Bless This Little Kitchen

Apple Delight Cake recipe

An easy snack type cake! Won't last long, though!

1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn baking soda
1/2 tspn salt
1/2 tspn cinnamon
1 cup apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, set aside. Cream shortening, sugar, and brown sugar. Add egg, blend well. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add alternately to shortening mixture, with milk. Gently fold in chopped apple. Turn into prepared pan; top with Apple Delight Topping (below). Bake 45 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick.

Yield: 9 servings.

 

Apple Delight Cake Topping recipe

2 tbspns granulated sugar
1/2 cup nutmeats (walnuts, pecans), chopped

Combine and sprinkle over top of Apple Delight Cake before baking.

 

Simple Fresh Peach Pie recipe

Great when peaches are in season...whipped cream is a must!

1 9-inch pie shell, unbaked
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 tspn ground nutmeg
2 tbspns butter
8-9 ripe peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced
whipped cream (with sugar and vanilla...if you like)

Preheat oven to 400-degrees F. Blend sugar, flour, nutmeg. and butter until well incorporated. Spread half of mixture into bottom of unbaked pie shell. Cover with sliced peaches. Sprinkle remaining sugar/flour mixture over peaches. Bake 35 minutes or until golden. Serve with dollop of whipped cream. 

Serves: 6-8.

Easy Wassail recipe

By Dickens, how Christmas-y!

2 cups lemon juice
3 cups granulated sugar
3 quarts water
2 quarts cherry juice
3 sticks of cinnamon
3 roasted apples (whole), studded with whole cloves
3 roasted oranges (whole), studded with whole cloves

Wash, dry, and roast whole apples and oranges, and a small amount of water, in a shallow baking dish, at 350-degrees F until tender; about 1 hour. Remove from oven and set aside.

In a Dutch oven, or large stockpot, combine lemon juice, sugar, water, cherry juice, and cinnamon sticks, and stir until sugar dissolves. Let simmer for an hour, stirring occasionally. When ready to serve, float whole roasted fruits in stockpot. Serve hot.

Yield: about 40 4oz servings.

Spiced Pineapple Punch recipe

Like an ice cold tropical wassail!

1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cup water
4 sticks of cinnamon
12 whole cloves
1 large can of pineapple juice
1 1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup lemon juice

In a large saucepan, combine sugar, water, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Simmer gently 30 minutes. Strain syrup through cheesecloth, or sieve, and add fruit juices; chill. Serve over ice.

Yield: 2 quarts.

Artic Grape Juice Drink recipe

Deliciously different and non-alcoholic!

2 1/4 cup unsweetened grape juice
3 tbspns lemon juice
1 1/2 tbspns granulated sugar
1/4 tspn salt
2 1/4 cup evaporated milk
2 1/4 cup water

Mix all ingredients thoroughly and cill well before serving. Serve over ice.

Yield: 10  5-6oz servings (about 3/4 cup each).

Sweet and Sour Green Beans recipe

Everyone will want this old recipe!

2-3 strips bacon, diced
3/4 cup onion, chopped
1 tbspn all-purpose flour
(3/4 cup water)--using reserved bean water below 
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tbspns granulated sugar
1 tspn salt
2 cups cooked green beans (may use canned), drained, with water reserved

Cook bacon pieces slowly in a large skillet until crisp. Add onion, cover and cook until tender. Stir in flour and reserved water from beans (add more water to equal 3/4 cup, if necessary), vinegar, sugar, and salt. Bring mixture to a boil, allow to reduce a little. Stir in cooked green beans; heat through.

Serves: 4.

Creamy Dressing for Slaw recipe

So creamy, with a bit of tang...

1 cup mayonnaise/salad dressing
1 1/2 tspn salt
1/8 tspn pepper
1/8 tspn paprika
1 tspn granulated sugar
2 tbspns vinegar
2 tbspns milk

Blend all ingredients well and chill before using.

Yield: about 1 cup.

French Dressing from Scratch recipe

Shake and pour!

1 cup salad oil
1 cup vinager
1 tblspn Worcestershire sauce
1 can condesnsed tomato soup, undiluted
1 small onion, finely grated
1 clove garlic, finely grated
1/2 tblspn granulated sugar
1 tspn salt
1 tspn dry mustard
1 tspn paprika

Combine all ingredients in a wide mouth glass jar. Shake thoroughly. Store sealed in refrigerator. Shake well before using.

Yield: about 1 quart.

Danish Black Pot Pork recipe

Easy and tasty...a little different; try it with wide, buttered noodles!

2 lbs fresh pork tenderloin, cubed
3 tspns butter
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup light cream
1 small can of chopped mushrooms, drained
1 large can of peas, drained
salt and pepper

Brown pork (on all sides) with onion in butter. When onion is tender, add cream and simmer for 30 minutes. Add mushrooms, peas, and seasonings. Heat through. Serve with rice or noodles.

Serves: 4-6.

Chicken Chow Mein Hot Dish recipe

Add a small salad for an easy, one dish meal...

3 tbspns butter for frying

1/4 cup green onions, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1/3 cup chicken broth
1 tbspn soy sauce
2 cups cooked chicken, diced
1 cup chow mein noodles
1/3 cup cashew nuts

Preheat oven to 300-325-degrees F. Fry onion and celery in butter until tender, adding more butter as necessary. Add soup, broth, soy sauce, and chicken pieces. Simmer 30 minutes. Place in 8 x 8-inch baking dish, top with chow mein noodles and cashew nuts, cover. Bake in oven for 20 minutes, or until bubbly.

Serves: 4-6.