Mimis Restaurant Recipes

CARROT BREAD FROM MIMI'S CAFE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9-inch square pan or four 3 X 6-inch loaf pans.
• 2. In a medium bowl; sift together first five ingredients; set aside.
• 3. In a seperate bowl; whisk together oil, brown sugar and eggs; pour into flour mixture and stir well.
• 4. Stir in walnuts, pineapple, raisins and carrots.
• 5. Pour into prepare pan(s). Bake 30 to 40 minutes if using 9-inch pan or 20 minut for mini pan or until lighty browned. Test with toothpick or cake tester to make sure it's done.

HONEY BRAN MUFFINS - MIMI'S CAFE RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Distribute about 1 tablespoon of the Glaze into 12 muffin tins and be sure to coat the bottom and sides of each muffin tin. (I did this just before I mixed the wet and dry ingredients so that the glaze was fairly liquid, and I just spread it evenly between all 12 tins rather than measure) In a medium bowl (or one with a pour spout) mix all the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl (I didn't do this I just put all the wet ingredients into the middle of the dry ingredients and mixed them all together), mix the "liquid" ingredients. Stir the liquids into the dry ingredients until just moistened. Fill muffin tins 2/3 full, bake at 350 for 20min, until a toothpick comes out clean (be sure not to fill the muffins too full because even at 2/3rds they spring up over the tops a little. Immediately invert the baked muffins onto foil or wax paper to cool. I put mine on wax paper, and then enjoyed eating the caramelized rings on the muffin tin - if you make them, you'll know what I'm talking about.

MIMI'S CAFE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Fill a 9 x 9 x 2 1/2" baking pan with the bread cubes and sprinkle the raisins on top.
• (Use enough bread to come to the top of the pan. You might not use the whole loaf).
• Whisk the remaining ingredients together to make a batter, pour over the top of the bread and stir lightly. Allow the bread to soak 1/2 hour. The pan will be very full. If you have too much batter, discard the excess. If there's not enough, add a little more milk to the pan.
• Bake in a 325° oven for about 40 minutes until the pudding is golden brown and puffed up around the edges. The center should be "set" but still a little soft. You can make this ahead of time and heat it in the microwave oven later.

CORN CHOWDER FROM MIMI'S CAFE

Steps:

• On medium heat, melt butter.
• Simmer onion and celery for 5 minutes until soft but not brown.
• Add water, potatoes, corn and seasonings.
• Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are barely tender.
• Whisk the flour into 1 cup of half & half and stir into soup.
• Add remaining 3 cups half & half.
• Simmer for about 15 minutes until soup thickens to creamy consistency.
• To make soup thicker, simmer another 5-10 minutes.