Creole Grits – for Sami

copyright 2010 by The Bettina Network, inc. Most of my young life, growing up in New Orleans, grits was a daily breakfast staple. If my grandmother didn’t make grits for me for breakfast – no matter what else she made – I would ‘pout’ until she produced grits. My favorite breakfast in those days was…

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Old Fashioned Tea Cookies

copyright 2010 by The Bettina Network, inc. 1 cup organic butter 1 cup organic turbinado sugar 2 large eggs 2 1/2 cups organic whole wheat stone ground pastry flour 2 generous teaspoons baking powder 1 generous teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup organic milk (more or less) These are wonderful cookie/cakes which go unbelievably well with tea.…

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A Great and Healthy Cookie

copyright Marceline Donaldson 2010 I have been experimenting with cookies and wanted to share the recipe and the process that came out of those experiments. The cookie is fantastic. If you have just a little will power you can eat and enjoy only one. If you have no will power, the cookies are gone before…

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A Change to Your Lemon Tea Bread Recipe

by: A former guest I tried your Lemon Tea Bread recipe several times and love it. The problem has been, it is a little dry for my taste so I added 1/2cup heavy cream – organic, of course and it was perfect for my taste. Others may have the same problem so I decided to…

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An Update on Bread Baking – Bettina Style

copyright 2010 The Bettina Network, inc. We are unbelievably delighted with our bread baking. Finally, after many years, we have mastered the art of freshly baked bread every morning without getting up at 3am. We mastered this art not in the process of trying to accomplish what we thought was an unattainable feat, but in…

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Elegant S’mores for Breakfast!

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2010 It is a little decadent to have dessert for breakfast, but we rationalize it by advising you to go for a long walk after breakfast to use up all that extra food energy. You will need: Organic Graham Crackers Bettina’s Marshmaples (recipe under ‘Bettina’s Cookbook’) Bettina’s chocolate sauce Bettina’s Chocolate…

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A Change to Bettina’s Coconut Cake

copyright 2010 Bettina Network, inc. by a guest I made the Coconut Cake and it was just as great as I had hoped it would be. I did a few things a little different and wanted to share that with you. For the icing, I used whole eggs instead of just the egg whites. I…

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Ginger Pralines

copyright 2010 by Marceline Donaldson Pralines generate memories that takes me back to a really great childhood. I shall always be grateful to those who sacrificed so much for me. A neighbor and I (Troy Lynn), used to get in my grandmother’s kitchen and experiment with pralines. Troy Lynn took her pralines home and ate…

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Creole Breakfast Cake

copyright by The Bettina Network, inc. 2010 “Creole” is New Orleans Creole. This is a quick and simple breakfast cake which can be made in less than 20 minutes.  Very good if you want a nice ending to breakfast and don’t want to spend hours baking.  If you want to dress it up, whip a…

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A Bettina Coconut Cake

copyright 2009 The Bettina Network, inc. Cakes can be easy to make – or – judging from some recipe’s I’ve read, they can be extraordainarily difficult. I was raised with a simple 1-2-3-4 cake.  It can be varied with different ingredients and it doesn’t take a genius to remember the recipe without pouring, once again,…

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