Randy Pollak’s Christmas Persimmon Cake

Ingrients & Directions 3 tb Butter 2 c Sugar 2 c Persimmon pulp 2 c Chopped nuts 1 c Raisins 1 c Chopped dates 1 tb Orange peel 4 c Sifted flour 4 ts Soda 3 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Cloves 1/2 ts Allspice 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1 c Milk 2 ts Vanilla Cream butter […]

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Prune And Chocolate Bread

Ingrients & Directions 3/4 oz Fresh yeast or 1tbsp dried -yeast and 1tsp ; sugar 1 1/2 lb Strong white unbleached -flour 2 ts Salt 12 oz Stoned prunes 12 oz Plain chocolate 3/4 oz Butter 1 Egg 1. Grease a 2lb / 900g loaf tin, two 1lb / 450g loaf tins or a baking […]

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Spaghetti Meat Pie

Ingrients & Directions 8 oz Spaghetti 15 oz Can tomato sauce 2 T Butter 16 oz Can tomato paste 1/2 c Grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 c Water 2 Eggs, beaten 1 t Sugar 1 c Ricotta cheese 1 t Oregano 1 lb Ground beef 1/2 t Garlic salt 1/2 c Chopped onion 2 To 4 […]

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Miniature Cheesecakes

Ingrients & Directions 10 ea Wafers 8 oz Cream cheese 1/3 c Granulated sugar 1 ea Egg 2 ts Fresh lemon juice 1 ts Grated lemon rind 1/2 ts Vanilla Preheat oven to 35 degrees F. Line muffin tins with papper baking cups. Place vanilla wafter in each cup. Beat remaining ingredients together until light […]

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Pita Bread Technique

Ingrients & Directions Flour Water Yeast For pita bread just use any ordinary flour, water, yeast, salt bread recipe of your choice. There is no magic recipe. Do the dough in the usual way, let it rise once. Punch it down and do a superficial kneading. Then divide the dough into lumps – the size […]

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Cheese And Spinach Pie – Kiesch

Ingrients & Directions 1 Pie shell; 9″, deep dish 2 sl Swiss cheese 1/2 c Cooked spinach; chopped 1/2 c Sliced mushrooms 1 cn Tender chunk ham *; chicken -or turkey, flake with fork 3 Egg; beaten 1 c Half and half 2 ts Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 c Shredded cheddar cheese Place Swiss […]

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Stuffed Bread

Ingrients & Directions 1 Onion; chopped 1 Red bell pepper; chopped 1 lg Ripe tomato; seeded, chopped 1 lg Clove garlic; minced (i use 1/4 c Vegetable oil; (i use olive) Salt to taste 1/2 ts Ground cumin, dried oregano 1 Frozen bread dough, thawed 2 c Shredded monterey jack chees 1 Egg; beaten, for […]

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Home Recipes: Perfect Plum Cake

Ingrients & Directions –CAKE– 1/4 c Butter, softened 1/2 c Granulated sugar 2 Eggs 2 tb Orange juice 1 ts Vanilla 1 c All-purpose flour 1 tb Grated orange rind 3/4 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1 lb Plums, pitted, quartered FILLING 1 1/4 c Sour cream 1 Egg 2 tb Orange juice 1 […]

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Pin Wheel Cookies

Ingrients & Directions 1 c Shortening 2 c Brown sugar 3 Eggs; beaten 4 c Flour; sifted 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Soda in flour; ? baking -powder ? 2 1/4 c Dates; chopped 1 c Sugar 1 c Water Boils sugar and water well for 10 minutes. When cold, put in fruit and chopped […]

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Pita Bread Tips

Ingrients & Directions —— Years ago, a friend taught me a trick for making pita breads inflate. After you have let the dough rise, punched it down, and shaped it into individual pitas (rolled thin), you place the pitas on a clean kitchen towel to sit for 30 minutes (covered with another towel). Then you […]

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