Key Lime Pie, Easy

Key Lime Pie, Easy

9 inch diameter graham cracker crust, store bought

1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons Key West Lime juice

Whisk or stir the condensed milk, whipping cream and lime juice together. Pour into graham cracker crust. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Cool on counter for 15 minutes. Then place on flat hot pad or folded towel, in freezer and chill for an hour before serving.

Serves 6 – 8.

Biscotti with Oatmeal and Blood Orange

Biscotti with Oatmeal and Blood Orange

1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1 stick

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/16 or less teaspoon lavender salt

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup oatmeal

3 smaller, older blood oranges

Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and lavender salt. Add eggs and mix, thoroughly. Add first cup of flour with the baking powder and mix. Add second cup of flour and mix. Add oatmeal and mix. Peel, removing all pith and then chop the blood oranges, removing any seeds. Stir into mixture. Drop by spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies.

Note: Authentic biscotti are baked twice and uniform in size. This is a quick, tasty biscotti recipe.

Book Review: An Inconvenient Alphabet: Benjamin Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution

Beth Anderson writes about evolving goals and long term projects in her book about the first American English dictionary, An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster’s Spelling Revolution (Simon & Schuster). Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley, bright colors and lively characters draw the reader through history. A fun read for elementary students and older readers as Ms. Anderson includes a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

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Mixed Berry Cobbler

Variation 1 – Everyday Mixed Berry Cobbler

3 cups small frozen mixed berries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries

1 cup flour

½ cup sugar

½ cup butter – 1 stick

1/16 teaspoon lavender salt

Add flour, sugar and lavender salt to a bowl and mix with a slotted spoon. Cut in butter and mix with a hand held mixer. Mixture will be crumbly. Grease an 8.5 inch deep dish pie pan. Place 3 cups of frozen mixed berries in the pie pan. Top with half of the flour, sugar and butter mixture. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.

Serves 2-3.

Refrigerate the remaining flour, sugar, butter topping and in two or three days make a second cobbler.

Posted by Beth at Monday, May 18, 2020