Showing posts with label Gooseberry Patch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gooseberry Patch. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Smothered Green Beans

When I shared my Boxing Day table with you couple of days ago, and told you what a great success the gathering was, I also promised some recipes. I made good with my recipe for Butter Pecan Cinnamon Rolls, and now here comes another recipe for the very popular green beans. Now I don't want to hear any snorts of derision when I tell you that this recipe calls for canned green beans. Frankly, I like them. When I was a kid I would eat them straight from the can. It may seem crazy, but how many kids do you know who snack on vegetables?

This recipe is so easy, and so good; you'd be wise to add it to your vegetable recipe repertoire. I made it the night before so all I had to do was slide it into a preheated oven the day of the party. Everyone loved it, and when children come back for seconds, you know it's a hit.
Smothered Green Beans
Adapted from Gooseberry Patch​
5 (15-oz) cans green beans, drained
6 strips bacon
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
1-1/2 tsp garlic powder

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Pour drained green beans in an ungreased 9x13-inch pan.

In a large skillet, cook bacon until almost done but not too crispy. Remove from skillet, drain on paper towel and chop. Sprinkle cooked bacon on top of green beans.

Whisk together brown sugar, melted butter, soy sauce, and garlic powder. Pour over green beans.

Bake for 40 minutes.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

PECAN SANDIES

It's not often that I make these cookies and I really can't say why because they are delicious.  They're easy to make, have a wonderful nutty, crunchy/crumbly texture, and a great sugar cookie taste.  The recipe is easy to follow and unlike a lot of recipes where you are overloaded with dough and spend half the day baking them, this makes little more than a couple of dozen.  
The recipe, as you can see, is from the Gooseberry Patch Old-Fashioned Country Cookies Cookbook.  I'm reproducing the page here, so you get a bonus recipe as well (though I've not tried this one and so can't vouch for them.)
During the warm days of spring and summer when you don't want to spend a lot of time dealing with a hot oven, these bake up quickly and will be most welcome at any outdoor event.
Give them a try.  You'll be the hit of the neighborhood!


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