Baking
Wonderful Pastry
In bowl, mix flour and salt. With pastry blender or 2 knives, scissor-fashion, cut shortening into flour until size of small peas. Blend fingers, blend this into flour mixture until dough holds together. Form pastry into flat round; divide in half for two-crust pie. (lf very warm day refrigerate 1/2 hr. before rolling.) Roll out […]
Prune Spice Cake
Mix together – Flour, Soda, Salt, Cinnamon and Nutmeg. Mix Sugar, Oil, Eggs and Buttermilk. Add to dry ingredients and then add Prunes, Chopped Pecans and Vanilla. Bake at 350 for approx 45 minutes in Bundt or Angel food pan. Toothpick test, cool on rack and enjoy! Jeff Viets
Apple Pie – Cranberry
-TOPPING – 2/3 c Oats 1 c Brown sugar 1/2 c Flour 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1/2 c Butter; in 1/2″ squares Peel and slice apples and put in lemon juice. Then add all other filling ingredients and mix in a bowl. Make topping in separate bowl. Put apple mixture in pie shell. Sprinkle topping on […]
Cookies n Cream Cheesecake
Combine cookie crumbs and butter, stirring well. Press firmly on bottom and halfway up sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Chill. Beat cream cheese until fluffy in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sweetened condensed milk, beating until smooth. Stir in eggs, mixing well. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla. Fold crumbled cookies into cream chesse mixture. […]
Chocolate-pecan And Caramel Pie
In small saucepan, sprinkle unflavored gelatine over cold water; let stand 1 minute. Stir over low heat until gelatine is completely dissolved, about 3 minutes. Stir in ONE cup cream. Bring just to the boiling point; then immediately add to blender with chocolate. Process until chocolate is completely melted, about 1 minute. While processing, through […]
Chicken-broccoli Pie
Heat oven to 400 degrees.Mix 2 cups of the cheese,chicken,onion and broccoli in greased pie plate,10 x 1 1/2″. Beat remaining ingredients except cheese with wire whisk or hand beater until almost smooth,about 1 minute.Pour into plate. Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean,25 to 30 minutes Top with remaining cheese.Bake just until […]
Meringue Cookies
Beat egg whites, salt and cream of tartar until very firm. Gradually add sugar and mix. Fold in Chocolate chips. To prevent burning you can bake on an air-space cookie sheet or put brown grocery bag on regular cookie sheet. Drop by teaspoon fulls on pan. Bake 300 degrees for 25 minutes. They should only […]
Easy Pita Bread
In mixing bowl, combine water and sugar; sprinkle yeast and let stand for 10 minutes or until dissolved and creamy. Using electric mixer, beat in 2 c. of the flour, oil and salt; beat for about 3 minutes or until smooth, scraping down side of bowl from time to time. With wooden spoon, beat in […]
Whole Wheat-banana Pancakes
I mix all the dry ingredients, then add the egg, honey, butter, and milk. Finally, I blend in the bananas. I use a cordless beater, which is not capable of going too fast. Makes about 20 4″ pancakes, I guess. I usually make “silver dollars” for my kids, so I dont count em. Ive also […]
