Friday, January 17, 2025

WHITE Fruit Cake


Ingredients

  • 1 pound butter
  • 2 C sugar
  • 10 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/2 C flour
  • 1/2 C sherry or brandy
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 c flour
  • 2 packages candied fetus mix
  • 1 C raisins (golden, if possible)
  • 1 C chopped nuts
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.
  2. Place a pan of water on bottom shelf of oven.
  3. Generously grease pans, line with brown paper, then with waxed paper.  Trim to 1/4" from the top of pan.  Perhaps use parchment paper?   This recipe was written a while ago.
  4. Cream butter, add sugar and mix well.  
  5. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.  Then add vanilla, the 3 1/2 C of flour, baking powder, and sherry/brandy.
  6. In separate bowl, mix together fruits, raisins and nuts.  Mix with the 1/2 C flour so fruits don't stick together.
  7. Add to cake mixture, mixing well so fruits are equally distributed.
  8. Fill pans about 3/4 full.
  9. Bake in oven for 30 minutes, then lower heat to 300 deg. F for 45 minutes.

Neapolitan Pound Cake (Fusayo Scannell)


 Ingredients

  • 1 pkg 8-ounce cream cheese, softened
  • 1 box white or yellow cake mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 C milk or water
  • 3/4 C Nestle's chocolate Quik
  • 3/4 C Nestle's Strawberry Quick (OR add 1 tsp strawberry extract and several drops of red food coloring to the original cake mix)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 deg (325 for colored fluted bundt pan)
  2. Grease and flour bundt cake pan.
  3. Blend cream cheese and eggs until smooth.
  4. Blend in cake mix and milk.  Beat at highest speed for two minutes.
  5. In two cups of batter, mix in Strawberry Quick.  Pour into bundt pan (distribute batter evenly).
  6. In another two cups of batter mix in vanilla.  Pour batter into pan and distribute evenly.
  7. In remaining batter, add chocolate Quik and pour into pan.
  8. Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  9. Cool upright in pan for 45 minutes.
  10. Then loosen edges and remove from pan.  Cool completely before serving.

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Okinawan Doughnuts (Fusayo Scannell)


 Ingredients

  • 3 C flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 C sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 C milk
Directions
  1. Mix dry ingredients.
  2. Add eggs.
  3. Add a little milk at a time to make it thick enough to hold in hand without running out.
  4. Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot oil.

Peanut Butter Clouds (Fusayo Sakasegawa) ONO!

 Ingredients

  • 1 C butter              ]
  • 1 C peanut butter   ]   CREAM TOGETHER
Gradually add:
  • 1 C sugar
  • 1 C powdered sugar (sift)
Add to above:
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 C flour
  • 2 tsp baking 'soda
  • 1 tsp salt
Directions
  1. Chill dough.
  2. Shape into balls 1 inch in diameter and place on oiled cookie sheet.
  3. Flatten with fork dipped in flour.
  4. Bake at 350 deg F for about 12 - 15 minutes.
  5. Makes six dozen.


Thursday, December 5, 2024

Pecan Oatmeal Cookies (Mary Snyder)




















Ingredients
  • 1/2 pound butter (TWO sticks)
  • 1 C brown sugar (or less depending on your taste)
  • 1 C white sugar (or less depending on your taste)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 C flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 C chopped pecans
  • 3 C rolled oats
Directions
  1. Cream butter, sugars.  Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
  2. Add dry ingredients, vanilla, pecans and oats.
  3. Drop onto greased cookie sheet.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 to 15 minutes
  5. Batter may be chilled, rolled into cookie sized balls, and frozen for later use.  

Saturday, November 30, 2024

Warm Brie and Pear Tartlets

 









This is another recipe that I'll post about if I ever make it 😋

Ingredients

  • 24 mini phyllo tartlets
  • 1/4 pound ripe Brie cheese, cut into 24 small chunks
  • 1 ripe pear, diced into small pieces
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 T honey, or to taste
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 deg. F.  Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.  
  2. Arrange tart shells onto prepared pan.  Put a piece of Brie cheese into each shell.  Sprinkle diced pear and a couple of thyme leaves into each shell and drizzle with honey.  
  3. Bake in preheated oven until cheese is melted and tartlets are golden, about 12 to 15 minutes.

Friday, November 29, 2024

Bacon Onion Jam

 









From the website:  https://iambaker.net/onion-bacon-jam/

I made this for our turkey slider meal on Nov. 28, 2024.  I followed the recipe mostly exactly, except I didn't caramelize the onions enough :(.  Next time!  I will actually make this again!

Ingredients

  • One pound bacon, diced (I used turkey bacon)
  • 2 large yellow onions, finely chopped (about 3 cups)
  • 2 large (or 6 small shallots), diced (about 3 cups)
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/2 C light brown sugar, packed (I used dark because that's what I had)
  • 1/4 C maple syrup (and I used REAL maple syrup!!)
  • 1/3 C apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp chili powder, optional (I didn't put this in, but I will next time)
Directions
  1. In a medium skillet, cook bacon until crispy.  Place the bacon onto a plate lined with paper towels to catch the grease.
  2. Sauté the onions and diced shallots until caramelized.
  3. Mix in the garlic, brown sugar, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, chili powder, and cooked bacon.
  4. Simmer for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the mixture has thickened.  About the consistency of jam.
  5. Serve warm or cold.