Westland 8th Ward Relief Society

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Perfect Summer Salad

1 lb. romaine lettuce

1/2 cup pineapple

1/2 cup sliced strawberries

1/2 cup blueberries

1 can mandarin oranges

1/2 cup toasted pecans

poppyseed dressing (Kraft works well)

Slice fruit and combine with lettuce and dressing

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Mary Martinez' Yummy Flan

1 can condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Put ingredients in a blender and blend for 2 minutes. Pour into an 8 inch pie tin. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. That's it!

Thanks Mary! I can't wait to try this one.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Orange Creme Brownies

This is the original recipe, but when I made them I used two Betty Crocker brownie mixes to fill a 9x13 pan. I doubled the orange creme part to spread over the whole pan and I added a tablespoon of orange emulsion, which is a professional grade flavoring (I got it at Spoons & Spice, but I bet Gygi's would have it too), and grated the whole orange so there was lots of zest. I also added a bit of orange juice. If all you have is orange flavoring instead of the emulsion it'll work too, just add that as well as the vanilla flavoring and I'm sure it'll be fine.

I used Hershey Milk Chocolate Chips for the chocolate icing and since I was doing the 9x13 pan, I used the whole bag of chocolate chips instead of just 6 oz. but still only used a tablespoon of butter and crisco.

The hardest part about these brownies is trying to cut them after they're set. Scoring them is important, but I found I still had to warm the knife in hot water before each cut.

Happy Baking!

Cheryl

Orange Creme

1/2 Cup butter, softened

2 cups confectioner's sugar

1 teaspoon grated orange peel

1 teaspoon milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

In small mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in orange peel, milk, and vanilla. Makes 1/2 cup.

Chocolate Icing

1 package (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate morsels

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon vegetable shortening

In small saucepan, combine chocolate morsels, butter and shortening. Stir over very low heat until melted.

Hope that helps!

Meredith

Service Auction

In October we had a great Relief Society meeting. We held an "All Dolled Up" service auction where sisters got to earn points not only for service and good works, but for their fancy get-ups as well. There were several beautiful items on display as well as lots of great services offered. It was a fun way to share our talents and a good excuse to get dressed up silly.