Desserts:
Apple Cake
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter-melted
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg-ground
3-5 cups chopped apples
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tsp. vanilla
Sauce
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup milk
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Butter and flour 10" tube pan.
Beat eggs with sugar until thick and form a ribbon when a spoonful is lifted and dribbled.
Add melted butter and beat, when blended stir in flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and blend.
Stir in apples, pecans, and vanilla and mix.
Put in pan. Bake 1 hr 15 min or until cooked.
Topping
Melt butter, add brown sugar, milk and pinch of salt and boil for 3 mins.
When cake is done - cool 5 mins in pan and then turn over on serving platter.
Prick holes in top of cake and pour topping on.
Serve with whipped cream if desired.
Orange Cinnamon Biscotti
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 large eggs
2 tsp. grated orange peel
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 325F. Butter 2 baking sheets.
Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until blended.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in orange peel and vanilla.
Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt into medium bowl.
Add dry ingredients to butter mixture; mix just until incorporated.
Divide dough in half. Place each 1/2 on prepared sheet.
With lightly floured hands, form each 1/2 into 3 inch wide by 3/4 inch high log.
Bake until dough logs are firm to touch, about 35 mins.
Remove from oven and cool 10 mins.
Cut into slices on the diagonal. Bake on each side about 12 mins.
Butterscotch Brownies
1/4 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
melt butter, remove from heat.
Mix in brown sugar, egg and vanilla.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Spread in greased square pan 8x8x2.
Bake 25 mins at 350F. Cut while warm.
Carrot Cake
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
Mixed together
1 1/2 cup oil (we use melted butter though)
4 eggs
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped nuts
add to dry ingredients
Bake 350 for 45 mins
Icing for carrot cake
12 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup cream or milk
1 tsp. vanilla or to taste
3-4 cups powdered sugar
Blend cheese and cream, add vanilla and sugar.
Cake may be frosted while warm.
Orange Cake
from Gourmet Jan. 2004
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
4 tsp. finely grated fresh orange zest
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
confectioners sugar for dusting
Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly butter an 8-inch square baking pan and line bottom with parchment paper, then lightly butter paper.
Beat together butter, sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 2 mins. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until just incorporated. Whisk in sour cream and orange juice, then add remaining ingredients (except confectioners sugar), whisking until just combined.
Transfer batter to baking pan and bake in middle of oven until golden and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30-40 mins. Cool cake in pan on a rack 10 mins, then turn out onto rack. Discard paper and cool. Dust with confectioners sugar.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup softened butter
1 egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
Heat oven to 375. Mix sugars and butter and egg.
Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff). Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Centers will be soft.
Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
Magic Cookie Bars (Hello Dollys)
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 can condensed milk
1 (6 oz.) pk. chocolate chips
(coconut flakes 1 1/3 cups)
1 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350F or 325F if using a glass pan.
In 13 x 9 in. pan melt butter, sprinkle crumbs over and mix, press into pan.
Pour condensed milk over crumbs. Top with other ingredients press down. (I pour condensed milk over other stuff).
Bake 25-30 mins. or until lightly browned.
Cool thoroughly before cutting. Store loosely covered at room temp.
Apple Crisp
cut apples and put in 8 in. sq. pan
Topping:
2/3-3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup oats
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup melted butter
Preheat to 375
mix all ingredients together w/melted butter.
Put on top of apples. Bake 30 mins.
Fruit Crisp
1 cup flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled butter
1-2 pinches cinnamon (optional)
In a food processor mix all dry ingredients.
Cut butter into chunks and drop in while pulsing until mixture is JUST CRUMBLY.
Cut up fruit and fill 8" square pan. Cover with crisp mixture.
Bake at 375 approximately 20-30 minutes until it is bubbling.
Test fruit for softness with fork. Serve warm with ice cream.
Derby Day Pie
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter melted and cooled
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat together at medium speed until well blended.
2 eggs-add eggs and beat until just blended
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup chocolate chips
Stir in by hand and pour in unbaked 9" pastry shell
Bake 350 45-50 mins.
Pumpkin Pie
1 (9") unbaked pasty shell
1 (16 oz) can pumpkin (2 cups)
1 (14oz) can condensed milk
2 eggs
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 425.
