Pumpkin Spice Muffins

TWO-INGREDIENT MUFFINS: one of the easiest, fastest, and YUMMIEST fall recipes!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/two-ingredient-pumpkin-cake/

Simply mix together the powder from a spice cake mix (no oil or eggs, etc!) and a small 15 oz. can of pumpkin (not the pie mix that has eggs etc already included).
Add to pre-greased muffin pan (the minis were recommended) and bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean) .... and VIOLA!! Amazingly yummy pumpkin spice muffins!! All of their warm, wonderful goodness is ready start->finish in about 20 minutes.


NO OTHER INGREDIENTS from the spice cake are needed (such as the oil, egg, etc).


THERE WERE NO SPICE CAKE MIXES TO BE FOUND. I'm going to improvise, they HAD Carrot Cake mix. That's a spice cake sort of with shredded carrots thrown in. So I'll just throw in another veggie, pumpkin. We shall see or the birds with be very well fed.

Clementine Cake

Clementine Cake
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/clementine-cake-2559
Plus many more at http://www.nigella.com/recipes/christmas-pudding

Ingredients

13 oz clementines (approx. 3 medium-sized ones)
6 large eggs
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
2 ¼ cups almond meal
1 teaspoon baking powder

Method

Put the clementines in a pan with some cold water, bring to the boil and cook for 2 hours.
Drain and, when cool, cut each clementine in half and remove the pips.
Dump the clementines - skins, pith, fruit and all - and give a quick blitz in a food processor (or by hand, of course).

Preheat the oven to gas mark 5/190ºC/375ºF. Butter and line a 21cm / 8 inch Springform tin.

You can then add all the other ingredients to the food processor and mix. Or, you can beat the eggs by hand adding the sugar, almonds and baking powder, mixing well, then finally adding the pulped oranges.

Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake for an hour, when a skewer will come out clean; you'll probably have to cover with foil or greaseproof after about 40 minutes to stop the top burning.

Remove from the oven and leave to cool, on a rack, but in the tin. When the cake's cold, you can take it out of the tin. I think this is better a day after it's made, but I don't complain about eating it at any time.



Can also make this with an equal weight of oranges, and with lemons, in which case increase the sugar to 250g / 2¼ cups and slightly anglicise it, too, by adding a glaze made of icing sugar mixed to a paste with lemon juice and a little water.

Baked Ham

Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze

Recipe adapted from Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen by Trisha Yearwood (c) Clarkson Potter 2008
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/trisha-yearwood/baked-ham-with-brown-sugar-honey-glaze-recipe/index.html

Prep Time:5 min Inactive Prep Time:15 min Cook Time:6 hr 5 min

Serves: 15 to 20 servings

Ingredients
18 to 20-pound smoked ham, water added, ham hock removed

One 16-ounce box light brown sugar
1 cup (8-ounce jar) clover honey

possible amendments
1/4 t ground cloves/ginger?
1T mustard- dry vs dijon??
Pineapple chunks?

Directions
Adjust the oven racks to accommodate a large covered roasting pan. Fit the pan with a shallow rack. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Unwrap the ham and rinse it in cold water. Place it on the rack in the roasting pan. Cover the pan with the lid and bake for half the estimated cooking time (Total cooking time is about 20 minutes per pound.)

Halfway through the estimated cooking time, add the sugar and honey to a saucepan, cooking over medium heat until smooth and sugar is dissolved.

Pour the honey mixture over the ham and continue baking the ham, basting occasionally with the drippings in the roaster.

Check for doneness at the end of the estimated cooking time by inserting a meat thermometer at a meaty point (not into fat or touching the bone). It should register 160 degrees F.

Allow the ham to stand for 15 minutes before slicing to allow the juices to set.

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_667061_RECIPE-PRINT-FULL-PAGE-FORMATTER,00.html?oc=linkback


Easy Brown Sugar-Mustard Glaze
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/easy-brown-sugar-mustard-glaze/714ca448-7e05-47a3-8698-f61ba5b488b1

Ingredients
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon pineapple juice


Directions
In small bowl, mix all ingredients with whisk until well blended.
Brush glaze over ham during last 45 minutes of baking.

Easy Pineapple-Ginger Glaze
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/easy-pineapple-ginger-glaze/7fc42860-f9b0-4657-8cc4-b854db0ed205

Ingredients
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions
In small bowl, mix all ingredients with whisk until well blended.
Brush glaze over ham during last 45 minutes of baking.