[CH] Hoosier Hotluck HooWee
Alex Silbajoris (asilbajo@hotmail.com)
Fri, 06 Apr 2001 17:12:23
We are almost ready to leave for the hotluck. I wanted to post the recipe
for the 'Zilla 'Nillas I'm bringing along. If I can hide them from Linda,
there might be some left.
'Zilla 'Nillas
A basic vanilla wafer-type cookie, with an element of heat. The idea is to
have just enough heat that you don't notice until you've just about finished
the first one.
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg
1-1/4 tbsp vanilla extract
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 level tsp habanero powder
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine
dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls
3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350F for 12 - 15
minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown. Remove to a wire rack to
cool.
I found it convenient to put the batter on wax paper, let it chill outside,
and press it into a uniform flat brick so I could cut it into cubes a little
larger than sugarcubes. The finished product _looks_ innocent.
I also have (cue the Iron Chef background music) chicken in a
lemon-orange-shallot-garlic-aji amarillo-red hab sauce, some Ionian green
olives currently undergoing a Brine Adjustment, and the Schmeer of Fear, a
cream cheese spread with hickory-smoked habs and other flavorings. BTW one
thing in that spread is a dried-vegetable seasoning from a Ruby Tuesday's
restaurant - surprisingly good stuff, similar to a dried vegetable soup mix.
Of course the forecast calls for rain BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA so this
year I think I'll just bring an electric skillet and an extension cord, and
just hang around inside with the folks and watch it rain.
"When I dream about the moonlight on the hab patch,
how I long for my Indiana home..."
- A
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