Looking for some good Maybon Recipes

[Fate No Miko]

I am in charge of my group’s small Maybon feast and since we are a very new group this will be our first one. I was hoping that some of you out there could help me by sharing some of your favorites. Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

[Nitefalle]

Here's an easy recipe, if you like potatoes. Get the little red creamer potatos (they usually come in a little mesh bag at the store), clean and cut in half. Put them all in a pot (skins on) and let them boil until soft. Drain and put back in pot. Throw in some butter, and then you can season to taste.

To season, I use:
salt
pepper
garlic powder
dried thyme
parsley (either fresh flat-leaf or dried parsley flakes)

While stirring the butter and seasoning in, they'll seem mushy, but that's good. You want them to be soft enough to melt on your tongue. Since you don't have to mash them or anything, they're super easy and only take about 20-30 minutes to get soft while boiling.

[Nitefalle]

I got this out of a Mabon book last year (can't remember whose, may have been Ellen Dugan).

1/4 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 egg
2/3 c. applesauce
2 1/4 c. baking mix (Bisquick, etc.)
1/4 c. flour
2 tsp. allspice

Preheat oven to 375 F. Cream butter & sugar, then add egg. Stir in applesauce and combined dry ingredients. Bake 10-12 minutes, until puffy and brown.

I haven't actually tried these, but will try them this weekend. I'll let you know how they turn out!

[AutumnWitchie]

Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Icing

4 eggs
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
I can (15oz.) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup raisins (if desired)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray.

In large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin with whisk until smooth. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves Stir in raisins if desired). Spread in pan.

Bake 25 - 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean and bars spring back when touched lightly in the center. Cool completely.

Ice with cream cheese icing(either store bought or homemade).


Cream Cheese Frosting

1 package (8 oz.) softened cream cheese
1/4 cup butter or margerine, softened
2 to 3 teaspoons milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup walnuts, if desired

In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla extract with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time on low speed until smooth and spreadable. Frost bars, sprinkle walnuts on top.


I usually add a cup of walnuts or pecans instead of raisins to the batter and leave the nuts off the frosting. This should give you about 49 bars (cutting 7 rows by 7 rows).

[maphdet]

mmmnnuuummmyyy fall foods!


Here's one for Pumkin Nut Bars.

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked pumpkin puree, fresh or canned
1/2 cup butter or margarine (melted)
2 egg whites, slightly beaten
2 cups oats
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup shredded coconut, toasted
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 cup chopped salted peanuts, pecans, or almonds

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl,
beat egg whites slightly; add pumpkin and
melted butter or margarine beat until smooth.


- In another bowl combine oats, brown sugar,
coconut, wheat germ, and nuts. -Fold oat mixture
into pumpkin mixture to form stiff dough. -Press
dough into a lightly greased 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch
jelly roll pan. -Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until golden
brown. While still warm, cut into 2x3 inch bars. Yield
about 30 bars. Serve warm or cool completely.

[Fate No Miko]

Woot! Thanks to everyone for the delicious looking recipes! I will try them all out as soon as I can! :abanana:

[colusaskye]

Wow, more desserts than anything! Haha, here's another one:

Stuffed baked apples.
Apples
Brown Sugar
Walnuts or pecans - chopped
Cinnamon
Butter

Mix the brown sugar, chopped nuts, cinnamon and butter. Core the apples almost to the bottom (if you accidentally take the whole core out, just wrap it in foil I guess?). Fill the cored apples with the brown sugar mixture, put in a baking pan (maybe one of those rectangular cake pans?) in the oven and bake until everything's nice and melted.

Sorry I don't have measurements for the ingredients - when I cook I basically just taste everything.

[Nitefalle]

Oh man...I tried out that recipe for Applesauce Cookies that I posted above. They are TO DIE for!!!! So moist and yummy. They're almost too cakey to be called a cookie. I modified it just a smidge...I didn't think that only 2tsp of allspice would be enough, so I added more spice and just poured until I thought it looked like enough, lol. I added cinnamon, allspice, ginger and nutmeg. I also used a wonderfully seasoned chunky homestyle applesauce. The cookies came out so incredibly yummy, icing of any kind is not needed.

They would make GREAT muffins, as well, b/c they stay so moist and are so cakey. Should anyone want to do this, I would substitute the 2 1/4 c. baking mix (Bisquick) for whole wheat pastry dough - the pastry dough ensures a nice, chewy / moist texture.

[Fate No Miko]

I just wanted to thank everyone who posted recipes. They were a great help and we had a wonderful Mabon celebration. I hope all of you out there had a great time too. ^_^

[Nitefalle]

So - if you don't mind me being nosy, what did you finally end up doing for Mabon? Didn't you post in another forum that you were looking for Mabon ritual ideas?

[Crysiira]

:bumpsmili

Wow, a lot of these recipes sound really good. I'm having a simple stay-at-home equinox dinner this year... Perhaps I will try out some of these recipes! Yay for applesauce cookies!

[artemisia]

my grandmother has made those applesauce cookies every year around thanksgiving and christmas time ever since i can remember! they are so delicious! my favorite cookies ever!

i'm kind of dieting so dh and i just ended up having a big fat seasoned salmon steak and a salad on the day of the equinox. at least the salad was kind of fall themed. i used red leaf and spinach, threw in some cranberries, sunflower seeds (unshelled of course) and walnuts, and then tossed it with a ginger/sesame dressing. delicious!