Note: Melons should be RIPE. Finely chop 1 1/2 cups each of cantaloupe and honeydew melons. Set aside. Place remaining coarsely chopped melons in blender with orange juice, lime juice and honey (this will only take a few seconds). Pour into large bowl. Stir in champagne and reserved melon. Cover and refrigerate until ready to [...]
Nuts
Banana-coconut Crunch Cake
GLAZE 3/4 c Sugar 1/2 c Butter 1/2 c Evaporated milk 1 1/3 c Coconut Preheat oven to 350~, grease and flour oblong pan. For cake, combine cake mix, pudding mix, fruit cocktail with juice, eggs and oil in large bowl. Beat for 4 minutes. Stir in 1 cup coconut. Pour into pan. Combine pecans [...]
Pommes Caramel (caramel Apples)
Melt butter in fry pan and add sugar. Stir till sugar is dissolved or softened and everything is well blended, then add vanilla. Core unpeeled apples, cut them into quarters and add to hot sugar. Simmer uncovered over medium heat, basting often with the syrup for 15-20 minutes.
Peach Ice Cream
Mix cornstarch with 1/2 cup milk until smooth. Add additional 1 1/2 cups milk and cook over very low heat until thick and smooth, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Blend sugar, eggs, salt and evaporated milk in electric mixer bowl. Add hot cornstarch mixture and beat well. Add whipping cream, remaining 4 cups milk, peaches, [...]
Cranberry Cheesecake With Walnut Crust
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a small bowl combine crumbs, walnuts and butter. In the bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan firmly press crumb mixture. Bake until golden, 5 to 6 minutes; remove from oven; coo slightly. Spread with cranberry sauce; set aside. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees. In the large bowl of [...]
Hazelnut Butter
Combine ingredients and blend until smooth. Roll into cylinder and chill.
Nicks Peach Cobbler
-FILLING – 3 1/2 lb Peaches; peeled and sliced 3/4 c Sugar 2 ts Finely grated lemon zest 1/2 ts Freshly grated nutmeg 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 3 tb Unsalted butter -FOR FINISHING- Buttermilk Sugar FOR THE DOUGH, PLACE FLOUR in a bowl and rub in butter until fine and mealy. Do not allow to [...]
White Chocolate And Almond Brownies
Preheat oven to 325~. Grease and flour 9″ square pan. Melt chocolate and butter in large saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly (do not be concerned if the white chcolate separates). Remove from heat when chocolate is just melted. With electric mixer, beat in eggs until mixture is smooth. Beat in flour and vanilla. Spread [...]
Fruit And Nut Cluster Pies
(You can also make this with dark chocolate, omit cinnamon & sunflower & sesame seeds if you do. The white is more colorful. I call the chocolate ones moo-moo pies.) 1. Put chocolate, peanut butter & shortening in a e safe bowl. Heat on 80% power until all ingredients are melted. I stir once every [...]
Holiday Cake
Mix 1 cup flour with candied fruit,pecans and rasins. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs beat well, add lemon extract blend well. sift together remaining dry ingredients and cream mixture add fruit and nuts. Bake at 300* for 1 1/2 hours in 3 loaf pans till lightly browned MrsCardle

