#481 - Apple Bread

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup Crisco
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 cups finely chopped baking apples
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside. In a mixer, beat Crisco and white sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and beat well. Remove from mixer, and stir in apples and chopped nuts. Add flour mixture and stir until well blended. Pour batter into a greased bread loaf pan. In a bowl, mix 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon--sprinkle this mixture over the top before putting in oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Test with a toothpick for doneness. Remove from oven and turn loaf pan on its side to cool. Wait until cooled before slicing.

#480 - Gravy

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 qt. chicken, beef, pork or turkey broth
1 tsp. salt
3 TBSP cornstarch
1/2 cup water

Put the broth in a saucepan and taste--if flat, add the tsp. of salt--if it tastes ok, do not add salt. In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with the water (add the water a small amount at a time so it doesn't get lumpy--stir until smooth). Heat broth on medium heat and add the cornstarch mixture to the broth--stir continually until it comes to a boil and thickens. Remove from heat and serve.

#479 - Chocolate Pound Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup butter
3 cups white sugar
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
5 eggs
3 cups unsifted flour
6 TBSP Hershey's cocoa
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
Domino's powdered sugar for dusting

In a mixer, combine butter, white sugar, Crisco and vanilla--beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add cocoa, baking powder and salt--beat well. Add milk and slowly add flour--beat until well blended. Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool cake, dump cake onto a plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

#478 - Chocolate Walnut Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 squares melted Hershey's baking chocolate
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2/3 cup sifted cake flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
walnut halves for the tops of each cookie

In a mixer, add butter and white sugar--beat. Add egg and beat. Add melted baking chocolate and vanilla--beat. Add cake flour, salt and chopped walnuts--beat well. Drop by teaspoonsful on to greased cookie sheets. Place a walnut half on the top/middle of each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

#477 - Marble Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

3/4 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
5 egg whites (stiffly beaten)
2 squares Hershey's baking chocolate (melted)

In a mixer, beat the butter and white sugar. Add vanilla and beat. In a separate bowl, sift the cake flour and the baking powder TWICE, then slowly add to the batter along with the milk--beat until creamy. Remove bowl from mixer. In a separate mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the batter using a spoon. Melt the chocolate (either in a double boiler or the microwave). Remove one cup of the batter and add it to the melted chocolate and stir. Pour the cake batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan. Using a spoon, drop spoonsful of the chocolate/batter mixture on to the cake. Use a table knife and swirl the chocolate into the white batter until it is streaked with chocolate. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Cool the cake and frost with your choice of frosting.

#476 - German Chocolate Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 4oz. bar Baker's German's sweet chocolate
1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
4 egg yolks (unbeaten)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
4 egg whites (stiffly beaten)

In a double boiler or the microwave, melt the chocolate. Let the chocolate cool slightly. In a mixer, beat the butter and white sugar until fluffy. Add the four egg yolks one at a time and beat well after each. Add the melted chocolate and vanilla--beat. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt and baking soda--add this to the mixer and beat. Add the buttermilk and beat until smooth. Take bowl off of mixer and set aside. In a separate mixer bowl, add the egg whites and beat until stiff, then fold the egg whites into chocolate batter using a spoon. Pour the batter into three 8" or 9" layer pans sprayed with Pam. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. Frost with our coconut pecan frosting #475 - Put first cake on a plate and frost just the top of the cake. Add second cake on top and frost just the top. Add third cake on top of second cake and frost the top--if there is extra frosting, you can frost the sides.

#475 - Coconut Pecan Frosting/Icing

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup Carnation evaporated milk
1 cup white sugar
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/3 cups Baker's angelflake coconut
1 cup chopped pecans

In a saucepan over medium heat, add evaporated milk, white sugar, egg yolks, butter, and vanilla. Cook and stir until it thickens (about 12 minutes)--stir constantly. Remove from stove and add the coconut and chopped pecans--stir with a spoon until thick enough to spread.

#474 - Copper Pennies

(by Shirley McNevich)

2lb. carrots (washed and peeled)
1 medium chopped onion
1 chopped green pepper
1 - 10.75oz. can Campbell's tomato soup
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 tsp. French's yellow mustard
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. salt
salt and pepper to taste

Cut the carrots into round coin-shaped pieces. Put carrots in a saucepan and cover them with water--add a tsp. salt to the carrots. Cook over medium heat until tender. Drain the carrots. In a bowl, add the tomato soup and white sugar--stir. Add mustard and Worcestershire sauce--stir. Add vinegar and canola oil--stir. Add chopped onion and chopped pepper--stir until mixed. Add carrots into the mixture and stir well. Taste and sprinkle with salt and pepper to your taste. Refrigerate everything at least overnight (two days is better) to marinate. Serve cold. It will keep in the refrigerator indefinitely if stored in glass with a lid.

