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SANDRINGHAM TARTS
December 22, 2010 
This is from Mom. Use pastry to make the tart shells (use German Paste Pastry) A little raspberry or apricot jam is first placed in bottom of uncooked tart shells.
Filling for top of tart:
4 oz. ground rice
4 oz. butter
4 oz sugar
2 eggs
a little vanilla or almond flavouring
Mix filling for top as for cake and place a spoonful (to cover jam) on top of jam in each tart shell. Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown and top part is cooked.
PASTRY
Ingredients:
5 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 pound lard or shortening
1 egg
1 Tbsp. vinegar
ice water
Mix the dry ingredients. Cut in the shortening. In a measuring cup, put the egg and the vinegar and fill with ice water to 3/4 cup. Stir and mix in with the dry ingredients. Add a little ice water if needed. Keep this in the refrigerator.
CHRISTMAS PUNCH
from Mom’s friend Emma (Non-alcoholic, serves 24 to 30)
1 1/2 cups lemon juice
1 cup water
4 cups cranberry juice
1 cup sugar
2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
2 cups orange juice
2 (28 oz) bottles ginger ale
block of ice
Combine the sugar and water in small saucepan. Bring to boil. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Cover and boil over low heat without stirring for 5 minutes. Cool. Add all the ingredients except the ginger ale which is added just before serving.
ARCHIE’S WEDDING PUNCH
used at lots of family weddings from Uncle Archie Robb (for 200 servings)
2 (26 oz) bottle gin or vodka
2 bottles vermouth (1 red and 1 white)
2 (48 oz) cans of orange juice
2 (48 oz) cans of grapefruit juice
2 large bottles of ginger ale
sliced oranges and lemons
ice
You can mix everything except the ginger ale in advance.
This makes 400 ounces (i.e. 200 two ounce drinks).
This is a lot.
PIZZA PRETZELS
This is called Pizza pretzels since the same dough can be used to make soft pretzels OR to make Pizza dough. This recipe is from Rosemary. She made these at school when Lauren was in Kindergarten. I will describe the pretzel recipe.
1 package yeast (1 Tbsp.)
1.5 cups warm water
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vinegar
4 cups flour
Put all of the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
Slowly add the water until it is all mixed in. Knead with your hands until things are well mixed. Put a little flour on the table and knead some more. Roll into long snakes and shape into pretzels. Put on a floured tray.
Sprinkle with a little coarse salt.
Bake for about 12 minutes at 450F.