Pat Koon’s kitchen craft turns into comforting treats
Local baker Pat Koon of Cedar Rapids and her family share a passion for homemade bread and sweets. Her recipes include Buttermilk Bran Muffins and Carefree Carrot Cake, with tips for freezing batter and adjusting quantities, all cooked from a basic dough.
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Pat Koon
Cedar Rapids
Hillside Drive
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Pat
Walt
Jenny
Summer drinks guide with cool fruit based recipes
Gazette Focus outlines refreshing summer beverage tips and methods. It covers chilling juices, using flavored ice cubes, frosted rims, and several drink ideas such as Jogger's Nog Cranberry Sangria Cranberry Cordial Maple Spice Tea and Citrus Cooler for outdoor gatherings.
Maple Spice Tea Mix Recipe Card
Ingredients and steps for maple flavored iced tea. Tie orange peel cloves and cinnamon in cheesecloth, steep in maple syrup and water, refrigerate overnight, then serve over ice with lemon slices. Yields about 8 cups.
Large Punch Bowl with Fruit Juices
Recipe notes for a punch serving 15 six ounce portions and 4 eight ounce portions. Lists orange juice lemon juice pineapple juice apple juice lemon lime soda and ice. Instructions: mix juices and soda in pitcher, add ice and stir.
Honey of a Citrus Cooler
A citrus tea cooler recipe combines steeped tea with honey and cold water, then adds lemon juice, orange juice, and lemon lime soda. The mix uses 1 cup boiling water 4 tea bags honey and 28 oz soda plus fresh lemon and orange juice for a refreshing drink.
Quick Grapefruit Banana Smoothie
A blender mix of grapefruit juice, plain yogurt, banana, egg and honey is whisked at high speed until smooth. The result is a chilled, frothy smoothie poured into a tall glass and served immediately.
Cranberry Sangria Mix Prep Yields Twelve Servings
A tall pitcher blends six cups cranberry juice cocktail with three cups red sweet wine and sliced orange and lemon. Sweeten to taste and chill several hours. Serve in large wine glasses with fruit. yields about twelve servings.
Cranberry Cordial Recipe Shared
In a saucepan mix cranberry juice cocktail with sugar and boil ten minutes. Cool, then stir in vodka and bottle. Chill until ready to serve.