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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Just Desserts

We all know that we need to eat good, solid meals: chicken, fish, and lean beef (if we're so inclined), good vegetarian meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner with plenty of nutritian.

But most of us crave a little something extra: Dessert! For those of us who want something snacky, here are today's offerings. They're from my online cooking (http://www.amazon.com/Off-The-Wall-Cooking-ebook/dp/B009K7D2C2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361922217&sr=8-1&keywords=Off+the+wall+cooking).

Squash Pie

This is from Grandma Hallock. She wrote, "I was given several large yellow winter squash by Grandma Carpenter & Grandma said, 'Make pumpkin pie' & I did. They were our favorite from then on."

2 T butter

3/4 C sugar

2 eggs

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp.cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ginger

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1 C mashed yellow winter (hubbard) squash

1 1/4 C milk

Cream butter. Add sugar & eggs. Mix well. Add rest of ingredients. Line 9” pie plate with crust. Pour filling into unbaked pastry shell. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Serve with whipped cream

Cranberry Pie

Dad sent this in a letter dated "18 No 79". He wrote, "Here is a recipe for a pie. 1st the way it was in the paper and the way I made it."

2 T cornstarch

1 C sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

1 1/4 C hot water

1 C raisins

1 T butter

2 C cranberries

Pie crust

Blend 1st four ingredients & cook in double boiler until thick. Add next 3 ingredients & cook 10 minutes. Put in pie shell & bake at 450 degrees for 20-30 minutes, covering pie with foil for the first 10-15 minutes. (Crust can be any kind you want.)

Variation

2 T cornstarch

1/4 C honey + 1/4 C molasses

1/4 tsp. salt

1 C raisins

1 T margarine

1 1/2 C cranberries + 1 C canned cranberries (kind with berries in sauce)

1 1/4 C hot water

Pie crust

Make as above.

Egg Nog Pumpkin Pie

1 C canned eggnog

1 egg

18 oz. can pumpkin pie filling

9" pie crust

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In large bowl, combine egg nog, egg & pie filling; blend well. Pour into crust. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees; bake 50 minutes longer or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Garnish with whipped cream.

Peach Pie

4 C peaches, cut up

1 - 1 1/4 C sugar

3 T unbleached flour

dash salt

2 T butter

1 unbaked pie shell and lattice top

Arrange peaches in unbaked pie shell. Mix sugar, flour & salt. Sprinkle over peaches. Dot with butter. Cover with lattice top. Bake at 425 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Peanut Butter Cookies

One of Grandma Hallock’s cookie recipes.

1/2 C butter

1/2 C peanut butter

1/2 C sugar

1/2 C brown sugar

1 egg, well beaten

1 1/4 C flour

3/4 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

Cream butter & peanut butter together. Add sugar & brown sugar gradually & cream thoroughly. Add egg. Sift flour once before measuring. Sift flour, soda, baking powder & salt together & add to creamed mixture. Chill dough well, then form into balls the size of walnuts. Place balls on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with fork dipped in flour, making criss-cross pattern. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Oatmeal Cookies

Another of Grandma Hallock’s cookie recipes. Cookies were her specialty.

1 C flour

1 C brown sugar

3 C quick cooking (old fashioned) oatmeal

1 C butter or margarine

1/4 C boiling water

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

Mix flour & brown sugar. Add oatmeal; stir. Melt butter; add to dry ingredients. Mix baking soda into boiling water; add to other ingredients, stirring well. Place batter into loaf pan, lined with aluminum foil & place in freeze for several hours. Slice & bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.

Chocolate Cream Pie

The first time I made this pie, I was 15 and wanted to impress a boyfriend. I did, but not the way I’d planned: the crust came out tasting like under-cooked pizza dough, I burned the chocolate pudding, and the whipped cream came out almost to butter. Hmmm...

9 " pie crust

1 large package chocolate pudding(not instant)

whipped cream

Cook pudding according to package directions. Pour into baked pie crust. White cream & place on pie. Chill.

NOTE: Now, what could be easier?

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