This covid-19/pandemic is not fun.  We are doing what most people are doing.  Trying to stay home, washing our hands, sanitizing, cooking more and baking.

Tonight I tried a new recipe for our family.  I made shrimp-bacon alfredo

Alfredo Sauce

1 cup heavy cream, or evaporated milk

4 tablespoons butter

3/4 cup shredded Paramesan cheese

Melt butter.  Add milk.  Simmer - not boil - 4 - 5 minutes.  Add cheese until melted.

Saute peeled shrimp (1 pound) in 1 tablespoon butter until pink.

Cook 1 package bacon in the oven 400 degrees 18 - 20 minutes or until crispy.  Drain on a paper towel.

Boil a package of fettuccine pasta, or pasta of your choice until tender.  Pour sauce, shrimp and crumbled bacon over the top and mix.

I think we will be having this again sometime soon!

My sister-in-law, Kathy LOVES these.  I make them when we go camping together.

Date Bar

Crust

1 3/4 cups quick oats             1 teaspoon baking soda

1 3/4 cups flour                      1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup butter                            

Mix well.  The mixture will be crumbly.  Put half of the mixture into a greased 9 X 13 pan.

Filling

2 cups dates, pitted and chopped        1/2 cup water

1/2 cup white sugar                            1/2 to 1 cup roasted nuts [I like almonds or walnuts]

Cook in a saucepan until pulp is soft and well mixed.  Let it cool down a little.  Put this over the packed half of the mixture in 9 X 13 pan.  Cover with the second half of the mixture.

Bake 350 degrees for 30 - 45 minutes, until the top crust begins to brown.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Yummy!

 I love recipes.  I have gathered a lot of them.  Some I've tried, some I have not.

I found a great recipe for apple pie, but my hubby doesn't like pie crust.  I made crepes and used it for the filling.  It is the most delicious apple ever.  I'm adding it here so I don't lose it.

[I made a half batch for our crepes]

The Best Apple Pie

Filling

6-7 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thinly

1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 cube of butter (8 Tablespoons)

3 Tablespoons flour

1/4 cup water (I used a bit more)

3/4 cup sugar

Melt butter in a saucepan.  Add flour and  simmer for one minute, whisking constantly.  
Add water, sugar and apples.  Simmer until the apples are cooked.

If you are making pie, leave the apples out of the mixture.  Roll out your crust, add sliced apples and pour sauce over them.  Add a top crust and bake 425 degrees for 15 minutes.  Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 45 minutes more.

The Best Pie Crust

This turns out great thick or thin.  It has made me a pie crust snob.

2 cups flour            1 cup shortening [Crisco]

1 teaspoon salt        1/3 cup milk - 1 Tablespoon vinegar added

Add salt to the flour.  Cut shortening into flour until it is the size of peas.  Add curdled milk.  Mix lightly.  Roll half of mixture on a floured surface.  I use a pillow case, and throw it in the wash when I'm done.  Transfer to pie pan.  This makes 2 - 3 crusts.

Crepes

4 eggs                    2 cups milk

2 cups flour            1/2 cup melted butter

Mix eggs, milk and flour together until smooth.  Add butter.  Cook like thin pancakes on a slightly greased skillet.

Enjoy!