While your hubby may be focusing on the NCAA Brackets (mine is heartbroken now that Carolina is out) – we’ve been taking part in the Betty Brackets! Featuring a new fave recipe from Betty Crocker’s 16 Recipe Betty Bracket Program daily…and you don’t even have to be a basketball fan to thoroughly enjoy this bracket !
They say that beer is becoming the new wine. With the growing trend of beer as a cooking ingredient, combined with the rise of the craft beer industry, the variety of foods and beers available to consumers has never been more diverse and flavorful.
Combining these trends, along with the impending March Madness (NCAA basketball tournament), is the second annual “Betty Bracket” program presented by Betty Crocker and sports-loving actor and popular TV personality Mario Lopez.
The Betty Brackets program creates the ultimate recipe tip-off between eight savory “Beer Meets Bar Food” recipes and eight sweet “Beer Meets Bakery” recipes. Each of the recipes features beer as an ingredient to provide a unique flavor and to help deliver the perfect assist to any viewing party. During three rounds of voting, you cancast your vote online to determine the nation’s top party food.
The sweet and savory brackets are made up of four smaller brackets – “Cheesetastic”, “Meaty Eats”, “Chocolate!”, and “Sweet Treats” – and include ideas like Beer Queso Nachos and Black and Tan Beer Pops, which plays upon the current craze for frozen pops. Also featuring four new chocolate stout recipes that capitalize on the festive flavor of Guinness and other stout beers.
Some interesting tips about cooking with beer:
Beer has a tenderizing effect and is a perfect matchup for meat-based recipes
Beer helps keep baked good moist and fresh, while adding a little extra puff
The beer flavors will be enhanced in those recipes with a longer cooking time
Craft beers are ideal as a cooking ingredient due to the quality and variety of flavors available
And of course, we’ve selected the Beer Meets Bakery Bracket to get started, featuring Betty’s Chocolate Bracket and the Sweet Treats Bracket to share with you…hmmm…wonder why ?
I love these recipes because they have minimal ingredient requirements and are time and budget friendly !
Over the Moon White Ale Cupcakes – Fans of Belgian white ale will be over the moon for these ale and citrus cupcakes.
PREP TIME:
30 mins
SERVINGS:
24
INGREDIENTS:
Cupcakes
1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix
1 1/4 cups Belgian-style wheat ale beer
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 egg whites
1 whole egg
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
Frosting
6 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/4 cup Belgian-style wheat ale beer
1 tablespoon orange juice
Garnish
Small orange wedges
STEP 1:
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
STEP 2:
Make cake batter as directed on box, using cake mix, 1 1/4 cups beer, the oil, egg whites and egg, coriander and ginger. Stir in 1 teaspoon orange peel. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full).
STEP 3:
Bake 18 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
STEP 4:
In large bowl, beat frosting ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Frost cupcakes. Just before serving, garnish each with orange wedge. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
As usual with the recipes in the Betty Brackets, all I can say is ….Yum !! And don’t forget to get Coupons for your ingredients in our COUPON DATABASE
Will you be testing this one out ?
Make sure to check out the entire Betty Brackets program at Betty Crocker online, where you can also get the Nutrition Information for all of the Betty Brackets recipes!
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©Betty Crocker 2012 – Betty Crocker provided all recipes and images for the purpose of publishing to readers at frugalfabulousfinds.com and the promotion of the 2012 Betty Brackets Program.
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