Archive for the 'Sweets and Desserts' Category

Danish Pastry (Dansk Wienerbrod) Recipe

4 c Flour 1 ts Salt 1/4 c Sugar 2 1/4 oz Yeast cakes 1 c Milk 1 Egg 1 1/2 c Butter Sift flour and mix with sugar and salt. Mix yeast with a little cold milk. Add this, the rest of the milk and the beaten egg to flour and sugar. Beat well [...]

Toffee Fudge Brownies Recipe

6 Heath bars; 6 3/8 oz; broken 1 c Walnuts; chopped 1 1/4 c Sugar 5 oz Unsweetened chocolate; chop 1/2 c Butter; soft 4 Eggs 1 tb Vanilla 1/4 ts Salt 2/3 c Flour Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325~F. Grease and flour 9 inch square baking pan. STEEL KNIFE: [...]

Trifle Recipe

1/2 c Sugar 3 tb Cornstarch 1/4 ts Salt 3 c Milk 1/2 c Dry white wine 3 Egg yolks,beaten 3 tb Butter or margarine, softened 1 tb Vanilla 2 1/2 oz Whole blanched almonds 2 pk Ladyfingers (3oz) 1/2 c Red raspberry preserves 1 pk Frozen red raspberries (12oz) 1 c Chilled whipping cream [...]

Apricot Pillows Recipe

1/2 c Sugar 1 Stick butter, softened (4oz) 1 Egg 1/2 ts Almond extract 1 1/2 c Flour 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/8 ts Salt 1/4 c Firmly packed dried apricots 1 tb Honey From “375 Great Cookies & Brownies,” by Joanne Lamb Hayes and Bonnie Tandy Leblang (HarperCollins, 1993, $16.95). In medium bowl, beat [...]

Razzle Dazzle Raspberry Sherbet Recipe

3 Egg whites 3/4 c Sugar 1 c Milk 1 c Half & half 3 c Raspberries in syrup; pureed 2 tb Lemon juice Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Gradually beat in sugar, then milk, half and half, raspberries, lemon juice. Cover, refrigerate 30 minutes. Freeze as directed. Makes 2 quarts.

Bayerische Vanillecreme (Bavarian Vanilla Cream) Recipe

2 pk Gelatin; Unflavored 1/2 c ;Water, Cold 9 tb Sugar 1 tb Cornstarch 2 ea Eggs; Large, Beaten 1 1/2 c Milk; Scalded 1 c Ice Cream; Vanilla 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Cream; Heavy, Whipped Sprinkle gelatin over cold water to soften. Heat to dissolve gelatin completely. Mix together sugar and cornstarch. Add [...]

Truffles Recipe

1 pk -(16 ozs) Duncan Hines Milk Chocolate Layer Cake Frosting 2 1/2 c Confectioners’ sugar 1 c Pecan halves, divided 1 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips 3 tb Crisco Shortening 1. Combine Chocolate frosting and confectioners’ sugar in large mixing bowl. Stir with wooden spoon until thoroughly blended. 2. Cover each pecan half with one [...]

Baklava Recipe

BAKLAVA 3/4 c Finely chopped walnuts 3/4 c Finely chopped pistachios 1/2 c F. chopped blanched almonds* 1/2 c Superfine sugar 1 t Cinnamon 1 t Nutmeg 1 1/4 lb Sweet butter; melted 1 pk Commercial phyllo sheets SYRUP 2 1/2 c Sugar 1 3/4 c Water 1 Orange’s rind, finely grated 1 Lemon’s rind, [...]

Banana Cream Pie Recipe

1 ea 9 inch baked pastry shell 3 tb Cornstarch 1 2/3 c Water 1 cn 14 oz Eagle Sweetened Conden Milk, Not Evaporated Milk 3 ea Egg yolks, beaten 2 tb Margarine or butter 1 ts Vanilla extract 3 md Bananas, sliced and dipped In Realemon lemon juice and Drained Whipped cream for topping [...]

Fresh Cherries in Grappa Recipe

1 1/2 lb Cherries, ripe 1/3 c Sugar 2 1/2 c Grappa OR 2 1/2 c Brandy Choose the largest and firmest cherries and clip off leaving a little of the stems attached to each. Fill a 1 quart glass jar with the fruit and add the sugar and enough grappa to cover the cherries. [...]