Chunky Butter Christmas Cookies
Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c Butter, softened 1 ts Salt 1 c Packed brown sugar 1 1/2 c Old fashioned or quick oats, 1/2 c Dairy sour cream -uncooked 1 Egg 1 pk Vanilla milk chips (10 oz) 2 ts Vanilla 1 c Flaked coconut 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 cn Macadamia nuts, coarsely 1 ts Baking soda -chopped (3 1/2 oz) Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Blend in sour cream, egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to butter mixture; mix well. Stir in oats, vanilla milk chips, coconut and nuts. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough, 2″ apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375’F. for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely. Makes 5 dozen cookies. Yields 60 servings
Stale Bread Casserole
Ingredients & Directions 1 Loaf stale bread; crusts -removed 1/2 lb Sliced American cheese 1 1/4 c Evaporated milk 1 1/4 c Water 4 Eggs; beaten 1/2 ts Dry mustard 2 tb Minced onion Salt and pepper; to taste Slice bread in 12 slices. Arrange 6 slices in a large greased baking pan. Cover with all of the cheese and the rest of the bread. Blend milk, water, eggs, mustard, onion and seasonings. Pour over bread and let stand at least 1 hour. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until puffy and brown. Yields 1 Servings
Mr. Food's Chocolate Pecan Pie
Ingredients & Directions 1 c Light corn syrup 1 c Firmly packed light brown – sugar 3 Eggs 12 ts Vanilla extract 1 1/2 c Coarsely chopped pecans 4 1/2 oz Semi sweet choc. chips 1/4 c 1/2 stick butter, melted 1 9″ Pie Shell frozen ready -to-bake deep dish, thawed ======================================================= ============== ==== == Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine the corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla; stir with a spoon until thoroughly mixed. Add the pecans, chocolate chips, and butter; mix well. Pour into the pie shell and bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until firm. Note: Don’t be concerned if the filling in the center sinks a bit as it cools. Yields 8 Servings
Caribbean Fudge Pie
Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Butter Or Regular Margarine 3/4 c Brown Sugar; Firmly Packed 3 Eggs; Lg 12 oz Chocolate Chips; Melt & Cool 2 ts Instant Coffee Powder 1 ts Rum Flavoring 1/4 c Unbleached Flour 1 c Walnuts; Coarsely Chopped 1 Unbaked 9″ Pie Shell Walnut Halves Cream the butter and brown sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer at medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the cooled chocolate, coffee powder, and rum flavoring, blending well. Stir in the flour and the chopped walnuts and turn into the unbaked pie shell. Arrange the walnut halves in a circle around the edge of the pie. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F. oven for 25 minutes or until set around the edge. Cool on a wire rack. Farm Journal’s Pie Cookbook and file from Eagle’s Nest “MMPies” File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/pies2.zip Yields 6 Servings
Cauliflower Soup With Bread Dumplings
Ingredients & Directions 1 md Cauliflower head Salt and pepper; to taste 1 tb Lemon juice; fresh 6 tb Bread crumbs; fine dry 3 tb Butter or margarine 1 Egg; beaten 2 tb Flour 2 tb Parsley; chopped 1/4 ts Mace Recipe by: The Eastern European Cookbook-ISBN 0-486-23562-9 Wash cauliflower and trim off stem and leaves. Put in a kettle with 2 cups lightly salted water and lemon juice. Cook, uncovered, 5 mins. Cover and cook another 15 mins. Drain, reserving liquid. Cut cauliflower into small pieces. Melt 2 Tbs of butter in a large kettle; mix in flour. Gradually add cauliflower liquid.; cook slowly, stirring, until a thick sauce. Add 4 cups of water, cauliflower pieces and mace. Season with salt and pepper. Cook slowly, covered, for 25 mins longer, until cauliflower is mushy. While soup is cooking, make dumplings. Cream rest of butter in a small dish. Stir in bread crumbs, egg and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. The mixture should be quite firm. Form into tiny marble-sized balls and leave at room temperature while soup cooks. When soup is done, drop dumplings into the soup; leave soup on heat until dumplings rise to the top. Serves 6 to 8. NOTES : The Czechs created several interesting dishes with cauliflower, karfiol. This soup is simple but flavorful. The dumplings are actually small balls of bread crumbs. from my kitchen toyours….. Dan Klepach Yields 6 servings
Fresh Apple Nut Cake
Ingredients & Directions 3 c Flour 1 c Oil 2 c Sugar 2 tb Vanilla 1/2 ts Salt 2 Eggs, beaten 1/2 ts Cinnamon 3 c Apples 1 ts Baking soda 1 c Pecans Peel apples. Chop apples and pecans. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and then push to the sides to form a hole in the center. Add liquid ingredients and mix in. The mixture will become thick and will need to be mixed with hands. Add apples and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. For best results bake in a bundt pan. Randy Rigg Yields 1 servings
Peanut Butter And Jelly Cookies
Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c All purpose flour 3/4 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/3 c Creamy peanut butter 1/2 Stick unsalted butter; -softened 1/3 c Firmly packed brown sugar 1 lg Egg 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/3 c Granulated sugar 3 tb Grape jelly Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. In another bowl whisk together peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar until smooth and whisk in egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture, stirring until blended. Roll pieces of dough into 1-inch balls and roll in granulated sugar. On a large baking sheet arrange balls 2 inches apart and bake in middle of oven 10 minutes. Working quickly, with the back of a 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon make an indentation about 1/2 inch in diameter in center of each cookie. Fill each indentation with slightly heaping 1/4 teaspoon jelly and bake cookies 10 minutes more, or until golden. Transfer cookies to racks to cool. Yield: 30 cookies Yields 1 Servings
