NEPA Cookin' (York, Shenandoah: live, store, to eat)

[Jungle George]

Since peaches are starting to come out (at least down here), here's my Peach Cobbler recipe that's always gone in 1 sitting for y'all to enjoy!!

Jungle George's Peach Cobbler

Base:
6-10 peaches (depending on size) - peeled, pitted & sliced into thin wedges
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp lemon juice (I use fresh not bottled)
2 tsp corn starch

Crumble Topping:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/4 cup boiling water

Sugar Topping:
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon




Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
In a big bowl, mix the peaches, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, & cornstarch together & pour into a 2 qt. baking dish. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.

While that's baking, in a bowl, mix the flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend in the butter with your fingers, or a wooden spoon 'til mixture looks like lumpy oatmeal.

Stir in water until just combined.

Remove peaches from oven, and drop spoonfuls of topping over them. Sprinkle entire cobbler with the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Bake 'til the top is golden...about 30 minutes.
Enjoy!!

[mathjak107]

wow george , you are quite the master-baker ha ha ha

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by mathjak107

wow george , you are quite the master-baker ha ha ha

Yeah!!! But it seems like I'm the only one on the NEPA forums that enjoys master-baking!! It's always more fun when more than 1 person's doing it & sharing their technique!!

We just got back from a trip to Savannah...what a beautiful place!! We even had a ghost in our room!!! (the closet door kept opening... we checked for warping/vibration/tricks etc. & there was NO logical expanation!! Also we kept hearing footsteps of the folks in the room above us at night & early morning, come to find out the room wasn't occupied!! )

I tried a piece of Pecan Praline up there & it was SO good, but I refused to pay $15.00 for a 2"x2" piece, so I'm gonna do the trial & error thing & make it myself & then I'll post the recipe for y'all.

[poconoproud]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

Since peaches are starting to come out (at least down here), here's my Peach Cobbler recipe that's always gone in 1 sitting for y'all to enjoy!!

Jungle George's Peach Cobbler

Base:
6-10 peaches (depending on size) - peeled, pitted & sliced into thin wedges
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp lemon juice (I use fresh not bottled)
2 tsp corn starch

Crumble Topping:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/4 cup boiling water

Sugar Topping:
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon




Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
In a big bowl, mix the peaches, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, & cornstarch together & pour into a 2 qt. baking dish. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.

While that's baking, in a bowl, mix the flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend in the butter with your fingers, or a wooden spoon 'til mixture looks like lumpy oatmeal.

Stir in water until just combined.

Remove peaches from oven, and drop spoonfuls of topping over them. Sprinkle entire cobbler with the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Bake 'til the top is golden...about 30 minutes.
Enjoy!!

this sounds great!

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

Also we kept hearing footsteps of the folks in the room above us at night & early morning, come to find out the room wasn't occupied!! )

Don't worry. That was just the better half and I. We go to very great lengths sometimes to see each other while avoiding the conservative eyes of my parents.

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

Don't worry. That was just the better half and I. We go to very great lengths sometimes to see each other while avoiding the conservative eyes of my parents.

LOLOL!!!

PAUL!!! I said we heard footsteps NOT bedsprings!!!!

If you were in Savannah I'd SAY you go to very great lengths!!!!

[ff18wife]

I have the recipe for Amish Friendship Bread but it won't do anyone any good without a bag of the starter...which I also have. Can't seem to find anyone who wants this stuff...lol...but I like making it now that I've gotten good at it and I Googled it and found that you can vary the flavors which I want to try as well...

Keep those yummy recipes coming.... Thanks guys!!!

[WasPA]

Originally Posted by loveinbloom

Hubby’s favorite: Bisquick Strawberry short cakes:

Clean, cut and soak berries in sugar in refrigerator for at least 45 minutes…a natural syrup will be created.

Make the biscuits per box directions & add a small hand full of sugar to sweeten

Slice biscuits when cool…fill with strawberries, favorite whipped topping, top with a sliced strawberry and serve!

My mil made this for him everytime he came home on leave...he said it always "tasted like a bit of home".!

