Plum Pie

We got a bunch of plums from a neighbor. They are delicious but they are quickly getting too ripe so I have been making yummy treats I really shouldn't be making (because I am eating them). I made this plum pie last night. The girls are eating the last of it this morning and I want to make another one, it was so good. It has a really easy crust- no rolling out and simple ingredients. It actually tastes like shortbread to me. I think it would be good with any kind of fruit. I am going to make one with apple. Anyways- if you want to give it a try. I hope you enjoy (I know I am enjoying it too much).

Sidenote: After I poured the eggs on, I didn't quickly spread it over the pie so I had a couple of egg puddles. When I do it again- I will pour the eggs all over and then smooth it out right away.

Ingredients

• 8 plums (about 1 pound)
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten

PASTRY SHELL

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

Directions

1. 1

   PASTRY SHELL Combine flour and sugar; add butter and vinegar, mixing well. press evenly into bottom and halfway up sides of lightly greased 10-inch piepan. Prick bottom with a fork.

2. 2

   Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

3. 3

   Cut each plum into 8 wedges; discard pits. Sprinkle flour evenly in bottom of partially baked pastry shell. Arrange plum wedges side by side in pastry shell, overlapping slightly.

4. 4

   Combine cinnamon and sugar;sprinkle over plums. Pour eggs over top, covering surface evenly. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until top is lightly browned.

Here is the link on Recipezaar.

chewy peanut butter brownies

Josh made these yesterday and they are yummy. We even had fun taking pictures. They are from the "3 books in 1" recipe book that Joy gave us for Christmas (pg2).

Chewy Peanut Butter Brownies
3/4 c. (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted
3/4 c. creamy peanut butter
1 3/4 c. sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 13*9 inch baking pan.
2. Combine butter and peanut butter in large bowl; mix well. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs; beat until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt just until blended. Remove 1 3/4 cups batter into small bowl; stir cocoa into remaining batter.
3. Spread cocoa batter evenly in bottom of prepared pan. Top with remaining 1 3/4 cups of reserved batter. Bake 30 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars.

Pancakes

I love this recipe for pancakes- if you have the time to make them from scratch or have run out of the just add water kind. I actually crave these pancakes and I am not even pregnant!

1 large egg

1 cup all purpose flour or whole wheat flour

3/4 cup milk

1 TBSP sugar or brown sugar

2 TBSP vegetable oil

3 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

Beat the egg until fluffy. Beat in the remaining ingredients until smooth. For thinner pancakes stir in 1-2 TBSP milk.

Cook pancakes the way you normally do. (I didn't want to type out all those instructions).

Notes:

I double the recipe, using half all purpose flour and half wheat flour. Sometimes I use powdered milk- I just add about 4-5 TBSP powdered milk and 1 and 1/2 cup water (this is for a double batch). If you were doing just a single batch it would be 2 and 1/4 TBSP powdered milk to 3/4 cup water. You don't need to make the milk before adding it- just put the powdered milk and the water in with all the other ingredients.

These pancakes come out really fluffy (I think because of all the baking powder) and with the wheat flour it has a nice texture.

I hope you enjoy!