University of Alabama Cookbook

by Browne Mercer

Overview

Roll on up to the tailgate and be prepared to watch that Crimson Tide! The crowd will be delighted to dip their chips into some Rollin' with the Tide® Salsa and munch Red Elephant Snacks before settling down to nosh on Bama® Bourbon-Glazed Pork Tenderloin and Rammer Jammer Baked Beans. Big Al's Peanut Butter Bars and some Yellow Hammer will have the fans cheering in no time. Let the game begin!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423621461
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Browne Mercer attended the University of Alabama. He co-owns Tomatino’s Pizza, Café Louisa, and Louisa’s Bakery with his wife, and is involved with the Delta Water Fowl Committee where he frequently caters banquets and events. He lives in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Million-Dollar Chocolate Pound Cake

Ingredients

1 cup butter

1/2 cup shortening

3 cups sugar

5 eggs

3 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 heaping tablespoonscocoa powder

1 cup milk

1 tablespoon vanilla

Icing

2/3 cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

2/3 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon milk

1 heaping tablespoon

cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Using a mixer, cream butter, shortening, and sugar. Add eggs. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa in a medium bowl. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk. Add vanilla. Pour batter into a well-greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Combine icing ingredients together in a large bowl and then drizzle over cake while still warm.

Variation: Use mini Bundt pans for individual servings. Change baking time to 40.45 minutes.

Serves 10-12

Table of Contents

Dips

Rollin’ with the Tide® Salsa 4

Vidalia Onion Dip 7

Mustard Dip 8

Bammy-Bound Dip 11

White Bean Dip 12

Appetizers

Give ’em Hell, Alabama®

Deviled Eggs 15

Grit-Stuffed Mushrooms 16

Crimson® Cheese Crisps 19

Red Elephant Snacks 20

Old South Sausage Swirls 23

Main Courses

B.B.R. Pork 24

War Chicken Wings 27

Bama® Bourbon-Glazed Pork Tenderloin 28

The Bama® Lotta 31

Drown ’em Tide® Brisket 32

Got Thirteen? Chili 34

Salads and Veggies

Olive Salad 37

Red-and-White Bean Salad 38

The Capstone Coleslaw 41

Dixie’s Football Pride Potato Salad 42

Rammer Jammer Baked Beans 45

Crimson® Flame Black-Eyed Peas 46

Sweets and Beverages

Roll Tide® Roll Doughnut Holes 49

Million-Dollar Chocolate Pound Cake 50

Big Al’s Peanut Butter Bars 53

Roll on to Victory Lemon Pound Cake 54

Heavenly Hash Cake 57

Yellow Hammer 58

Bama® Bomb 61

Cranberry Punch 62