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Chocolate Cake Recipes
Chicken Recipes
Lemon Recipes
Cucumber Recipes
Worcestershire Sauce
Free Downloadable Publications and Cookbooks
(in pdf format)
Cookbooks to
download and Product Samples
How
to Bake: Your
Complete Reference
Baking Essentials Lessons (Easy lessons on Baking)
June 14th : For Nikki
who is taking a decorating class . Here is a Bakery shop
Icings that you might like. Jocelyne in Québec
Bakery Shop Icing
1/2 cup Butter or margarine (brick)
6 tbsp shortening
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp clear vanilla
1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup warm milk Food Color (optional) -
Cream butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla. Stir cornstarch
into milk and add gradually to sugar mixture, beating all
the while. Beat at low speed until blended. Beat at medium
speed 5-7 mins until icing is creamy smooth. (personal
note;; it may look funny when you stop blending, wait 20
mins and beat again! The cornstarch may need time to
thicken!) This is a nice icing for simpler work. It is very
smooth and spread able. It remains soft and is easily piped
for shells, drop strings, cornelli lace and many work for
simple flowers and drop flowers.
BUTTER CREAM DECORATOR ICING
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
1/2 c. margarine
1 tsp. vanilla or flavoring
4 c. icing sugar
2 Tbsp. milk* (or water)
Cream margarine and shortening. Add vanilla. Gradually add
sugar, one cup at a
time, beating well. Scrape sides of bowl often. Add milk and
beat at med. speed
until light and fluffy. Keep icing covered with a damp cloth
until cake is iced, or keep
in fridge in an airtight bowl for up to 2 weeks. Bring to
room temp. and re-whip
before using. Yield 3 cups. For Chocolate icing: add 3/4 c.
cocoa or 3 squares of
unsweetened choc., melted; add an additional 1 -2 Tbsp.
milk.
Hint: Milk makes the icing "crusty", water will keep the
icing soft. You can also
add 3-4 Tbsp. light corn syrup to make it spreading
consistency. Pineapple flavoring is also excellent.
Waldorf Astoria Cake Frosting
1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
1 cup shortening
2/3 cup milk
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
1 teaspoon clear imitation vanilla extract
In a large bowl, combine confectioners sugar, shortening,
milk, salt, butter flavored extract and vanilla. Beat until
smooth and fluffy.
And a delicious filling that you can use ( You can change
the white chocolate by dark ones depending on your cake )
White Chocolate Buttercream
12 ounces white chocolate chips
12 ounces unsalted butter, room temp
6 egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar
Melt chocolate in microwave, and let cool to room temp. Beat
the butter in large mixing bowl on medium for 2 minutes,
then on high for another 5 minutes. Mix the cooled chocolate
into the butter.
Place egg whites and sugar in top of double boiler. Whisk
together and heat until they reach 120¼F on stovetop (about
2 1/2-3 minutes). Transfer heated egg whites to electric
mixer fitted with balloon whip. Whisk on high until stiff
peaks form, about 4 minutes. Fold egg whites into the
chocolate butter mixture. Use to frost cake - excellent on
chocolate cake.
to Betty T. GA
I am using a website for all my recipes--it is easy to
use--you can add all the recipes you want. You can print out
a cookbook. Check it out
www.recipecircus.com
Rosemary, Oklahoma
Hello Nancy,
Hope you and the kitties are doing well today. I got on a
baking kick today and first made the Gomer's Banana Bread
Pyle and it is awesome! Then I made the "One cup of
Everything But the Kitchen Sink" cookies.
I wanted to ask Susie in Indie if she made these, because I
am having trouble with baking them. They flatten out and
don't seem to want to "plump" up. I checked other similar
recipes online and they seem to have the same ingredients,
but all in different quantities. Any help or suggestions
from Susie (or anybody) would be appreciated.
Thanks, Terri in Mn.
Hi Nancy this is in response to Rosemarie in TX. in the
June
14th newsletter. She was looking for recipes for flaky pie
crust. This is my grandmother's recipe for
pie crust and it
has never failed to produce a really tender and flaky pie
crust. Here is the recipe:
Gran's Magnificent Pie Crust
4
cups all purpose flour, 1tbsp granulated sugar, 1 3/4 cups
crisco, 4tbsps white vinegar, 1 large egg and 1/2 cup of
water.
