Marble Cheesecake


1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsp. butter
3 pkgs. cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1 square unsweetened chocolate, melted

Combine crumbs, sugar and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend chocolate into 1 cup batter. Spoon plain and chocolate batters alternately over crust; cut through batters with knife several times for marble effect. Bake at 450 degrees, 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees; continue baking 30 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan. Chill.

Nuts 'n Bolts


1000 gr. Mixed salted nuts
375 gr. Shreddies
315 gr. Cheerios
190 gr. Crispix
220 gr. pretzels
320 gr. pretzel sticks
2 cups salad oil
2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. garlic salt
1 tbsp. seasoned salt

Mix all ingredients in very large roaster or large pans. Bake in very slow oven (250 degrees) 2 hours, stirring and turning mixture with wooden spoon every 15 minutes (be careful not to crush cereals). Makes 9 quarts.

Note: You can substitute equal amounts of other ready-to-eat cereals (kinds that won't crush) for any of cereal ingredients above, if you wish.

Tea Biscuits


2 cups all purpose flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
� cup shortening
1 cup milk

Mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with 2 knives or a pastry blender, until mixture is the consistency of coarse cornmeal. Make a well in centre of these ingredients; add liquid slowly. When all the liquid has been added, stir dough rather vigorously until it comes freely from the side of the bowl. Turn dough onto lightly floured board and knead lightly for a FEW MINUTES. Roll or pat out to desired thickness - about � inch. Cut dough with 2-inch floured biscuit cutter; place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake in a hot oven (450 degrees) 12-15 minutes.

Brownies


1 cup butter or margarine
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
� tsp. salt
2 cups walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13" by 9" baking pan. In large saucepan over very low heat, melt butter or margarine and chocolate, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Cool slightly.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating until well blended after each addition. Stir in flour, vanilla and salt; stir in nuts. Pour into pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack; cut into pieces. Makes about 2 dozen brownies.

Chocolate Chip Muffins


1� cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
� cup white sugar
� tsp. salt
1 cup milk
1/3 cup melted butter
1 egg
1 cup chocolate chips

Mix dry ingredients and add chocolate chips. Combine egg, milk and butter and stir into flour mixture. Do not beat. Bake 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

Fudge (Grandma Forbes)


2 cups sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup milk
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 tsp. baking powder

Cook all together till a little dropped in cold water forms a soft ball (238 degrees); remove from the fire, cool, beat well and pour into buttered pans. Cut into squares when nearly cold.

Shortbread


1 cup butter
� cup icing sugar
� cup corn starch
1� cup flour

Sift dry ingredients (3 times). Bake at 300 degrees for 30-40 minutes

Royal George Brown Bread


Pour 2 cups boiling water over 1 cup rolled oats. Let stand 1 hour. Add � cup molasses, 2 tsp. salt, 1 tbsp. butter. Add 1 yeast cake dissolved in � cup lukewarm water (plus 1 tsp. sugar). Add 5 cups flour, no more, no less. Beat well, let rise. Beat again; spoon into pan. Let rise; bake 1 hour.

Oatmeal Cookies


4 cup oatmeal
1� cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup lard
� cup sour milk
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt

Shortcake (Strawberry)


Sift or blend together
2� cups all purpose flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
� cup granulated sugar

� cup butter
Stir in
1 cup milk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Mix lightly with a fork to make a soft, slightly sticky dough.

Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead gently 8 to 10 times. Roll out or pat to � inch thickness. Cut in 3-inch circles.

Bake on ungreased baking sheet in 450 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until light golden brown.

Cool, split in half and butter.

Fill with crushed, fresh, sweetened strawberries allow 1/3 cup sugar for each cup fruit). Top with sweetened whipped cream and garnish with whole strawberries.

Butterscotch Squares


1 cup sifted brown sugar
� cup melted butter
1 egg
1 cup pastry flour
1 tsp. baking powder
� tsp. salt
� cup walnuts (optional)

Combine sugar and melted butter. Add eggs and beat well. add nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cut in squares. Cool in pan.

Chocolate Chip Cookies


1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cap vanilla
2� cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup chocolate chips

Chocolate Cookies


Melt 4 squares chocolate with 1 cup shortening.
Add 2 cups brown sugar
2 beaten eggs
2 tsp. vanilla

Add 3 cups flour, sifted with � tsp. salt and 2 tsp. baking powder, alternately with 1 cup milk.

