Hey All You Sweet, Chocolate, and Cheese Lovers

 

It's review time again…yep another Gooseberry Patch cookbook review of what’s cooking!  I have chosen three recipes from Gooseberry Patch’s new cookbook, 101 Hearty Recipes to share with you.

 

Orange-Peach Dump Cake

Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie

Cornmeal-Cheddar Biscuits

But before we get to these goodies…there is one peeve that I have about recipe books…one thing that really sells me over…Great Photos of the prepared dish! Yep I love that!  In this new cookbook there is just that…a photo for every dish, cookie, biscuit, cake, and casserole! I love seeing how it is supposed to look.  Sometimes that is the determining factor in whether I will prepare this dish or not!  How appetizing does the photo look? How easy…how colorful, how pretty?  This book also has a wire spiral binding that lies flat or folds back….Awesome!  Yes, I am trying to sell you on this cookbook….what’s in it for me?  Nothing other than getting to keep a copy of the book for cooking and reviewing a few recipes and giving a copy away…all compliments of Gooseberry Patch!  And remember... your recipe can be published in a Gooseberry cookbook too. Just contact them on their website with your own original recipe.

First up Orange Peach Dump Cake…easy peasy yes indeedy!
by Elizabeth Wenk from Cuyahoga Falls, OH

14 ½ oz. can peach pie filling, chop the peaches

18 oz. pkg orange cake mix

2 eggs, beaten

½ cup sour cream

Optional: vanilla ice cream

Combine all ingredients except ice cream in an ungreased 9x13 baking dish.  Mix with a fork until well blended; smooth the top with a spatula. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.  Serve topped with the ice cream if desired.  8-10 servings.

 Next: Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie
by Rita Morgan from Pueblo, CO

1 ½ cups pecan halves

1 ½ cups dark chocolate chips

1 T. all-purpose flour

½ cup butter, softened

1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
3 eggs

½ cup dark corn syrup

2 t. vanilla

¼ salt

9 inch pie crust, baked

Garnish with whipped topping

In a bowl stir together pecans, chocolate chips and flour, set aside.  In another bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until well blended.  Beat in eggs, one at the time.  Mix in corn syrup, vanilla and salt, just until blended.  Stir in pecan mixture.  Pour into baked pie crust.  Bake at 325 degrees for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with just melted chocolate.  Center will set as it cools.  Cool on a wire rack. Chill until serving time. Garnish with topping.  Makes 8 servings.

 And now for the Cornmeal-Cheddar Biscuits
by Mary Gage from Wakewood CA

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ cup yellow cornmeal

2 t sugar

1 T baking powder

¼ to ½ t salt

½ cup butter, softened

½ cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup milk

In a bowl combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Stir in cheese and milk just until moistened.  Drop dough by ¼ cupfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 12-15 minutes, until lightly golden.  Makes one dozen.

I made and served these with Hamburger Stew!

In this book you will also find…Pull-Apart Bacon Bread, Frosted Cherry Drops, Lemon Snowdrop Cookies, Divine Casserole, and Texas Two-Step in a Jar!  Now doesn’t that make you want to own this book!  Well you can get it early…either by pre-ordering it at Amazon with a great discount...just click on this picture link here: 

    

Or one lucky person will win a copy in my give-away right here on this post! 

Easy RULES FOR MY GIVE AWAY…. But VERY IMPORTANT!

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~Comments will be taken for the drawing up until August 19^th

~The winner will be contacted and announced ASAP after Aug. 19^th

~ Keep your fingers crossed that your name will be picked

Good luck and happy cooking!

~Cora~

Note: the photos contained here are my personal property...taken by me.

Other graphics are compliments of Gooseberry Patch.