Old-fashioned Currant Tart

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY DOUGH- 1/2 c Unsalted butter 1 Egg yolk 1/4 c Sugar 1 1/4 c Cake flour 1 ts Vanilla extract -PASTRY CREAM- 1 c Milk 3 tb Flour 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla 3 Egg yolks FINISHING 3 pt Fresh red currants 1/2 c Toasted, sliced almonds – rinsed and […]

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Applesauce Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter 1 ts Baking soda 1 c Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1 ea Egg, beaten lightly 1 ts Cinnamon 1 3/4 c Cake flour 1/2 ts Cloves 1 c Raisins 1 c Applesauce, hot 1 c Nutmeats Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. Stir in dry ingredients. Add hot applesauce. […]

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Hershey’s Light Chocolate Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c Flour 1/3 c Hershey’s cocoa 1 ts Baking soda 6 tb Extra light corn oil spread 1 c Sugar 1 c Skim milk 1 tb White vinegar 1/2 ts Vanilla extract Calories per serving: 160 Fat grams per serving: 4 Approx. Cook Time: Cholesterol per serving: 0 Heat oven […]

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Lindy’s New York Style Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR -until 1/4 c SUGAR Smooth. Pat half of dough 1 ts LEMON PEEL, grated -onto pan bottom. Bake 6-8 1/2 ts VANILLA -minutes 1 EGG YOLK At 400-degrees. Pat rest of 1/4 c BUTTER, softened -dough 2 inches up pan Combine flour, sugar, lemon -sides. -peel and […]

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Cato’s Grape Bread (mustaceus)

Ingredients & Directions 4 c Unbleached, all-purpose Flour 1/2 c Lard, shortening, or butter Melted and cooled 1/4 c Feta cheese, crumbled and Mashed into a paste 1 ts Cumin seed, ground 1 ts Anise, ground 1 1/2 c Grape juice, purple or white 1 pk Dry yeast 8 Bay leaves 1) Place the flour, […]

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Cheese Pie

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Pack cream cheese 2 Separated eggs 3/4 c Sugar 2 tb Flour 1 ds Salt 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 c Evaporated milk 1 c Sweetened condensed milk 10 In unbaked pie shell Soften cheese. In bowl combine cheese, yolks, sugar, flour, salt & vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add evaporated milk […]

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Carabbean Meringue Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sugar 1 Third cup cornstartch 1/4 ts Salt 1 c Pinapple juice 1/2 c Orange juice 1 tb Lime juice 4 Slightly beaten egg yolks 1 tb Butter 1 ts Vanilla 2 Stiffly beaten egg whites 1 9-inch pastry case. Sorce, The Carabbean Cookbook by Rita Springer For the merangue: […]

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Mom Bess’s Boiled Raisin Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Raisins 1 ts Cloves 2 c Water 1 ts Nutmeg 1 c Sugar 1 c Water raisins were boiled in 1/2 c Butter 1 ts Soda 3 tb Molasses 2 1/2 c Flour 1 ts Cinnamon (only directions given) Boil the 1 Cup raisins for 20 minutes in the 2 […]

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Pizzelle Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 6 lg Eggs 1 1/3 c Sugar 2 2/3 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 2 ts Anise (up to 3) 2 Sticks melted butter These cookies are for an electric pizzelle iron, I have been making them for 30 years.. The original recipe came from a dear friends grandmother: Mix all […]

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Chewy Choc-oat-chip Cookies Pt 1

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Margarine or butter; -softened 1 1/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 c Granulated sugar 2 Eggs 2 tb Milk 2 ts Vanilla 2 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt; (optional) 2 1/2 c Quaker oats ; quick or -old-fashioned, (uncooked) 12 oz Semisweet chocolate chips […]

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