July as National Ice Cream Month and Sunday, July 19 is National Ice Cream Day.
Make these ice cream sundaes for your family.
Ice Cream Sundae with Chocolate Sauce
For each sundae
Banana slices
1 large scoop vanilla ice cream (or flavor of your choice)
2 ounces chocolate sauce (see recipe below)
1 heaping tablespoon chopped almonds, watlnuts, peanuts
1 dollop whipped cream
Sprinkles
In a dish, add sliced bananas and ice cream; then cover with warm chocolate sauce. Top with chopped nuts, whipped cream, and sprinkles.
Chocolate Sauce
1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup sugar
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
Pinch of salt
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup Watkins Cocoa (unsweetened)
1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla Extract
In a medium saucepan, combine cream and butter. Stir over medium heat until butter is melted and mixture comes to a slow boil. Add sugars, stirring until dissolved. Reduce heat and add salt and cocoa, stirring until smooth. Add vanilla. Remove from heat and serve. May keep for weeks in the refrigerator. Sauce should be thick.
You can substitute milk for the cream; sauce will be a little thinner in consistency. Yield 2 cups.
Eleisia
http://www.watkinsonline.com/eleisiawhitney
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Herbs and Spices Add Healthy Flavor to Your Cooking
Consumption of spices and seasonings in North America is at an all-time high. In fact, spice consumption in North America has increased by 50 percent in the past decade. We are not only using spices more frequently and in greater volume, but in a much wider variety; approximately 28 spices are used in the average North American home.
Watkins was a pioneer in spices and seasonings in the late 1800s, and by the turn of the century had acquired a national reputation for quality. Today, our spice line has grown and diversified to accommodate a growing appetite for spices, while retaining the same high quality.
Watkins brings you
All-Natural Herbs and Spices
Organic Herbs and Spices
Cinnamon
Seasoning Blends and Salts
Black Pepper and Pepper Collection
Watkins Lemon Peel, #01933
Watkins Organic Ginger in Tin, #00595 or Ginger in Glass Bottle, #01932
Watkins Pure Lemon Extract, #00395
Lemon-Ginger Fruit Dip
8 oz/227 g marshmallow creme
8 oz/227 g cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 tbsp/23 ml Watkins Pure Lemon Extract
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Lemon Peel
1/4 tsp/1.2 ml Watkins Ginger
Beat marshmallow creme and cream cheese together. Add the lemon extract, lemon peel and ginger; mix well and refrigerate until ready to use. Serve as a dip for fruit kebabs, pieces of fresh fruit, or pour as a sauce over fruit.
Watkins was a pioneer in spices and seasonings in the late 1800s, and by the turn of the century had acquired a national reputation for quality. Today, our spice line has grown and diversified to accommodate a growing appetite for spices, while retaining the same high quality.
- Quality raw materials - Watkins buys the pick of the world's herb and spice crop, each selected from the best growing region.
- Skillful preparation - All spices contain volatile flavoring oils. If care is not exercised during grinding and granulation, it is possible for enough heat to be generated to evaporate these oils and result in an inferior product.
- Strict quality control - We select our spices for taste, color, and appearance; then more thorough tests are made to further determine the quality. After the spices are processed, they are bottled in glass or tins to preserve quality (many of the spices' essential oils are not compatible with plastic).
- Glass bottle with shaker top - After processing, our natural herbs an spices are immediately packed in custom glass bottles to preserve quality.
- Certified Kosher
Watkins brings you
All-Natural Herbs and Spices
Organic Herbs and Spices
Cinnamon
Seasoning Blends and Salts
Black Pepper and Pepper Collection
Watkins Lemon Peel, #01933
Watkins Organic Ginger in Tin, #00595 or Ginger in Glass Bottle, #01932
Watkins Pure Lemon Extract, #00395
Lemon-Ginger Fruit Dip
8 oz/227 g marshmallow creme
8 oz/227 g cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 tbsp/23 ml Watkins Pure Lemon Extract
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Lemon Peel
1/4 tsp/1.2 ml Watkins Ginger
Beat marshmallow creme and cream cheese together. Add the lemon extract, lemon peel and ginger; mix well and refrigerate until ready to use. Serve as a dip for fruit kebabs, pieces of fresh fruit, or pour as a sauce over fruit.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Banana Ice Cream
If you are looking for a cold creamy summer dessert or treat you'll love Banana Ice Cream. Freeze this banana and vanilla flavored custard in an ice cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions.
