Aunt Lynn's Green Bean Casserole

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1/4 cup onion diced
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 14 1/2 ounce cans French style green beans drained
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 can French-fried onions aka fried onion crisps
• 1 tablespoon butter melted
• 1 4 ounce can chopped water chestnuts
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 4 ounce can chopped mushrooms

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees 175 degrees C
• Melt 2 T butter in large skillet over medium heat
• Stir in flour until smooth and cook for one minute
• Stir in salt sugar onion water chestnuts pecans mushrooms and sour cream
• Add green beans and stir until coated
• Transfer mixture to a 2 1/2 quart casserole dish
• Spread cheese over top
• In a small bowl toss taste toppers and butter and sprinkle over the cheese
• Bake for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown and cheese is bubbly

Basil Jelly

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups apple juice
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed crushed fresh basil leaves
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 2 drops green food coloring
• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 6 ounce packet liquid pectin

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup of the apple juice to a rolling boil and pour over the crushed basil leaves; let rest for 25 minutes
• Strain liquid into large saucepan and add the other 2 cups of apple juice
• vinegar
• and green coloring
• stirring to blend
• Bring to a hard boil
• and stir in sugar and pectin and return to a hard boil
• stirring constantly
• and cooking until jelly point is reached
• Remove from heat and skim off the foam with a slotted spoon; remove leaves from jelly with a slotted spoon
• Pour mixture into sterilized half-pint jars you will need 3-4
• leaving 1/2 of headroom at the top
• Attach lids and bands
• and process for 15 minutes in a water bath canner
• When cool
• check the seals
• Refrigerate promptly any that do not seal properly
• and remove bands from the others and store in a cool
• dry area

Boiled Peanuts in the Shell

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Ingredients:

• 2 lbs raw peanuts in the shell
• 3 japanese dried chilies
• 2 star anise
• 4 inches gingerroot roughly sliced
• 10 szechuan peppercorns
• 3 teaspoons salt to taste
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Steps:

• Put peanuts spices salt and roughly 1/4 cup soy sauce in a pot and cover with water Cover pot and bring to boil Let simmer for 30-40 minutes stirring every 7-10 minutes if you dont the peanuts floating on top wont cook through When done peanuts should be a little crunchy yet smushy in your mouth and taste done leave peanuts to soak in the brine while they cool When cool drain pot and discard spices; toss peanuts with a little more soy sauce and sesame oil 2 teaspoons each max and serve cold

Butterhorns Aka Rugelach / Rugulach / Snails / Schnecken

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter at room temp
• 8 ounces cream cheese at room temp
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 egg white beaten with
• 1 tablespoon water for glazing
• granulated sugar for sprinkling
• 1 cup walnuts or 1 cup pecans finely chopped
• 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

• Cream butter
• cream cheese
• and sugar until soft
• Sift in the flour and mix to make a soft dough
• Divide dough into 4 equal balls
• flatten each one and wrap in wax paper
• Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
• Make the filling by mixing all ingredients in a small bowl
• Preheat oven to 375
• Working with one disk of dough at a time
• roll thinly on a lightly floured surface into a circle
• about 9 in diameter
• Brush the surface with the egg white glaze and sprinkle the dough with 1/4 of the filling
• Slice the dough with a sharp knife or pizza cutter into quarters and then each quarter into 4 equal sections
• to form 16 triangles
• Starting from the base of each triangle
• roll up to form spirals
• You can curve them into crescents if you like
• Continue with the other 3 disks of dough
• Place on baking sheets and brush with egg white glaze
• Sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar
• Bake until just golden
• about 10 minutes
• For 32 extra large butterhorns
• divide the dough in half instead of fourths and roll each disk into a 12 inch circle and use half the filling
• Continue as above but bake for 15-20 minutes

Carnation Maple Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons corn oil
• 3/4 cup uncooked quick oats
• 2/3 cup undiluted Carnation Evaporated Milk
• 3/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 beaten egg

Steps:

• Combine flour sugar baking powder and salt
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
• Stir in oats
• Mix evaporated milk maple syrup and egg
• Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until moistened
• Fill greased medium muffin cups 2/3 full
• Bake in hot oven 400F 20 to 25 minutes
• Remove from pans immediately
• Serve warm or at room temperature

Gin Fizz

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Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons gin 2 measures
• 1/2 large lemon juiced
• 1 teaspoon superfine sugar 5 ml
• soda water

