Strawberry Surprise Pie 1 9" baked pie shell 1 pkg vanilla pudding mix 1 quart strawberries 1 cup sugar 1⅓ cups water 3 tablespoons cornstarch Make and bake pie shell, using packaged pie crust mix. Cool. Prepare pudding mix as directed on the package. Cool slightly; pour into pie shell. Chill. Wash strawberries; hull. Simmer […]
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MOSTER HILMA’S SOCKERKAKA
MOSTER HILMA’S SOCKERKAKA ¾ cup sugar 2 eggs ½ cup sour cream 3 tsp. lemon juice 1 tbsp. grated lemon rind 1 tsp. baking powder (sifted with 1-1/3 cup flour) 2 tbsp. butter Dash salt Beat sugar and eggs, add cream and flour, lemon juice, and rind. Lastly add melted butter. Bake 350°, 50 […]
Minted Pineapple Mold
Minted Pineapple Mold. 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 20 ounce can crushed pineapple 1 teaspoon confectioner’s sugar 1 cup heavy cream ⅓ cup mint-flavored apple jelly Put 1 envelope unflavored gelatin in a saucepan with ½ cup syrup from a 20 ounce can crushed pineapple. Place over low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin is completely […]
Bourbon Balls (a recipe for getting through covid)
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 […]
Microwaved Granola Apple Crisp
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). […]



