BBQ pictures

Here are some pictures from a BBQ we had on Labor Day.

~ Hanunyah

Frozen Fruit Dessert Pizza

I made this yesterday. They said it was "different", but good.

Frozen Fruit Dessert Pizza (Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Corn-free)
Hanunyah Creation


Crust:
1/2 cup lard (we were out, so I used oil)
1/2 cup sugar (I used white)
1 egg
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda + 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (or 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, if not corn-free)
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon guar gum
1 1/4 cups rice flour

Topping:
3 pieces fruit of choice*
1/4 cup cream cheese
1 teaspoon lemon extract

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine all of the crust ingredients. Spread in a greased round baking pan (I use a 11 inch stoneware baking pan). Bake in preheated oven for about 9 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.


2. Combine all of the topping ingredients in a food processor (be sure to remove seeds from fruit). Spread on the cooled, baked crust and put in the freezer. You could also top it with coconut, dried fruit, etc.

Notes:

*I used 1 ripe banana and 2 ripe plums. You may use whatever kind of fruit you want.


~ Hanunyah

Disguised Dessert Pizza

Another dessert pizza . . . this one looking more like a real pizza - cookie crust, a unusual (but sweet) red sauce I came up with, and grated white almond bark for cheese.
      I was wondering around in the kitchen looking for ideas for making something that would taste good, but look like red sauce. First, I attempted some kind of brown sugar sauce, but after making it, it didn't look like that would work too well. I didn't want to mess with the stove anymore, since it was getting somewhat warm in the kitchen. So I thought I'd just make a quick no-cook topping. I picked up some kind of red hot pepper that looked like it needed used (I thought - why not? my mom likes spicy stuff, and remember how well the jalepeno peanut brittle went down? I ended up not using it though, because I debated how good it would be in this). Hmmmmmm . . . . carrots? If I could chop them up very fine, I might reach the somewhat grainy look of red sauce. They are also used in desserts sometimes, and have a mild, sweet flavor. And, since they're orange, that could help with the color, too. So, I decided - I put a carrot in the food processor. Since cream cheese went down very well in the Peanut Butter Cheesecake Dessert Pizza, I asked my sister if we had cream cheese. "Yes". Okay, that's what I'm going to use, then! I also added a little nutmeg and cinnamon, and poppy and flaxseeds to look like seasoning.

After all, this went over well. One of my sisters didn't get a piece since I took it over to the neighbors, where at least 25 people were. But, I still have a little almond bark left, so I can make it again. The neighbor/friend kids (where we go over almost every Monday for dinner, and they always look forward to my desserts), said it tasted like pumpkin pie (because of the little nutmeg and cinnamon I added). You can leave the spices out, if you want. Also, my brothers and sisters had a hard time trying to guess what was in the red sauce. They said it didn't taste like carrots.

Disguised Dessert Pizza
Hanunyah Creation


Crust:
1/2 cup lard
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon guar gum
1/2 teaspoon baking soda + 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (or 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, if not corn-free)
1 1/4 cups flour


Sauce and Topping:
1 carrot, very finely chopped in the food processor
1/4 cup cream cheese
2 to 3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
1/4 teaspoon poppyseeds
1/2 teaspoon flaxseeds
a few drops red food color


1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine all of the crust ingredients. Spread in a greased round baking pan (I use a 11 inch stoneware baking pan).


2. Combine all of the topping ingredients exept the almond bark. Grate almond bark over the pizza (I used about 1/2 of a 2 ounce piece).

Carrots in the food processor. Make sure you get them very fine.

Enjoy!!

~ Hanunyah

Sweet and Salty Dessert Pizza

Another sweet pizza . . . somebody gave us a bunch of chips, so I came up with this funky flavor. They said it was good (and blog-worthy :-) ), but surely not as good as the Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Dessert Pizza.


