Hints For Pie Crust

Ingredients & Directions Text only My hints for pie crust – I make mine with lard, which sounds awful, but makes the flakiest, most sog-resistant crust in the world. You take 1 cup of flour, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and then cut in 1/3 cup of lard with a pastry cutter until the pastry makes […]

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Chef Freddy’s Strawberry-glazed Fruit Tart

Ingredients & Directions 1 qt Strawberrys [cleaned 16 oz (jar) Strawberry glaze & halved] 1 9″ shortbread pie shell 1 cn Pineapple chunks [drained] 1 tb Cinnamon/sugar 1) Prepare the pie shell according to the directions, for baking… and sprinkle with ? tb of the cinnamon sugar before baking. 2) In a large bowl toss […]

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Jalapeno Cheese Bread And Rustic Bread Stick

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/4-ounce envelope active Dry yeast or 3/5-ounce Cakes, fresh 1 tb Sugar 2 1/4 c Lukewarm water 1/4 c Oil or unsalted butter, Melted 1 c Whole wheat flour 5 c Unbleached all-purpose Flour 1 tb Salt 4 To 6 jalapeno chiles or to Taste, seeded and finely Chopped* 2 c […]

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Howard’s Delicious Apple Pie

Ingredients & Directions 3 tb Water 4 ts Cornstarch 1 Egg; beaten 3/4 c Light cream 3/4 c Sugar 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 4 md Red Delicious apples; peeled -and Pastry for double-crust pie 2 tb Butter 1 tb Milk 1 tb Cinnamon-sugar In a small bowl, mix water and cornstarch […]

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Classic Tarte Tatin

Ingredients & Directions 6 md Dessert apples 1/2 Lemon; juice of 120 g Butter; (4oz) 200 g Sugar; (7oz) 250 g Puff pastry; (9oz) 1 pn Flour Preheat the oven to 220?C/425?F/gas mark 8. Peel, core and halve the apples. Sprinkle with lemon juice and place in the fridge. Evenly grease the base of the […]

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Stuffing Bread

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Dry yeast 1/4 c Warm water 1 c Creamed cottage cheese, -heated 2 tb Sugar 1 tb Minced onion 1 tb Butter 2 ts Sage 1 tb Celery flakes 1 ts Salt 2 ts Parsley flakes 2 1/4 c Flour (or less) 1 Egg 1/4 ts Baking soda Dissolve yeast […]

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Beetroot Cake

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Soft margarine 8 oz Light brown sugar 4 md Eggs – separated Juice of half a lemon 10 oz Self-rasing flour 1 ts Baking powder 4 oz Mixed chopped nuts 8 oz Cooked fresh beetroot, -finely grated. FILLING 4 oz Butter softened 8 oz Cream cheese 8 oz Icing sugar […]

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Spicy Pineapple Zucchini Bread

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs 3 c All-purpose flour 1 c Oil 2 ts Baking soda 2 c Granulated sugar 1 ts Salt 2 ts Vanilla 1/2 ts Baking powder 2 c Coarsely grated, unpeeled 1 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1 cn Crushed pineapple, drained 3/4 ts Nutmeg 1 c Finely chopped nuts 1 c Currants […]

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Grape-nuts Fruit Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Fruit cake mix 2 ts Baking powder 1 lb Raisins 2 ts Nutmeg; (1-2 tsp) 2 c Cereal, Grape-Nuts 2 ts Cinnamon; (1-2 tsp) 1 c Sugar 1 c Egg beaters 1 c Flour 1 ts Vanilla Line a tube pan with a heavy brown paper. Spray with a non-fat […]

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Paupiettes De Bananes Aux Jambon

Ingredients & Directions 4 Bananas (fairly unripe, -but not green) 4 sl Ham 6 tb Parmesan cheese, grated 1/2 c Double cream -(whipping cream) Paprika Salt and pepper Peel bananas, sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika (be generous with this). Wrap a slice of ham around each banana. Place bananas in a greased, oven-proof dish […]

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