Baked Chocolate Cherry Pudding v1.0

Baked Chocolate Cherry Pudding
Originally uploaded by Phoebe Swyft.

Wet layer:
1 1/4 C water
1/4 C butter
1 C brown sugar
1 1/2 C fresh cherries (frozen if fresh not available)
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder

Dough layer:
1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
1/2 C water
2 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 C sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 C sour cream
1/2 C butter, softened or melted
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs

Preheat oven to 350

Wet layer:
- In sauce pan, combine water and butter. Heat till butter is melted.
- Reduce heat to low.
-Add brown sugar and cocoa to water mixture. Beat until smooth.
-Spread cherries on bottom of 9 W x 9 L x 2 H pan. Pour sugar mixture over cherries.
-Set pan aside.

Dough layer:
-Melt baking chocolate in double boiler.
-In large bowl add flour, sugar, soda and salt.
-Add sour cream, butter,water, vanilla and eggs.
-Add melted chocolate to mixture.
-Beat until smooth
-Spoon batter over cherry mixture.

-Bake 40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a dough mass comes out clean.
-Let cool to room temperature.
-Serve.

Notes:
-Place foil or a cookie sheet under the baking pan to avoid overflow spilling in oven.
-Pudding can be stored in it's baking dish unrefridgerated for a few days in a cake keeper or by placing foil over the top.

Grits/cornmeal mush

1 double serving of cornmeal mush.

1 1/2 C water
1/2 C grits or cornmeal

a) bring water to boil

b) stir in grits/cornmeal

c) season or add additional ingredients as desired.

d) cover and cook on low for 6 minutes. Stir frequently.

Serving suggestion: If making plain grits/cornmeal mush, try adding a little butter after the mush has been put in serving bowl. It adds some flavor and keeps the mush from drying out as quickly.

Banana Orange Bran Muffins v1.0

3 C all bran cereal or oatmeal
2 C nonfat milk

2 C all purpose flour
1/2 C brown sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
4 Tbsp protein powder* (optional)

1 C egg substitute
2 mashed bananas, should resemble puree
1 banana crushed into chunks
zest of one small orange
juice of one small orange, some pulp is ok

A) Preheat oven to 350 F

B) Grease muffin pans

C) Combine bran cereal and milk. Set aside.

D) Mix flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and protein powder

E) Mix eggs, banana, orange juice and orange zest

F) Add wet mixture to milk and bran mixture

G) Combine wet and dry mixtures

H) Pour batter into muffin pans

I) Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

J) Let muffins cool in muffin pans.

* I used egg and milk based protein powder

Serving suggestion: Serve with lots of milk or your favorite hot or cold beverage.

Notes-

These muffins can be frozen.

These muffins can be made vegan by substituting tofu, tofu yogurt, soy/almond milk and soy based protein powder where appropriate. There are plenty of resources for ways to integrate these substitutes into recipes on the web.