Hardly-any-fat Fudge Brownies
Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Alkalized (dutch process) -cocoa powder 1 c All purpose flour 1 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 2 tb Soft unsalted butter 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 lg Egg whites (1/4 cup) 1/2 c Unsweetened apple sauce 1 ts Vanilla extract Butter an 8 by 8 by 2-inch pan and line the bottom with a square of parchment or waxed paper. Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, beat together butter and sugar. Whisk in egg whites, apple sauce and vanilla. Stir flour mixture into apple sauce mixture until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until firm. Cool before cutting into squares. Yield: 16 two inch brownies Yields 1 Servings
Black Walnut Oatmeal Pie
Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs, lightly beaten 1 c Brown sugar, packed 1/2 c Dark corn syrup 1/2 c Evaporated milk 1/2 c Quick-cooking rolled oats 1/2 c Coarsely chopped black -walnuts 1/4 c (4 Tbs.) butter, melted 1 ts Vanilla Salt Unbaked pastry for -single-crust pie Here’s another Amish recipe for all the masochists who enjoy shelling Black Walnuts. In large mixing bowl, combine eggs, sugar, syrup, milk, oats, nuts, butter, vanilla and 1/8 teaspoon salt, mixing well. Line 9-inch pie plate with pastry, trim and flute edge. Place plate on oven rack and pour in filling. Protect edge of pie with foil to prevent over browning. Bake at 350F for 25 minutes. Remove foil. Bake for about 25 minutes more or until top is deep golden brown and slightly puffy. Filling with be slightly soft, but will firm up as it cools. Cool completely. Makes 1 pie. Hayward Daily Review, 10/12/88. Yields 1 servings
Buttermilk Breakfast Biscuits
Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 2 tb Sugar 1 1/2 ts Cream of tartar 3/4 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c (1 stick) butter 2/3 c Buttermilk 1 Egg Milk Additional sugar Makes 8 to 10 Preheat oven to 425 F. Grease baking sheet. Mix flour, 2 Tbs sugar, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in buttermilk and egg. Turn dough out onto floured surface and knead until smooth; dough will be moist. Roll dough out into circle 1/2 inch thick. Transfer to prepared sheet. Cut into wedges. Brush top with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately Variation: Add 2/3 cup raisins, 1/4 cup mined candied orange peel, 1 Tbs finely grated lemon peel and 1 tsp caraway seed to dough. The Inn of Glenn Haven – Denver, CO. Yields 8 Servings
Moravian Cookies
Ingredients & Directions 5 c All-purpose flour; plus more 1 tb Cinnamon 1 tb Ground ginger 2 ts Ground allspice 2 ts Ground cloves 2 ts Baking soda 2 ts Salt 1 1/2 c Molasses 1 c Dark brown sugar 1/2 c Vegetable shortening; -melted, cooled 1/2 c Unsalted butter; melted, -cooled In a large mixing bowl, sift together 1 cup flour, spices, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the molasses and brown sugar; beat until well-combined. Add the vegetable shortening and butter. On low speed, add the dry ingredients, a little at a time, to form a stiff dough. Divide the dough in half. Place each half of dough on a piece of plastic wrap. Shape into a rectangle, and chill in the refrigerator overnight. Begin with one half of the dough, and divide the rectangle into quarters. Working on a lightly floured baking mat, roll out one of the quarters as thin as possible, until it’s almost translucent, to completely cover the baking mat. Trim the edges, forming the dough into a perfect rectangle. Keep the remaining quarters refrigerated. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place the rolled-out dough and the baking mat on a pan. Bake 10 minutes, rotate the pan, and continue baking for 4 more minutes. Remove the sheet from the oven, and, using a cookie cutter, quickly stamp out as many as you can before the dough cools. Transfer the stamped-out cookies to a wire rack to cool. If dough becomes too hard to stamp, reheat it in the oven for 45 to 60 seconds, and continue stamping out the cookies. Repeat the process until all cookies have been stamped out of the dough. Makes about 375 very thin cookies. Yields 375 servings
Black Forest Cheese Cupcakes
Ingredients & Directions 24 Vanilla wafers 16 oz Cream cheese 1 1/4 c Sugar 1/3 c Cocoa 2 tb Flour 3 Eggs 1 c Sour cream 1/2 ts Almond extract Cocoa sour cream topping -(recipe follows) Canned cherry pie filling, -chilled Black Forest Cheese Cupcakes Heat oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin pans with foil-laminated baking cups. Place vanilla wafer on bottom of each. In large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, cocoa, and flour; blend well. Add eggs; beat well. Stir in sour cream and almond extract. Fill each prepared cup almost full with mixture. Bake 20-25 minutes or until set. Remove from oven; cool 5 to 10 minutes. Spread heaping teaspoon of cocoa sour cream on each cup. Cool completely in pans; refrigerate. Garnish with dollop of cherry pie filling just before serving. Refrigerate leftovers. Makes 18-24 cupcakes Cocoa Sour cream Topping 1 c sour cream 1/4 c sugar 2 Tbsp cocoa Stir together ingredients in small bowl until sugar is dissolved. Yields 18 Servings
Chocolate Plus Cake
Ingredients & Directions 1 pk 4 oz Chocolate instant 1 3/4 c Chocolate milk or milk Pudding 2 Eggs 1 Box Devil’s food cake mix 1 c Chopped pecans 1 pk 12 oz Semisweet chocolate 1 tb Vanilla Chips This rich, moist cake doesn’t need frosting. Preheat oven to 350~. Combine pudding, cake mix, chocolate chips, milk and eggs in a large bowl. Mix by hand until well blended. Fold in nuts. Bake in greased fluted tube pan for 50 – 55 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly pressed with finger. Cool 30 minutes. Remove from pan. Serves 10 – 14. Home Cooking Magazine, April 95 Yields 10 servings
Sandtortchen (sand Tarts)
Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Sugar 1 ea Egg White; Large, Beaten 2 c Butter Or Margarine 1 x Sugar 2 ea Eggs; Large 1 x Cinnamon 4 c Flour; Unbleached, Unsifted 1 x Pecan; Halves Cream sugar and butter. Beat in 2 eggs. Gradually blend in the flour. Chill dough overnight. Roll as thin as possible on well floured board. Work with 1/4 of the dough at a time. Keep remaining dough chilled. Cut into diamonds with a knife. Place on greased cookie sheets. Brush each cookie with beaten egg white. Sprinkle with sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. Placd a pecan half in center of each cookie. Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute, then remove to wire racks. Store in airtight tins. Yields 24 servings
