Pecan Pie

Pecan Pie

Not-so-healthy but gloriously delicious! This is the best pecan pie I have ever eaten.

Ingredients

1 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy, and stir in melted butter. Stir in the brown sugar, white sugar and the flour; mix well. Last add the milk, vanilla and nuts.
Pour into an unbaked 9-in pie shell. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until done.

To mix it up, you can add one packet of Starbucks via instant coffee to the mix before baking. Coffee pecan pie is amazing!

Black Bean Brownies

Ingredients:
3 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
1 cup cooked black beans
¾ cups unsalted butter
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp salt
½ walnuts chopped

Procedure:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
melt chocolate and butter together on the stove
blend beans in a food processor
whip eggs, add sugar and beat on high for 5 min
add melted butter chocolate butter mix, once it's room temperature, mix together
add beans, vanilla, salt, and nuts, mix together
Spoon/scoop brownie mix into greased cupcake tin up to the top of the rim
Bake for 25 min or until the top is crusty
Cool then eat (the original recipe says to cool in the fridge overnight but... whatever)

Apple Salsa

2 apples (I used one granny, one braeburn)
1 onion
1 anaheim pepper or jalapeno pepper
Juice of ½ lime
2 tbsp cilantro

Slice everything into small pieces and blend together in the food processor. Eat with tortilla chips. Delicious!!

The original recipe said to use 1/2 an onion and both of the peppers. I preferred more onion; both peppers just made it too spicy for some people. I will be experimenting with bell peppers for added color and flavor!