Most Recent Recipes Below
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MELBA SAUCE
December 28, 2010 
Thaw and crush one package of frozen raspberries. Combine with 2-tsp. cornstarch. Add 1/2 cup currant jelly.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until clear and slightly thick. Strain and cool.
Serve over vanilla ice cream or cheesecake. Yumm
CREAM CHEESE CAKE
from Dorothy Malkin
8 ounce package of cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
1 – 9 inch pie crust cooked
1/2 pint heavy cream
1 package of frozen strawberries, thawed and drained
Blend the cream cheese with the sugar. Whip the cream and add the vanilla. Fold in the cream cheese mixture. Pour into the cooled pie shell and chill. Cover with strawberries. Chill. This serves 8 people. Can use with Melba Sauce.
MELBA SAUCE
Thaw and crush one package of frozen raspberries. Combine with 2-tsp. cornstarch. Add 1/2 cup currant jelly. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until clear and slightly thick. Strain and cool. Serve over vanilla ice cream.
BAKED APPLE ROLL
This is from Mom, and is a very special recipe. 400F for 15 min
Ingredients:
Measure and sift together:
2 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Other Ingredients:
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 to 1/3 cup milk
1 Tbsp. soft butter or margarine
2 large apples
4 Tbsp. Sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Cut in the shortening. Add milk to make a soft dough. Roll out 1/4 inch thick in an oblong shape. Spread with soft butter or margarine. Grate 2 large apples. Mix with the sugar and cinnamon. Spread over the dough and roll up as for jelly roll. Cut in 1/2 inch slices. Place on a greased baking pan. Sprinkle with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon. Bake for 15 min at 400F. Serve with:
CLEAR SAUCE
4 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. flour
pinch salt
3 Tbsp. sugar
1 cup boiling water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Melt the butter in the top of a double boiler. Add the flour, pinch of salt and the sugar. Stir until smooth. Then add 1 cup boiling water. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Add the tsp. vanilla.
DARK FRUIT CAKE
from Barbara, a specialty at Christmas 250F for 2 1/4 to 3 hours
In a large bread pan, dredge the following fruit mixture with 1 cup of flour:
1 pound currants
3 pounds light raisins
1/2 pound chopped dates
2 pounds mixed glaced fruit
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups slivered almonds
6 oz red maraschino cherries, drained(save the juice)
6 oz green maraschino cherries (don’t save)
Cream
together the following, using a kitchen mixer (or by hand):
1 pound butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
Blend into the creamed mixture and beat thoroughly:
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. almond flavouring
1 Tbsp. lemon flavouring
1/2 cup sour cream
10 well beaten eggs
1/2 cup thick strawberry jam
100 mL (or 1/2 cup) of the cherry juice or apple juice
Sift
together the following:
4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
4 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves
Add the spiced flour mixture to the creamed mixture. Pour this batter over the fruit mixture (still in the large bread pan) and mix thoroughly. We usually put this into 8 bread pans (lined with brown paper) and cook at 250F for about 2 hours, 15 minutes (until the toothpick test indicates it is done). Dump from the pans in 15 minutes and remove from the paper one-hour later. [When we used to bake 5 cakes in larger glass pans the time was about 3 hours]
This recipe comes from Barbara’s mother, Margaret Johnston.
CANDIED PEEL
from Grandma Ralfs
Put about 4 or 6 pieces of peel in cold water with 1 Tbsp. salt. Boil about 10 minutes. Wash with cold water and clean away all the soft pulp. Put the peel in the pot again with cold water and salt and allow to boil again. Wash and put to boil in fresh unsalted water a couple of times. It should be soft by this time and ready to put in the syrup.
Syrup:
2 cups sugar to 1-cup water
Boil the rind slowly in the syrup for about 4 hours. In this time it should soak up nearly all of the syrup. If there is any syrup left it can be used again.