Mimis Cafe Food

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.

MIMI'S CAFE CARROT RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray three small (5-by-3-inch) loaf pans with cooking spray; set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, oil, egg and vanilla. Stir milk mixture into dry ingredients until well-blended. Sprinkle carrot and raisins over batter and blend until evenly distributed.
• Divide batter evenly among pans and bake 35 minutes or until a tester inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes on cooling rack, remove from pans. Cool on rack an additional 15 minutes before slicing. Serve warm.