Companion to Wellesley Fudge Cake 4 baker’s unsweetened chocolate squares2 tablespoons butter1 lb confectioners’ sugar (sometimes called icing or powdered sugar, 4 cups)1 dash salt½ cup milk1 teaspoon vanilla extract Melt chocolate with butter over very low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat. Combine sugar, salt, milk and vanilla. Add chocolate, blending well.… Continue reading Classic Fudge Frosting
Wellesley Fudge Cake
4 ounces Baker’s unsweetened chocolate½ cup hot water½ cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt½ cup butter1 ¼ cups sugar3 eggs¾ cup milkClassic Fudge Frosting (link) Heat oven to 350° Heat chocolate with water over very low heat, stirring until mixture is smooth. Add the ½ cup sugar;… Continue reading Wellesley Fudge Cake
Cranberry Cherry Pie
Dough for two crust 9 inch pie.2 cups cranberries, fresh or frozen¾ cup sugar2 tablespoons cornstarchcan of cherry pie filling (21 ounces) Prepare pie crusts. Preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, combine cranberries, sugar, and cornstarch; mix well. Stir in cherry pie filling; mix lightly. Spoon into pie crust lined pan. Roll out… Continue reading Cranberry Cherry Pie
Apple-Cranberry Pie
¾ cup brown sugar¼ cup sugar1/3 cup flour1 teaspoon ground cinnamon4 cups pared, sliced tart apples2 cups cranberries, fresh or frozen, whole or chopped2 tablespoons butter or margarinepastry for a 9 inch, two crust, deep-dish pie Preheat oven to 325°. In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add fruit and mix well.… Continue reading Apple-Cranberry Pie
Sweet Potato Pie (Mary McLeod Bethune)
I don’t know how this recipe was collected originally, as its source passed on in 1955. Maybe the recipe was published in my long-ago subscription to Gourmet magazine. At any rate, it is pretty cool to have the bona fide sweet-potato pie recipe of Mary McLeod Bethune, a bona fide civil rights leader. 9 medium sweet… Continue reading Sweet Potato Pie (Mary McLeod Bethune)
Double-Delicious Cookie Bars
½ cup butter or margarine1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk1 cup peanut butter chips3 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, divided1 ½ teaspoons shortening If baking this in a glass baking dish, heat oven to 325°. Otherwise, heat it to 350°. Place margarine in baking pan, and place the pan in… Continue reading Double-Delicious Cookie Bars
German’s Sweet Chocolate Cake
Cake:4-ounce package of Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate½ cup boiling water1 cup butter or margarine2 cups sugar4 egg yolks1 teaspoon vanilla2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt1 cup buttermilk4 egg whites, stiffly beaten Coconut-Pecan Frosting:1 cup evaporated milk1 cup sugar3 slightly beaten egg yolks½ cup butter or margarine1 teaspoon vanilla1 1/3 cups flaked… Continue reading German’s Sweet Chocolate Cake
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge." The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course… it probably isn’t. The second act is called "The Turn.” The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call “The Prestige.”
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Chocolate Drop Cookies
Sour Milk:½ cup milk½ teaspoon vinegar 1 ¾ cups flour½ teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon baking powder½ teaspoon salt ½ cup shortening1 ¼ cups sugar2 eggs3/8 cup cocoa1 teaspoon vanilla extract Heat oven to 350°. Stir together the milk and vinegar. Set aside. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a… Continue reading Chocolate Drop Cookies
Pumpkin Bread
2/3 cup shortening2 2/3 cups sugar4 eggs1 can (16 ounces) pumpkin2/3 cup water 3 1/3 cups flour2 teaspoons baking soda1 ½ teaspoons salt½ teaspoon baking powderor3 ½ cups self-rising flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 teaspoon ground cloves2/3 cup coarsely-chopped nuts2/3 cup raisins Heat oven to 350°. Grease two loaf pans, 9" x 5" x 3",… Continue reading Pumpkin Bread
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