Cookies & Candies
Pogen’s Gingersnaps
1/4 C (1/2 stick) butter 1/2 C vegetable shortening 1 C packed brown sugar 1/4 C molasses 1 egg 2-1/4 C sifted flour 2 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 1 t powdered ginger 2 […]
Month: October 2004
Baked
Tall and Fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits
We don’t have a refrigerator, so when I buy one quart of buttermilk to make Chillaquillas, I have 1-1/2 C left that needs to be used fairly quickly. This recipe is perfect — Chillaquillas for […]
Cakes
Pineapple Orange Carrot Cake (1993 version)
Made by Barry for Margaret Schulte’s (Meps’) birthday in 1993 If you don’t like the idea of pineapple in your carrot cake, try one of these recipes: Carrot walnut cake Carrot bars 2 C flour […]
Cookies & Candies
Peter Paul Mounds and Almond Joy bars
From a “Top Secret” recipes cookbook 5 oz Eagle sweetened condensed milk 1 t vanilla 2 C powdered sugar 14 oz shredded or flaked coconut 24-oz package semisweet chocolate chips Blend condensed milk and vanilla. […]
Cookies & Candies
Lisa’s Chocolate Truffles
This is a wonderful Christmas recipe from Lisa Becker, who brought truffles to a potluck when we worked together at Battelle (about an eon ago!). That was the best work potluck I’ve ever been to […]
Desserts
Peach-Berry Betty
1/2 C sugar 1 T flour 1/2 t ground nutmeg 3 C sliced, peeled fresh peaches or nectarines 2 C fresh raspberries or blueberries 1/4 C orange juice or water 4 C soft bread cubes […]
Desserts
Cherry-Plum Slump
From an article entitled “Slumps, grunts, and betties” in BHG New England’s slump is topped with biscuit dumplings, which flatten or “slump” during cooking. In Cape Cod, a slump may be known as a “grunt” […]
Breakfast
HOMEMADE HONEYDEWS (DONUTS)
(from Cruising World) 2 eggs, beaten 1 T molasses 3 C flour, sifted 1 t baking soda Dash cinnamon, nutmeg 1 C milk 4 C oil Honey or sugar (for dipping) Combine eggs and molasses […]
Cookies & Candies
Razzle-Apple Streusel Bars
Crust and streusel: 2 C oats, uncooked 2-1/2 C flour 1-1/4 C sugar 2 t baking powder 1 C (2 sticks) butter, melted Filling: 3 C peeled, thinly sliced apples (about 3 medium apples) 2 […]
Pies
STRAWBERRY RHUBARD CUSTARD PIE
Invented by Margaret for Susie Griener’s wedding 2-1/4 C rhubarb, cut in 1-inch pieces 1 C strawberries, sliced 3/4 C sugar 4-1/2 t arrowroot or cornstarch 2 eggs, beaten 1 unbaked pie shell Combine sugar […]