Banana Ice Cream
4 cups half-and-half cream
2-1/2 cups sugar
Dash salt
4 eggs, lightly beaten
4 cups heavy whipping cream
1 can (5 ounces) evaporated milk
1 tablespoon Watkins Vanilla Extract
2 cups mashed ripe bananas (4 to 5 medium)
In a large heavy saucepan, heat half-and-half to 175°; stir in sugar and salt until dissolved. Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into eggs. Return all to the pan, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture reaches 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon.
Remove from the heat. Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. Stir in the whipping cream, milk and vanilla. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
Stir in bananas. Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to manufacturer’s directions. Refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze. When ice cream is frozen, transfer to a freezer container; freeze for 2-4 hours before serving. Yield: 3 quarts.
Watkins Original Double Strength Vanilla Extract, 01008 - 11 fl oz, 01196 - 6 fl oz, 21390 - 2 fl ozPure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract, 01197, 6 fl oz
USDA Certified Organic Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract, 00402, 2 fl oz or 00403, 1 fl oz
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe in 2009 Midyear Watkins Catalog
The new midyear Watkins Catalog has a photo on the front and a recipe inside for Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies using Watkins Vanilla Extract.
Today I decided to bake Chocolate Chip Cookies. After mulling over whether to use the recipe on the chocolate chip bag or my favorite recipe, I remembered the recipe in the new Watkins catalog. I've made lots of chocolate chip cookies using several different recipes.
This recipe calls for 12 ounces of chopped chocolate. I used 12 ounces of semi sweet chocolate chips. Sprinkling Watkins Sea Salt on the cookies while still warm from the oven is optional. I opted not to use the sea salt.
These delicious cookies are crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Bake until light golden brown. Be careful not to over bake so that the cookies come out chewy. If you over bake they will be delicious but crunchy.
Today I decided to bake Chocolate Chip Cookies. After mulling over whether to use the recipe on the chocolate chip bag or my favorite recipe, I remembered the recipe in the new Watkins catalog. I've made lots of chocolate chip cookies using several different recipes.
This recipe calls for 12 ounces of chopped chocolate. I used 12 ounces of semi sweet chocolate chips. Sprinkling Watkins Sea Salt on the cookies while still warm from the oven is optional. I opted not to use the sea salt.
These delicious cookies are crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Bake until light golden brown. Be careful not to over bake so that the cookies come out chewy. If you over bake they will be delicious but crunchy.
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
4 1/4 cups/1060 ml all-purpose flour
1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Baking Powder
1 tsp/5 ml baking soda
1 1/2 cups/375 ml butter, softened
1 1/4 cups/310 ml sugar
1 1/4 cups/310 ml firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Vanilla Extract
12 oz chopped chocolate
Watkins Sea Salt (optional)
Eleisia
http://www.watkinsonline.com/eleisiawhitney
4 1/4 cups/1060 ml all-purpose flour
1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Baking Powder
1 tsp/5 ml baking soda
1 1/2 cups/375 ml butter, softened
1 1/4 cups/310 ml sugar
1 1/4 cups/310 ml firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Vanilla Extract
12 oz chopped chocolate
Watkins Sea Salt (optional)
Heat oven to 375 degrees F/ 190 degrees C. Combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda in medium bowl; set aside.
Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl. Add ebbs and vanilla. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. reduce speed to low. Gradually bear, adding flour mixture, until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chunks.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2-inches/5 cm apart, onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Sprinkle with sea salt while still warm. Makes 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl. Add ebbs and vanilla. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. reduce speed to low. Gradually bear, adding flour mixture, until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chunks.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2-inches/5 cm apart, onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Sprinkle with sea salt while still warm. Makes 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
Eleisia
http://www.watkinsonline.com/eleisiawhitney
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
July Sign Up Special $10 Gift Certificate
Join today and Watkins will give you a $10 Gift Certificate! (offer valid July 1 - July 31)
I will give you a $30 Gift Certificate if you join with me as your sponsor!
