random stuffs mostly vintage and found
A bourbon ball is a Southern delicacy, invented by Ruth Hanly Booe of Rebecca Ruth Candy in 1938. Bourbon balls are bite-sized confections incorporating bourbon and dark chocolate as an ingredient. The most common variation for home cooks is regional to the southern United States and incorporates crushed cookies, corn syrup, chopped pecans, and bourbon […]
This Granola Apple Crisp recipe comes from the huge Thorncliff recipe collection that I scored a few weeks (months? lifetime?) agoat that estate sale. I’m not usually one to make baked goods in a microwave (and let us face it we’re all stuck at home so we have the time to bake in an oven). […]
When digging through old recipe books and cards sometimes you find something interesting (or more of a WTF?). This is one of those things. I am actually tempted though to try it but this is something I would not use good sauerkraut in. The canned stuff should be fine- no using the stuff from my […]
Isabel de Vargas’ Folar da Páscoa (Portuguese Easter Bread with Eggs) Decorated with eggs and crosses, this golden sweet bread from the Azores is served with coffee or sweet wine for dessert on Easter Sunday. 1 pkg. active dry yeast ½ cup lukewarm water 1 tsp. sugar ⅓ cup flour 3 eggs 1 cup […]
Orange Meringue Pie Filling ½ cup cornstarch 1 ½ cups sugar 3 egg yolks 1 can (6 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed) 1 ½ cups water 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 baked 9-inch pie shell Meringue 3 egg whites ½ cup sugar Combine cornstarch and 1 cup of the sugar in saucepan. […]