Menus and Recipes

At West View Health Care Center not only are our meals nutritionally well balanced - they are delicious. We have included a sampling from our residents menu for you to try.

PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE COOKIE CUPS

¾ c. butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs
1/3 c. granulated sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 ½ c. flour
t tsp. vanilla
12/3 c. peanut butter and chocolate chips, divided

Heavily grease 35 mini muffin cups. Beat butter and sugar. Add flour and beat until moist and crumbly. Roll rounded teaspoon of dough into a ball. Press onto bottom and halfway up side of muffin cups. Repeat with remaining dough. Place 5 morsels in each cup.

Beat egg with wire whisk. Stir in condensed milk and vanilla. Spoon into muffin cups, filling almost to top of each cup. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes at 350˚, until centers are puffed and edges begin to brown. Remove from oven to wire racks. Gently run knife around edges of cookies. Let centers flatten.

While still arm, top cookies with half of remaining morsels. They will retain their shape. Repeat with remaining morsels. Cool completely I pan on wire rack.

Recipe courtesy of Barbara Kane

CREAMY POUND CAKE

1lb confectioners’ sugar (1/2 cup set aside)
1 Pound Cake mix
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
4 eggs
1 stick butter, melted
½ cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350. Grease an 11 x 13 inch pan. Mix together pound cake mix, melted butter, and 2 eggs. Spread in the bottom of pan. Beat together cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and 2 eggs. Pour over cake mixture. Top with nuts. Bake 40 minutes. When cooled, top with remaining ½ cup confectioners’ sugar.

This recipe is a favorite with our employees.

It is submitted by our own Director of Nurses, Cheryl Edwards, RN

CARAMEL BREAD PUDDING

6 slices day old bread, cut into ½ inch cubes (not soft white)
1 c. hot water
1c. packed brown sugar
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 c. warm milk
½ c. sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt

Place bread in a greased 2 quart baking dish. Combine water and brown sugar. Pour over bread. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over bread. Bake at 350° for 50 to 60 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Makes 6 servings. It’s best served warm.

West View Health Care Center
239 Legris Ave
West Warwick, RI 02893
Tel. 401-828-9000
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