Steps:

• Add gin lemon juice and sugar to ice-filled cocktail shaker Shake until the sugar is dissolved
• Prepare a tall frosted narrow glass by filling with ice half-way
• Pour sifted cocktail shaker contents into prepared glass and top up with soda Ideally there should be less soda than the other combined ingredients; however it is a matter of personal taste
• Cheers

Kringles

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup water 105-115F
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup warm milk 105-115F
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups pie filling poppyseed prune apricot raspberry
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon water

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl stir the yeast up with the warm water; add the sugar warm milk egg salt and lemon extract mixing well
• Stir in 1 3/4 cups of the flour until it forms a large ball
• Turn ball out onto a floured surface and knead in the remaining flour until the dough is smooth and elastic about 2-3 minutes
• Cover the dough and let rise about 5-7 minutes
• Flour a surface and roll out the dough into an 8x12-inch rectangle; place one sheet of the butter on top of the dough at one edge
• Fold the 1/3 that has no butter down over the middle third; then fold the side with the butter over the top of that it should be about 4-inches wide by 8-inches long
• Now fold the 4-inch side over 1/3 of the way and the same with the opposite end leaving a stack of dough
• Loosely cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes
• Now roll the refrigerated dough out again to a 12x8-inch square
• Place the last square of butter to one side of the dough and do the folding process again then refrigerate the dough for 2 hours
• Cut the dough in half keep the other in the refrigerator while waiting; and roll out to a 6x24-inch rectangle if hard to roll allow to rest for 5 minutes or so
• Spread half the filling on the middle of the dough and sprinkle with half of the almonds
• Fold the dough over 1/3 of the way; brush lightly with water then fold over the other third and pinch the dough to form a seal
• Grease a baking sheet and place the kringle on forming it into a ring as you do and sealing the ends together; pat the kringle with your hands to keep it flat
• Repeat with remaining kringle
• Allow kringles to rise for about an hour or until a fingerprint remains when touched
• Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes or until golden; cool on wire racks
• Prepare icing by mixing powdered sugar with enough water to form a drizzling consistency; drizzle over kringles while they are still warm

Mom's Danish Potato Salad

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 2 eggs well beaten
• 1 cup salad dressing I use Miracle Whip but you can you mayo or anything you like
• 4 -5 cups potatoes cooked and cubed
• 3 hard-boiled eggs
• 1/4 cup celery diced
• 2 tablespoons onions diced
• 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients and bring to a boil
• Gradually beat in well-beaten eggs
• Cook stirring constantly until slightly thickened
• Remove from heat and add salad dressing
• Mix well and pour over potato egg celery onion and relish
• Add more salt and pepper if desired
• Refrigerate until well-chilled and enjoy

Mulling Syrup for Wine

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Ingredients:

• 250 g golden caster sugar
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 12 juniper berries
• 6 -9 whole cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients into a large pan with 900ml or 1 1/2 pints of water
• Heat the mixture very gently to dissolve the sugar slowly then boil for five minutes
• Leave to cool in the pan
• Sterilise a funnel by pouring boiling water over it then use to divide the mulling syrup among three sterilised bottles 300ml or 10 fl oz each
• Divide the cinnamon sticks and juniper berries among the bottles
• Seal and store for up to two months
• When ready to serve pour the syrup into a pan add three slices each of orange and lemon plus a bottle of medium red wine
• Warm through

Pantespani - Greek Sponge Cake With Orange

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Ingredients:

• 6 eggs separated
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 3 tablespoons of grated orange peel
• 2/3 cup water
• margarine or cooking spray
• flour
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 -4 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
• 1 large orange juice of

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine all syrup ingredients except the orange juice and orange flower water and bring to a boil Boil for 7-8 minutes Stir in orange juice and prange flower water remove from heat and allow to cool
• Preheat oven to 340F 170C
• Beat egg whites 1/2 cup of the sugar and the salt to stiff peak stage
• In a separate bowl beat the egg yolks with the remaining 1 1/2 cups of sugar and slowly beat in all remaining ingredients
• Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and when all ingredients have mixed in beat for 3-4 minutes
• With a spatula gently fold in the egg whites until well blended
• Lightly grease bottom and sides of a 15 3/4 X 12 inch or equivalent pan with the margarine dust with flour and transfer cake batter to the pan
• Bake at 340F 170C for 55-60 minutes until a knife inserted into the middle comes out dry The top should be a dark gold color
• As soon as the cake comes out of the oven cut into squares or diamonds Discard the cloves and cinnamon stick and pour the cooled syrup evenly over the top Allow to cool and absorb the syrup before serving
• Note Do not open the oven during baking except to test for doneness
• Greek pan cakes are baked in pans that are often larger than baking pans used in other countries The 15 3/4 X 12 inch pan may be available in your market as a roasting pan

