Helpful Hints For Cookies

Ingredients & Directions See below * Butter should be brought to room temperature beore using. You can put butter in the microwave for approx. 20 seconds to soften (remember, because the microwave wattages vary, the time given is approximate) * Melt chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in your microwave (in microwave […]

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Cranberry-apricot Coffee Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Bisquick original baking mix 3/4 c Sugar 1/4 c Olive or vegetable oil 1 1/2 ts Almond extract 2 Eggs -or- 3 Egg whites 1 ct (8-oz) plain nonfat yogurt 2 c Fresh or frozen cranberries; -chopped 1 c Dried apricots; coarsely -chopped 1/2 c Finely chopped almonds or -pecans […]

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Green Tomato Bread

Ingredients & Directions 8 To 10 Medium Green Tomatoes 2/3 c Seedless Raisins 2/3 c Boiling Water 2/3 c Vegetable Shortening 2 2/3 c Sugar 4 Eggs 3 1/3 c Flour 2 ts Baking Soda 1 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking Powder 1 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Cloves 2/3 c Pecans or Walnuts, coarsely […]

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Apricot Nut Bread

Ingredients & Directions 1 cn Apricot halves (16 oz.) 1/3 c Shortening 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Soda 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Chopped walnuts Drain apricots, reserving juice. Press apricots through sieve. Add enough reserved syrup or juice to make 1 cup; set […]

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Cheese Mexican Hush Puppies

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Yellow cornmeal 1/2 c Flour 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/8 ts Red pepper 1 c Shredded Monterey -Jack cheese 1 cn Chopped green chiles -(4oz), drained 1 tb Minced onion 1 Egg 1/2 c Milk Vegetable oil Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl; make […]

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Cheese Crispies

Ingredients & Directions 2 Sticks butter; softened 2 c Sharp cheese; grated 2 c Flour 2 c Rice Krispies 1/2 -(up to) 1 ts Hot pepper sauce; to taste Mix all ingredients except krispies; when well mixed, gently add cereal. Roll small balls of the dough (about 1/2 inch in diameter) between the palms of […]

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Hermit Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sugar 3 c Flour 1/2 c Butter 1 ts Cloves 1/2 c Molasses 1 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Soda 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Lukewarm coffee 1 c Raisins 1 Egg, beaten Preheat oven to 350. Cream sugar and shortening. Add molasses then soda which has been dissolved in the […]

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Whiskey Cake

Ingredients & Directions CAKE 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix 1 Box Instant Vanilla Pudding 4 Eggs 1 c Milk 1 1/2 oz Whiskey 1 c Walnuts TOPPING 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar 1/2 c Whiskey Combine all ingredients. mix 3 minutes. Pour into a well-greased tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. […]

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Lois’s Rye Bread

Ingredients & Directions -1 1/2 POUND LOAF- 5/8 c Milk 4 ts Gluten 3/4 c Water (for Welbilt/Dak add 1 1/2 ts Salt 3 tbs more water) 1 1/2 tb Butter 1 1/2 c Whole wheat flour 3 tb Molasses 1 1/2 c Bread Flour pn Caraway seeds * 1 c Rye flour 2 1/4 […]

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Tofu Pot Pie

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 3/4 c Barley flour or unbleached -white flour 1/2 c Whole wheat flour or whole -wheat pastry flour 1/2 ts Salt 3 tb Oil 1/4 c Water FILLING 2 1/2 c Vegetable broth 3 c Diced potatoes 1 c Finely chopped carrot 1/2 c Chopped onion 1 c Frozen green peas, […]

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