In large mixer bowl combine all ingredients except pastry shell; mix well.
Pour into pastry shell. Bake 15 mins.
Reduce oven temp to 350; continue baking 35-40 mins.
Or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Cool.
Garnish as desired. Refrigerate leftovers.
Raspberry Preserve Bars
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter cut in pieces
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans x 2
10 oz. jar raspberry jam
preheat oven to 350
In medium mixer bowl combine flour, sugar, butter, salt, vanilla.
Beat at low speed scraping often til well mixed.
Should look like small peas (1-2 mins)
stir in 1/2 cup pecans-set aside 3/4 cup mixture.
Press in 9" pan. Put preserves on top.
Sprinkle w/other 1/2 C pecans and saved mixture.
Bake 35-40 mins or until light brown and preserves and bubbly.
Shortbread
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup sugar or more to taste
2 cups unbleached flour
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350
cream butter thoroughly with sugar.
Mix flour and salt together, then add to butter mixture.
Pat dough in 9? pan and prick all over the top.
Bake 25-30 mins. Cut when warm.
Rachel's Eggless Tiramisu
Make in an 8�-9� baking dish
One package lady fingers
Mocha grind coffee
1 package softened cream cheese
1 quart cream
3/4 cup sugar
Vanilla 1 tsp
Cocoa powder
Sifter or a fine strainer
Make 2 pots of coffee in a 6 cup mocha and set aside to let it cool.
Whip softened cream cheese and set aside.
Put the whipping cream in a mixing bowl with 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla.
Beat until you have a fairly stiff whip cream.
Add the whipped cream cheese to the whipping cream and whip together until mixed.
Dip ladyfingers one at a time in coffee and let them soak for a few seconds.
Then start laying them out in a single layer in the baking dish.
After the layer is completed take 1/2 the whip cream/cream cheese mixture and spread it on top of the ladyfingers.
Sift a little bit of cocoa on top and repeat making another layer.
Put uncovered in a clean (no smell) refrigerator and serve on the second evening.
Apple Cake
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter-melted
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg-ground
3-5 cups chopped apples
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tsp. vanilla
Sauce
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup milk
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Butter and flour 10" tube pan.
Beat eggs with sugar until thick and form a ribbon when a spoonful is lifted and dribbled.
Add melted butter and beat, when blended stir in flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and blend.
Stir in apples, pecans, and vanilla and mix.
Put in pan. Bake 1 hr 15 min or until cooked.
Topping
Melt butter, add brown sugar, milk and pinch of salt and boil for 3 mins.
When cake is done - cool 5 mins in pan and then turn over on serving platter.
Prick holes in top of cake and pour topping on.
Serve with whipped cream if desired.
Orange Cinnamon Biscotti
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 large eggs
2 tsp. grated orange peel
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 325F. Butter 2 baking sheets.
Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until blended.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in orange peel and vanilla.
Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt into medium bowl.
Add dry ingredients to butter mixture; mix just until incorporated.
Divide dough in half. Place each 1/2 on prepared sheet.
With lightly floured hands, form each 1/2 into 3 inch wide by 3/4 inch high log.
Bake until dough logs are firm to touch, about 35 mins.
Remove from oven and cool 10 mins.
Cut into slices on the diagonal. Bake on each side about 12 mins.
Butterscotch Brownies
1/4 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
melt butter, remove from heat.
Mix in brown sugar, egg and vanilla.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Spread in greased square pan 8x8x2.
Bake 25 mins at 350F. Cut while warm.
Carrot Cake
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
Mixed together
1 1/2 cup oil (we use melted butter though)
4 eggs
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped nuts
add to dry ingredients
Bake 350 for 45 mins
Icing for carrot cake
12 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup cream or milk
1 tsp. vanilla or to taste
3-4 cups powdered sugar
Blend cheese and cream, add vanilla and sugar.
Cake may be frosted while warm.
Orange Cake
from Gourmet Jan. 2004
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
4 tsp. finely grated fresh orange zest
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
confectioners sugar for dusting
Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly butter an 8-inch square baking pan and line bottom with parchment paper, then lightly butter paper.
