Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes--Nae's Reception

TA DA TA DA
2 pt. cherry tomatoes
1 avocado, diced
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 c. mayonnaise
8 cooked bacon slices, crumbled
2 green onions, finely chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Cut a small slice from the top of each tomato; scoop out and discard pulp with a small spoon or melon baller. Place tomatoes, cut sides down on paper towels, and let stand 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine avacado and lemon juice in a small bowl, stirring gently; drain. Stir together mayo, bacon and green onions; add avocado mixture, and stir gently until combined.
Spoon avacado mix into tomato shells. Cover with plastic wrap, and chill 1 hour. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste just before serving.

Homemade Peppermint Oreos from KC and Christine Koppert

2 boxes Devil's food cake mix
4 eggs
2/3 c. vegetable oil

Frosting:
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened
4 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. peppermint extract (or use vanilla If you don't like peppermint)
sprinkles or crushed candy cane for decorating
green or red food coloring

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

In a large bowl combine the cake mix, eggs, and oil with a mixer. The batter will be very stiff. Pinch off pieces of batter and roll into 1 inch balls. (Make smaller for tea cookies) Place 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets and flatten slightly with fingertips. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove immediately from the cookie sheets with a spatula and cool on a wire rach.

In a small glass bowl, combine the cream cheese and butter until completely blended. Gradually add in the powdered sugar and extract and mix until the icing is smooth. Color frosting if desired. Spread half of the cookies with icing and top with remaining cookies.

Roll in sprinkles, crushed candy canes or leave them plain.

Store in the fridge in and airtight container or resealable plastic bag. Makes 2 dozen. Very rich.

Poor Mary

This time of year I always spend a bit of time feeling sorry 

for poor Mary. 

No one ever makes her sugar cookies.

Do you think she hung up on Ethel when she called?

Did she enter every baking contest possible in hopes of making a name for herself like Ethel?

Such a sad tale.

Merry Christmas Baking

Here is a close up so you have the recipe

 

Fudge - that sets up

1 can evap milk
4 cups sugar
3/4 c. stick marj.

Boil together 5 minutes exactly - stirring occasionally

Take off the heat, then melt in:

12oz Hershey Chocolate bar (12 oz - no more, no less, cut up a big one or buy small ones to get to 12 oz.)

1/2 pound mini marshmallows

12 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips

2 T. vanilla

Have a buttered jelly roll pan ready (no spray, thank you)

Pour it in, let it cool in the garage and enjoy!

Gorgonzola Truffles

4 oz. cream cheese
1 (4 oz) container of crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
2 tsp. finely chopped onion
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup crisp bacon, crumbled
Beat first four ingredients with mixer until well combined. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. (or overnight)
To serve, roll into 3/4 inch balls and roll in bacon. Serve immediately or cover well and chill till serving time.
I served this with Gala apple slices and Bartlett pear slices and small bunches of red grapes.
The balls will keep 3 or more days in refg.

New Deviled Eggs

12 eggs
3 tsp dry ranch dressing mix
1/3 or more c. mayo or salad dressing
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 T. chopped fresh chives
Boil eggs. After cooling place in refg overnight. Peel and cut in half. Mash yolks and add next ingredients. Spoon or pipe into whites and sprinkle with Paprika. They are yummy!!! Used at a party today and turned out well. Keep in refg. until served and any leftovers.

Now your pilgram can see

It's a miracle the pilgram can see again.

Cranberry Sweet and Sour relish

1/2 t horseradish

1/4 cup lemon juice

3/4 cup sugar

1 medium orange that has been cut into 1/2" pieces (smaller is better)

2 cups cranberries chopped in 1/4" pieces

Place in refrigerator for at least 1 day to blend.

Serve cold

Mom's Turkey Lugey Soup

To commemorate Thanksgiving I would like to share with you a recipe that has, if not fond, then vivid memories for me.

1 Turkey carcass (25 pounder)
onions
carrots
celery
leftover turkey parts (especially the parts with a lot of fat)
egg noodles

Put the carcass in a big aluminum pot of water and boil the daylights out of it. Somewhere in there add the veggies - if there was broccoli leftover from the relish tray, toss it in. Cut up any greasy turkey parts you have left - skin is good too. After it all boils up, add egg noodles, cook until done. As you put it in bowls, be certain it has the trifecta of: skin in the broth, fat floating on top, and a thick almost chocking  consistency to the soup.
Serve to your children the day after Thanksgiving, and the day after that, and...

Great Pancakes

Replace 1/2 of the pancake mix with powered potato mix. This will make your pancakes very fluffy and provide a smooth texture.

Pumpkin Bars

1 c. oil
4 eggs
2 c. sugar

Cream above ingredients, then add:

2 c. pumpkin
1 teas. soda
1/2 teas. salt
2 teas. baking powder
2 teas. cinnamon
2 c. flour

Lightly oil a jelly roll pan and bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

**or, use mini cupcake tins WITH papers (I tried without papers, and the cake is so light, it doesn't hold it's shape well)....bake at 350 for 10 - 12 minutes.

Frost with:

8 oz. cream cheese - softened
1/4 c. butter - softened
4 c. powdered sugar
1 teas. vanilla

Cream that all together, and frost!

Sprinkle frosted bars or cupcakes with nutmeg - YUM!!!!

Springerle

I include this, not because I think anyone will make their own, but simply because I'm making the first batch of the season tonight and happened to get Ros's email about this site. If this works this could be great.

8 eggs
8 cups (2 pounds) powdered sugar
3 tsp Baking Powder
4 Tblsp Anise seed
1/2 tsp salt
8 cups flour

Eggs should be room temperature, mix on low speed, or use a fork, for 20 minutes.
Smash Anise seed between the palms of your hands to crack some, and add to the eggs.
Add powdered sugar and mix until creamy consistency.
Add 4 cups flour, the baking powder, and the salt.
Add remianing flour 1/2 cup at a time just until dough is no longer sticky

Divide into 3 balls and put in a bowl with a towel covering it for 20 minutes

Using 1 ball at a time:
spread some flour on the counter
Roll dough out to approximately 1/4 inch thick
Lightly flour the board and press into dough
When dough is fully imprinted, cut cookies apart
Throw the extras and 1/2 cookies back it the bowl and re cover, once all 3 balls are processed, the leftovers can be processed in the same manner, one time.
Move the cut apart cookies to lightly floured cookie sheets and let sit out overnight to set the patterns

Bake at 325, for approximate 20 minutes, faintly brown on the bottom
Cool
Store in cans for 2 weeks before eating.

Well everyone, we have at least gotten to the blog site and registered.

Mon

Bread Pudding Like Eda's

I am not sure what this was like of Eda's, but I do know that when I tasted it, I was send back to her kitchen - it is yummy:

Cinnamon Bread Pudding

from www.health.com

½ cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 egg

1 egg white

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 cup – 1% milk

3 cups of ½-inch cubed multigrain bread

½ cup of raisins soaked in hot water and drained

cooking spray

powdered sugar

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Combine sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add egg, egg white, vanilla extract, and salt. Stir well.

Gradually stir in the milk.

Add bread cubes and stir well. Let stand for 5 minutes. Add raisins and blend.

Transfer to a sprayed 8x8 inch dish. Place on a baking sheet in oven; bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until browns and sets.

Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Recipe Sharing

I have created this space for all of us to share our family and personal recipes. Mom and dad asked me to get it up and running as mom would really like to post her recipes. Best part is, if you have a recipe in handwriting you can either scan it or photograph it to post. Should be fun.