Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add flavoring. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, baking powder, cocoa, and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately with whey or sour milk to first mixture. Blend thoroughly but lightly. Allow to stand a few minutes. Pour into well-oiled layer cake pans. Bake in moderate […]
Baking
Glazed Apple Tart
Preheat oven to 375F. (190C.). Butter an 8″-round baking pan. To make pastry, sift flour and salt into a bowl. Add butter and cut in finely until mixture resembles bread crumbs. Stir in 1 tablespoon of sugar, egg yolk and cold water. Knead gently until smooth and chill 15 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Peel, […]
Nut Crecents
-FILLING – 3 lg Egg Whites 1 c Nuts, Ground 1 c Sugar Or To Taste 1 ts Vanilla Mix yeast, flour, butter, sour cream and egg yolks thoroughly until dough is formed. Cover and let dough rest 1 hour. For filling beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold in nuts, sugar, and vanilla. […]
Easy Schnecken
Heat oven to 375. Have ready miniature muffin pans. Mash butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar & the corn syrup in a small bowl with a rubber spatula until blended & smooth. Smear mixture in each muffin cup to coat generously. Put a pecan half, flat side up, in each cup. Filling: Process brown sugar, pecan […]
Blarney Stones
Melt butter in hot milk. Beat the eggs with a rotary beater until light; beat in sugar, salt, vanilla and butter mixture. Sift flour and baking powder together; beat in quickly. Pour into a greased 13×9″ pan. Pound the pan several times to remove any air bubbles. Bake for 25-35 minutes at 350~. Cool the […]
Buttons And Bow Knots
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together first six ingredients. Beat vigorously Gently smooth dough into a ball on lightly floured board. Knead five times. Roll dough 1/2-inch thick. Cut with floured doughnut cutter. To make bow knots, hold opposite sides of each doughnut ring with fingers and twist to form a figure 8. Place […]
Sopapillas
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Work in the lard and water. Form into a soft dough and roll out on a floured board and cut in rectangles. Deep-fry at 400 F, pushing the fritters under the fat two or three times to assure even puffing. Cook on both sides until nicely browned […]
No-bake Peanut Butter Balls
Combine dates, raisins & nuts in a medium sized bowl. Stir in the molasses. Add peanut butter, stirring until well combined. Stir in 2 tb of the orange juice. Add enough of the remaining orange juice to form a moist mixture that can be formed into balls. Roll into 1/2″ balls & roll each ball […]
Magic Fruit Cake
Stir well to-gether and pour into greased and floured tube pan and bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours. (Batter may seem thin but do not add extra flour).
Classic Sour Cream Raisin Pie
-FILLING – 1 8″ unbaked pie shell above 2 Large eggs 1 c Dairy sour cream 3/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1 c Raisins 1/2 c Dairy sour cream for topping Pie Shell: Combine flour with salt.Cut in shortening until particles are pea size.Sprinkle with milk to make […]
