Shirley’s Nut Bread

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Boiling water 2 ea Eggs 1 c Raisins 2 t Vanilla 2 t Baking soda 4 c Flour 1 c Oleo (2 sticks) 3/4 c Chopped nuts 2 c Sugar Boil 2 cups water, add 1 c. raisins and 2 t. baking soda. Let cool. In a large bowl, mix […]

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Beef Tenderloin And Vegetable Pot Pies

Ingredients & Directions 1 tb Olive oil 3 1/2 lb Beef back ribs or short ribs 7 1/4 c Beef stock or canned beef -broth 6 tb Tomato paste 2 Bay leaves 2 c Chopped carrots; (about 2 -medium) 1 c Chopped onion 2 c Chopped zucchini; (about 2 -medium) 2 c Coarsely chopped mushrooms; […]

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Glazed Sugar Cookies

Ingredients & Directions COOKIES 1 pk DUNCAN HINES Golden Sugar -Cookie Mix 1 Egg -GLAZE- 1 c Sifted confectioners’ sugar 2 tb Water or milk 1/2 ts Vanilla extract Food coloring (opt) TOPPINGS Red and green sugar crystals Nonpariels Cinnamon candies 1. Preheat oven to 375’F. 2. FOR COOKIES, combine cookie mix, contents of buttery […]

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Hazelnut Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Hazelnut meats (blanched -or unblanched is okay) 6 Egg whites 2 3/4 c Brown sugar, sifted 1/8 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla White sugar BF Hazelnuts are available at most stores under the name of Filberts. BF They should be blanched. To blanch, boil the nuts for 5 minutes and […]

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Pecan Brown Bread

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Whole-wheat flour 1 1/4 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 2 c Buttermilk 1/2 c Molasses 1 c Chopped pecans Sift dry ingredients together, saving just a bit of flour to mix later with the pecans. Add buttermilk and molasses. Mix reserved flour with pecans and stir into batter. Put […]

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Cream Biscuit Dough

Ingredients & Directions 2 c All-purpose flour 1 tb Double-acting baking powder 3 tb Sugar if desired 1/2 ts Salt 1 1/4 c Heavy cream Into a bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar if desired, and salt. Add the cream and stir the mixture until it just forms a dough. Yields 1 Servings

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Vegetable-sesame Pie

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c AM Brown Rice Flour 1/4 c AM Hulled Sesame Seeds 2 tb AM Unrefined Sesame Oil 2 tb AM Sesame Tahini 1/4 c Water FILLING 3 tb AM Unrefined Sesame Oil 1/2 Onion; minced 2 Garlic cloves; minced 2 c Chopped turnips or potatoes 2 c Chopped carrots 1 […]

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Pumpkin Cognac Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions IRWIN E.SOLOMON JJGF65A PHILLY.INQUIRER MARILYNN MARTER FOR THE CRUST 1 1/2 c Finely crushed graham Cracker crumbs 1/4 c Almonds; ground 2 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Ginger; ground 1/2 ts Cinnamon 6 tb Unsalted butter; melted FOR THE FILLING 2 lb Cream cheese; softened 1 1/4 c Sugar 3 tb Cognac 3 […]

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Lemon Pound Cake

Ingredients & Directions This is a super Pound Cake 1 ts Baking powder -from the Minute Maid 1 tb “Minute Maid” Lemon Juice -frozen lemon 1/3 c Lemon Juice Juice carton. 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Butter, softened 1/4 c Sugar 1 1/2 c Sifted flour 1 c Sugar 2 ea Eggs well beaten 1/2 […]

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Wild Mushroom Tart-tarte Aux Champignons Sauvages

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 1/4 c All purpose flour -butter, cut into pieces 1/2 ts Salt 2 tb (about) ice water 1/2 c (1 stick) chilled unsalted FILLING 1 c Water 2 tb Cognac or brandy 1 oz Dried porcini mushrooms 2 tb Chopped fresh herbs 1/4 c (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 2/3 c […]

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