Month: April 2008

Cranberry Date Bars

FILLING:
1 – 12 oz. pkg. cranberries
1 – 8 oz. pkg. chopped pitted dates
1 tsp. vanilla

CRUST:
2 C. rolled oats
1 1/2 C. brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 C. margarine or butter, melted
1 recipe Orange Glaze

ORANGE GLAZE:
2 C. powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 to 3 T. orange juice

FILLING: In a medium saucepan, combine cranberries and dates. Cook, covered, over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes, or until cranberries pop, stirring frequently. Stir in vanilla. Set aside.

CRUST: Stir together flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir in margarine or butter until well blended. Pat half of the oat mixture on the bottom of a 9×13″ baking pan. Bake in 350º oven for 8 minutes. Carefully spread filling over baked oat mixture.
Sprinkle remaining oat mixture atop. Pat gently. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes more or until golden. Cool on a wire rack. Drizzle with glaze. Cut into bars. Makes 32 bars.

ORANGE GLAZE: Stir together powdered sugar, vanilla and orange juice. More juice may be added to make the glaze a drizzling consistency.

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Wacky Cake

3 C. flour
2 C. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 C. cocoa
3/4 C. vegetable oil
1 tsp. vanilla
2 T. vinegar
2 C. warm water

CREAMY BUTTER ICING:
4 C. powdered sugar
1 stick butter or margarine
2 tsp. vanilla
4 T. milk

In 9×13″ pan, mix all dry ingredients. Make well in middle of mixture. Add remaining ingredients in order listed. Stir with whisk after adding warm water. Bake at 350º for 35 to 40 minutes.

CREAMY BUTTER ICING: Mix all ingredients in a small bowl until it reaches spreading consistency. May have to add just a little more milk.

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Stripe It Rich

Uncle John always had this for his birthday cake.

1 yellow cake mix, baked according to pkg.
2 small pkgs. instant chocolate pudding
1 C. powdered sugar
4 C. cold milk

Add sugar to pudding, Slowly add milk. Beat 1 minute. Pour 1/2 over warm cake (holes). Let half of mixture thicken for topping. Chill for 1 hour.

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Peanut Butter Cake

1 C. sugar
1 egg
1 C. buttermilk
1/2 C. shortening or butter
1/2 C. creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp. soda

FROSTING:
1/2 C. crunchy or creamy peanut butter
1/4 C. butter
2 1/2 C. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream shortening, sugar and peanut butter. Add egg and buttermilk. Beat well. Add flour and soda. Mix. Bake in a 9×13″ pan at 350º for 25 to 35 minutes.

FROSTING: Mix together. Add enough milk to make frosting spreadable.

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Pound Cake

3 C. sugar
1 C. butter
6 eggs
3 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder
2 C. milk
4 C. flour

Combine all ingredients, Blend until smooth. Bake at 350º for 45 minutes to 1 hour in tube pan that has been well buttered.

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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Post author By Leta Riordan
Post date April 5, 2008
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1 yellow cake mix, mixed according to directions
1 stick margarine, melted in 9×13″ pan
1 C. brown sugar, firmly packed
1 can pineapple rings, drained

Melt margarine in bottom of cake pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange pineapple rings in pan. Pour cake batter over top. Bake at 350º for 43 to 48 minutes, or until cake is done. Check with toothpick; it will get brown but make sure it’s done. Cool in pan for 5 minutes and then invert onto serving tray. For added effect, place a maraschino cherry on top of each pineapple.

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Peanut Butter Fingers

This will not surprise anyone that I wrote this recipe on the back page of a calorie counters cookbook so that I could always find it.

1/2 C. butter or margarine
1 C. flour
1/2 C. sugar
1 C. oatmeal
1/2 C. brown sugar
6 oz. chocolate chips
1 egg. beaten
1/2 C. powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. soda
1/4 C. peanut butter
1/3 C. peanut butter
2 to 4 T. milk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter and sugars. Blend in egg, soda, 1/3 cup peanut butter, salt and vanilla, Stir in flour and oatmeal. Spread in a greased 9×13″ pan. Bake at 350º for 20 to 25 minutes. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and cover with cookie sheet so that the heat will stay in and melt the chips. Combine remaining ingredients (powdered sugar, 1/4 cup peanut butter and milk). Drizzle over chocolate chips. Cool before cutting,

Miscellaneous

Mother’s Lifetime Recipe

2 heaping cups of patience
1 heartful of love
2 handsful of generosity
dash of laughter
1 headful of understanding

Sprinkle generously with kindness.
Add plenty of faith and mix well.
Spread over a period of a lifetime.
And serve everybody you meet.

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Refrigerator Cookies

This was a specialty of Paul’s grandma, Angeline Abney. He makes them every Christmas and makes sure his wife, Ellen, eats one – even though she doesn’t like nuts.

1/2 C. butter or margarine
1 C. brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C. nuts, chopped
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 400º. Cream butter or margarine and sugar. Stir in egg and dry ingredients. Add nuts and vanilla and stir until well blended. Form dough into log, wrap tightly in waxed paper, and refrigerate for several hours. Slice log into 1/2″ slices and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes.

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 C. margarine or butter
3/4 C. white sugar
1 C. brown sugar
2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C. oatmeal
1 2/3 C. raisins

Combine margarine or butter and sugars. Beat until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Combine dry ingredients, except oatmeal; stir in sugar mixture. Fold in oatmeal and raisins. You may add chocolate chips, coconut, nuts, etc., to the basic cookie mix.