Use the gift certificates to buy products for yourself and experience the superior quality and benefits of Watkins products.
Start Today with Watkins Membership Package for Only $39.95. Other optional upgrade assortments are also available based on your business goals.
My no-obligation tour to learn more about the Watkins Business Opportunity
http://www.tsginfo.com/index.php?rc=EW4346
Contact me with your questions.
I will give you a $30 Gift Certificate if you join with me as your sponsor!
Use the gift certificates to buy products for yourself and experience the superior quality and benefits of Watkins products.
Start Today with Watkins Membership Package for Only $39.95. Other optional upgrade assortments are also available based on your business goals.
My no-obligation tour to learn more about the Watkins Business Opportunity
http://www.tsginfo.com/index.php?rc=EW4346
Contact me with your questions.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
July Giveaway - Mandarin Orange Dip Mix
July's Watkins Giveaway is a jar of Mandarin Orange Fruit Dip Mix.
Mix with sour cream, yogurt, cream cheese or whipped topping for a luscious fruit dip. Mix with cream cheese for a bagel spread.
Mix with sour cream, yogurt, cream cheese or whipped topping for a luscious fruit dip. Mix with cream cheese for a bagel spread.
To win place any size order at my online web site http://www.watkinsonline.com/eleisiawhitney or call Watkins at 1-800-WATKINS (1-800-928-5467) and give my name and ID# as your Watkins Associate, Eleisia Whitney ID# 335001. I will acknowledge your order and choose one winner at random at the end of the month. I'll post the winner's name here on August 1st. Winner will be notified by email or in writing.
Crust:
1 2/3 cups/400 mL flour
1 tbsp/15 mL sugar
1 tbsp/15 mL Mandarin Orange Fruit Dip Mix
3/4 cup/180 mL butter
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 tbsp/15 mL milk
Filling:
1 cup/250 mL vanilla baking chips
2 tbsp/30 mL heavy whipping cream
4 oz/113 g cream cheese, softened
1/4 tsp/1.2 mL All-Natural Pure Orange Extract
3 tbsp/45 mL Mandarin Orange Fruit Dip Mix
Crust
Combine dry ingredients. Cut in butter, stir in egg and mix just until moistened. Shape into a ball, roll out to about 1/4-inch/6-mm thickness. Press in pizza pan. Bake at 400F/200C for approximately 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Makes one 12 inch/30 cm round or ten 3.5 inch/9 cm rounds.
Filling
Melt chips and cream in microwave oven on high 30 seconds. Stir well and cook for an additional 30 seconds or until chips are melted. Beat in cream cheese, extract and dip mix. Spread on cooled crust. Add sliced fruit.
Eleisia
1 2/3 cups/400 mL flour
1 tbsp/15 mL sugar
1 tbsp/15 mL Mandarin Orange Fruit Dip Mix
3/4 cup/180 mL butter
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 tbsp/15 mL milk
Filling:
1 cup/250 mL vanilla baking chips
2 tbsp/30 mL heavy whipping cream
4 oz/113 g cream cheese, softened
1/4 tsp/1.2 mL All-Natural Pure Orange Extract
3 tbsp/45 mL Mandarin Orange Fruit Dip Mix
Crust
Combine dry ingredients. Cut in butter, stir in egg and mix just until moistened. Shape into a ball, roll out to about 1/4-inch/6-mm thickness. Press in pizza pan. Bake at 400F/200C for approximately 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Makes one 12 inch/30 cm round or ten 3.5 inch/9 cm rounds.
Filling
Melt chips and cream in microwave oven on high 30 seconds. Stir well and cook for an additional 30 seconds or until chips are melted. Beat in cream cheese, extract and dip mix. Spread on cooled crust. Add sliced fruit.
Eleisia
June's Giveaway Winner!
Naomi from Michigan is the winner of June's Giveaway, a tube of Natural Beeswax Lip Balm with Peppermint Oil and a 2.7 fl oz bottle of Great Outdoors Insect Repellent Lotion. Both products are small enough to carry in your purse, pocket, or backpack. Summer has arrived and with the warmer weather comes outdoor fun!
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