Recipes

Maple Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked fresh pumpkin
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoon melted butter
1/2 cup heavy cream and 1/2 cup milk
1 cup Dark with Robust Taste Peplau's Maple Syrup
2 eggs, beaten
Combine pumpkin, cornstarch, spices and salt. Mix the butter, cream and milk, maple syrup and eggs all together. Put all the ingredients together and mix well. Pour into a 9-inch pie shell. Preheat oven and bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes and then reduce temperature to 350 and continue to bake for about 50 minutes. Cool and then serve with whipped cream.

Peplau's Maple Marinade

Ingredients:
1 part dark amber maple syrup
1 part soy sauce
1 part lemon juice
Lots of whole garlic
Lots of ground ginger

This marinade is great for just about any kind of meat. We like lots of garlic and ginger, but you need to put in the amount that you want. Start with one cup each of the syrup, soy sauce and lemon juice and 4 cloves of garlic and 1 tablespoon of ground ginger. Mix it all together and pour over the meat. Let the meat sit in the marinade for a day or so.

Maple Oatmeal Bread

Ingredients:
1 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup hot black coffee
3 packages baking yeast
1 cup rolling oats
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1/3 cup butter
5-6 cups flour
3 eggs
3/4 cup dark amber maple syrup

Combine boiling water, coffee, oats, maple syrup, butter and salt. Let mixture cool to lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in the 1/4 cup lukewarm water then add to mixture. Blend in the eggs and flour and knead until smooth. Place in large bowl, cover and let rise until double in bulk. Knead and divide into two loaves. Place in greased loaf pans. Let rise. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 50 minutes.

Great toasted with Maple Cream on it.

Maple Poppy Seed Salad Dressing
1/4 cup maple syrup Recipe is from Mother Earth News
3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/4 red or white onion
2 tsp Dijon mustand
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp poppy seeds
Blend all ingredients except the poppy seeds together in a blender until the onion is pureed and the ingredients are emulsified. Add the poppy seeds and blend quickly to combine. Chill and enjoy!

Jim and Sandy Peplau
826 Twenty Mile Stream Road
South Reading, Vermont 05153
802-484-7806
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