November Challenge Recipes
November 10th, 2012 | 
Author: This is the thread where we post those recipes that we’ve been meaning to try and haven’t or a thread encouraging us to dig into that pile of cookbooks to try at least one recipe a month so they are used. This is the one I made last night. So GOOD! I did not use the crock pot method. I placed a corning ware casserole in an old electric skillet on very low heat with a little water to do all of the melting, and it worked just fine. I’ve made lots of chocolates using that method. Don’t allow the water to boil!
Easy Chocolate Clusters
”You can use this simple recipe to make a big batch of chocolate candy without a lot of fuss,” assures Doris Reynolds of Munds Park,Arizona. “I’ve sent these clusters to my husband’s office a number of times…and passed the recipe along as well.”
21 ServingsPrep: 10 min. + standing Cook: 2 hours
Ingredients
- 2 pounds white candy coating, broken into small pieces
- 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 4 ounces German sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 jar (24 ounces) dry roasted peanuts
Directions
- In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the candy coating, chocolate chips
- and German chocolate. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat
- to low; cover and cook 1 hour longer or until melted, stirring every
- 15 minutes.
- Stir in peanuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand
- until set. Store at room temperature. Yield: 3-1/2 dozen. (I got more than double that amount)
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (2 each) equals 521 calories, 35 g fat (17 g saturated fat), trace cholesterol, 265 mg sodium, 51 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 9 g protein.
© Taste of Home 2012
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Just pulled this one out of the oven….smells great! Angel had posted it, so I’m betting it will be good! I just baked it in a 13 x 9 x 2 pan though..
Festive Egg Nog Cake
posted by Angel 12-04-99 2:22 PM
Festive Egg Nog Cake
yellow cake mix
1 c. Borden’s® dairy fresh (or canned) egg nog
1/4 c. vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 tsp. black walnut extract
1 c. chopped black walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In large mixer bowl, combine the ingredients. Beat at medium speed 3 minutes. Pour into 3 well greased and floured 8-inch cake pans.
Bake for 20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely. Frost.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 1/2 lb. pkg. sifted
confectioners sugar
1 1/2 tsp. egg nog
black walnuts
1/4 tsp. black walnut extract
Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners sugar. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons egg nog, 1/2 teaspoon at a time and black walnut extract. Decorate with walnuts.
Sherry, I love eggnog and black walnuts. Can’t get them in Florida very often, but I have seen them on-line. But very pricey. That’s not a surprise if you’ve ever tried to hull them. Or crack them, even.
I made this apple cake–guess it was last month now, but it sure is good. I iced it with caramel frosting, but a good dusting of powdered and a dap of whipped cream would be just fine.
Fresh Apple Cake
2 c. sugar (or half white/half brown)
1-3/4 c. vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 c. all purpose flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
3 c. fresh apples, diced into really small pieces
1-1/2 c. nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 300F. and grease a tube pan* Combine sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. Mix until well combined with a hand mixer. Mix flour and remaining dry ingredients together. Combine with the wet mixture and mix well. Add apples and beat with mixer for one minute. Stir in nuts. Bake for 1-1/2 hours or until toothpick comes out clean.
*I used 1/2 white and brown sugars and baked at 350F in two 9″ square pans–I forgot to time it but probably start checking after 30 minutes. I didn’t add nuts. Maybe I will next time, but I didn’t miss them.
Oooh, I made this soup last night and, not only was it good, the whole house smelled like an Italian restaurant. We had cheese toast with it made with thick slices of 7-grain bread. I will definitely make this again. But, be warned, this made a 5-quart Dutch oven full to the brim. I’ll seal and freeze most of it and send some home with my daughter at Thanksgiving.
SPINACH TOMATO ORZO SOUP (The Family Kitchen)
Olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 lb spinach, fresh or frozen, defrosted
1 – 15 oz can diced Italian tomatoes (with oregano and basil)
1 lb package orzo pasta
2 quarts chicken or vegetable stock (8 cups)
2 quarts water
Preheat a large soup pot. Drizzle with olive oil. Add onions and saute until tender. Add garlic and saute for 2 – 3 minutes. Add canned tomatoes, spinach, chicken or vegetable stock and water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium. Add orzo and cook 12-15 minutes longer.
Note: I added rotissiere chicken that I had in the freezer and a dash or two Italian seasoning. The recipe doesn’t call for salt and didn’t need any, for us at least.
All of these recipes look good. I may add the nut clusters to my Christmas goodies this year.
Yum…the soup and apple cake both sound so good! The Egg Nog cake was good, the icing is really, really sweet but very good too. I’m not much of a yellow cake fan so will probably use an old recipe from scratch for the rest of the nuts when I get to it…or maybe a white cake mix??? Those clusters are A-1 in my book. They also sold well at the bazaar I donated to. They do, however, cost more to make than using just plain chocolate. I’m not sure the extra cost is worth it overall. Guess I’ll just have to make another batch to compare…it’s my duty! Ha! Ha!
Heather’s Chicken and White Bean Chili
Chicken Chili
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
4 jalapeno peppers (seeded and diced)
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1/2 c fresh chopped cilantro
2 cups low sodium chicken broth
1/2 c light cream or whole milk
3 chopped cooked chicken breast
5 (15 ounce) cans white beans (2 cans pureed with the chicken broth in the blender- any variety of white beans is fine…mix-it up a bit!)
Instructions:
Cook the chicken and shred. Add all ingredients to the crockpot, cook on high for 4 hours.-
Chicken Chili….sounds like it’s just in time for leftover turkey! Thank you!