Sweet and Salty Dessert Pizza (Gluten-free, Dairy-free)
Hanunyah Creation


Crust:
1/2 cup lard
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon guar gum
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/4 cups rice flour
1/2 cup crushed chips (I used corn chips)

Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup milk*
2 tablespoons lard
1/4 cup crushed chips (I used corn chips)
1 teaspoon lemon extract

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine all of the crust ingredients. Spread in a greased round baking pan (I use a 11 inch stoneware baking pan). You may need to add a teaspoon or two of water (before spreading in the pan) for easier spreading. Bake in preheated oven for about 9 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.

2. For the sauce, combine the brown sugar, milk and lard. Stir until dissolved, and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add the extract and chips. Beat until thick, and spread on the crust.


Notes:
*You may need to add a little water if the dough is too thick to spread in the pan.
**For the milk in the topping I used some "cream cheese" that my sister made, that didn't turn out right - it was really thin (it smelled like cream cheese, it just was too thin to hang), so we used it in baking.




~ Hanunyah

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Dessert Pizza

I've made up 3 dessert pizzas (fruit, chip [posting later] and this one), and they said this was the best one, and definitely a keeper. They also said it tasted like cheesecake, thus the name.

Topped with cocoa and chopped white almond bark

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Dessert Pizza
Hanunyah Creation


Crust:
1/4 cup lard
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon guar gum
1/2 teaspoon baking soda + 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (or 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, if not corn-free)
1 1/4 cups flour


Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup lard
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 to 1/3 cup cream cheese*
cocoa (optional)
chopped white almond bark (optional)


1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine all of the crust ingredients. Spread in a greased round baking pan (I use a 11 inch stoneware baking pan). You may need to add a teaspoon or two of water (before spreading in the pan) for easier spreading. Bake in preheated oven for about 9 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.

2. For the sauce, combine the brown sugar and milk. Stir until dissolved, and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add the lard. Beat until thick, and set aside. Spread 1/2 cup of peanut butter over the crust, then cream cheese, then the brown sugar sauce, and swirl around a bit with a knife.


Notes:
*Cream cheese - I used 1/4 cup over the peanut butter, then a little more on the top. They said it had a good cream cheese flavor, and my sister was suprised when I told her I only used about 1/4 cup.




~ Hanunyah

Caramel Fruit Cookie Pizza

*I entered this in The Gluten-Free Homemaker's Gluten-Free Wednesdays recipe carnival. Please check out all of the great entries here!

Tonight I wanted to experiment some, but didn't really know what I wanted to make. I was looking through my recipe files, and saw a recipe for a Banana-Berry Brownie Pizza. So I figured I would make something like that recipe. But, I looked to see if we had cocoa - we are out. So I made the dough for Chocolate Chip Cookies without the chocolate chips, spread in a round pan and baked. I made up a sauce with brown sugar (because we've only had brown sugar for the last few days, and we're out of powdered sugar), then topped with a couple bananas and a peach.


This was good! They (my brothers and sisters) really liked it.

*Note: I think I'm going to do the sauce different next time. I beat it until it was the consistency of a caramel sauce, then put it on the crust when the crust was still hot, and it melted and soaked into the crust. Next time I'll try beating the sauce more until it's like fudge, then spread on the cooled crust.

Caramel Fruit Cookie Pizza (Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Corn-free)
Hanunyah Creation


Crust:
1/2 cup lard
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla or maple extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon guar gum
1/2 teaspoon baking soda + 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (or 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, if not corn-free)
1 1/4 cups rice flour

Sauce:
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup lard
1 teaspoon vanilla or maple extract

Toppings:
2 large bananas
1 peach

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine all of the crust ingredients. Spread in a greased round baking pan (I used a stoneware baking pan, not sure what size - I think 11 inch or something around that). Bake in preheated oven for about 9 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.

2. For the sauce, combine the brown sugar and milk. Stir until dissolved, and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add the lard and extract. Beat until thick. Spread over the cookie crust. Slice and arange your desired fruit over the cookie crust and sauce.

~ Hanunyah