#473 - White Coconut Cake

(by Patti McCaslin - friend)

2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup butter (room temperature)
3 3/4 cups Domino's powdered sugar
4 eggs (separated)
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup Baker's angelflake coconut (and extra coconut for sprinkling)

In a mixer, combine butter and powdered sugar--beat until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and beat. Alternate adding flour and milk, each a small amount at a time and beat after each addition. Beat until smooth. Add vanilla and coconut--beat. Set batter aside. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the cake batter with a spoon--mix quickly and thoroughly. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool cake, then ice with our icing recipe #2. Sprinkle extra coconut over the top of the icing.

#472 - Crusty Peach Pudding

(by Shirley McNevich)

4 cups sliced canned peaches
2 TBSP cornstarch
1 TBSP butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
1 beaten egg
1 cup flour
1 tsp. lemon juice
Domino's powdered sugar for dusting

Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan. In a bowl using a spoon, stir the sliced peaches, 1/4 cup white sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon. Scoop the peach mixture evenly on the bottom of the cake pan, cover the cake pan with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. While baking, in a mixer combine butter, 1/2 cup white sugar, vanilla, egg and lemon juice--beat. Add the flour, baking powder and milk--beat until smooth. Remove cake from oven and while still warm, spread the batter evenly over the top of the cake. Throw foil away. Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes longer until lightly browned. Cool completely, then dust the top with powdered sugar.

#471 - Coca Cola Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups white sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup Coca-cola soda
1/2 cup canola oil
1 stick Parkay margarine
4 TBSP Hershey's cocoa
1 1/2 cups small marshmallows
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
Frosting: 3 TBSP Hershey's cocoa, 1 stick butter, 1 tsp. vanilla, 6 TBSP Cocoa-cola soda, 1 lb. Domino's powdered sugar, 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

In a saucepan over low heat, add the 1 cup soda, Parkay, canola oil, and 4 TBSP cocoa--stir and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add the marshmallows--stir. In a mixer, combine white sugar, flour, salt, and add the hot mixture from the saucepan to the mixer--beat. Add buttermilk and beat until smooth. Add the baking soda and eggs--beat well. Pour batter in a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Frosting: in a saucepan over low heat, add butter, 3 TBSP cocoa, 6 TBSP soda, and vanilla--bring to a full boil. Remove from heat and stir in the powdered sugar. Add the nuts (optional) and stir. When you remove cake from oven, spread the frosting over the hot cake. Cool before cutting.

#470 - Pickled Eggs

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 16oz. can red beets (or home canned red beets)
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
3 heaping TBSP white sugar
3 TBSP cider vinegar
6 or more hard boiled eggs

In a small saucepan, add the juice ONLY from the red beets. Also add the water, salt, white sugar and cider vinegar. Stir over medium heat and bring it to a boil. Once boiling, let it boil for 2 minutes. Set aside and let the juice cool completely. Boil and peel your eggs. In a container or large jar, add the red beets and peeled hard-boiled eggs, and pour the juice over them--stir. Refrigerate at least overnight. After they have been in the refrigerator a few hours, open the container and stir with a spoon so they pickle evenly.

#469 - Caramel Brownies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 6oz. Carnation evaporated milk
1 - 14oz. package Kraft caramels (plain)
1 box German chocolate cake mix
3/4 cup melted butter
1 - 6oz. package Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate chips

Melt the butter and set aside. Melt the caramels with half of the can of evaporated milk in a saucepan over low heat. In a bowl, add cake mix with melted butter and the remaining half can of evaporated milk--stir well. Press half the the batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 6 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle the top with the chocolate chips, then spread the caramel mixture evenly over the top. Press remaining batter on top of the caramel mixture. Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes. Do not overbake.

#468 - Mayonnaise Banana Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups flour
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup cold water
2/3 cup mayo
1 cup overripe mashed bananas (takes about 2 large bananas to get 1 cup)

In a mixer combine mayo, white sugar, and water. Add vanilla and bananas--beat. Add baking soda and slowly add flour--beat until smooth. Pour batter into 9 x 13 x 2 greased and floured cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Use our vanilla icing/frosting recipe #2 to frost the cake.

#467 - Stuffed Minute Steaks

(by Shirley McNevich)

10 minute steaks
1 - 8oz. can beef broth
1 package of seasoned stuffing (Pepperidge Farms)
1/3 cup Parkay margarine
1 jar beef gravy

In a saucepan, melt margarine and add the beef broth. Add the stuffing and fluff with a fork until the liquid is soaked up. In a separate pan, fry the minute steaks (DO NOT break into small pieces)--fry to the doneness you like, then drain them on paper towels. Put some stuffing on one end of each minute steak, then roll the minute steak up toward the other end. Place stuffed steaks in a baking dish sprayed with Pam. Pour the beef gravy over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until hot.

