Herb Popovers

by Betty Crocker

These fragrant popovers are easy to make. Just whip up the batter in a blender, fill muffin cups and bake to golden perfection.

Ingredients:

2	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
2	cups fat-free (skim) milk
1	teaspoon dried basil leaves
1/2	teaspoon onion salt
2	eggs
4	egg whites 1Heat oven to 450ºF. Spray two 6-cup popover pans or twelve 6-ounce custard cups with cooking spray. 2Place all ingredients in blender. Cover and blend on medium speed about 15 seconds, stopping blender to scrape sides if necessary, just until smooth. 3Fill cups about 1/2 full. Bake 20 minutes. 4Reduce oven temperature to 350º. Bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until deep golden brown. Immediately remove from cups. Serve hot. Expert Tips: Popovers are the original quick bread. Before the invention of baking powder in 1850, popovers were one of the few types of bread that could be made quickly. Perfect popovers are easy to achieve. Two tips: Don't underbake, and don't peek! Opening the oven door lets in cool air, which can cause the popovers to fall. Nutrition Information 1 Serving (1 Serving) Calories 100  (Calories from Fat 10 ), Total Fat 1 g (Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 35 mg; Sodium 120 mg; Total Carbohydrate 18 g (Dietary Fiber 1 g, Protein 6 g; Percent Daily Value*: Calcium ; Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1/2 Very Lean Meat; *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

SUGAR FREE ORANGE (strawberry) BANANA BREAD by Colleen Lasko

1 c. whole wheat flour
1 c. oat flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
4 mashed ripe bananas
1 (6 oz.) can frozen unsweetened orange juice, thawed
2 eggs, beaten
1 c. fresh strawberries, diced
1/2 tsp. almond extract

Mix dry ingredients. Blend well the bananas, orange juice, eggs and extract. Add dry ingredients. Stir in strawberries. Pour into greased loaf pan or pans. Bake in 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until well done. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool on rack. Slice thinly.


Colleen's comments: "Um, at the end, I also thought it was a little weird that there wasn't any butter so I stirred about 1/4 cup butter in, and what was left of our cream cheese (about 1 oz.). I also greased the pans with butter. We ate one whole loaf not long after it came out of the oven. Luckily we still have one loaf left."


Colleen! I'll be sure to try these and post a picture to see! I bet they are so pretty!