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American Gingerbread Cookies
By Anahid
an old style recipe, with a molasses flavour
- .5 c Crisco or Fluffo
- .5 c brown sugar, packed
- .75 c molasses
- 3.25 c unbleached flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- .25 c water
Pear Shortbread with Green Tea Foam
Boil the pear pulp, add the tea and the gelatine sheets prevously soaked in a cold water
- 4 Pears
- 1/2 cup of crushed almonds
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 package filo dough
- 1/3 cup of almond powder
- 3 1/2 tbsp of butter
- 10 oz pear pulp
- 1 teaspoon of green tea
- 3 sheets of gelatin
Rhubarb Streusal Muffins
By BrendaFlood
Preheat oven to 350
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup chopped nuts
- ½ Tbsp. butter
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup melted shortening or butter
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup sour cream
- 2 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ¼ cup diced rhubarb
Apple Wheat Halwa
By Tanyadesigan, Easy and Simple Foods
An delicious Halwa made with, apple, wheat, milk,ghee and nuts
- Apples - 2 cups grated (approx 3 apples)
- Milk- 1 and 1/3 cups & 1 and a 1/2 cups
- Wheat flour - 1 and 1/4 cups
- Sugar- 1 and 1/2 cups
- Ghee - 1/2 -3/4 cup (as needed)
- Elachi powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- Cashews - 1 table spoon
- pista - 10-15 nos (slice / chop into small pieces)
- Almonds - 10-15 nos(slice / Chop into small pieces)
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
By SFloystad1@aol.com
Dessert
- 1 Cup Butter (2 Sticks)
- 1 Cup Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3 Cups Quaker Oats uncooked
- 1 Cup Raisins
Rainbow Cake Pops
By Jasminv128
Fun, creative twist on the average cake pops
- Cake pop mix-vanilla/white
- Food coloring
- White chocolate
- Sprinkles/small candies
- Cake pop sticks
Butter Frosting
By dsathwa
In a bowl , beat 1 cup butter and 4 cups sugar with electric hand mixer until it becomes double the volume and whit...
- Confectioners sugar (icing or powdered sugar), sifted-4 cups (460 grams)
- Unsalted butter, room temperature-1 cup (226 grams)
- Pure vanilla extract-1 teaspoon
- Milk or light cream-2-4 tablespoons
- Assorted food colors (if desired) (i have used pink, orange ,yellow and green)
Pear & Strawberry Crumble
By petka
Easy, quick and deliciously sweet! Tastes great with vanilla ice cream
- 400 g strawberries
- 2 medium size pears
- 125 granulated sugar
- 45 ml cornstarch
- 175 g all purpose flour
- 125 coconut butter
- 125 g brown sugar
- 2 ml cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground clove
Rich Dundee Cake
By srwarthe
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F
- 8 oz flour
- pinch of salt
- 8 oz butter
- 4 eggs
- 8 oz sugar
- 6 oz mixed peel
- 12 oz currants
- 12 oz sultanas
- 2 oz finely chopped almonds
- 18 blanched almon halves
- 4 oz glace cherries
- grated rind of 1/2 lemon
Apple Cups
By Lysska, Cooking From A Stay At Home Mom
In a pan dice up your apples
- 12 Won Ton Wrappers
- 3 Apples Chopped
- 2 T Apple Pie Spice
- 1/4 Sugar
- 1/4 C Oats
- Topping:
- 1/4 C Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Oats
- 1/2 T butter melted
- Drizzle
- 1/2 C Confectioners
- 1 T Milk
Dutch Apple Pie
By BrendaFlood
Perfect for any Holiday occasion
- 1 unbaked pie shell (I use the recipe listed on the shortening cartons) 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp. Flour ½ cup white sugar
- Pinch of salt ¼ cup cream
- ¼ cup milk 4-6 apples
- Topping: Brown sugar mixture: 1 tbsp. butter, ¼ cup oatmeal, ¼ cup brown sugar, ½ tsp. cinnamon. Mix until crumbly.
Old Fashioned Ice cream float
By cheriarm
Pour soda 1/2 way in glass
- Vanilla ice cream
- Glass of coca cola or root beer soda
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