Mix first 3 ingredients together. Then add in egg, water and
vinegar. Mix with fork until dough comes away from sides of
bowl. Then roll out dough on floured board or counter and
place pie crust in pie pan. this recipe makes 2 double pie
shells and 1 single. These pie shells freeze very well. You
can also chill this dough and it will roll out really well,
just give it a few minutes out of the refrigerator and it
will roll out very nicely. Rosemaria hope this recipe is
what you are looking for.
from Mary G. in Ca.
I tried the cake mix with the frosting mixed into it. I
chose German Chocolate
Cake mix and a Cream Cheese Frosting mix. I put into a large
bundt pan to bake. It spilled over the edge and made a
beautiful mess of my oven. I baked it for 1-1/2 hours and it
still wasn't done so it got tossed. Did I do something wrong
or is the recipe not accurate.
Virginia, Apache Junction, AZ
This is Don from Mich 6/14/06
I have a problem, I see where everyone else is bringing
their problems I.E. ants and birds etc, well here's mine. I
have a birdbath and have enjoyed watching all the little
guys lining up for a bath, All of a sudden the
crows have
taken over. they bring stuff like dried bread and soak it
before they eat it, But now they bring all sorts of garbage
and really muck up the bird bath. I can't get rid of them.
Can anyone offer any help?
From Barb S in Omaha.
Re: the Orange Sherbert recipe.
Homemade Orange Sherbet.
10 minutes to prepare, twelve hours to set
2 cans Condensed Milk Eagle Brand - (12 oz) each
6 bottles (12 oz) Orange Soft Drink
1 can (#2) Pineapple crushed - 18 to 20 oz
Mix ingredients and freeze.
Makes 16 servings
I freeze my sherbet in a covered plastic container. After
it has been in the freezer of my refrigerator (or
my chest freezer) for an hour or so, I open it and stir it
up to make sure that it is going to set up right.
Then it's back to the freezer to finish setting. It usually
takes about 12 hours to set completely.
Sometimes I can't wait quite that long.
Does anyone have a
monster cookie recipe that uses
Karo corn
syrup? Thanks in advance. Thanks to you Nancy for putting
out such a wonderful newsletter, I really look forward to
reading it each day. Thanks agian!
Lori in NE
Dear Nancy,
I'm writing in response to MaggieB's inquiry from the June
12th. newsletter wondering what would be a
good present to
get a police academy graduate. I don't know if she'll go for
this idea or not, but I know that police officers have to
spend a fortune in dry cleaning bills, especially when they
are first starting out (I think eventually, depending on the
municipality, most police officers & sheriffs' deputies get
a clothing allowance of some kind?). Purchasing a gift
certificate for $50, $100.00, or more would be greatly
appreciated, I'm sure. If Maggie's local dry cleaners does
not give out gift certificates, put cash in the card &
enclose a nice note explaining what it's for (I know I spend
big bucks to get my son's dress suits cleaned & pressed, &
I'm sure they charge more for law enforcement uniforms due
to all the patches, pins, etc.).
Just a suggestion---Susan/Superior, WI.
This is for the woman, who recently requested ideas for a
Navy theme party for her son, who will soon be home on
leave. You could go with a red, white and blue theme with
balloons, streamers, paper plates, cups, and napkins. You
could purchase a Navy flag and fly it with the American
flag. If you are purchasing a commercially decorated cake,
they should be able to include the Navy seal and similar
decorations on the cake. My husband retired after 20 years
in the Navy and our youngest son is a Sergeant in the Army
and will be returning in August after a year in Iraq. We
will be having a similar party for him upon his return. Good
Luck with your gathering. I am confident that your efforts
will be greatly appreciated.
Robbie in bowling green, IN
HI to ALL in NancyLand!
To the person who was needing some good ideas for wedding
gifts: I used my knife set on a daily basis and could never
have enough towels!
If you want to give them something they will think of you
when they use it, try a pretty set of glass/Pyrex
serving/mixing bowls. I had a set from a friend of my moms &
I loved using them and thinking of her.
