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How to Make Carrot Cake

2011-10-20T10:06:00.000-07:00

Here's how:
Sift dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Make a well and add oil and eggs. Mix well. Add carrots, vanilla and nuts. Mix.

Bake in 13x9-inch pan at 350° for 40-45 minutes until done.

Ingredients:

3 c. grated carrots
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
2 t. cinnamon
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. salt
2 t. baking soda
2 t. baking powder
4 eggs
1 1/2 c. oil
1 t. vanilla
1 c. chopped walnuts

Fudgey Brownies

2011-10-20T09:28:00.000-07:00

Procedure:
Stir cocoa and baking soda in mixing bowl. Blend in 1/3 cup vegetamle oil. Add boiling water. Stir until mixture thickens. Stir in sugar, eggs, and remaining 1/3 cup oil. Stir until smooth. Add flour, vanilla and salt. Blend completely.

Pour into lightly greased 13x19-inch pan. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes.

Ingredients:

3/4 c. Hershey's Cocoa
1/2 t. baking soda
2/3 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. boiling water (measure accurately)
2 c.sugar
2 eggs
1 1/3 c. unsifted flour
1 t. vanilla
1/4 t. salt

Praline Cheesecake

2011-10-20T09:14:00.000-07:00

Preparation:
Heat oven to 350°. Combine crumbs, sugar, and butter. Press into bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.

Combine the softened cream cheese, sugar and flour, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in vanilla and nuts. Pour mixture over crumbs.

Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan. Cool before removing rim of pan. Chill. Brush with maple syrup and garnish with pecan halves, if desired. Up to 12 servings.

Ingredients:

1 c. graham cracker crumbs
3 T. sugar
3 T. butter, melted
38 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 T. flour
3 eggs
1 1/2 t. vanilla
1/2 c. finely chopped pecans

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2011-10-20T08:16:00.001-07:00

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2011-10-20T08:11:00.000-07:00

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Making Royal Marble Cheesecake

2011-10-19T06:59:00.000-07:00

An involved, but tried and true recipe. A favorite for those who like a rich cheesecake.

Procedure:
Melt chocolate morsels on top of double boiler over hot water. Combine 3/4 cup flour, 2 T. sugar, and salt. Cut in butter until particles are fine. Stir in 2 T. chocolate. Press into bottom of 9-inch springfrom pan. Bake at 400° for 10 minutes.

Soften cream cheese with one cup sugar in mixing bowl. Blend in 1/4 cup flour and vanilla. Add egg yolks (beat well). Blend in sour cream. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.

Fold into cheese mixture vry thoroughly. Combine remaining chocolate with 1 3/4 cups of cheese mixture. Pour half of plain mixture over baked crust. Top with spoonfuls of half the chocolate mixture and cover with remaining plain mixture, then with chocolate mixture. Cut through batter with spatula to marble.

Place in 400° oven. Immediately set at 300°. Bake for 1 hour. Turn off oven (let remain in closed oven 1 hour). Cool for 2-3 hours. Chill at least 8 hours before serving. To cut, use a wet hot sharp knife.

Ingredients:

6 oz. pkg. chocolate morsels
1 c. flour
2 T. plus 1 c. sugar
1/4 t. salt
1/4 c. butter
38 oz. pkg. cream cheese (at room temperature)
2 t. vanilla
6 eggs, separated
1 c. sour cream

How to Make Indian Pudding

2011-10-19T06:56:00.000-07:00

Here's how:
Pour 3 cups milk in saucepan and bring just to a boil. Moisten corn mean in a cup with 1/4 cup water (to prevent lumps). Stir rapidly into hot milk using a wire whisk. Simmer 20 minutes, Stirring often.

Combine spices and stir into mixture. Stir in molasses. Pour into a buttered 1-1/2 quart casserole. Gently pour the one remaining cup of milk over the top (do not stir). Dot with butter and bake at 325° for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Serve hot with cream, ice cream, or hard sauce.

What you need:

4 c. milk
1/3 c. yellow corn meal
1/4 c. water
1/2 t. ginger
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. molasses

Making Clams Oreganato

2011-10-19T06:27:00.000-07:00

This is a hard recipe to ruin, you can vary the proportions of ingredients and it still tastes good.

Procedure:
Heat the oil and butter together over medium heat and saute the onions, garlic, and shallots until soft and translucent. Add the parsley and spices for the last few minutes of cooking. Turn off the heat and stir in the clams, breadcrumbs, and most of the cheese. Use the reserved clam juice as needed to moisten the mixture. Stir in garlic poweder, salt and pepper to taste. Spread the mixture in a buttered, shallow, glass or porcelain baking dish, sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top, bake at 325° for 35-40 minutes. Garnish with parsley and lemon wedges.

A yummy hot hors d'ouevre for 8-12 when spread on plain crackers. Bake in individual clam or scallop dishes and serve as a first course.

