Mini Pies

Have you ever wanted a piece of pie but didn't want to bake a 9 or 10 inch pie for yourself. Besides having a whole pie is too tempting for me. I came upon an idea of making a Mini Pie. I was given this idea by another cook. She makes pot pies in muffin tins. They are perfect for one person and a good way of using leftover vegetables. Back to the Mini Pies. I only use fresh or frozen fruit. Roll out the crust and cut to fit a muffin tin. The picture above showes an apple pie with lattice for the top crust. I usually use a large round cookie cutter to make the top crust and a larger cookie cutter to make the bottom crust. I fill the bottom crust with fresh fruit or frozen fruit, add sugar and cinnamon if desired. Bake for 15 or 20 minutes at 350 degrees, depending on your oven. You can use cute cookie cutters for the top crust if desired. These make great gifts for parents or grandparents.

Pan Coating for Pans

Good Morning,

Would you like to be able to quit lining your cake pans with wax paper or coating them with shortening and flour? I have an easy solution for you. All you need is a plastic container, shortening, vegetable oil or your preferred kind of oil, flour and a pastry brush. Measure equal parts of shortening, oil and flour (I use 1 cup of each which makes a total of 3 cups when I'm finished). Put the shortening, oil and flour in a mixing bowl and beat until smooth. Pour into the plastic container. When you are ready to bake a cake, brush a thin coat of the mixture on the bottom and sides of the cake pan. Then pour the cake dough into the pan and bake. Your cake will come out clean after running a knife around the sides of the cake to loosen it.

This mixture will keep for a long time especially when kept in the refrigerator. Just be sure to take it out of the refrigerator to warm up before coating a pan.

If you don't bake a lot of cakes you might want to use 1/2 cup of each or even 1/4 cup of each. Here in my bakery I mix up 1 cup of each because I bake a lot of cakes. I also use it on my bread pans.

This is so much better than spray coating your pans.

Beer Bread---Beer Bread Mixes

Annie's Accents Bakery is proud to announce our newest products. We are now making Beer Bread and we also have Beer Bread Mixes. All you have to add with the mixes is the beer or non-alcoholic beverage and butter. All of the directions are included with each mix. We also enclose instructions for different varieties. Our Beer Bread comes in 1 lb. loaves and the Mixes make 2-1 lb. loaves. Check them out at our website http://www.anniesaccentsbakery.net

We will also be adding different flavors of our Beer Bread shortly.

Fall is in the Air

It is hard to believe but Fall here and Halloween is upon us and the holidays are right around the corner. This last week I have been working on Mincemeat for pies, ordering products for Fruit Cakes and baking cookies for the Farmer's Market this Wednesday.

I am so excited about the Indoor Winter Market that we are putting together. The members of the Farmer's Market are getting together and going to have an Indoor Winter Market this year after the Summer Market closes on the 29th of October. The Indoor Winter Market opens on November 1 and will be open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 am to 1 pm. We are all excited about it.

I am also going to add another new line of products from my bakery. I'm adding pet treats.

I have now made my first sugar free fruit and pumpkin pies for the Market. My mother gave me the Family recipe for Mincemeat and I made a couple of Mincemeat Pies for the Market. I'm thinking of putting enough Mincemeat in a jar and sealing it like my jams and jellies and selling Grandma's Mincemeat for Pies.

Check out my website at http://www.anniesaccentsbakery.net

New Jam and Jelly Jars

Above you will see the new taller jars for our Jam, Jellies and Fruit Butters. We also have some Sugar Free, Made with Splenda. Each jar is 8 oz. just like the flatter ones but instead of being the wide mouth jars, they are the regular size. These make much nicer looking jars. The jams, jellies and fruit butters can be seen much better. Annie's Accents Bakery has been switching to these taller jars since late last fall. Please check out my Ryze Page and my websites at http://anniesaccentsbakery.vstore.ca or go to http://www.anniesaccentsbakery.net and click on the link that takes you to my vstore catalog.

Spring is finally here. Yesterday was Easter and we had sunshine, clouds, rain, sleet, and snow. I know that in Missouri they say if you don't like the weather just wait a little while and it will change. Today is a beautiful Spring day. We have sunshine and of course we have the March winds that we get each year at this time.

I hope that Everyone had a wonderful Easter.

St. Patrick's Day

It seems like spring today. The sun is shining and the temperature is supposed to get above 50 degrees. I think that the grass is beginning to start turning green but then St. Patrick's is right around the corner. Annie's Accents Bakery is getting in gear for it by making Shamrock cookies and also offering Green Jalapeno Pepper Jam. My great great grandparents on my great grandmother's side of the family came from County Cork in Ireland. We of course have Corned Beef on St. Patrick's Day. I have a Reuben Casserole just for St. Patrick's Day. Here it is

Reuben Casserole

16 oz. Sour Kraut

1 c. Sour Cream

1/2 c. Chopped Onion

1/2 c. Margarine

12 oz. can of Corned Beef

3/4 grated Swiss Cheese

1/2 lb loaf of Rye Bread

Thousand Island Dressing or Sandwich Spread (Optional)

Combine Kraut, sour cream and onion. Place in 8 X 8 X 2 pan. Crumble corn beef over mixture. Top with cheese and put bread crumbed up on top of cheese. Pour margarine over all and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. After the casserole has baked, I then add a layer of thousand Island Dressing or Sandwich Spread.

I hope that you enjoy St. Patrick's Day.

Sandra Justice

Annie's Accents Bakery

It's Now 2008!

Today is the first day of the New Year. For some reason I am excited about it. I always enjoy the holidays but today seems extra special for some reason. Call it a feeling. I have a feeling that this year is going to be special for my family and for my business. My granddaughter, Bri spent the night with me so I didn't go out to celebrate. My son and his girlfriend, Felicia came by this morning for breakfast. My parents were here too and everyone stayed for lunch.

Here is a new recipe to try out if you need an appetizer:

Ham Rolls

Take a slice of deli ham sliced thin but not shaved and lay flat. Spread soft cream cheese on the ham. Roll the ham and cream chees like a jelly roll. Cut into 3/4" to 1 " rolls. Put a stuffed olive on top and run a decorative toothpick into olive and ham roll for decoration. These are good and not sweet. I usually make them a day ahead.