Friday Desserts
It's finally Friday, time to get ready for the weekend. Here are six yummy dessert recipes to help you through the weekend, including Puff Puff and 7Up Cake. Enjoy!
FROZEN BERRY-BANANA CREAM POPS
This is from the Mayo Clinic. To view this recipe online, go to http://diet.mayoclinic.org/diet/recipe/frozen-berry-banana-cream-pops.
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups plain, fat-free yogurt
1-1/2 cups fresh or frozen berries (blueberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries)
1 large banana, sliced
6 paper cups, 5-oz. to 9-oz. size
Aluminum foil
Wooden Popsicle® sticks
Instructions
Place yogurt, fruit (slightly thaw frozen fruit first) and banana in a blender. Blend until smooth.
Divide mixture evenly into paper cups.
Cover each paper cup with foil. Make a slit in the center of the foil covers and insert one Popsicle stick in each cup.
Place in freezer for 3 to 4 hours or until frozen solid.
Peel off paper cup and serve.
Serves 6.
PUFF PUFF
This is from Yewande Komolafe in the The New York Times cooking email. Yewande wrote, “The genius of puff puff is in the simplicity of the dough: A nutmeg-spiked batter, a bit of patience for the yeast to rise and time to fry up the balls will result in the most delightful little puffs. If the batter seems wet, you are on the right track. The consistency should be similar to a yeasted pancake or waffle batter. Tossing the fried dough in spiced sugar is optional, but recommended: The added layer creates an irresistible crunch. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.”
Yield: 8 to 10 servings (about 32 puffs); Time: 30 minutes, plus rising
This was featured in “Yewande Komolafe’s 10 Essential Nigerian Recipes” and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020287-puff-puff.
Ingredients
For the Puff Puff:
1-1/2 cups warm water or whole milk (110 degrees)
4 teaspoons active dry yeast
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
3 to 4 cups canola oil or other neutral oil, for frying
For the Spiced Sugar:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
Pinch of ground cloves
Preparation
In a small bowl, whisk together the warm water, yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar. Let sit until foamy, 8 to 10 minutes.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, nutmeg and the remaining sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the yeast mixture once it’s foamy. Combine, stirring with a wooden spoon, to incorporate all the ingredients into a smooth batter. The batter should be wet and slightly loose, similar to a yeasted waffle batter.
Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel, and allow dough to double in size, about 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the spiced sugar: In a medium bowl, toss the sugar, nutmeg, allspice and cloves to combine; set aside.
Pour 1 inch of oil into a large, deep skillet. Line a baking sheet with a rack or paper towels to absorb excess oil.
Once the batter has doubled in size, heat the oil over medium-high to 350 degrees. Drop tablespoonfuls of batter into the hot oil, working in batches to avoid crowding the skillet. Fry the puff puff, turning frequently until golden brown all over and cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes per batch. (Be careful not to let the oil get too hot or the exteriors will become overly dark before the interiors are cooked through.) Move the puff puff to the rack or paper towels to drain and repeat the process until all the batter has been fried.
Toss the puff puff in the spiced sugar to coat while still warm. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
STRAWBERRY PIE
Several weeks ago, my daughter and I checked out a local fruit stand and came away with a quart of strawberries. They were on sale for $3 for a quart, so how could we pass them up?
Of course, then we had to decide what to do with all these yummy strawberries. And what better use for them than in a pie? So, here goes what I made.
Ingredients
1 quart strawberries
1 C sugar
3 Tablespoons corn start
3/4 cup hot water
1 pie crust
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place pie crust in an ungreased pie pan. Using a fork, pierce crust a couple of times (though don't go overboard), and bake for 10 - 15 minutes, or until lightly brown.
Note: If you're using a store-bought pie crust, bake until brown according to the package directions.
Wash strawberries. Cut up half of the berries (about 1 pint) and arrange in pie crust. You don't need to cut the strawberries too small; maybe in half or, for larger strawberries, in fourths.
Mash the remaining berries and place in a medium saucepan. Pour sugar over the strawberries in the pan and combine. Cook over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
In a small bowl, whisk hot water and cornstarch together, then stir into boiling strawberry mixture. Reduce heat, then simmer until mixture has thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour thickened mixture over berries in pie crust. Chill for several hours before serving. Oh, and be sure to share!
