Featured Recipes:

 

Carrot Cake
(Ingredients)

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts

Method:
Combine sugar, oil and eggs. Beat at medium speed for two minutes. Sift dry ingredients together. Add to oil mixture and beat at low speed until combined. Add grated carrots and walnuts. Spread batter in greased and floured pan. Bake at 325. Cool and frost with cream cheese icing.

Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

• 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
• 2 oz butter at room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 lb confectioner's sugar

Method:
Beat cream cheese and butter together. Add vanilla. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.

Morel Mushroom Soup
(Ingredients)

• 1 lb morels, cleaned
• 1 small bunch ramps, cleaned, white parts only
• 1 medium potato, peeled and diced
• 1 quart light chicken or mushroom stock
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 cup cream
• Bouquet garnish: peppercorns, thyme, bay leaf, garlic clove

Method:
Dice ramps. Sweat ramps and potato in butter for 2 minutes. Add morels and cook until their juices are released and reduced. Add wine and reduce to a few tablespoons. Add stock and bouquet and simmer until vegetables are tender. Puree in a blender and strain through a chinois or fine-mesh sieve. Finish with cream, salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with a pan-seared morel, a quenelle of seasoned crème fraîche and a tip of blanched asparagus.

 

Canoe Bay Classics:

 

Canoe Bay Trail Mix Cookies
(makes 2-3 dozen)

• 16 OZ BUTTER
• 2 CUPS BROWN SUGAR (Packed)
• 1 CUP GRANULATED SUGAR
• ½ CUP MILK
• 2 EA EGGS
• 2 TSP VANILLA
• 2 CUP ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
• 1 TSP CINNAMON
• 1 TSP BAKING SODA
• ½ TSP SALT
• 6 CUPS OATS
• 1 CUP GOLDEN RAISINS
• 1 CUP DRIED CRANBERRIES
• 1 ½ CUPS CHOCOLATE CHIPS

1. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy and add eggs one at a time.
2. Mix dry ingredients together.
3. Combine Milk and Vanilla together.
4. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture.
5. Mix until combined about 2 or 3 minutes.
6. On a greased baking tray, drop about 2 oz spoonfuls on to sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 325. Should make about 24-36 cookies. Cool for 5 minutes on a cooling rack.

Canoe Bay Baked Oatmeal
(Yields 10 servings)

• 10 CUPS OATS (Regular, not quick)
• 5 CUPS RAISINS
• 5 CUPS DRY MILK
• 5 CUPS BROWN SUGAR
• 5 TSP GROUND CINNAMON
• 2 TSP SALT

Combine above ingredients in a large bowl. You may make this mixture ahead and keep in a storage container.

In an oven proof bowl, add 1 tsp of butter, 1 ½ cups oatmeal mixture, 1 ½ cups boiling water. Stir Mixture and place into a 350 degree oven for 25-35 minutes or until golden brown on top. The oatmeal is now ready to eat.