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Cranberry-Orange Pecan Bread
                                                                                 1 rounded cup fresh or frozen
                                                                                 cranberries (about
                                                                                 4 1/2 ounces)
                                                                                 2 cups unbleached all-purpose
                                                                                 flour
                                                                                 1 cup sugar
                                                                                 1 teaspoon baking powder
                                                                                 1/2 teaspoon salt
                                                                                 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
                                                                                 3/4 cup toasted pecans or
                                                                                 walnuts, coarsely chopped
                                                                                 1 large egg
                                                                                 2/3 cup low-fat buttermilk
                                                                                 6 tablespoons butter, melted
                                                                                 2 tablespoons orange zest
        Island Eggnog                                                            1/3 cup orange juice
             6 eggs, beaten                                                      2 teaspoons Angostura Orange
                                                                                 Bitters
             2 teaspoons grated lime zest                                        1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
             2 cans (14 ounces) sweetened
             condensed milk                                                     Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease
             3 cups canned evaporated milk                                   9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
             2 cups Angostura                                                  If using frozen cranberries, spread
             7 Year   Rum                                                    berries out on cutting board and let rest
        1 ounce Angostura Aromatic                                           for 10 minutes. Cut large cranberries
             Bitters                                                         in half.
             1 pinch freshly grated nut meg or                                 In large bowl, combine flour with sugar, baking
        cin                  namon                                           powder, salt, baking soda, nuts and egg; blend
        In large bowl, beat eggs and lime zest                               thoroughly with whisk. Stir in cranberries.
                                                                               In small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, but-
        using electric mixer until light and fluffy.                         ter, orange zest, orange juice, bitters and vanilla
        Gradually pour in condensed milk while                               extract. Add to dry ingredients and stir gently
        continuing to mix then pour in evaporat-                             until fully moistened; do not over mix. Spoon
        ed milk. Stir in rum and bitters; sprin-                             batter into pan and smooth out top.
        kle with nutmeg. Transfer to bottle and                                Bake 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted
        refrigerate at least 3 hours (preferably                             in center comes out clean. Let rest in pan 10
        overnight). Serve in rocks glasses over                              minutes then turn out onto wire rack to cool
        crushed ice or in champagne flutes for entertaining. Garnish         completely for at least 1 hour before slicing.
        with freshly grated nutmeg or cinnamon.



                                                                      1/2 cup plain dry breadcrumbs
                                                                      4 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese

                                                                  1/2 teaspoon dried sage, thyme or marjoram

                                                                  Heat oven to 400 F. With damp paper towel, wipe mushroom
                                                                  tops. Remove bottoms of stems. In large bowl, slice mush-
                                                                  rooms about 1/4-inch thick.

                                                                  Melt 1 tablespoon butter. Combine cooking wine, soy sauce
                                                                  and bitters; stir in butter. Pour over mushrooms and let stand
                                                                  10 minutes, stirring frequently.

           Marsala Mushroom Casserole                             In small bowl, stir together breadcrumbs cheese and sage. Melt
                                                                  remaining butter and stir into breadcrumb mixture; set aside.
               16 ounces cremini mushrooms
               2 tablespoons butter, divided                      Pour mushrooms into shallow 8-inch baking dish. Bake 10
               1/3 cup Holland House Marsala Cooking Wine         minutes. Remove from oven and spoon out 4-6 tablespoons
               1 tablespoon soy sauce                             juice. Sprinkle mushrooms with breadcrumb mixture and bake
 Robeson Living ~ Fall 2017      1 teaspoon Angostura Aromatic Bitters  10 minutes more, or until crumbs are golden  Page 79
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