Farm Shop Recipes

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Desserts

Roasted Rosemary Figs

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

Ingredients

1 pint  , halved
½ cup Mascarpone cheese
1 Tbsp maple syrup

Rosemary prunings p>

Preparation

Make a bed of the rosemary branches in the bottom of a 9×13 pan>
Courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop employee Nikki Peronto

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Dried Fruit & Nut Bars

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

Ingredients

1 cup flour
Dash of salt
¼ cup butter
½ cup snipped dried fruit
¾ cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup shredded coconut
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tablespoons flour
2 Tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons shredded orange peel
1 ¼ cup powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons juice of orange
½ cup chopped walnuts

Preparation

Combine flour and saltp>

By Annie Main, Good Humus Produce em>

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Mother’s Dried Apricot Pie

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

Dried fruit pies, which have a rich intensity quite unlike their fresh fruit counterparts, were once commonplace in the Midwestp>

For the Pie Crust

¾ cups butter
2 ¼ cup flour 2 cups white flour and ½ cup whole wheatli>
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup water

Mix flour and salt in a bowl then remove 1/3 cup of flour3-cup flour add the water to form a pastep>
For the Filling

2 cups dried apricots
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter diced
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon [...]

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Honey Apple Crumble with Dried Fruit

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

In addition to rehydrating the dried fruit and cranberries, the cider deepens the flavor to the applesp>

Ingredients

1 ¾ cups apple cider
¼ cup finely chopped dried fruit li>
½ cup nutlike cereal nuggets li>
½ c up packed brown sugar, divided
5 tablespoons flour dividedli>
1-teaspoon cinnamon divided
3 tablespoons honey
1-teaspoon vanilla extract
5 medium apples li>

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350p>

Bring cider to a boil, remove from heat, and stir in dried fruit and cranberriesp>

Combine dried fruit, cereal, ¼ cup sugar, 1-tablespoon flour and ½ teaspoon cinnamon in [...]

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Raisin or Dried Fruit Pie

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

Ingredients

2 pie crusts, li>
1 ½ cups raisins li>
1 ½ cups hot water
1 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon lemon or orange zest
pinch of salt
1 tablespoons tapioca flour or cornstarch

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degreesp>

Dissolve lemon juice and salt in hot water and pour over the raisinsp>

By Annie Main, Good Humus Produce em>

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Oatmeal Dried Fruit Raisin Cookies

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup butter softened
1 ¼ cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoons baking soda
1-teaspoon salt
1-teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cloves
3 cups quick cooking oats
1 to 2 cups dried fruit chopped

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375p>

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffyp>

By Annie Main, Good Humus Produce >

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Kuri Kustards (winter squash dessert)

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

These are absolutely delicious, more delicate than pumpkin – and nicer than pie for those who don’t eat crusts div>
This recipe can be substituted with any winter squash except spaghetti squashdiv>
Ingredients

1 Red Kuri Squash li>
1 cup white sugar
2 cups hot milk
1 T melted butter
1/2 t ground cinnamon
1/2 t ground ginger
3 eggs
pinch of salt

Preparation

Halve the squash and remove the seeds, put it back together and wrap it tightly in aluminum foilp>

Blend it quickly, then pour it into 6 buttered ramekins and [...]

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Persimmon Pudding

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

This is a customer’s favorite when it comes to cooking with persimmons – who doesn’t love puddingdiv>

Ingredients

2 cups persimmon pulp from very ripe persimmons li>
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup whipping cream
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fp>

Cut persimmons in half, crosswise and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, discarding the stem and [...]

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Dolly’s Persimmon Cookies

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

When Jeanette saw our persimmons for sale she couldn’t stop talking about her mother’s delicious cookie recipe, which happens to be her all-time favorite cookiediv>

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 beaten egg
1 cup persimmon pulp

Preparation

Sift flour, soda and spices togetherp>

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Spicy Mocha

Categories: Desserts, Recipes

Want a creative way to use your dried chilesp>
Ingredients

4 1/2 cups whole milk
4 small dried red chiles
3 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
3 cups espresso
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup whipping cream

Directions

Combine the milk, chiles, and cinnamon sticks in a heavy large saucepanp>

Ladle the hot chocolate into 8 mugsp>

Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiisem>

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