Ingredients:

26 oz. cans of minced or chopped clams
2 medium onions
5 cloves minced garlic
2 medium shallots
1/4 c. fresh parsley
1 c. bread crumbs
1/2 c. grated cheese (a combination of Parmesan, Romano, and Gruyere is best)
1-2 T. dried oregano
2 T. olive oil
1 T. butter
1 t. garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Delicious Seven Layer Taco Dip

2011-10-19T06:22:00.000-07:00

Serve this dip with tortilla chips for dipping. Serves a crowd.

Procedure:
Mash peeled and seeded avocados with lemon juice and mayonnaise to taste. Add 2-3 tablespoons sour cream, plus 2-3 T. mayonnaise and mix with the packaged taco seasoning to taste.

Grate the cheddar and monterey jack cheeses and chop and drain tomatoes and green onions, with tops. Layer the ingredients on a platter in the order given at right.

Ingredients:

1-2 avocados
lemon juice
mayonnaise
2-3 T. sour cream
pkh. taco seasoning
4 oz. cheddar cheese
4 oz. monterey jack cheese
1/2 small can chopped ripe olives
2 tomatoes
3-4 green onions

Zucchini Bread

2011-10-19T05:38:00.000-07:00

Procedure:
Beat eggs until foamy. Add oil, sugar, vanilla and mix well. Stir in zucchini. Combine the dry ingredients and mix well. Fold in nuts. Pour into two greased and floured 9 x 5-inch loaf pans. Bake at 325° for one hour.

Ingredients:

3 eggs
1 c. oil
2 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
2 1/2 c. zucchini, peeled and grated
3 c. flour
1 T. cinnamon
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1 c. chopped walnuts

Blueberry Muffins Recipe

2011-10-19T05:34:00.000-07:00

Procedure:
On low mixer speed, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix until blended. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with milk and vanilla. Mash 1/2 cup blueberries and stir in by hand. Add rest of blueberries whole and stir in by hand.

Grease muffin tins well with butter (grease top surface of tins as well). Pile mix high in each muffin cup. Sprinkle sugar over tops.

Bake at 375° for 30 minutes. Cool in pan for at least 30 minutes. Makes about 1 dozen large muffins.

Ingredients:

1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 c. flour (unsifted)
2 eggs
1/2 c. milk
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
2 1/2 c. fresh blueberries
2 t. sugar (for top)
1 t. vanilla

Making Homemade Salad Dressing

2011-10-19T05:01:00.000-07:00

Interesting variations can be made to this recipe by substituting another vinegar (balsamic, tarragon, or raspberry) for the wine vinegar and lemon juice.

Procedure:
Combine in decanter. Shake well. Leave at room temperature for at least 20 minutes before pouring over salad.

Ingredients:

4 T. olive oil
2 T. red wine vinegar
1 T. fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1-2 cloves crushed garlic
1 T. sugar
1 T. salt
fresh ground pepper

Hollandaise Sauce Recipe

2011-10-19T04:42:00.000-07:00

This sauce is a must for Eggs Benedict!

Procedure:
Combine 2 T. lemon juice and 2 T. boiling water. Strain. Put eggyolks in cold doubble boiler. Water in double boiler should not touch bottom of upper pan. Beatwith flat bottomed whisk so they look creamy and lemony. Over medium heat, slowly add melted butter while continously stirring. When all butter has been added, immediately add lemon juice and boiling water mixture (do not povercook once butter been added).
This will make the sauce very thin.

Continue stirring and cooking over medium to low heat until sauce starts to thicken. Do not let sauce get too thick; it will continue to thicken once removed from heat. Add a few shakes of cayenne pepper to taste. Removed from heat immediately. Serves 2.

Ingredients:

3 eggyolks
2/3 c. melted unsalted butter
2 T. lemon juice
2 T. boiling water
cayenne pepper

How to Make Bearnaise Sauce

2011-10-19T04:35:00.000-07:00

Wonderful with steamed artichokes.

Here's how:
Combine wine, vermouth, shallot and tarragon in small saucepan. Boil down to half of the original quantity (approximately 1/4 cup should remain). Strain. Put eggyolks in cold double boiler. Water in double boiler shoul not touch bottom of upper pan. Beat with flat bottomed whisk until they look creamy and lemony. Over medium heat, slowly add melted butter while continuously stirring.

When all Butter has been added, immediately add strained tarragon mixture (do not overcook once butter has been added). Adding tarragon mixture will make the sauce very thin. Continue stirring and cooking over medium to low heta until sauce starts to thicken. Do not let sauce get too thick; it will continue to thicken once removed from heat. Add a few shakes of white pepper to taste. Remove from heat immediately. Serves 2.

Ingredients:

3 egg yolks
2/3 c. melted butter (unsalted)
1 T. dried tarragon
1/4 c. dry white wine or white wine vinegar with tarragon
1/4 c. dry vermouth
1/2 chopped shallot
white pepper

Making Tomato Yogurt Soup

2011-10-19T04:28:00.000-07:00

This cold version of a traditional soup is a refreshing change for those hot-weather meals.

Procedure:
Combine yogurt, tomato juice and garlic salt in blender. Blend at medium speed for 2 minutes. Chill. Serve garnished with green onions and parsley. 6 servings.