If you want something USEFUL and practical, try a gift card
from Walmart, Lowes, etc. for those other items they may
need like home improvement or groceries. I know that
sometimes a young couple may not have extra $ for these
things.
If you might know the address where they are or will be
living, ask if they might want you to prepay for electric,
gas or water utilities. This would be something unusual for
sure!
Lara in WV
Thank you so much Jocelyne in Quebec, My mother was born in
Canada, Bancroft, Ont. to be exact. Whittier is in
California. Nice weather lately. I think summer is really
here. Again thank you for the "Garlic Bread" recipe. My DH
will be so thrilled that I thought enough about him to ask
and that someone cared enough to answer. I will get
everything this Friday, (our shopping day) make it this
weekend and let you know how it goes. Again thank you for
sending in the recipe.
Nancy thank you for all your hard work. Hugs to you and pats
for the cats.
Betty in Whittier, (warm and sunny California, that is!!!)
Also a proud Wife, Mother & Grandmother of many service men.
(past and Present) Some of which have been to Iraq and one
that is there now. Have a wonderful tomorrow all.
For Betty T. the way to put the folders on a
CD is if you
have a co burner on your computer is to put a blank CD in the
cdrom and the find the folder you want to copy and right
click on it and then click send to and highlight your cdrom
drive letter whether its D or E and it will burn it to that
blank CD. OR if you want to put it on a floppy just click
send to A drive.Then to check it close everything off and
put the CD back in and double click my computer on your
desktop then double click on your cdrom and it will show
what's on the CD then you can click the folder and open it to
see everything in that folder. Hope this helps.
Jean from IL.
HI Nancy here are some cake mix cookies recipes. I have many
more of these can't seem to find the sugar cookie one right
now. I will be happy to send any or all of the rest of the
recipes if wanted.
Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies
1 package Betty Crocker® yellow or butter recipe yellow cake
mix
1/3 cup water
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 eggs
Sugar
Heat oven to 375 F. Beat half of the cake mix, the water,
peanut butter and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on
medium speed until smooth, or mix with spoon. Stir in
remaining cake mix
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart
onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern
with fork dipped in sugar.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute;
remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Chocolate Fudge Cookies
l/4 c. butter or margarine; softened
l box (l8.24 oz) choc. fudge cake mix
l egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons water
l c. finely chopped walnuts
48 chocolate star candies
Preheat oven to 350. Cut butter into cake mix in large bowl
until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in egg and water
until well blended. Shape dough into l/2" balls; roll in
walnuts, pressing nuts gently into dough. Place about 2"
apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake cookies for l2
minutes or until puffed and nearly set. Place chocolate star
candies in center of each cookie. Bake additional minute.
Cool about 2 minutes on baking sheets. Remove cookies from
baking sheets to wire racks to cool completely.
4 dozen cookies
Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies
1/4 c. margarine; softened
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese
1 egg
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. (2 layer) white cake mix
1 (8 oz) pkg. choc. chips
1/4 c. ground nuts
Cream margarine and cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in
egg and vanilla and half of cake mix until smooth. Stir in
remaining cake mix. Add chips and nuts. Bake at 375 for 10
to 12 minutes.
Cake Mix Cookies
1 c. raisins
1 c. nuts
2 c. oatmeal
1 c. sugar
1 Duncan Hines yellow cake mix (just plain, no pudding in
it)
1 c. oil
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix liquid ingredients and add other ingredients. Stir well.
Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Makes about 6 dozen
cookies.
Rita
This is in response to Teahag/Upstate NY regarding the spots
that appear on the peeled sweet potatoes as they are waiting
to be baked/cooked. I'm assuming that this is the same thing
that happens to regular (russet, etc.) potatoes after they
are peeled and before cooking. Unless they are covered with
water, the potatoes will start to discolor and become
completely black it allowed to sit for a prolonged time. My
suggestion to Teahag is to wash the sweet potatoes and pat
dry with paper towels then bake them with the skins on to
prevent the discoloration. After the sweet potatoes have
been baked and cooled enough to work with, the skins will
peel very easily and the pulp can be used per the recipe
being used.
I was recently on vacation in the NE Kansas and Central
Missouri areas and have been catching up the past few days
on reading all the newsletters and copying selected recipes.
