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Gone to Heaven Chocolate Pie – What’s not to love

Feb 9, 2020

Nancy Lee and Me - Gone to Heaven Chocolate Pie

Gone to Heaven Chocolate Pie – A light and airy chocolate filling using dark chocolate chips.

Origin of Chocolate

It all started in Latin America. Chocolate’s 4,000-year history began in ancient Mesoamerica, present day Mexico. It’s here that the first cacao plants were found. The Olmec, one of the earliest civilizations in Latin America, were the first to turn the cacao plant into chocolate.

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Nancy Lee and Me - Gone to Heaven Chocolate Pie

Gone to Heaven Chocolate Pie

A light and airy chocolate filling using dark chocolate chips.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, dark chocolate, pie
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 540kcal
Author: Hersheys

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups Hershey's dark chocolate chips 12 oz pkg divided
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 3 cups milk
  • 2 tbsp butter softened
  • 1 9 inch Pie Shell pre-made
  • whip cream for topping (optional)

Instructions

  • Bake pie shell; cool. Stir together sugar, cornstarch and salt in 2 quart saucepan. Combine egg yolks and milk in container with pouring spout. Gradually blend milk mixture into sugar mixture. (You can use a pre-made pie shell to save time)
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Add 1-3/4 cups chocolate chips; stir until chips are melted and mixture is well blended. Pour into prepared pie shell; press plastic wrap onto filling. Cool. Refrigerate several hours or until chilled and firm. Garnish with whipped cream and remaining chocolate chips, if desired. Makes 8 servings.

Nutrition

Calories: 540kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 350mg | Potassium: 436mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 365IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 255mg | Iron: 1mg

Bread Pudding – Love this blast from the past

Dec 28, 2019

Nancy Lee and Me - Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding – A pudding being made only with boiling water, sugar, and spices. This is one of my favorite desserts.

Origin

Frugal cooks in 11th and 12th century England, where it originated, could only afford to soak the bread in hot water before squeezing it dry and then adding a mix of whatever sugar and spices they had on hand.

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Bread Pudding

This is one of my favorite desserts.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 194kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 beaten eggs
  • 2 1/4 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp finely shredded orange peel optional
  • 1/2 tsp ground cardamom or cinnamon
  • 4 cups dry french bread or regular bread cubes
  • 1/3 cup tart red cherries, cranberries or raisins

Instructions

  • In a bowl beat together eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, orange peel and cardamom or cinnamon.
  • In an ungreased 2 quart square baking dish toss together bread cubes and dried fruit
  • Pour egg mixture evenly over bread mixture
  • Bake in 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
  • Cool slightly serve warm top with whipped cream.

Nutrition

Serving: 1dish | Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 26.5g | Protein: 4.6g | Fat: 4.8g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 140mg

Banana Bread – Love this warmed with butter

Dec 27, 2019

Nancy Lee and Me - Banana Bread

This banana bread is moist and delicious with loads of banana flavor!

Origin

Banana bread is thought to have originated in the United States in the early 1900s. What is this? One theory is that it was created by enterprising housewives who were looking for ways to use up overripe bananas before they went bad.

Another theory suggests that it was created by companies that were looking for ways to promote the sale of their newly developed baking powder.

Whatever its origins, there’s no denying that it is a delicious part of American culinary history.

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Banana “Nana” Bread

This banana bread is moist and delicious with loads of banana flavor!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana, banana bread
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 229kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 1/3 cups mashed over ripen bananas

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 229kcal | Carbohydrates: 34.8g | Protein: 3.8g | Fat: 8.8g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 223mg

Homemade Cranberry Sauce – Your guest will love this

Dec 17, 2019

Nancy Lee and Me - Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Nothing better than fresh. You have to try this Homemade Cranberry Sauce.

Origin

History. The recipe for this appears in the 1796 edition of American Cookery by Amelia Simmons, the first known cookbook authored by an American. In 1606, the Mi’kmaq people introduced the French settlers in Port Royal, Nova Scotia to Cranberries.

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Nothing better than fresh. You have to try this Homemade Cranberry Sauce.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cranberry, sauce
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 28kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cups fresh cranberries (abt 8 oz)

Instructions

  • In a medium saucepan combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil stirring to dissolve the sugar. Boil rapidly for 5 minutes.
  • Add cranberries and return to a boil. Reduce heat. Boil gently uncovered over medium-high heat for 3 to 4 minutes or until skins pop, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat serve warm or chilled. Makes 2 cups.

Nutrition

Serving: 2tbsp | Calories: 28kcal | Carbohydrates: 24.2g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 1mg

Gingerbread – Holiday favorite the family will love

Dec 9, 2019

Nancy Lee and Me - Gingerbread

Gingerbread – I remember this from when I was a kid. My mother made it all the time.

Origin

According to Rhonda Massingham Hart’s Making Houses, the first known recipe for this treat came from Greece in 2400 BC. Chinese recipes were developed during the 10th century and by the late Middle Ages, Europeans had their own version we know today.

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Gingerbread

I remember this from when I was a kid. My mother made it all the time.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 8 pieces
Calories: 375kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 5 tbsp butter melted
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Whipped Cream

Instructions

  • Combine egg, sugar, molasses, butter and water mix well.
  • In a large bowl stir together flour, baking soda, ginger, and salt; add molasses mixture and beat until mixed well.
  • Pour into a greased 8-inch square baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until cake tests done. (insert toothpick near the center should come out clean)
  • Serve warm topped with whipped cream

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 65.3g | Protein: 4.4g | Fat: 11.2g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 435mg

Easy Turkey Gravy – So easy you will love it

Nov 20, 2019

Nancy Lee and Me - Easy Turkey Gravy

Easy Turkey Gravy – This is easy recipe and your can make it anytime.

Origin of the Turkey

Farmyard turkeys were domesticated from a species called the Wild Turkey, native to the eastern and southwestern states and parts of Mexico. It’s likely that the Mayans of southern Mexico were the first to domesticate turkeys, maybe 2000 years ago.

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Turkey Gravy

Easy Turkey Gravy

This is easy recipe and your can make it anytime.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 28 servings
Calories: 22kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Turkey or Chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup butter (1/2 a stick)
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Melt butter in medium pan over medium low heat and season with salt and pepper
  • Once melted, add in flour and whisk constantly
  • Continue whisking your roux until you've got a smooth, paste-like mixture.
  • Slowly pour in your 2 cups of stock while stirring
  • Cook gravy another 10 minutes or until thick stirring occasionally.
  • Taste to adjust seasoning. Serve immediately or keep on low heat until ready to serve.

Notes

From the Center Cut Cook

Nutrition

Calories: 22kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.5g | Protein: 0.9g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 227mg

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