Shrimp Etouffee and Bake Sale Items

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Shrimp Etouffee

by a magazine that I can't remember

4 tablespoons butter, softened

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped bell pepper

3/4 cup chopped celery

3 garlic cloves, minced

1.1 ounces all purpose flour about 1/4 cup

2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning

1/4 teaspoon dried thyme

2 8 ounce bottles calm juice

(we omitted this and used 16 ounces of water instead)

3/4 cup chopped tomato

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1/2 cup chopped green onions

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 2/3 cups hot cooked long grain rice

     1. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a dutch oven over medium heat.  Add onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic to pan; cook 8 minutes or until very tender and onion begins to brown, stirring frequently.  Place onion mixture in a bowl.  Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter in pan.  Stir in Cajun seasoning, thyme and clam juice; cook for 1 minute.  Stir in onion mixture, tomato and Worcestershire sauce; simmer for 15 minutes or until thick.  Add green onions, salt, and shrimp; cook for 6 minutes or until shrimp is done, stirring occasionally.  Serve over hot cooked rice.

Bake Sale Items

Chocolate Silk Pie



This recipe came from my mom and I'm not sure where it came from originally.

 3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup butter

3 eggs

1 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1 1/2 tsp. instant coffee

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 cup almonds

1/4 cup all purpose flour

1 unbaked pie shell

     In a mixing bowl beat brown sugar and butter until fluffy.  Beat in 1 egg at a time.  Mix in chocolate, coffee and add flour my mom omitted the almonds and decorated the top instead.  Mix well pour into shell.  Bake on lower rack at 375 degrees ( it didn't give how long to bake it.  I baked mine for 25 minutes).  The top is just cool whip!

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