Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in mixing bowl; set aside 10 minutes to soften. Add boiling water and stir to completely dissolve. (If gelatin does not dissolve completely, heat slightly.) Set aside. Combine blueberries, lemon juice and sugar replacement in mixing bowl or food processor and whip into a puree. Stir completely into gelatin mixture. […]

Beat egg yolks and sugar together. Add milk and water. Add vanilla. Beat egg whites until fluffy and fold into milk mixture. Freeze in gallon ice cream freezer, following manufacturers instructions. Yield: 1 gallon.

Combine in large saucepan, sugar, raisins, shortening, water, 1 teaspoon baking soda and cinnamon; boil 20 minutes. Cool. Add heavy cream, flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon soda and chopped nuts; blend thoroughly. Pour into greased and floured 9×13-inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until cake tests done. Cool and […]

-TOPPING – 1 c All-purpose flour 2 tb Sugar 1 ts Baking powder 1/4 c Butter or margarine – cut into small bits 1/2 c Milk Vanilla ice cream -OR- – whipped cream – lightly sweetened * Choose any combination of 3: blackberries, ollalieberries, raspberries, boysenberries and blueberries. Heat oven to 400 degrees. In medium […]

–PINEAPPLE-MINT GARNISH– 1/2 Ripe pineapple, peeled, -cored, finely chopped 1/4 c Cointreau (optional) 2 tb Chopped fresh mint leaves To make the sorbet: Combine the sugar and water ina large saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Meanwhile, combine the […]

Preheat oven to 250 deg. Line 2 large cookie sheets with wax paper or parchment. In small bowl of electric mixer, (hand mixer works fine) whisk whites until they peak softly. Beat in sugar, 2 tabls. at a time and continue until mixture is stiff and shiny. Quickly fold in 1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts. Drop […]

Weve all heard of Sacher-torte, that wonderfully decadent candy chocolate glazed torte with the apricot filling. Well, a while back Deb started to make it but realized she didnt really have the time on that day and did an experiment instead. This is every bit as good as the real thing and a hell of […]

Strain pineapple thoroughly. Heat with apple jelly just until jelly melts. Pour into refg. container with corn syrup. Refg. in covered container to use within a month.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). In a skillet, melt the butter and add the chopped papaya. Sprinkle with brown sugar and brandy. Saute until the papaya is very soft. Remove from heat and cool. Place in the container of a blender and puree. Crumble the butter cookies and stir into the papaya mixture. Spoon […]

Directions: 1. Cook over low heat the sugar and rum until dissolved, but not brown. 2. In a double boiler, melt the sweet chocolate. 3. After the sweet chocolate is melted, stir in the 3 tablespoons of whipping cream. 4. Add the syrup to the melted chocolate and stir until smooth. 5. When the mixture […]