Penzeys Catalogue Recipes

PENZEY'S CHOCOLATE SPICE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift the flour into a large bowl.
• Cut the shortening in with a knife.
• Add sugar, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, and nuts.
• Mix well.
• Add milk gradually and mix thouroughly.
• Drop dough by teaspoon 1 1/2 inches apart on a large, greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
• Let cookies cool before frosting.
• Frosting:.
• Mix all ingredients together until smooth.
• Frost cooled cookies.

PENZEY'S TENDER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cover chicken breasts with white wine, half of the shallots, French tarragon, fennel seeds, and olive oil.
• Heat on high and cover.
• When a simmer is reached, turn down to med-low.
• Shake pot so that chicken doesn't stick.
• Cook for 15 minutes, turning once.
• Cook pasta.
• Remove chicken to plates.
• Turn heat to high for 2- 3 minutes to reduce cooking liquid.
• Drain pasta and place on plates with chicken.
• Add other half of shallots to reduce liquid, and pour over plates.

PENZEYS BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease a large 9x5 loaf pan and set aside.
• Stir the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, nuts and chocolate chips together in a large bowl and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix the mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs, butter and vanilla together.
• Lightly fold the banana mixture into the dry ingredients until just combined and the batter looks thick and chunky.
• Spoon the batter into the loaf pan and smooth the surface with a spatula.
• Bake at 325°F until the loaf is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 70-75 minutes.
• Cool in the pan for about 5 minutes and then turn out and let cool on a wire rack.

BREAKFAST COOKIES, PENZEYS CATALOG SPRING 2012

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs and extracts and beat well. Add dry ingredients and mix. fold in remaining ingred. and stir. Bake for 14-16 minutes.

PENZEYS PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• DO NOT preheat the oven.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the peanut butter. Add the sugar and beat until light in color.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. The mixture should be light and fluffy.
• Add the vanilla.
• In a smaller bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until smooth and creamy.
• Pour into the cake pan, and place in the cold oven.
• Set the oven temperature to 375 degrees F, and bake about 1 hour 35 minutes (check after 1 hour 10 minutes, as all ovens are different), or until a tester comes out clean.
• When it is done baking, let the cake cool in the pan for 30 minutes before turning out on a rack to cool completely.
• For the icing:.
• Place the chocolate chips in a small mixing bowl.
• Heat the cream in a heavy saucepan, until boiling. Pour over the chocolate chips and stir until creamy and smooth.
• Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Brush any loose crumbs from the cake. Place the cooling rack on a wax paper or parchment-lined baking sheet to catch any drips.
• Pour the icing evenly over the cake, allowing it to cascade down the sides and cover the cake.
• Move the cake rack to another lined baking sheet, scrape the drips from the used baking sheet, reheat the chocolate, and pour over the cake.