Baker's Coating

I found a recipe for Baker's Coating in a book called Morning Glories by Sharon Kebschull Barrett. It's like a brush on version of Bakers Joy you use it whenever a recipe calls to grease and flour a pan.

I adore this stuff. I never have cakes stick when I use this. All it is is equal parts oil, shortening and flour. The author uses 1 cup of each and suggest a double batch if you bake a lot. However that is wat too much for my needs so I only use 1/4 cup of each.

Baker's Coating

1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup flour

In a bowl beat all ingredients together with an electric mixture. It will be the consistency of sour cream. Put in an airtight container. It doesn't need to be refrigerated and according to the author it keeps indefinitely.

To use, brush a thin coat onto pan with a pastry brush.

Strawberry Lemon Bars

This is another recipe I meant to post ages ago and never got around to. I found the recipe at Something Sweet. It was ok but I like plain lemon bars better.

Mama Pilla's North Carolina Green Beans

I made this last summer when the beans were coming in. I found the recipe at bitofnutmeg but the link no longer works but it was simple enough to remember and it tasted really good.

fresh green beans
salt pork (or fatback, streak of lean, ham hock, etc.)
water
crockpot

Rinse your beans. Snap the ends off your beans and snap them into 2 or 3 pieces. Place the beans in the crockpot and cover with water. add in 2 or 3 pieces of salt pork. Cook about 6 hours.