Popovers

Dang, I forgot to take a picture of these last night (and they were so pretty because I only used white flour!), and don't know who to credit with this recipe since it's been on my computer for quite a while, but I added garlic to the ingredient list, so maybe I'm not absolutely plagiarizing.

If you ever get to about 45 minutes before dinnertime and wish you'd made some bread or rolls, make popovers instead (no rising required)!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Whisk well:
1 cup milk
2 large egg whites
1 large egg

Add, whisking well:
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder

Put a 12-portion muffin pan in the oven to preheat for 5 min. Take out and coat with cooking spray, then fill up the muffin pan with the thin batter (I didn't pay attention because I was in a hurry last night, but I think about 1/2 full each?). Sprinkle 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese on the tops and then bake for 35-40 min. These will puff up high, leaving you with a hollow center. Kids think they're cool. Makes 12 small popovers.

Lemon Cream/Crumb Cake

Half the time I call this a lemon cream cake, and the other half a lemon crumb cake. Either way, it's pretty dang good. Claire wanted a green cake for her birthday this year, so I threw in some green food coloring in the cake mix and the crumb mixture.


First, make a white cake--2 round layers. Frost between and around the stacked cake layers with the lemon cream frosting and then sprinkle with the crumb topping, pressing it lightly onto the sides also.


LEMON CREAM FROSTING:
1 cup heavy whipping cream

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tsp lemon juice

Whip the whipping cream first and set aside. Mix the rest of the ingredients until nice and smooth, then gently fold the whipped cream into it.


CRUMB TOPPING:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup cold butter, sliced
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Mix everything together until crumb-like. I like to use a pastry cutter.

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Sometimes you just feel that need for sweet white bread that makes your kitchen smell like heaven. Halfway through the process you wonder if it's worth the work/wait and the dishes you have to wash. But then you're really proud of how beautiful the hand-kneaded dough looks as it rises. Finally, you get to present to your husband the most gorgeous loaf and you eat way more carbs that you're supposed to in one sitting. Yeah, that's how it was with these loaves from this recipe. Mine were done baking in 35 minutes instead of 45.