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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.