RAISIN OATMEAL COOKIES
This is from the infamous long-since-forgotten emailing list, though it looks like it was from a diabetic list.
Yield: 2-1/2 dozen cookies (1 per serving)
Ingredients
6 tablespoons margarine, softened
1/4 cup fat-free sour cream
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1-1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins for baking
Directions
Mix margarine, sour cream, egg, and vanilla in large bowl; mix in brown sugar. Mix in combined oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Mix in raisins.
Drop dough onto greased cookie sheets, using 2 tablespoons for each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees F. until browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Nutritional Information Per Serving (1 cookie): Calories: 90, Fat: 2.7 g, Cholesterol: 7.1 mg, Sodium: 57 mg, Protein: 1.5 g, Carbohydrate: 15.3 g
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Bread/Starch, 1/2 Fat
7UP CAKE
This comes from Sam Sifton in The New York Times cooking e-newsletter. Sam wrote, “I love a clandestine soda in the preparation of food, a flash of carbonation where the French might use wine, or brandy. It may be transgressive to say so, but I’m hardly alone, for all those who cringe at the thought. Page through church or community cookbooks and you’ll find examples: Coke-spiked Jell-O situations, root beer-glazed fillets of salmon, beans simmered in Moxie. This recipe for a lemon-and-lime soda cake came to me a while back from a Times reader who thought I’d appreciate it (I did!). She said she’d gotten it from a grandmother down south, who stored it on an index card placed in her copy of the cookbook published by the Symphony League of Jackson, Miss., in 1971. The original called for oleo and Crisco oil. I swapped these out for dairy and neutral oil, and a little less soda, and an additional 15 minutes in the oven. This leaves the cake toast-brown and glistening, glossy-crumbed and high-risen, a marvelous moist yellow within. I’m no shill for Big Soda. You could just as easily make it with plain sparkling water and a spritz of lemon or lime. You could make it with sparkling wine!”
Yield: 10 to 12 servings; Time: 1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling.
This was featured in “The Secret to Poundcake That Really Pops”, and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020510-7up-cake.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), at room temperature, plus additional for greasing
1/2 cup vegetable, canola or other neutral oil
3 cups granulated sugar
5 large eggs
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup 7Up
3 cups all-purpose flour
Preparation:
Heat oven to 350.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter, oil and sugar at medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, blending until incorporated, then blend in the lemon, vanilla and almond extracts. Add half the 7Up, blending until combined, then half the flour; repeat with the remaining 7Up, then the remaining flour until evenly blended.
Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan with butter; add cake batter. Bake until golden on top and firm to the touch, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert onto serving platter, and let cool to room temperature before slicing and serving.
MANGO AND PINEAPPLE CRUMBLE
This was posted at Vegetarian Times on July 11, 2019, and begins, “A home-style dessert gets a tropical twist by baking spiced mangoes and pineapple beneath a crunchy crumble topping. Serve with non-dairy, vanilla ice cream.”
Makes 6 servings.
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup plus 3 Tbs. packed light brown sugar, divided
1-1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon, divided
3/4 tsp. grated nutmeg, divided
1/4 tsp. ground allspice, divided
1/4 tsp. salt
5 Tbs. chilled vegan margarine, cut into pieces, divided
1/2 cup raw pecans, coarsely chopped
2 Tbs. unsweetened shredded coconut
3 mangoes, peeled, pitted, and cut into 1-inch cubes (2 1/2 cups)
1/2 pineapple, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch cubes (2 1/2 cups)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375°F. Coat 8-inch-square glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Combine flour, oats, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. nutmeg, 1/8 tsp. allspice, and salt in medium bowl. Add 4 Tbs. margarine, and rub with fingertips until mixture forms coarse meal. Press together until mixture begins to form moist clumps. Stir in pecans and coconut.
Combine remaining 3 Tbs. brown sugar, 3/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, and 1/8 tsp. allspice in large bowl. Add mangoes and pineapple, and toss to coat. Transfer to prepared baking dish; dot top with remaining 1 Tbs. margarine. Sprinkle oat topping over mango mixture.