Molasses Sugar Cookies


3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
� cup molasses
1 egg
2 tsp. soda
2 cup all-purpose flour
� tsp. cloves
� tsp. ginger
� tsp. cinnamon
� tsp. salt

Melt shortening in 3 or 4 quart saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat, allow to cool then add sugar, molasses and egg. Beat well. Sift dry ingredients add to first mixture. Mix well and chill. From in 1" balls; roll in sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Chocolate Sauce (for ice cream)


Combine 1 large can undiluted Carnation Evaporated Milk, 2 cups sugar and 3 squares unsweetened chocolate in a sauce pan. Bring to boil over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes, stirring vigorously. (Start timing when mixture begins to bubble around edge of pan.) Remove from heat; add 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat with rotary type beater for 1 minute. (Makes 2� cups.) Serve hot or cold on ice cream or cake.

Apple Crisp


Place in 8x8 pan:
3 cups sliced apples
1 tsp. cinnamon
� cup sugar
1 tbsp. water
1 tbsp. flour
Cover with:
� cup rolled oats
1 cup flour
� tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
6 tbsp. butter

Bake 40 minutes at 325 degrees.

Apple Pie


5 cups thinly sliced apples (about 5 to 7 apples)
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. cinnamon

Wipe, quarter, core, peel and slice apples, then measure. Combine sugar, cinnamon and apples in bowl before preparing pastry, (amount of sugar depending on tartness of apples). Preheat oven to 450 degrees. (Very hot). Prepare pastry as in general directions for double-crust pies. Fill pastry-lined pie plate with apple mixture. Dot with small pieces of butter. Cover with top crust. Place pie on lowest rack in oven preheated to 450 degrees. (Very hot oven). Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees. (Moderate oven) and bake for 45 to 50 minutes longer. Serve warm or cold.

Children's Favourite Chocolate Cookies


1 cup shortening
� cup sugar
� cup brown sugar
1 beaten egg
1 cup + 2 tbsp. flour
� cup cocoa
� tsp. baking powder
1 cup coconut
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream shortening, add sugar gradually when beating eggs. Cream well together. Sift dry ingredients add to creamed mixture, add coconut and vanilla. Drop by teaspoon on greased sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 6 minutes.

Corn Syrup & Corn Flake Squares


Bring 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup corn syrup to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Add � cup peanut butter, 1 cup chocolate chips and 4 cups of crushed corn flakes. Combine all ingredients together and spread in a 9"x13" pan.

Aunt Sandy�s Squares


Base:
2/3 cup butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
Press into 13"x9" or 9"x9" pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes.
Toffee:
8 oz butter
4 tbsp. golden syrup
1 cup sugar
1 tin Eagle Brand milk

In heavy saucepan bring ingredients to a boil stirring constantly. Reduce heat and stir approximately 10-15 minutes. (goes brown). Pour over base and let cool.

Topping:

Melt 1 cup chocolate chips in microwave and spoon over the top.

Peanut Butter Cups


� cup melted butter
2.5 cup icing sugar
2 cup graham wafer crumbs
1.5 cup peanut butter
Mix and spread in a 10�x13" pan.

Melt 1.5 cups chocolate chips. Spread over top and refrigerate.

Bran Muffins (8 weeks)


Pour: 2 cups boiling water over 2 cups Nabisco Bran. Set aside and let stand

Cream: 1 cup sugar, 2 cups brown sugar, 1 lb. Crisco, 1 tbsp. Salt

Add: 4 beaten eggs; 1 quart buttermilk; 4 cups All-Bran

Let stand while you sift together 5.5 cups flour, and 5 tsp. Baking soda. Add to bran mixture.

Fold in: Bran and � lb. Raisins.

Let stand in fridge 24 hours before using. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.

N.B. Do not mix when you remove from fridge. Just scoop into muffin tins. (Will keep up to 8 weeks)

Peanut Balls


� cup butter
2 cup crunchy peanut butter
2 2/3 cup icing sugar
3 cup rice krispies
Mix above and roll into balls.

Melt 12 oz. chocolate chips and � bar para wax in double boiler (or microwave). Keep on low heat while dipping balls.

Place balls on cookie sheet and put in fridge to set.

Orange Chiffon Cake


  • 2 ¼ cups cake flour or 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup salad oil
  • 5 egg yolks (with cake flour) or 7 egg yolks (with all-purpose flour)
  • ¾ cup cold water
  • 2 tablespoons grated orange peel
  • 1 cup egg whites (7 or 8)
  • ½ teaspoon cream of tartar

Heat oven to 325°. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a "well" and add in order: oil, egg yolks, water and orange peel. Stir until smooth.

Measure egg whites and cream of tartar into large mixer bowl. Beat until whites form very stiff peaks. Gradually pour egg yolk mixture over beaten whites, gently folding just until blended. Pour into ungreased tube pan, 10x4 inches.

Bake about 75 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly with finger. Invert tube pan on funnel; let hang until cake is completely cool.

Frost cake with Orange Butter Icing.

Orange Butter Icing

  • 1/3 cup soft butter or margarine
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons grated orange peel
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice

Blend butter, sugar, orange peel and juice until smooth.

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