THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 9
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015
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Homemade condensed
soup and crackers
saute onion,
mushroom
or celery in
butter for 2
minutes. Add
chicken base,
if using, and
stir until
melted and
combined.
Add fl our,
and cook and
stir con-
stantly for
3 minutes.
Homemade Goodness
Gradually
By Eileen Driver
add milk,
whisking
until
smooth.
Cook
until
It’s a brand new year
thickened,
1
to
2
minutes.
and a great time to resolve
Season with salt and pep-
to eat healthier. Yes, I can
per.
hear the groans!
Soup can be made
But eating healthy
ahead
and refrigerated for
doesn’t only mean eating
2
days
or frozen for up to
salads and steamed vegeta-
1
month.
bles all the time. Don’t get
*for cream of chicken
me wrong—I like salads
soup,
use onion and
and vegetables prepared a
chicken
base, for cream of
lot of different ways, but
mushroom
soup, use mush-
I also like foods that stick
rooms,
for
cream
of celery
to your ribs and help you
soup,
use
celery
feel satisfi ed. With as cold
You can also use beef
as it is outside that means
base
or bouillon for beefy
soups, casseroles and gra-
onion
soup, or beefy mush-
vies to me. Unfortunately a
room
soup
lot of recipes for the above
If you are making a
include canned cream
casserole
or gravy, you’re
of “something” soup,
good
to
go
using your
which while quick, easy
favorite recipe, but if a
and tasty, are also full of
good warm bowl of soup
preservatives, lots of salt
is what you crave just thin
and other large words I
to desired consistency
can’t even pronounce let
with water or milk and, if
alone understand or want
desired, add cooked diced
to eat. But there is an easy
meats and/or vegetables
alternative that is much
for a satisfying, warm to
healthier for you, because
your toes meal.
of the fresh ingredients,
Of course with any good
and will allow you the best
homemade
soup you need
of both worlds.
some
crackers
to make it
Homemade Con-
perfect
and
we
would not
densed Soup Recipe
want to ruin all our home-
This will make the
made goodness by add-
equivalent of 1 can con-
ing store-bought crackers
densed soup but is easily
loaded with all those pre-
doubled or tripled for as
servatives and big words
many “cans” as you need.
that we are trying to avoid.
2 tablespoons minced
fresh onion, mushrooms or So here is another solution
for you and once you try
celery*
them you won’t want to go
2 tablespoons butter
back to the imitation store
½ teaspoon instant
bought variety.
chicken base or equivelant
Homemade Cracker
of bouillon, optional^
Recipe
2 tablespoons all-pur-
1 ¼ cups whole wheat
pose fl our
fl our
1 ⅓ cups whole milk
½ teaspoon salt + more
salt and freshly ground
for
sprinkling
pepper to taste
2
tablespoons honey
In small saucepan
4
tablespoons butter,
over medium high heat,
chilled
5 tablespoons ice water
Preheat oven to 400
degrees, arranging racks in
the top and bottom thirds
of the oven.
In bowl of a food
processor, pulse the fl our,
salt and honey until com-
bined. Add the butter and
continue to pulse until the
mixture resembles coarse
meal. With the proces-
sor on, add the ice water.
Continue to process until
the dough begins to form
a ball. This may require
more ice water, if so, add a
teaspoon at a time.
Place dough on a well
fl oured surface. (Don’t
skimp on the fl our here, it
would be a disaster if your
dough stuck to the counter
and you couldn’t get your
crackers to the baking
sheet.) Lightly fl our the
top of the dough and roll
out to no more than an ⅛
inch thick. (The thinner the
cracker, the crispier it is)
With a 1 ½ - inch biscuit
cutter, cut out crackers or
using pizza cutter make
1 ½ inch square crackers
from the dough. Place the
crackers on two parchment
lined baking sheets. (The
crackers will spread very
little during baking, so it’s
okay to place them close
together.) With the tines of
a fork, prick each cracker
several times. Sprinkle the
tops with salt and lightly
press into the cracker.
Bake 8 to 12 minutes,
depending on thickness of
crackers, or until lightly
browned around the edges,
rotating top and bottom
racks halfway thru the bak-
ing process. Remove from
the oven and let them cool
slightly on baking pans.
Then remove to cooling
racks to cool completely.
Homemade crackers will
continue to crisp and fi rm
as they cool. Store in an
airtight container for up to
a week.
I hope you will use
these recipes to enjoy your
favorite comfort foods in
a much healthier way and
if you have any questions
or are looking for recipes
please send your emails to
eileen@thebakercounty-
press.com.
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This week’s crossword puzzle
Across
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Down
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of the heart;
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kidneys;
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when rowing a boat;
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one;
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spokesman Fleischer;
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ticals;
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