Plain Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter 1/4 ts Salt 1 c Sugar 3 ts Baking powder 2 Eggs 3/4 c Milk 1 3/4 c Sifted flour Cream butter and sugar. Beat eggs and stir in. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Add alternately with milk. Bake in a 9 x 9″ pan at 350 […]

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Microwave Cookie Candy Turkeys

Ingredients & Directions ———————CLASSIC PILLSB CK COUNTRY BK——————— 12 Chocolate candy stars 12 Caramels, unwrapped 12 Scalloped chocolate-frosted -shortbread cookies 12 Pieces candy corn MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: To make each turkey, place chocoate star, point side up, on work surface. Place one caramel on microwave-safe waxed paper, microwave on HIGH for 5-10 seconds or just until […]

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Hershey Chocolate Fudge Cake (1930)

Ingredients & Directions 1 3/4 c Unsifted all-purpose flour 1 ts Baking powder 1 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Vegetable shortening 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla 2/3 c Cocoa 1/2 c Hot water plus 1 tb Hot water 1 c Sour milk* Grease and flour two 9″ layer […]

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Coconut Upside-down Coffee-cake-mix

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Bake it all mix 1/4 c Brown sugar — packed 1/4 c Pecans — chopped 1 Egg 1/2 c Milk — (about) 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/4 c Butter or margarine 1/3 c Brown sugar — packed 1/3 c Coconut — flaked 1 tb Water Break egg into a measuring […]

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Eccles Cakes Ii

Ingredients & Directions 13 oz Pkt frozen puff pastry, 1 oz Demerara sugar Thawed 1 oz Butter 4 oz Currants 1/2 oz Caster sugar Set oven at 425 deg F. Roll out pastry on a floured board 1/8 in. thick. Using a 5-in. plain pastry cutter, stamp out 8 rounds. Mix the currants and demerara […]

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Cauliflower Soup With Bread Dumplings

Ingredients & Directions 1 md Cauliflower head Salt and pepper; to taste 1 tb Lemon juice; fresh 6 tb Bread crumbs; fine dry 3 tb Butter or margarine 1 Egg; beaten 2 tb Flour 2 tb Parsley; chopped 1/4 ts Mace Recipe by: The Eastern European Cookbook-ISBN 0-486-23562-9 Wash cauliflower and trim off stem and […]

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Artichoke Tart

Ingredients & Directions 1 Blind-baked pie crust in a -10″ fluted Tart pan 2 tb Olive oil 1 oz Pancetta; julienned 1/2 c Minced onion 2 tb Minced shallots 6 oz Julienned artichoke hearts 1 tb Minced garlic 1/4 c Heavy cream -; (to 1/2 cup) 3 tb Chiffonade of fresh basil Juice of one […]

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Liz’s Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Powdered sugar 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 Egg 1 ts Salt 1 ts Peppermint extract 1/2 ts Red food coloring Mix together butter, sugar, egg, and extracts thoroughly. Stir in sifted flour and salt. Divide dough in half. Blend red food coloring […]

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Oatcakes (irish)

Ingredients & Directions 6 oz Oatmeal (preferably fine) 1 ts Salt 2 oz Flour 10 fl Warm water Mix flour and salt together. Slowly add warm water. Roll out on a floured board to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into triangles. Cook on a pan or griddle until golden on both sides. Dry out in a […]

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Engadiner Nusstorte (engadine Nut-cake)

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 180 g Butter (6.5 oz) 150 g Granulated sugar (5.5 oz) 300 g Sifted flour (10.75 oz) Egg 1 ds Salt FILLING 200 g Granulated sugar (7 oz) 225 g Walnuts, coarsley chopped – (8 oz) 2 1/2 dl Whipping cream (1/2 pint) 2 tb Honey -BAKING- Butter, flour Egg yolk […]

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