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Key West Key Lime Pie

This pie will serve about 8

• 4 eggs (separate out all egg whites but one)
• 1 can of Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk
• 1/3 cup Key Lime Juice
• Zest from a lime
• 1 baked pie shell

Beat the yolks of 4 eggs and the white of one until thick. Add the condensed milk and beat again. Add the lime juice and zest and beat until thick. Rinse off the beaters and using a clean bowl beat the 3 remaining egg whites until dry and then fold into the mixture.

Pour into the baked pie shell go by package directions or pastry recipe directions for baking pie shell (Use Montana flour for your pastry ) and bake in a preheated 300 degree oven until set – watch pie – give of take 20 to 30 minutes depending on your oven. When knife tip comes out clean – pie is done.

Allow to cool and refrigerate until time to serve.

Honey Baked Bananas

This is so simple but so rich!

This serves 4

• 4 firm ripe bananas peeled and cut into halves
• 1 TBSP butter melted
• ¼ cup honey – (try different honey – Lavender honey or Montana honey or my other favorite tupelo honey. If you are lucky and know someone who keeps bees ask and I bet they would share for a taste of this recipe.
• 1 TBSP orange juice
• ¼ cup chopped pecans

Now this recipe calls for baking in the oven at 375 degrees for 15 minutes but I’m going to make this on the stove top – Melt your butter in a skillet and then place your bananas cut side down. Combine your honey and orange juice – and here is where I’m spicing it up! Add some Grand Marnier and orange zest! Mix well and pour over the bananas – reduce the heat and cook for about 5 to 10 minutes – or until your bananas are soft but still hold together.

Sprinkle on the pecans – mix and serve over really good ice cream – Wilcoxson’s vanilla or your favorite vanilla ice cream. A little goes along way – use a small scoop or just scoop one larger scoop of vanilla ice cream and top with warm bananas! YUM!

My Mama Jane Ward’s Peach Cobbler

It is different from any recipe for cobbler I know and to me is the best!

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. In a baking dish place 6 TBSP of butter – put that into your oven to melt while the oven is preheating.

While that is happening mix in a bowl

• ¾ cup of flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt

Add to this ¾ cup of milk

Remove you pan with melted butter and pour your batter into the hot dish – add your choice of fruit – 2 cups or less you can use fresh or canned or even frozen – try using a really good homemade jam or what about using some apples from your tree? – Then bake for 30 minutes or until middle is set.

Serve warm or cold with cream! The BEST!!! Serve it up in a bowl…pour cream over the top!

Strawberries with Really Good Balsamic Vinegar

Slice up strawberries in a bowl – drizzle with really good balsamic vinegar (the thicker the vinegar the better –longer it has been aged) over the top of the strawberries and sprinkle with Splenda (or sugar) about three packets of Splenda or 1 TSBP of sugar or loose Splenda.

Mix up and serve in a martini glass or any serving dish you desire. Super easy and tastes wonderful!

Thank you for joining me for Cookin with Susan – Slow Food – Montana Style where we use Montana products, the food tastes great, is easy to make!

Until our next show- Eat well and be happy!