Beat together butter, sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 2 mins. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until just incorporated. Whisk in sour cream and orange juice, then add remaining ingredients (except confectioners sugar), whisking until just combined.
Transfer batter to baking pan and bake in middle of oven until golden and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30-40 mins. Cool cake in pan on a rack 10 mins, then turn out onto rack. Discard paper and cool. Dust with confectioners sugar.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup softened butter
1 egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
Heat oven to 375. Mix sugars and butter and egg.
Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff). Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Centers will be soft.
Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
Magic Cookie Bars (Hello Dollys)
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 can condensed milk
1 (6 oz.) pk. chocolate chips
(coconut flakes 1 1/3 cups)
1 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350F or 325F if using a glass pan.
In 13 x 9 in. pan melt butter, sprinkle crumbs over and mix, press into pan.
Pour condensed milk over crumbs. Top with other ingredients press down. (I pour condensed milk over other stuff).
Bake 25-30 mins. or until lightly browned.
Cool thoroughly before cutting. Store loosely covered at room temp.
Apple Crisp
cut apples and put in 8 in. sq. pan
Topping:
2/3-3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup oats
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup melted butter
Preheat to 375
mix all ingredients together w/melted butter.
Put on top of apples. Bake 30 mins.
Fruit Crisp
1 cup flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled butter
1-2 pinches cinnamon (optional)
In a food processor mix all dry ingredients.
Cut butter into chunks and drop in while pulsing until mixture is JUST CRUMBLY.
Cut up fruit and fill 8" square pan. Cover with crisp mixture.
Bake at 375 approximately 20-30 minutes until it is bubbling.
Test fruit for softness with fork. Serve warm with ice cream.
Derby Day Pie
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter melted and cooled
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat together at medium speed until well blended.
2 eggs-add eggs and beat until just blended
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup chocolate chips
Stir in by hand and pour in unbaked 9" pastry shell
Bake 350 45-50 mins.
Pumpkin Pie
1 (9") unbaked pasty shell
1 (16 oz) can pumpkin (2 cups)
1 (14oz) can condensed milk
2 eggs
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 425.
In large mixer bowl combine all ingredients except pastry shell; mix well.
Pour into pastry shell. Bake 15 mins.
Reduce oven temp to 350; continue baking 35-40 mins.
Or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Cool.
Garnish as desired. Refrigerate leftovers.
Raspberry Preserve Bars
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter cut in pieces
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans x 2
10 oz. jar raspberry jam
preheat oven to 350
In medium mixer bowl combine flour, sugar, butter, salt, vanilla.
Beat at low speed scraping often til well mixed.
Should look like small peas (1-2 mins)
stir in 1/2 cup pecans-set aside 3/4 cup mixture.
Press in 9" pan. Put preserves on top.
Sprinkle w/other 1/2 C pecans and saved mixture.
Bake 35-40 mins or until light brown and preserves and bubbly.
Shortbread
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup sugar or more to taste
2 cups unbleached flour
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350
cream butter thoroughly with sugar.
Mix flour and salt together, then add to butter mixture.
Pat dough in 9? pan and prick all over the top.
Bake 25-30 mins. Cut when warm.
Rachel's Eggless Tiramisu
Make in an 8�-9� baking dish
One package lady fingers
Mocha grind coffee
1 package softened cream cheese
1 quart cream
3/4 cup sugar
Vanilla 1 tsp
Cocoa powder
Sifter or a fine strainer
Make 2 pots of coffee in a 6 cup mocha and set aside to let it cool.
Whip softened cream cheese and set aside.
Put the whipping cream in a mixing bowl with 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla.
Beat until you have a fairly stiff whip cream.
Add the whipped cream cheese to the whipping cream and whip together until mixed.
Dip ladyfingers one at a time in coffee and let them soak for a few seconds.
Then start laying them out in a single layer in the baking dish.
After the layer is completed take 1/2 the whip cream/cream cheese mixture and spread it on top of the ladyfingers.
Sift a little bit of cocoa on top and repeat making another layer.
Put uncovered in a clean (no smell) refrigerator and serve on the second evening.
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