Sift flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and sugar into bowl. Add brown sugar, molasses, egg, and melted shortening. Stir to mix thoroughly. Chill dough for at least one hour. Roll on floured board to 1/4″ thickness. Cut with floured cutters and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

(mix can be used) MELT CHOCOLATE and boiling water together, remove from stove and add cup of powdered sugar and 2 egg yolks, beaten. Add vanilla, egg whites beaten moderately stiff, and fold in whipped cream. Break angel food cake into irregular pieces. Place half the cake bits in a pan, cover with half the […]

* Use up to this much flour. Use only enough flour to make a soft dough and to keep from sticking when kneading. ** Butter or margarine must be at room temperature or use the same amount of vegetable oil. In a large bowl mix 2 cups of the flour, the yeast, sugar, and salt. […]

-TOPPING – 1 3/4 c Whipping cream 1/4 c Powdered sugar 1/4 ts Vanilla Heat oven to 325~F. In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, whipping cream and brown sugar. Cook over low heat just until butter is melted, stirring occasionally. Pour into 2, 8 or 9″ round cake pans; sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans. In […]

In large bowl, cream butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add sugar; beat at high speed until light and fluffy. By nad, stir in flour, dry frosting mix, and wlanuts until well blended. Bake in greased and floured 12 cup bundt pan at 350 degrees F for 60 […]

GLAZE 1 Stick butter 1/4 c Rum 1 c Sugar Grease heavily and flour a bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts on bottom of pan. Mix all ingredients and pour into pan over nuts. Bake at 325 for 50-60 minutes. While the cake is baking, get ready to make the glaze. The glaze should be ready at […]

–BRETON DOUGH– 1 c Butter 1 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 tb Dark rum, optional 4 Egg yolks -VARIATION:BRETON WALNUT TART – -WALNUT FILLING- 2 3/4 c All-purpose flour 1/2 c Light brown sugar 1/4 c Butter 1/3 c Honey 2 c Walnut pieces – coarsely chopped Try substituting firm-ripe peaches for the […]

Heat oven to 425. Prepare pie crust according to pack directions for two crust pie using 10″ tart pan with removable bottom or 9″ pie pan. Place crust in bottom & sides of pan. Trim edges. Do not prick crust. Partially bake crust at 425 for 10 minutes. If crust puffs up, press back to […]

Beat cake mix, oil, pudding mix, eggs, 3/4 c. schnapps, 1/2 c. orange juice, and orange extract together. Pour into greased and floured bundt pan and bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes. Do no remove from pan. While cake is still hot, combine remaining 1/4 c. schnapps, 2 T. orange juice and conf. sugar. Poke […]

Melt butter and molasses in saucepan over medium heat. Stir in milk. Pour into mixer bowl; cool. Combine flour, baking powder, ginger, salt, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon in bowl. Beat egg and sugar into cooled molasses mixture. At low speed, gradually stir in dry ingredients to form smooth dough. Wrap and refrigerate 2 hours […]