Ingredients:

2 c. yogurt
2 1/2 c. tomato juice
3/4 t. garlic salt
finely chopped green onions
finely chopped parsley

Spinach Salad Recipe

2011-10-19T04:19:00.000-07:00

The combination of sweet,hot,curry and grapefruit makes this an unusual and tasty salad

Procedure:
Mix pecans, honey, cayenne together in a bowl then roast on baking sheet in oven for 5 minutes drain the canned grapefruit segments, chop hard boilde egges and gently combine ingredients in a large salad bowl. (The amount of ingredients depends on how large a salad you wish to make.)
Toss with oil, vinegar, salt,pepper,or bottled italian dressing.

Ingredients:

hard boiled eggs
bacon,fried and diced
fresh spinach leaves
fresh mushrooms, sliced

For hot, sweet, curried pecans:

pecans
honey
cayenne
canned grapefruit segments, drained of juice

Sweet Potato "Pancake"

2011-10-19T01:29:00.000-07:00

A new Thanksgiving classic. Substitute butternut squash for sweet potatoes or apples for pears, if you wish.

Preparations:
Preheat oven to 400° with a rack in the lower third of the oven. Melt the butter. Peel and thinly slice sweet potatoes. Peel, halve, core and thinly slice the pear. Butter a 9-inch cake or pie pan. Arrange a layer of sliced sweet potatoes in the pan, overlapping them slightly in a neat pattern.

Gently press layer with your hands to flatten it slightly. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and drizzle with a little melted butter. Top with half the pear slices, sprinkling them with 1 T. maple syrup and more butter, Add a layer of sweet potato, then the remaining pears then the remaining sweet potato, each time pressing gently and seasoning as directed. Drizzle top with the rest of the melted butter. Cover the dish with foil and then cover with a lid. Bake in the lower third of oven for 40 minutes. Remove lid and foil and bake until lightly golden and tender, about 25 minutes more. If you'd like to glaze the pancake further, place the pan directly on the floor of the oven for about 5 minutes (watch carefully so as to prevent over browning). Remove pan from the oven and cool for about 5 minutes.

Carefully invert the pan onto a large round platter and let the pancake settle. Remove the baking pan carefully. Serve hot, cut into wedges. To prepare in advance, cover the pancake with foil, then reheat. Serves 8.

Ingredients:

1/2 c, unsalted butter, melted.
5 medium sweet potatoes ( about 1 pound 10 ounces).
3 firm, ripe pears.
salt and white pepper (to taste0.
3 T. maple syrup.

Simple Baked Pork Chops

2011-10-19T01:05:00.000-07:00

Preparation:
Coat pork chops with mustard. Lightly dredge in flour and then brown quickly in skillet. Place in baking dish. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add thinly sliced pepper and onion over each chop.

Cover with foil and bake at 325° for 35 to 40 minutes, until chops are cooked.

Ingredients:

Pork chops (as many as needed).
flour.
Dijon mustard.
1 bell pepper.
1 medium onion.

How to Make Chiken Alfredo

2011-10-19T00:46:00.000-07:00

Here's how:
Beat eggs with milk. Add 1/2 cup grated cheese and parsley. Dip chicken pieces in egg mixture and roll in bread crumbs. Lightly brown in a skillet with a bit of olive. Remove to a baking dish.

Over medium heat, melt butter. Add cream and milk, stirring constantly, Add cheese and parsley until it is a warm sauce.

Pour sauce over chicken breasts. Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 20 to 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked. During the last five minutes, add a slice of mozzarella to each bread piece and allow to melt.

You will need:

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
2 eggs.
1 T. milk.
1/2 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese.
1 T. parsley.
bread crumbs.
4 slices mozzarella cheese.
3 T. butter
1/2 pt. heavy cream.
1/2 c. milk.

Making Amish Pot Roast

2011-10-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

Here's how:
Preheat oven to 300°.

Heat oil in large skillet over high heat, then sear meat on both sides. In a large pan, combine one onion and remaining ingredients. Transfer browned meat to roasting pan and top with second onion.

Cover and bake 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Baste every hour with juices. If liquid begins to boil away, add more coffee or soy sauce as needed. Use pan juices to make gravy. Use NO salt.

Ingredients needed:

3 lbs. pot roast, trimmed of fat.
1 T. vegetable oil.
1/4 c. soy sauce.
1 c. coffee.
2 bay leaves.
1 clove garlic, minced.
1/2 t. oregano.
2 onions sliced.
additional coffee and soy sauce as needed.

How to Make Chili Rellano

2011-10-18T12:02:00.000-07:00

Here's how:

Make batter of flour, eggs milk and salt. Puor half of batter in bottom of 9 x 12-inch casserole dish. Layer chillies of batter. Shred cheese and sprinkle over chilies. Pour rest of batter over cheese.

Bake at 325° for 45 minutes. Pour salsa with Tabasco over casserole. Bake 15 minutes longer. Best served hot, but let sit a few minutes before serving so casserole doesn't run.

What you need:

37-oz. cans whole green chilies, drained.
3/4 lb. each of jack and mild cheddar cheeses.
12 oz. evaporated milk.
3 T. flour.
salt.
4 eggs.
Tabasco Sauce.
10-oz. can green chili salsa.