Ah yes. This is livin'...My mother made shortcake this way forever..I made it last night, in fact; we add some water after the sugar has infused the berries at room temp for a couple of hours---it makes extra juice for absorbing into the Bisquick shortcakes, which we loosely break up, rather than slice/ AND only f-r-e-s-h- whipped cream will do...!

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by ff18wife

I have the recipe for Amish Friendship Bread but it won't do anyone any good without a bag of the starter...which I also have. Can't seem to find anyone who wants this stuff...lol...but I like making it now that I've gotten good at it and I Googled it and found that you can vary the flavors which I want to try as well...

Keep those yummy recipes coming.... Thanks guys!!!

I found this recipe for the "starter" for the Amish Friendship bread so now you could share your recipe!!

Measure Ingredient
1 pack Active dry yeast
2½ cup Warm water
2 cup Sifted flour
1 tblsp Sugar
1 cup Milk
1 cup Flour
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Flour
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Milk


Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of the warm water in a deep glass or plastic container. Stir in remaining warm water, flour and sugar. Beat until smooth. Cover with loose fitting cover. DO NOT REFRIGERATE!
The starter requires 10 days for fermentation as follows:
DAYS 1, 2, 3 and 4: Stir batter
DAY 5: Add 1 cup each milk, flour, sugar and stir
DAYS 6, 7, 8and 9: Stir batter each day
DAY 10: Add 1 cup each flour, sugar, milk; stir.

The batter is ready to use. This makes 3 cups batter to use in the recipes. If you want to you may put 1 cup batter each into 3 containers and give 1 or 2 away. Save 1 cup to begin process all over again OR you can use all 3 cups batter for the recipes at 1 time and when you want to bake these again just start the starter again.

[ff18wife]

Thanks Jungle George.

Here is the recipe I was given with a bag of starter from one of my neighbors.

I've tried substituting applesauce for oil and adding small bits of fresh apple. It came out thicker and moister than the basic recipe but still good. You can also Google it for variations in flavor. I think next time I'm going to try choc chip.

Amish Friendship Bread
Do NOT use any type of metal spoon for mixing.
Do NOT refrigerate
If air gets in, let it out.
If is normal for batter to rise, bubble and ferment.
Day 1 : Do Nothing
Day 2: Mush the bag
Day 3: Mush the bag
Day 4: Mush the bag
Day 5: Mush the bag
Day 6: Add to the bag 1 C. Flour, 1 C. Sugar and 1 C. Milk. Mush the bag
Day 7: Mush the bag
Day 8: Mush the bag
Day 9: Mush the bag
Day 10: Follow the instructions below:
1. Pour entire contents of the bag into a non-metal bowl.
2. Add 1 ½ C. Flour, 1 ½ C. Sugar, 1 ½ C. Milk.
3. Measure out 4 separate batters of 1 cup each into gallon zip loc bags. Keep one starter for yourself and give the other three to friends with a copy of the recipe. It helps if you mark each bag with the date of Day 1.
4. Preheat oven to 325.
5. To remaining batter in the bowl, add:
3 eggs, 1 C. oil (or ½ C. applesauce), ½ C. milk, 1 C. sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp vanilla, ½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt and 2 cups flour and 1 small box vanilla pudding.
6. Grease 2 large loaf pans and mix additional ½ C. sugar and ½ tsp cinnamon. Dust the greased pans with half of the mixture.
7. Pour the batter evenly into the 2 pans and sprinkle the remaining sugar mixture over the top.
8. Bake 1 hour. Cool until bread loosens from the pan evenly. (About 10 mins.)
9. Turn out onto a serving dish. Serve warm or cold.

If you keep a starter for yourself, you will be baking every 10 days. The bread is very good and makes a great gift. Only the Amish know how to create the starter so if you give them all away, you will have to wait until someone gives you one back. Enjoy! You may use lemon pudding with poppy seeds or banana pudding with pecans.

Please keep in mind that out of one “starter bag” you get mix for 2 loaves of bread and 4 more starter bags.