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| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 12:57:21 PM
?????
Just got home from Amish
country with a new Amish cookbook. There are recipes there for quickbreads baked in wide mouth pint jars and then screw on the lids as soon as the bread comes out of the oven. These ladies claim they will keep in the pantry for up to a year.
Has anybody tried this?????
I am very intrigued by the possibilities
Michele
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| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 6:52:37 PM
OK - here are some of the recipes. They are baked in wide-mouth pint jars. Do not be alarmed when the cakes rise well above the rim. They will deflate quickly. They may overflow some. Mine have never lasted more than 6 months on the shelf, but I am told they are good for a year.
Rum or Amaretto Cake in a Jar: 1 yellow cake mix, 1 (4 serving) vanilla instant pudding, 4 eggs, 1 C oil, 1/2 C water, 3/4 C rum or Amaretto.
Place cake mix and pudding mix in a large bowl. Blend with a whisk. Add eggs, oil, water and rum/amaretto. Mix with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Place 1 scant cup of batter in each of 6 well greased pint canning jars. Wipe batter from the rim. Place the jars on a baking sheet. Bake at 325 for 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Wipe the rims. Place hot sterilized seals and rings on hot jars.
Kahlua Cake in a Jar: Substitute with chocolate pudding and Kahlua.
Zucchini Bread in a Jar: 2 C sugar, 1 C oil, 3 eggs, 2/3 C water, 1 tsp vanilla, 3-1/4 C flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1-1/2 Tbl cinnamon, 3 C grated zucchini, 1 C chopped nuts.
In a lg bowl, cream sugar and oil with electric mixer. Add eggs and mix well. Add water and vanilla and mix well. Place dry ingredients in a separate lg bowl and blend with a whisk. Add creamed ingredients to dry ingredients and mix with a whisk and spoon. Stir in grated zucchini and nuts. Place 1 C batter in each of 6 well-greased jars. Wipe batter from rim. Bake on a baking sheet at 325 for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Wipe rims. Place hot lids and rings on hot jars.
I have about 25 other recipes, some from scratch. If you are interested, let me know and I can e-mail a copy of them.
Hope you enjoy making these as much as I do.
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| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 6:23:03 PM
I will get the recipes to you tomorrow. Hope you enjoy them. |
| kofarmgirl |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 5:27:52 PM
If anyone is interested my great Aunt has a recipe for what she calls Grandma's Butter Cake and she says you can seal it in wide mouth pint jars for about a month. We made them but they didn't last a month because it is really gooooood!
1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
2 c. flour
2 t. vanilla
Cream butter. Add sugar. Continue to beat. Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition. Add flour and vanilla. Cook in buttered and floured pan at 325 for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until test done.
Freezes well. Can be cooked in wide-mouth pint jars then sealed. Will keep for month. |
| Mamarude |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 1:48:48 PM
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just took a canning class from our county extension office and our agent/teacher said it is not safe to make those cake in a jar sort of things. She didn't say anything about water bath canning them, but said they are not recommended.
Cherian in Durango, CO |
| Lynner |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 05:07:00 AM
Yes it is true. Last year I canned whole wheat bread, and cake. Cake keeps very well, but better eaten in about 7 months. The cake was an experiment to see if it might make a good gift for the holidays. Well, at least my husband and I enjoyed it. Some just thought it was strange. The chocolate was the best, and very moist.
Sheri
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| quiltin mama |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 8:45:48 PM
Oney,
Please share your recipe for Harvest Pumpkin Pecan bread! That sounds sooooooooooo good!
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| Claude09647 |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 3:10:30 PM
this sounds like such a fun thing to try!
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
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| peapicker |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 1:54:37 PM
Shirley, you bet we're interested. Please post the recipes if its not too much trouble. I know we can get some recipes online, but I prefer the ones someone else has tried and recommends. I am assuming yours are also in pint jars? |
| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 12:53:13 PM
I have several "cake in a jar" recipes. They are great to have on hand when someone drops by for coffee or for a late night snack. I almost always have applesauce, kaluha, and rum cakes on hand. They are made with a lot of oil, a cake mix and a package of pudding as the main ingredients. Let me know if you are interested. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 11:48:08 AM
OOOh...pumpkin sounds fabulous! I will be doing that for sure next. I love pumpkin anything!
Jenny in Utah
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| Amy Warwick |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 07:41:17 AM
I've done it. It is fantastic and as Tidy said, it is great for gifts. I love the pumpkin bread with a dollop of whipped cream.
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| Tidy Aprons |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 07:18:47 AM
I've baked breads in widemouth canning jars. It's quite easy. Makes great gifts. My favorites are Strawberry Nut bread and Harvest Pumpkin Pecan bread.
~Oney~
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| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 07:14:55 AM
WOW!!!!
Who knew??? Well, obviously Jenny.
Thanks girls, I can't wait to try this.
I like the water bath method; makes me feel a little safer about not poisoning people, although...... there are SOME people....
Michele
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| Tapestry |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 01:21:09 AM
This sounds yummy and I can see this going as gifts this Christmas :)
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 9:23:34 PM
Apple bread in a jar:
INGREDIENTS
2/3 cup butter
2 2/3 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup water
3 cups grated apple(leave the peel on)
2/3 cup raisins
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly butter the insides of 8 straight-sided wide-mouth pint canning jars. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Set aside.
Cream softened butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat in well. Add flours alternately with water and mix until smooth. Fold in apples, raisins and nuts.
Fill jars 1/2 full of batter, being careful to keep the rims clean.(any more full than 1/2 and they will rise above the rims and won't seal) Wipe off any batter that gets on the rims. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, sterilize the lids and rings in boiling water.
As soon as cake is done, remove from oven one at a time, wipe rims of jars and put on lid and ring. Jars will seal as cakes cool. Place the jars on the counter and listen for them to "ping" as they seal. If you miss the "ping", wait until they are completely cool and press on the top of the lid. If it doesn't move at all, it's sealed. I usually water bath can them for 10 min. if they will be stored for more than 6 months. Good luck getting them to last that long though. This is yummy stuff.
I adapted this recipe from one that someone gave me (added the whole wheat flour and I use butter instead of shortening) I have made this same recipe with grated zuchinni instead of apple and it works well too. Don't try this in quart jars..it dosn't work. (I learned the hard way) My kids like to get a fork and eat it right out of the jar for a special treat..but it does come out easily by just running a butter knife around the inside of the jar to loosen the cake. This is more like quick bread than cake. Have fun girls!!
Jenny in Utah
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 9:10:49 PM
Jenny- I think you should share your tried and true recipes! 
Alee
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| quiltin mama |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 7:38:48 PM
So does anyone have a favorite recipe and then a method of canning they'd like to share?
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| nubidane |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 7:15:43 PM
Oh Jenny
I knew you would have delved into this!!
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 4:05:43 PM
I do it. I know it isn't "recomended" but it works and is just lovely for little gifts. I always sterilize the jars first and I water bath can them (lids screwed down really tightly) too. If you google cakes in jars recipes or something like that there are alot of recipes for this. I like the apple cake in a jar and nut bread in a jar best.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 3:01:20 PM
My mom and dad did that a couple years ago for christmas presents. They even made chocolate cake! Works like a charm.
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| quiltin mama |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 1:49:13 PM
Wow, I don't know, but I'd sure love to! Hope someone has the answer!
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