I've seen many recipes for
preparing salmon, but have yet to read any for Poached
Salmon. I often will poach salmon (fillets or steaks) in a
large skillet or frying pan of boiling water or white wine
or a combination of both, usually with 3 or 4 slices of
lemon and a sprig of fresh dill weed. This is a very simple
and quick method for preparing a delicate entree of salmon.
If you haven't tried this method, you might just like it!
Mr. Myron Drinkwater - Lake Forest, CA
To Betty T. in GA I copy recipes, then paste to wordpad.
From there I put them in a folder. You can then download
your folder to a CD.
Ron, FL
This is for Kay in Indy. Hope this is the one she is looking
for.
Phyllis Knipp--Baker , Mt
Friendship Cake And Starter
Starter:
Combine juice from one jar maraschino cherries (4 oz.) and 4
oz. Of pineapple juice. Add 1 2/3 c. Sugar and stir every
day for 10 days Then use with cake recipe. The starter has
to sour.
Fruits:
In glass container of at least a one gallon size, put one
cup starter juice and 1 2/3 c. Sugar. Don't put lid on tight
or refrigerate. Stir every day for 10 days, then add one can
crushed pineapple; with juice and 1 2/3 c. Sugar. Stir every
day for 10 days. Then add 6 oz. Maraschino cherries and 1
2/3 c. Sugar. Stir each day for 10 days. When you are ready
to make the cake, drain off the juice and reserve. If juice
is saved, sugar and fruits must be added every 10 days.
Cake:
Mix fruits with 2 boxes yellow cake mix and 2 boxes vanilla
instant pudding mix. Add eight eggs and 1 1/3 c. Chopped
nuts and mix well. Divide batter between two tube or bundt
pans and bake for one hour at 350 degrees. Frost with cream
cheese frosting or leave plain.
Hi Everyone,
This is in respond to Nikki in F'burg VA question about the
carpet shampoo. Yes it works very well for upholstery. I do
my couch and chairs in the house as well as shampooing out
the car/truck every time they need it. It works wonderful.
Like I said if there is a stain I use cheap shaving cream
before
I shampoo. Since the odor is so old it may take a couple of
cleanings. I just know that it works. We have bought a older
Rug Doctor shampooer and it has the upholstery attachments
for it. My son has a van and one of his little children
opened and spilled a cup of chocolate milk and did not tell
his Dad. Well in a couple of days it was a smelly mess. They
came over and cleaned the carpets and left the van doors
open to dry and the nasty milk smell is gone.
Good luck. Laurie SW Michigan
In response to Ruth, MS regarding software to make her own
cookbook. I use the word processing program on my computer,
buy a ring binder, mine uses 5-1/2x8-1/2" paper, size your
word processing page to the size required for your binder,
copy the recipe including graphic if included (must copy
graphic separate from text, at least with my program), paste
to the re-sized page, punch and put in binder. You can also
make your own index pages for the cookbook with the tabs
"bread, cake, meat" etc. For the index pages I use card
stock.
If you like your recipes on 5x3" recipe cards, you can
re-size your word processing file to that size and
copy/paste to that file, then print on cards. This works
very easy for me, easier than a software program I have and
no longer use.
I've also made a prayer book using this same procedure. It
was so popular several who saw it asked for one for
themselves and it makes a nice gift. For this book I use
card stock paper for all pages since the prayer book is used
every day.
I note several requests for
Chocolate Cream Pie. I have a
recipe that is not chocolate cream but if you like a
fudge-like chocolate pie, try this one I've been making for
years. It's from an old Betty Crocker Cookbook, probably
back in the '60s. This is like eating a piece of fudge.
CHOCOLATE MARVEL PIE
Make Pastry Shell of desired size.
Filling for 9" pie
Melt and blend together over hot water,
1 6-oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate pieces
since we like very dark chocolate, I also add one square of
bitter chocolate
2 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsp. milk
Cool. Beat in, one at a time.
4 egg yolks
1 tsp. Vanilla
Beat until stiff.
4 egg whites
Carefully fold in chocolate mixture.
Pour into cooled baked pie shell. Chill. Top with whipped
cream. Garnish with chocolate curls.
Mary Alyce
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