Bake 40 minutes, or until topping is golden brown and juices bubble. Cool 10 to 20 minutes. Serve warm.
FROZEN BERRY-BANANA CREAM POPS
This is from the Mayo Clinic. To view this recipe online, go to http://diet.mayoclinic.org/diet/recipe/frozen-berry-banana-cream-pops.
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups plain, fat-free yogurt
1-1/2 cups fresh or frozen berries (blueberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries)
1 large banana, sliced
6 paper cups, 5-oz. to 9-oz. size
Aluminum foil
Wooden Popsicle® sticks
Instructions
Place yogurt, fruit (slightly thaw frozen fruit first) and banana in a blender. Blend until smooth.
Divide mixture evenly into paper cups.
Cover each paper cup with foil. Make a slit in the center of the foil covers and insert one Popsicle stick in each cup.
Place in freezer for 3 to 4 hours or until frozen solid.
Peel off paper cup and serve.
Serves 6.
PUFF PUFF
This is from Yewande Komolafe in the The New York Times cooking email. Yewande wrote, “The genius of puff puff is in the simplicity of the dough: A nutmeg-spiked batter, a bit of patience for the yeast to rise and time to fry up the balls will result in the most delightful little puffs. If the batter seems wet, you are on the right track. The consistency should be similar to a yeasted pancake or waffle batter. Tossing the fried dough in spiced sugar is optional, but recommended: The added layer creates an irresistible crunch. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.”
Yield: 8 to 10 servings (about 32 puffs); Time: 30 minutes, plus rising
This was featured in “Yewande Komolafe’s 10 Essential Nigerian Recipes” and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020287-puff-puff.
Ingredients
For the Puff Puff:
1-1/2 cups warm water or whole milk (110 degrees)
4 teaspoons active dry yeast
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
3 to 4 cups canola oil or other neutral oil, for frying
For the Spiced Sugar:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
Pinch of ground cloves
Preparation
In a small bowl, whisk together the warm water, yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar. Let sit until foamy, 8 to 10 minutes.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, nutmeg and the remaining sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the yeast mixture once it’s foamy. Combine, stirring with a wooden spoon, to incorporate all the ingredients into a smooth batter. The batter should be wet and slightly loose, similar to a yeasted waffle batter.
Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel, and allow dough to double in size, about 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the spiced sugar: In a medium bowl, toss the sugar, nutmeg, allspice and cloves to combine; set aside.
Pour 1 inch of oil into a large, deep skillet. Line a baking sheet with a rack or paper towels to absorb excess oil.
Once the batter has doubled in size, heat the oil over medium-high to 350 degrees. Drop tablespoonfuls of batter into the hot oil, working in batches to avoid crowding the skillet. Fry the puff puff, turning frequently until golden brown all over and cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes per batch. (Be careful not to let the oil get too hot or the exteriors will become overly dark before the interiors are cooked through.) Move the puff puff to the rack or paper towels to drain and repeat the process until all the batter has been fried.
Toss the puff puff in the spiced sugar to coat while still warm. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
STRAWBERRY PIE
Several weeks ago, my daughter and I checked out a local fruit stand and came away with a quart of strawberries. They were on sale for $3 for a quart, so how could we pass them up?
Of course, then we had to decide what to do with all these yummy strawberries. And what better use for them than in a pie? So, here goes what I made.
Ingredients
1 quart strawberries
1 C sugar
3 Tablespoons corn start
3/4 cup hot water
1 pie crust
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place pie crust in an ungreased pie pan. Using a fork, pierce crust a couple of times (though don't go overboard), and bake for 10 - 15 minutes, or until lightly brown.
Note: If you're using a store-bought pie crust, bake until brown according to the package directions.
Wash strawberries. Cut up half of the berries (about 1 pint) and arrange in pie crust. You don't need to cut the strawberries too small; maybe in half or, for larger strawberries, in fourths.
Mash the remaining berries and place in a medium saucepan. Pour sugar over the strawberries in the pan and combine. Cook over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
In a small bowl, whisk hot water and cornstarch together, then stir into boiling strawberry mixture. Reduce heat, then simmer until mixture has thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour thickened mixture over berries in pie crust. Chill for several hours before serving. Oh, and be sure to share!
