powder + 1/3 c. water)
1 C. dry non-instant milk
1 9-10 inch pie shell with edges crimped high-filling is generous

Thoroughly combine all of the above. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 400 for 50 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and outside comes out clean. Cool.

Want to learn more about the specifics of an electric pressure cooker? Click HERE.

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Double Header:Baked Doughnuts and Cinnamon Swirl Bread-Whole Wheat food storage recipes

Posted by Crystal-Everyday Food Storage on October 27, 2009 · View Comments

Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Baked Doughnuts

As my last “Fall Favorites” post for 2009 (seems almost sentimental…) I’m doing a double header. Both stem from the EZ Bread recipe (so if you’re not familiar with it, you’ll want to check it out before you watch these videos). The recipes are simple so sit back and relax while you watch the videos below to learn how to make these fabulous recipes!

Part one:

Part two:

Part three:

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Pumpkin Bread Pudding: Whole Wheat Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal-Everyday Food Storage on October 21, 2009 · View Comments

I’m not quite sure when bread pudding lost it’s popularity (maybe when instant Jell-o pudding entered the scene…the thought of a bread-y jell-o pudding doesn’t sound appetizing) but I want you to help me bring it back with this recipe! It looks delicious, right? Bread pudding is one of my favorite desserts. It’s like french toast meets dessert. It melts in your mouth like cake but has richer flavors in every bite. Do me a favor and try out this recipe. It’s perfect for a cold night during the fall, just pop it in the oven with your dinner and have your entire meal made!

Now, you’ll notice in the recipe that I have a substitution for whole milk. YES! You can substitute powdered milk as whole milk but guess what?! It’s still FAT FREE! YEAH!! You do it the same as evaporated milk (since evaporated milk is simply a whole milk that has been processed for canning). Just put in double the amount of dry powdered milk for the measurement needed, i.e. 3 T. for one cup now becomes 6 T. or 1/3 C. of dry powdered milk). Also, you’ll notice that this recipe calls for Large eggs. Any time your recipe specifically calls for powdered eggs I would use 2 T. dry powdered egg + 1/4 C. water to equal one large egg.

Pumpkin Bread Pudding

1 C. whole milk (1/3 C. dry powdered milk + 1 C. water)
1/2 C. sugar
1 1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice
2 large eggs, slightly beaten (4 T. dry powdered egg + 1/2 C. Water)
5 1/2 C.-3/4 inch cubes french or other firm bread (I used whole wheat bread from my bread maker and it was fabulous!)
1/2 C. pecans or raisins
1 1/2 c. pumpkin

Instructions:
1. Heat oven to 350

2. Mix milk, sugar, cinnamon and eggs in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in bread cubes, pecans/raisins, and pumpkin. Pour into ungreased 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.

3. Bake uncovered 40-45 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge of casserole comes out clean.

Maple sauce
1/2 C. butter
2 T. water
1 large egg (2 T. dry powdered egg + 1/4 C. water)
1 C. sugar
1 t. maple extract or 2 T. Pure maple syrup (this is NOT the same as say, Aunt Jemima’s)

Melt butter in 1 quart saucepan over low heat; do not allow to simmer. Remove from heat; Mix water and egg; stir into butter until blended. Stir in sugar. cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and misture begins to boil; remove from heat. stir in maple. Cool at least 10 minutes before serving. Store covered in refrigerator.