Taro pie recipe

Posted on March 23rd, 2010 by Toni

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Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups taro (cooked, grated or mashed)
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 whole eggs
1 1/2 cups condensed milk
½ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp nutmeg
½ tsp vanilla

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Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients together and blend well.
2. Pour into unbaked pastry shell.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

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Banana upside-down cake recipe

Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Toni

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Ingredients:
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 pieces ripe bananas, peeled, sliced 1/4 inch diagonally
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup evaporated milk

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Melt 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan. Remove from fire and stir in brown sugar. Cook until sugar has melted and pour into a 9″ x 2″ round pan.
3. Arrange banana slices in concentric circles atop sugar mixture.
4. For cake, beat sugar and remaining 1/2 cup butter. Add in eggs one at a time beating well until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
5. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to butter alternately with evaporated milk. 6. Pour batter over bananas and bake 1 hour or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.


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Pastry shells recipe

Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Toni

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Ingredients:
1 cup sifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. water
1/3 c. shortening

Directions:
1. Sift the flour and salt into a medium sized bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly.
2. Sprinkle water 1 teaspoon at a time over the mixture and mix lightly with a fork just until the pastry holds together.
3. Roll out on a lightly floured pastry cloth or board to a rectangle.
4. Grease the baking pan or shells with a small amount of oil then dust with flour.
5. Carefully place a rolledl piece of dough on the greased baking pan or baking shells.

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Apple pie recipe

Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Toni

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Bake a sweet-smelling apple pie with the recipe below. It is perfect as a Christmas dessert. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
Pie crust
This recipe makes enough dough for a double crust pie (one top crust & one bottom crust).
8 or 9-Inch Double Crust
3 level cups all-purpose flour
1 level teaspoon salt
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup butter or shortening
5 tablespoons cold water
1 tsp sugar (optional)

Directions to make crust:
1. Combine flour, salt in bowl. Create well.
2. In the well, add margarine and butter.
3. Using a fork or pastry cutter, combine butter/margarine with the flour until well blended.
4. With a few tablespoons of water, add to the flour mixture and slowly form a ball. Add more water if desired.
5. Roll the dough from center outwards form a circle. Make sure the diameter is one inches more than the top of the pie plate.


Ingredients:
Apple pie filling
1/4 cup brown sugar , packed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 tbsps butter
8 to 10 green tart apples, sliced
3 pieces calamansi juice

Directions to make the filling:
1. Pare and slice apples thinly.
2. Squeeze calamansi juice on sliced apples.
3. Combine the first 7 ingredients above together to create a sugar-spice mixture. Blend well.
4. Coat apples gently with sugar and spice mixture.
5. Spoon into pie crust. Add butter on top.
6. Cover with crust. Flute the top of the pie crust. Slit in center.


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Bibingka Cassava (Kamoteng Kahoy) Recipe

Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Toni

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Bibingka Cassava is a traditional Filipino recipe for a classic dessert of a cassava-based cake topped with a coconut milk and egg yolk cistard and sprinkled with cheese before serving. The Filipino specialty can be eaten for breakfast or for merienda.The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Filipino version of: Bibingka Cassava recipe.

Ingredients:
3 cup grated cassava
1-1/2 cup coconut milk
1-1/2 tbsps. melted butter or margarine
2 eggs
1-1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tbsp. fine salt
1/3 cup coconut cream


Directions:
1. Beat eggs well. Add sugar, salt and butter and mix well. Add coconut milk (2nd extraction), and grated cassava and mix well.
2. Place in a greased pan lined with wax paper. Bake in moderate oven. When almost done (light brown color), brush surface with coconut cream (1st extraction).
3. Continue baking until golden brown.

Good for 4 persons.


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