RAISIN OATMEAL COOKIES
This is from the infamous long-since-forgotten emailing list, though it looks like it was from a diabetic list.
Yield: 2-1/2 dozen cookies (1 per serving)
Ingredients
6 tablespoons margarine, softened
1/4 cup fat-free sour cream
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1-1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins for baking
Directions
Mix margarine, sour cream, egg, and vanilla in large bowl; mix in brown sugar. Mix in combined oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Mix in raisins.
Drop dough onto greased cookie sheets, using 2 tablespoons for each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees F. until browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Nutritional Information Per Serving (1 cookie): Calories: 90, Fat: 2.7 g, Cholesterol: 7.1 mg, Sodium: 57 mg, Protein: 1.5 g, Carbohydrate: 15.3 g
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Bread/Starch, 1/2 Fat
7UP CAKE
This comes from Sam Sifton in The New York Times cooking e-newsletter. Sam wrote, “I love a clandestine soda in the preparation of food, a flash of carbonation where the French might use wine, or brandy. It may be transgressive to say so, but I’m hardly alone, for all those who cringe at the thought. Page through church or community cookbooks and you’ll find examples: Coke-spiked Jell-O situations, root beer-glazed fillets of salmon, beans simmered in Moxie. This recipe for a lemon-and-lime soda cake came to me a while back from a Times reader who thought I’d appreciate it (I did!). She said she’d gotten it from a grandmother down south, who stored it on an index card placed in her copy of the cookbook published by the Symphony League of Jackson, Miss., in 1971. The original called for oleo and Crisco oil. I swapped these out for dairy and neutral oil, and a little less soda, and an additional 15 minutes in the oven. This leaves the cake toast-brown and glistening, glossy-crumbed and high-risen, a marvelous moist yellow within. I’m no shill for Big Soda. You could just as easily make it with plain sparkling water and a spritz of lemon or lime. You could make it with sparkling wine!”
Yield: 10 to 12 servings; Time: 1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling.
This was featured in “The Secret to Poundcake That Really Pops”, and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020510-7up-cake.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), at room temperature, plus additional for greasing
1/2 cup vegetable, canola or other neutral oil
3 cups granulated sugar
5 large eggs
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup 7Up
3 cups all-purpose flour
Preparation:
Heat oven to 350.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter, oil and sugar at medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, blending until incorporated, then blend in the lemon, vanilla and almond extracts. Add half the 7Up, blending until combined, then half the flour; repeat with the remaining 7Up, then the remaining flour until evenly blended.
Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan with butter; add cake batter. Bake until golden on top and firm to the touch, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert onto serving platter, and let cool to room temperature before slicing and serving.
MANGO AND PINEAPPLE CRUMBLE
This was posted at Vegetarian Times on July 11, 2019, and begins, “A home-style dessert gets a tropical twist by baking spiced mangoes and pineapple beneath a crunchy crumble topping. Serve with non-dairy, vanilla ice cream.”
Makes 6 servings.
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup plus 3 Tbs. packed light brown sugar, divided
1-1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon, divided
3/4 tsp. grated nutmeg, divided
1/4 tsp. ground allspice, divided
1/4 tsp. salt
5 Tbs. chilled vegan margarine, cut into pieces, divided
1/2 cup raw pecans, coarsely chopped
2 Tbs. unsweetened shredded coconut
3 mangoes, peeled, pitted, and cut into 1-inch cubes (2 1/2 cups)
1/2 pineapple, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch cubes (2 1/2 cups)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375°F. Coat 8-inch-square glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Combine flour, oats, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. nutmeg, 1/8 tsp. allspice, and salt in medium bowl. Add 4 Tbs. margarine, and rub with fingertips until mixture forms coarse meal. Press together until mixture begins to form moist clumps. Stir in pecans and coconut.
Combine remaining 3 Tbs. brown sugar, 3/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, and 1/8 tsp. allspice in large bowl. Add mangoes and pineapple, and toss to coat. Transfer to prepared baking dish; dot top with remaining 1 Tbs. margarine. Sprinkle oat topping over mango mixture.
Bake 40 minutes, or until topping is golden brown and juices bubble. Cool 10 to 20 minutes. Serve warm.
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