Chocolate-peanut Butter Pie
Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Gelatin; unflavored 1/4 c Water; cold 1 c Peanut butter; creamy or -chunky 1 1/4 c Milk 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 Chocolate crumb crust; 9″ 1/2 c Whipping or heavy cream 6 oz Chocolate chips; semi-sweet In small saucepan, sprinkle gelatine over cold water; let stand 1 minute. Stir over low heat until gelatine is dissolved. In blender or food processor, process peanut butter, milk, sugar, and eggs. While processing, gradually add gelatine mixture until blended. Pour into crust; chill until almost set. In small saucepan, bring cream to the boiling point. Remove from heat; stir in chocolate chips until melted. Let stand 3 minutes. Slowly pour over pie and spread to edges; chill until firm. Garnish with white or dark chocolate curls. Yields 1 servings
French Bread
Ingredients & Directions 3 c Unbleached white flour 1 1/2 ts Salt 3 tb Wheatgerm 1 tb Dry yeast 1 c Warm water In a bowl, stir together 3 c flour with salt & wheatgerm. Combine the yeast & the water & set aside till the yeast starts to work. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients & pour in the yeast & water. Slowly work in the flour from the sides of the bowl, then beat the mixture vigorously until thoroughly stirred together. This is a sticky dough. Flour a board & turn out the dough. Turn the bread so that is coated on all sides. Knead thoroughly. Fold dough in half & roll out into a narrow shape about 12 inches long. Set on an oiled pan & allow to rise till it is doubled in size. Preheat oven to 375F & bake for 45 minutes. Yields 1 servings
Kay's Shortbread
Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 3/4 c Icing sugar 2 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Cornstarch 1 pn Baking powder 1 pn Salt From: beck4@nyc.pipeline.com (Eileen & Bob Holze) Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 13:28:39 GMT In a mixing bowl, cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt until very smooth. Form into a firm ball. Place on lightly floured surface. Lightly knead five or six times. Form level teaspoonfuls into small balls. Place two inches apart on unbuttered baking sheet. With fingertips or fork, gently press each ball to slightly flatten it. If desired, place a cherry piece in the centre of each. Bake in oven at 325 degrees F for about 15 minutes or until edges are slightly golden and firm to the touch. Cool. Makes five to six dozen. From The Gazette, 90/12/12 Yields 6 Servings
Biscuit Sticks
Ingredients & Directions 1/3 c Shortening 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour* 2 1/2 ts Baking powder 3/4 ts Salt 3/4 c Milk 1/3 c Butter or margarine Heat oven to 450 F. Cut shortening into flour, baking powder and salt with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in just enough milk so dough leaves side of bowl and rounds up into a hail. (Too much milk makes dough sticky; not enough milk makes biscuits dry.) Heat 1/3 cup margarine or butter in baking pan, 9x9x2 inches, in oven until melted; remove from oven. Roll dough into 8-inch square. Cut dough into halves; cut each half into eight 1-inch strips. Dip strips into margarine, coating all sides. Arrange strips in 2 rows in pan. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. 16 sticks. *If using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt. Yields 16 Servings
Double Apricot Bread
Ingredients & Directions ———————FROM: JAN COPELAND, ARIZONA——————— 1 cn Apricot halves 16oz (drain) 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c Whole wheat flour 1 1/4 c Sugar 3 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 ts Salt 1/2 ts Pumpkin pie spice 2 ea Eggs (beaten) 1/2 c Milk 3 tb Cooking oil 1 c Snipped dried apricots In a blender container or food processor bowl blend or process canned apricot halves till smooth. Set aside. In a large bowl combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, bakin powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice. In anlther bowl combien eggw, the apricot puree, milk and cooking oil. Add to flour mixture, stiring just till combined. Stir in dried apricots. Pour into two greased 8x4x2-inch loaf pans. Bake in a 350 degree oven 45 to 50 minutes or till a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely. Slice and serve. Makes 2 loaves. Nutrition information per serving: 186 cal (15% from fat), 3 g fat, 245 mg chol. 3 g pro., 37 g carbo. 2 g dietary fiber, 187 mg sodium, U.S. RDA: 12% vit. A, 13% thiamine. From the Kitchen of: Gary & Margie Hartford, Eugene, OR (1:152/19) 10/93 Yields 18 Servings
Pocket Bread
Ingredients & Directions 6 c Whole-wheat flour 1 tb Honey 1 tb Active dry yeast 2 c Water; very warm (120) Recipe by: McDougall In a large bowl, mix 2 cups flour and yeast. Mix the honey in the warm water. Add the water to the flour mixture and beat for 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. (Or beat 150 strokes by hand.) Stir in enough flour to make soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes, adding more flour if it is too sticky. Place in bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch dough down, turn onto lightly floured board. Cover, let rest 30 minutes. Divide dough into 10 equal pieces. Shape each into a ball. On a lightly floured board, roll each ball into a 6 inch circle. Place on a lightly floured baking sheet. Bake on bottom rack of preheated 450 degree oven. Bake about 5 minutes. Tops will not be brown. To brown tops, place under broiler 3 inches from heat, for 1 minute. From the collection of Sue Smith, S.Smith34, Uploaded June 16, 1994 File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mcdougal.zip Yields 5 Servings
Mix-in-the-pan Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Ingredients & Directions 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c Granulated sugar 2 tb Poppy seed 1 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 3/4 c Water 1/4 c Vegetable oil 1 tb Grated lemon peel 2 tb Lemon juice Powdered sugar Heat oven to 350 F. Mix flour, granluated sugar, poppy seed, baking soda and salt with fork in an ungreased square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 inches. Stir in remaining ingredients except powdered sugar. Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and top is golden brown;cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with lemon sherbert if desired. Yields 8 Servings
