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PEPPADEW PEPPERS STUFFED WITH HERBED GOAT CHEESE

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At the grocery store the other day, these orange peppadew peppers caught my eye:

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Is it just me, or are these kinda burnt orange?  They might not scream “hook ’em” to you, but to me, they look like perfect Longhorn party food.  Stuffed peppadew peppers are a familiar item on tapas menus, and they’re quick and easy to assemble.  I used a homemade boursin cheese made with goat cheese and cream cheese (which is also great with crackers), but there are loads of ideas for other stuffings out there.

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 Hook ’em!

Not a Longhorn fan?  Topped with a pepper stem, they make cute little pumpkins, too!

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 Peter, Peter, peppadew eater!

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PEPPADEW PEPPERS STUFFED WITH HERBED GOAT CHEESE
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Recipe type: Appetizer
 
Ingredients
  • 2 dozen pickled peppadew peppers, rinsed and patted dry
  • 4 ounces creamy goat cheese (Vermont Creamery makes a nice one)
  • 4 ounces whipped cream cheese
  • 2 teaspoons dried parsley
  • 2 teaspoons dried chives
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon white pepper
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, mix together goat cheese, whipped cream cheese, parsley, chives, garlic powder, salt, and white pepper. Pipe or spoon herbed cheese into peppers (pipe for a neater presentation). For pumpkins, top with a stem cut from a small fresh pepper. Best if prepared shortly before serving.

 

BEER BREAD

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Just for fun this weekend, I made Beer Bread to serve with dinner.  I clipped this recipe years ago, and we were all skeptical about it — 4 ingredients, and about 5 minutes to mix it together.  But to our happy surprise, the bread was quite tasty, kind of like a biscuit on performance-enhancing drugs.  Don’t get me wrong — no one will mistake this for an $8 loaf of artisanal bread from the farmers market.  But with about as much effort as it takes to put on mascara, you can have fresh-out-of the-oven bread with a crunchy crust, that smells and tastes good, especially with butter slathered on it while warm.  It’ll be great to serve with homemade soup when the weather cools.

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BEER BREAD
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Recipe type: Breads and Muffins
 
Ingredients
  • 3 cups self-rising flour (if you can't find self-rising flour, substitute 3 cups all-purpose flour mixed with 1-1/2 tablespoons baking powder)
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 12-ounces beer (preferably dark)
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, and beer. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Brush melted butter over top of bread and bake 10 minutes more. Remove from pan and serve hot.

 

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 Ready for the oven

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 Hot from the oven — smells so good!

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 Enjoy some bread while I go put on some mascara