from Ania’s friend Sylvia Bishop Preheat oven to 325 degrees; generously butter a tube or Bundt pan. Cream sugar and butter; add yolks. Add flour, then buttermilk, soda, vanilla, and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Beat egg whites on high speed until whites reach stiff peaks. Gently fold egg whites into batter. Pour batter into pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes. … Continue reading Lemon Buttermilk Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine eggs, sugars, peanut butter, butter, and vanilla; beat on medium speed until well blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt, and continue mixing until smooth. Spread evenly in buttered 9-inch square pan, and sprinkle the chopped peanuts over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes – be careful not to overbake. Continue reading Peanut Butter Blondies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Gradually add honey to eggs, then add chocolate and vanilla. Add flour and baking powder to chocolate mix, and stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour half of the chocolate mix into buttered 9-inch square pan, and bake at 350 degrees at 10 minutes. While brownies are baking, combine cream cheese, … Continue reading Cheese Marbled Brownies
These aren’t really crispy – they’re a thin, cake-like brownie with a crisp nut topping. But this is what she called them, so we’re sticking to that. Whatever they are called, they’re delicious. (TBH, Carla usually makes a double recipe because a single doesn’t last long enough.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. In a coffee cup, mix cocoa powder … Continue reading Grammy’s Crispy Brownies
If you love reading about food, we presume you have already read Rick Bragg’s The Best Cook in the World. If you have not, do so now. Elsewhere, Bragg has written about the glory of his mother’s cathead biscuits, but for reasons best known to himself, did not include the recipe for them in that book; so far, we haven’t located it in his other … Continue reading Cat Head Biscuits
Carla is deeply suspicious of any recipe that includes potato chips (except for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with chips in the middle – honestly, try it, tastes great), but Ania loved this. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix all ingredients except cheese and potato chips. Spread in baking dish; top with cheese, then chips. Dot with sliced olives. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 … Continue reading Baked Chicken Salad
Remove stems from mushrooms and clean; slice. Add oil to saucepan or wok and stir-fry chicken for 1-2 minutes over high heat; add mushrooms and cook another minute. Add salt, pepper, garlic and ginger and cook one minute more. Add zest, red pepper, water chestnuts and scallions. Cook another minute, then add hoisin sauce and toss to coat mixture evenly. Place chicken on serving plate … Continue reading BBQ Chicken Lettuce Wraps
In large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Stir in milk, half cup of sugar, eggs, salt, and shortening or oil. Add enough flour (about 3-4 cups) to make a soft dough that pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Place dough on floured surface, then generously butter the inside of the mixing bowl (don’t bother to wash it first). Knead the dough up to … Continue reading German Sweet Rolls
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. You can either generously butter 12 muffin cups, or use paper liners. Mix dry ingredients together. Mix egg, milk, and butter in separate bowl; add dry ingredients and stir until just mixed. Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees. Continue reading Pennsylvania Dutch Corn Muffins
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour 9 x 13 pan. Combine flour, sugars, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, and oil in bowl; when the mix is crumbly, remove 1 cup and reserve it for topping. Add egg, buttermilk, baking soda, and baking powder to batter and mix. Pour into baking pan, then sprinkle reserved mix over top. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 to … Continue reading Jean Shelton’s Coffee Cake
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