Manassas, Virginia

I use something similar to this recipe for lots of dishes (but most especially pastas with chicken and vegetables and omelettes). I toss in a T. of flour, a sprinkling of dried parsley, some garlic powder and some ground pepper while the sauce is simmering. Sometimes I include mozzarella or cheddar cheese, too. I'm constantly whisking as it thickens. When I serve, I sprinkle some nutmeg or paprika over the top of the offering. I love this sauce.

This is a very good recipe. My family doesn't particularly care for canned fruit cocktail, so I substitute some other canned fruit (e.g., apricot halves, bartlet pears or cling peaches). I scale the recipe to 24 (it just workes better with my pans that way). Since I have yet to figure out how to get 2-1/4 eggs, I use all 3. And then I follow the recipe as written with the following "tweaks": 1) I use 1-1/2 cups AP flour and 3/4 cup WW flour. 2) I omit the oil altogether because I puree the "leftover" fruit with its syrup and use 2/3 cup + 2 T. butter (or margaine) for the shortening. The result is a moist, healthy and very flavorful snack-time bread. (One more thing: I use a countertop convection oven, so I reduce the temperature to 300 degrees F. and the cooking time to 45 minutes. My yield is 4 mini-loaves, which is perfect for my family's needs.)

This was excellent. I bake in a counter top convection oven, so I scaled the recipe to 21 servings (2 eggs; yield: 3 mini-loaves), adjusted the temperature to 275 F. and the cooking time to 40 minutes. I used these settings for the first 2 mini-loaves. For the third mini-loaf, I changed the cooking time to 35 minutes. I covered all of the loaves with an aluminum foil "tent" during the last 15 minutes of baking time. Other "tweaks" included: (1) I used 2 cups all-purpose flour and 1 cup whole wheat (healthier); (2) I used 1 cup Splenda (fewer calories) and 1/2 cup brown sugar; (3) I used the full 1/2 cup of butter but I also added 1/4 cup unsweetened (homemade) applesauce for additional moisture. The results? My 2 adult sons finished (a better word might be "devoured") one of the loaves before I had a chance to wrap the second loaf and even before the third loaf had finished baking (LOL). They topped it with Cream Cheese and "washed it down" with milk. I will be making this again.