Pecan Tassies

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 dash salt

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F
• Mix all filling ingredients together well
• Using a teaspoon
• carefully distribute filling mixture into pastry-lined muffin cups
• Fill each pastry cup 3/4s of the way full
• The amount needed does vary because there is no standard to the size of mini-muffin cups mine are just about the smallest Ive seen and I use about a 3/4 tsp of filling per tassie
• Bake for 20-25 minutes
• Immediately
• and very carefully using the tip of a pointed knife
• gently knudge out each tassie out of its cup and transfer to a rack to cool
• If they cool in the pan too long
• they are more difficult to remove
• Your first couple may break those are the ones I eat on the spot- the rewards of making them
• but you will soon learn just the right move to remove them perfectly

Sklandrausis Latvian Vegetable Tart

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Ingredients:

• 300 g rye flour
• 50 g lard or sour cream butter
• 1/2 glass water
• 1 tablespoon crushed caraway seed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 500 g potatoes
• 1/2 glass milk the fatter the better
• 50 g sour cream butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 500 g carrots
• 2 eggs from happy outdoor chicken
• 200 g sour cream
• 1/2 cup honey
• 200 g sour cream
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

• Make the dough Mix lard or butter with a warm water and caraway
• and knead into dough of homogeneous consistency Roll it to 3-5 millimeters thickness Cut out round shapes with a round object examples
• glass or bowl Turn up their edges with height of about 2 cm Place on a baking tray
• Make the potato filling mash boiled potatoes
• add milk
• butter and salt Put a layer of the potato mass on each dough patty until one-third full
• Make the carrot filling boiled carrots unpeeled smash or rub through a sieve and mix with honey
• sour cream and eggs Top the layer of carrot paste on the potato mass and complete the filling
• Bake in a moderate heat until the filling becomes light brown or golden and the dough turns dry and crusty
• Just after baking
• cover the tarts with sour cream mixed with some honey and vanillin Scatter with cinnamon as desired
• Serve warm or cooled with milk
• buttermilk or skabputra sour porridge

Traditional Scottish Brandy Wafers

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Ingredients:

• 2 ounces light corn syrup
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 ounces flour
• 2 ounces caster sugar superfine sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon brandy
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450F and grease a baking sheet
• Melt the butter syrup and sugar over a gentle heat and then stir in the flour ginger and brandy
• Keep stirring for about five minutes
• Drop small teaspoonsfuls onto the baking sheet keeping them well apart
• Bake for five minutes or until they are a pale golden brown
• Using the greased handle of a large wooden spoon roll the wafers round the handle while they are still hot- take care not to burn yourself
• Allow to cool before use

Vegan Soy Meatball Stroganoff

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Ingredients:

• olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup soymilk plain
• 1 14 ounce package Gimmie Lean soy product ground beef flavor
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3/4-1 cup sweet onion
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg ground
• 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
• 6 large basil leaves chopped

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400
• Add vinegar to soymilk; set aside in small cup
• Mix next five ingredients in a large bowl
• Form small soyballs and place on a oil prepped pan
• Bake for 10 minutes; broil until tops are brown--watch carefully
• Meanwhile saute onions and garlic in a saucepan on medium heat
• Add flour and stir for a couple of minutes; then add wine and nutmeg
• Cooking at a simmer slowly add half of the soymilk/vinegar mixture and stir
• Add the remaining half along with the nutritional yeast stirring constantly
• Add basil and soyballs to saucepan and simmer until ready to serve

Zucchini Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• egg substitute to equal 1 egg
• 1/2 cup artificial sweetener
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups zucchini grated
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
• 1/4 cup water

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• In a large bowl sift together the flour baking powder salt and cinnamon
• Add the egg replacer sweetener oil vinegar and vanilla and mix
• Stir in the zucchini raisins and nuts and mix together gently until just mixed
• Add a little water if the dough seems too dry
• Spoon the batter into a lightly oiled loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes
• Test with a knife to see if done
• Cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving