Sweet Recipes

Filled Butter Cookie Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 6 hard cooked egg yolks
• thick jelly or jam
• confectioners’ sugar

Directions for Filled Butter Cookies

Cream butter and sugar.  Beat in flour and combine well.  Force egg yolks through a sieve and stir into flour mixture.  Using one teaspoon of dough for each cookie, form into balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Make a small depression  in center of each using your thumb.  Drop a little jelly in center of each cookie.  Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.  Sprinkle cookies with confectioners’ sugar when cool.

Gingerbread Ingredients

• 1/4 cup shortening
• 2 1/4 cups sifted flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ginger
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup hot water

Directions for Gingerbread

Melt shortening in a saucepan.  Remove from heat and let cool.  Sift together dry ingredients.  Add molasses and egg to cooled shortening and blend well.  Add dry ingredients alternately with hot water, mixing well after each addition.  Pour batter into well greased 8 X 8 X 2 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.

Fruit Bread Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 very ripe bananas, crushed
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 cup nut meats
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup Maraschino cherries

Directions for Fruit Bread

Mix ingredients in order given.  Bake in a buttered and floured bread pan at 350 degrees for 90 minutes.

Blond Brownie Ingredients

• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 1/8 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 package chocolate chips

Directions for Blond Brownies

Sift flour, baking soda, salt and add nuts.  Melt shortening, add 1 Tbsp. hot water, allow to cool.  Stir in egg and vanilla.  Add flour mixture gradually, mixing well.  Spread in greased 9 X 9 X 2 inch pan.  Sprinkle in chocolate chips.  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.

German Apple Cake Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup salad oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 cups apple, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup walnuts

Directions for German Apple Cake

Mix all ingredients together with a spoon, do not use a mixer.  Batter will be stiff.  Spread into a greased 13 X 9 X 2 inch pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes.

Zucchini Cake Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine or oil
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups grated zucchini
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions for Zucchini Cake

Cream margarine, sugar, add eggs and beat well.  Add zucchini.  Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.  Beat and mix flour mixture well with first mixture before adding nuts.  Add vanilla.  Pour into 13 X 9 inch pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Lemon Cookie Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 unbeaten egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 tsp. lemon flavoring
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 Tbsp. milk

Directions for Lemon Cookies

Cream sugar and shortening.  Add egg and flavorings, mix well.  Sift flour, baking soda and salt together, mix with preceding.  Stir in 2 tablespoons milk,  Moisten hands with shortening and form dough into small balls.  Place balls on baking sheet 2 inches apart.  Flatten with flat-bottomed glass dipped in sugar as each cookie is pressed.  Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.  Makes about 6 dozen Lemon Cookies.

Honey Cake Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup tea
• 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup apricot brandy
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

Directions for Honey Cake

In large mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar at high speed until well blended.  Add tea, oil, honey and 1/4 cup brandy.  Beat at high speed until well blended.  Add dry ingredients except for the nuts.  Beat at low speed until dry ingredients are just moistened.  Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping sides and bottom of bowl occasionally, then stir in nuts.  Pour into two 9 1/4 X5 1/4 X 2 3/4-inch loaf pans, well oiled.  Bake at 325 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.  If top should get too brown before cake is done, cover top loosely with a piece of aluminum foil.  Remove from oven and immediately pour 1/4 cup brandy over each cake.  Cool cakes in pans placed on cake racks.  When cool, remove from pans.  Pour 2 tablespoons brandy over each loaf and wrap in wax paper.

Coconut Pie Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla
• 1 Tbsp. white vinegar
• 1/2 stick butter or margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup nuts chopped
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/2 dates
• 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

Directions for Coconut Pie

Mix eggs, sugar, vanilla, vinegar and butter.  Add remaining ingredients.  Pour into pie shell and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown.

Sweet Potato Pie Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. allspice
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 Tbsp. melted butter
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 1 package (4 oz.) crystallized ginger
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions for Sweet Potato Pie

Bake potatoes until mushy.  Peel and cut across in very thin slices to prevent them from being stringy when mashed.  Mix sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and allspice.  Stir in potatoes.  Combine eggs, milk, water, butter and bourbon.  Add to potato mixture, mix well and pour into unbaked 9 inch pie shell.  Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.  Test with knife for doneness.  Chill.  Top with whipped cream.  Sprinkle with crystallized ginger.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.