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Mom’s Sour Cream Walnut Coffee Cake

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Mom’s coffee cake is our favorite breakfast cake for holidays. We usually treat ourselves to a slice or two as we open our stockings and enjoy the first cups of coffee on Christmas morning :) I’m not a big fan of the walnuts .. but if you dont chop them up too much they’re easily picked out.

  • ¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 ½ tsp soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 pint commercial sour cream
  • ¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
  • Powdered Sugar Glaze

Combine butter and sugar, creaming until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Stir in vanilla.

Combine flour, baking powered, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, missing well after each addition.

Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts, mixing well.  Spoon about one-third of batter into a greased and floured (Pam works) 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan; sprinkle with one third of nut mixture.  Repeat layers twice; bake at 350 for 1 hour or until done.  Let stand 5 minutes before removing from pan.  Place on serving dish, and drizzle with glaze.

Powdered Sugar Glaze:

  • 1-½ cups powdered sugar
  • 2 TBL water
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients, mixing well.

Dad’s Burritos

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Simple, get a pound+ of ground beef (I like more than a pound, about 1.25lb) Brown in frying pan, add burrito seasoning. We use El Rio, hard to find but good. If you can’t find, Taco seasoning works. Follow instructions on package. When it starts to boil add 1/2 a can of refried beans, stir in and make smooth. Cook for ten minutes (per instructions) this helps the filling get firm. Pre heat oven to 350

Get Burrito size flour tortilla, spoon about 3-4 tablespoons in the lower half and roll once, fold in the sides and finish rolling. Continue until finished with mixture. Put in pan, cover with salsa and put in oven for about 6 minutes, remove and cover with cheese (Mexican mix)

Set oven to broil. Meanwhile chop some lettuce, green onions, whatever other toppings you want. Place cheese covered burritos in oven and watch the cheese melt, remove when ever you feel the cheese is the way you like it. Me, I like to let it get brown edges.

Remove and serve with sour cream (Yum), guacamole is good also, lettuce and onions.

Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip

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This is one of my favorite party snack foods to make. Its fantastic served in a bread bowl!

  • 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained
  • 1/3 cup grated Romano cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
  2. In a blender or food processor, place artichoke hearts, Romano cheese, Parmesan cheese and garlic . Pulse until chopped, but not ground. Set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix together spinach, heavy cream, sour cream and mozzarella cheese. Stir in artichoke mixture. Spoon into prepared baking dish.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.