Thursday, March 18, 2010

Beer Barbecue Sauce

1 cup Prepared barbecue sauce
1 cup Ketchup
2/3 cup Beer
1/4 cup Honey or Molasses
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
2 tablespoons Red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Hot pepper sauce
1/2 teaspoon Pepper
2 Garlic cloves, minced
2 Onions, finely chopped


In large bowl, combine barbecue sauce, ketchup, beer, honey, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, pepper, garlic and onions. Place food in marinade and let stand at room tepmerature for up to 2 hours or in refrigerator overnight. When ready to cook, remove food and place marinade in saucepan and cook for 10 minutes or until thickened.

Use as sauce for basting or serving with cooked food.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Lemon Bars



Crust:
1 c flour
1/4 c sifted powdered sugar
1/2 c butter
1/4 tsp butter flavoring



Combine by cutting with a pastry cutter or a fork until crumbly. pat into a 9" square greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 min. Cool.



Filling:

3/4 c sugar
1/4 c flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs, beaten
2Tbls lemon juice
1/4 tsp lemon flavoring

Combine sugar, flour and bkg powder. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Add remaininig ingredients mixing well and spread on top of crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 min.



Cool and sprinkle the top with powedered sugar.

Cut into desired sized squares.