Apricot Banana Frappes Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter and sugars until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add egg; mix well. Stir in banana and cream. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in apricots and walnuts. , Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill three-fourths full with batter. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

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• In a standard sized blender, add the first 4 ingredients and blend until well combined. Add enough orange juice to fill the blender container to the top and then blend again. Pour into 5 fancy, stemmed glasses and refrigerate for 1 hour. Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve.

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• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put all dry ingredients in a food processor, including walnuts and pulse until combined. Whisk together the egg yolk and water in a small bowl. Add the butter to the dry ingredients and cut the butter into the mixture by pulsing. Add the yolk and water and pulse until the dough just comes together. Remove dough to a flat surface and gently knead until it comes together into a cohesive mass. Wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut the dough into 4-inch circles. Transfer the circles to a baking sheet and bake until lightly browned, about 12 to15 minutes. Let cool on a baking rack.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan on top of the grill. Add the sugar, cinnamon and salt and pepper and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle fruit with salt and pepper. Grill the fruit on both sides, brushing with the butter mixture, until just cooked through. Remove the fruit to a platter.
• Combine sugar and water. Cook over medium heat until sugar caramelizes to a dark golden brown. Slowly add the butter, then cream and whisk until smooth. Strain the sauce into a bowl and whisk in the rum. Keep warm.
• Arrange grilled fruit on top of the cookies. Drizzle with the sauce and serve with vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream.

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• Blend everything together well until smooth and frothy. Serve and enjoy! VARIATIONS Substitute peaches for the apricots. Substitute apricot or peach sorbet for the yogurt, and add 1?2 teaspoon vanilla.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream the margarine and brown sugar.
• Blend in the preserves, eggs and vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Add alternately with the bananas, mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine bananas and buttermilk. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana, beating well after each addition. Stir in bran, apricots and nuts. , Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, mix well.
• Mix bananas and buttermilk.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda,and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana mixture.
• Stir in bran, apricots, and nuts.
• Pour in greased 9in loaf pan.
• Bake at 350* for 55-60 minutes, until bread tests done.
• Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening; lightly flour. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the preserves for Apricot Glaze.
• In large bowl, mix brown sugar and butter. Stir remaining preserves, the vanilla and eggs into brown sugar mixture. Stir in remaining bar ingredients until dry ingredients are moistened. Spread in pan.
• Bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth and spreadable.
• Spread glaze over warm bars; cool. For bars, cut into 10 rows by 5 rows.