#466 - Pierogie Potato Pie

(by Shirley McNevich)

8oz. lasagna noodles
8-10 red potatoes
1/3 cup butter
1 medium onion (chopped)
1 cup shredded provolone cheese
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs (cut 2 slices of bread into small pieces)
Parmesan cheese for sprinkling
2 TBSP Parkay margarine
2 tsp. salt

Peel and wash potatoes--slice them in quarters. Place in a saucepan and cover with water--add 1 tsp. salt. Bring to a boil and cook about 20 minutes or until tender. Drain water off of potatoes and mash with a potato masher, add 2 TBSP Parkay and 1 tsp. salt--mix well. Set aside. In a small pan, sautee the 1/3 cup butter with the chopped onions until onions are tender--set aside. In a small bowl, combine cheddar cheese and provolone cheese--use your hands to mix them lightly together. Cook lasagna noodles according to box directions and drain. Arrange lasagna some of the noodles on the bottom of a 3 qt. casserole dish (greased or sprayed with Pam). Spoon a light layer of buttered onions on top of lasagna noodles. Scoop a layer of mashed potatoes on top of the onions. Sprinkle a layer of cheese over the mashed potatoes. Repeat more layers of noodles, then onions, then mashed potatoes, then cheese--repeat layers until ingredients are gone. Sprinkle the entire top with Parmesan cheese. Place the bread crumbs on top of the Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove the foil after 30 minutes and bake 10 minutes longer.

#465 - Chocolate Chip Muffins

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup white sugar
3/4 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
5 TBSP melted butter
1 cup Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits

In a large bowl, combine flour, white sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt--stir. Add the sour cream, melted butter and vanilla--stir until moist. Stir in the chocolate chips. Place cupcake liners in your muffin tins. Fill each paper 2/3 full with batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes.

#464 - Moist Chocolate Cake (2) with Peanut Butter Frosting

(by Kim [Hane] Snyder)

2 cups white sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
5 heaping TBSP Hershey's cocoa
3/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs (OR 4 egg whites)
1 cup Mazola salad oil
1 cup sour milk (which is 1 cup milk with 2 TBSP cider vinegar stirred into it)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking soda dissolved in 1 cup boiling water
Frosting: 3 cups Domino's powdered sugar, 1/3 cup Jif peanut butter, 1/3 cup milk, 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

In a mixer, add white sugar, flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt--stir with a spoon to mix and do not turn on mixer yet. Add eggs, salad oil, sour milk, vanilla, boiling water/baking soda--start mixing slowly with the mixer, then mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into a 13 x 9 x 2 greased and floured cake pan--bake at 300 degrees on the bottom oven rack for 45 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. When cake is completely cool, use a mixer to make the frosting--beat the powdered sugar, peanut butter, milk and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Frost the cake.

#463 - Hot Lettuce

(by Shirley McNevich)

6-10 slices of bacon
3 heaping TBSP flour
3 heaping TBSP white sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
3 TBSP cider vinegar
cold water
1 small head of lettuce (OR the same amount of endive OR the same amount of dandelion)

Wash lettuce and break into bite sized pieces in a large bowl. Break raw bacon into bite sized pieces. In a large cast iron skillet, fry the bacon until crisp. Use paper towels to wipe bacon grease out of skillet but leave bacon pieces in the skillet. In a 2 qt. bowl add flour, white sugar, salt--stir with a wooden spoon. Add milk and stir. Add eggs and beat with the spoon. Add vinegar and stir. Add enough water to fill the 2 qt. bowl to the top. Add this entire mixture into the skillet that still has the bacon pieces in it. Turn heat on medium and stir constantly until it comes to a boil and thickens. Pour hot dressing over the lettuce--mix well. Serve over mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes.

#462 - Cheesy Potato Casserole

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 30oz. bag Ore Ida country style hash browns
1 - 10.75 can Campbell's cream of chicken soup
2 cups sour cream
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 TBSP chopped onion
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1/4 cup melted butter
2 cups Kellogg's corn flakes (place in plastic bag and use rolling pin to crush them)

In a large bowl add chicken soup, sour cream, salt and pepper, onions, and cheese--stir well. Add the hash browns and stir well. Grease a 13 x 9" baking pan--pour the entire mixture into the pan and spread evenly. In a small bowl, mix melted butter and crushed corn flakes. Pour the cornflake mixture evenly over the top of the potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until bubbly around the edges.