Countrified Hicks

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Quick & Easy Homemade Strawberry Bread with Strawberry Glaze

This Strawberry bread is so moist and so delicious and once you add on the glaze, it literally melts in your mouth! This bread makes the perfect dessert, breakfast or as a snack with a cup of coffee! We have eaten this bread hot out of the oven and cold after it has been in the refrigerator several hours, it tastes equally good either way!

Quick & Easy Strawberry Bread

FOR THE BREAD:

2 1/2 c. fresh (or frozen) strawberries

2 c. flour + 2 T. flour, divided

3/4 c. sugar

1/2 c. milk

1/2 c. oil

1 lg. egg

2 tsp. vanilla

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

FOR THE GLAZE:

2 c. powdered sugar

1/3 c. finely diced strawberries

2 T. butter, melted

2 T. milk

2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl, finely dice up your strawberries.

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Stir in the 2 T. flour and stir to coat your strawberries. Do not add in more than the 2 tablespoons. If they are not completely coated it is fine. Coating the strawberries keeps them from sinking to the bottom of the batter and also helps to absorb some of the moisture of the strawberries.

In a large bowl, stir together your sugar, milk, oil and vanilla. After it is mixed up, stir in the 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and the salt. Stir but do NOT overmix the batter.

Fold in the diced strawberries.

Grease a 9"x5" bread pan. Pour the batter in and spread it out evenly.

Set your kitchen timer for 50 minutes. As your bread bakes, prepare your glaze.

To make the glaze, just combine the ingredients (except for the strawberries) and stir well. Fold in the strawberries. It will be fairly thick and that is fine. It will "melt" some when you spoon it onto the hot bread.

When your timer goes off, check to see if the bread is done by inserting a toothpick into the center of the bread. If the toothpick is clean, it is done and you can remove the bread from the oven. If the toothpick is not clean, cook the bread for another 5 minutes and recheck.

Once it is done, let the bread cool for 5 minutes and then spoon the glaze onto your bread. Slice and enjoy.

My bread almost falls apart as you can see but we do not care. If you prefer bread that does not "fall apart" just do not put as many strawberries. Just add 2 cups instead of 2 1/2 cups.

If you like this recipe, you'll sure to love my Southern Peach Bread, my Pineapple bread, Glazed Orange Juice Bread and my Easy Blueberry Bread.

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Sunday, February 24, 2019

How to Use an Air Fryer

I LOVE fried foods but with my health the way it is, I should not eat fried foods. Thank the Lord for an air fryer because it gives me food that tastes 100% fried but uses little to no oil. I strongly encourage you to purchase one. They are 100% worth the money.

   Not only does an air fryer "fry" food for you but it can also "roast" and "dehydrate"! We have made so many different foods with our air fryer and they have turned out perfect every single time. Crispy and delicious. Your food will also retain its moisture content also. Yum!

      To use an air fryer, you must preheat it. Our air fryer takes just 3 minutes and it is ready to use.

      Be sure to not overcrowd your air fryer basket. You must give your food enough room for the air to circulate. Ours can easily cook a big plateful of french fries at one time so you don't have to "baby" it...just give it some room.

      Halfway thorugh the cooking time, you need to shake the basket a bit to be sure your food will cook evenly. If the food you are cooking is delicate, like shrimp, or hard to shake, like big baked potatoes, then just use some tongs to reposition the food.

     When you are deep frying your food, you literally have to stand by and watch it carefully. With an air fryer, you need to shake the food once half way through the cooking time and that is all.

      One thing I really like about the air fryer is that it doesn't heat up your home like your oven or a deep fryer does. There is also very little clean up and I can cook virtually anything in the air fryer with ease. It also cooks so much faster than other things do without having to sacrifice on flavor.

     I will be sharing air fryer recipes several times a week so be sure to subscribe to my newsletter so you won't miss any.

   Here is one of the first things I made in the air fryer: Homemade Crispy Potato Chips and my Air Fryer Rosemary Potato chips! They pair perfectly with my air fryer hamburgers and for dessert you can serve air fryer Oreos!

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Sunday, January 27, 2019

Prayer Chain

I have decided to start a Prayer Chain here on my page. God calls us to pray for one another so I am providing a way for you to list your prayers and encourage everyone to come and pray for each request.

As I said before, all you need to do is scroll to the bottom of this post and in the "comments" post your prayer request. After you list your prayer request, please take time to say a prayer for other people who have posted also. Comment to them and let them know you prayed for them.

Please come back each day or every few days or even once a week and pray for those in need. Also, once your prayer is answered, come back and give us a praise report. We would love to hear them.

I want to pray for you. My family wants to pray for you too. How can we pray for you today?

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Hewing

My oldest son, Bub, loves to work outside and enjoys making things. He is all about doing things the "old fashioned" way and hates using power tools. He enjoys it and is quite good at it. We recently shared Part One of a video that he made on "hewing lumber". I think you will find it quite enjoyable and learn a lot from him.

Enjoy it!

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Sunday, January 13, 2019

Breakfast Pancake Tacos

Anyone can make plain pancakes but sometimes the kids get bored with just pancakes and that is when we make the protein packed Breakfast Pancake Tacos! (Okay, to be honest they are just pancakes that have peanut butter smeared on them and then I fold them over like a taco but Ronny thinks it is super cool to eat a breakfast taco so give me the win!) Shhhh!!!!

Just make up a batch of pancakes.

Get some creamy peanut butter.

Spread a nice thick layer of peanut butter all over a pancake.

Now just fold your pancake over into the "taco" shape and enjoy!

Feel free to smear on some jelly or sliced bananas too!

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Saturday, January 12, 2019

Dehydrating Citrus Zest

I love to bake and often times when I come across a recipe, it will call for some citrus zest and I never have it on hand. I don't keep lemons or limes laying around much either so I decided to zest some citrus fruits and dehydrate them so I have them on hand whenever I need them.

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Orange zest and lemon zest are usually used in quick breads and fruit breads. All the different citrus zests are great for decorating the tops of breads and cakes and adds just the simplest of citrus flavoring that really makes a difference.

To create your own zest is super simple. Using a citrus zester or a vegetable peeler, just remove the "skin" of your lemons, limes and oranges. Stop before you get to the white of the fruit.

Place the "zest" onto your dehydrator trays and start the dehydrator. The zests are ready when they are completely dry and brittle. It can take about 14-16 hours. I then place the dried zest into a small mason/canning jar until I am ready to use it.

To use, just place the zest into a grinder and grind into a powder or pinch the zest between your fingers to break it up into small pieces. Add into your dishes as you would fresh zest. If a recipe calls for the zest of one lemon, lime or orange, just use 1 tsp. of this dehydrated and dried zest.