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My mother’s recipe, adapted from 1973 flour bag recipe. Ingredients 1 pkg. yeast 1⁄2 c. warm water 1⁄2 c. sugar 1⁄4 c. shortening 1 c. hot milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 tsp. cinnamon 1⁄2 tsp. ground allspice 1 1⁄2 tsp. salt 1 c. currents or raisins 1⁄2 c. citron or candied lemon chunks 5 c. […]
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Pinwheel tarts have been a favorite Finnish holiday tradition in my home ever since I remember. They take some time to put together, and I remember helping my mother fold the pinwheel shapes when I was a very little girl, as my niece and nephew now do. They are surprisingly delicious. The recipe supplied by my great aunt, Saima […]
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(Submitted by Anne Roos, passed along to her by her friend Sally.) Ingredients 2 bags cranberries 9 oz kumquats trimmed and quartered lengthwise (1 1/2 C) 1 C sugar (lowered from 1 1/2 in original recipe) 2 T finely chopped and peeled fresh ginger root 2 whole star anis 1/4 teasp. salt Instructions Stir together […]
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Simple as can be, I enjoyed this country dessert at Hal’s parents’ house in Croatia. It is still my favorite pear dessert. Pick a couple ripe pears off the tree. Put them in a pan in medium oven and a half hour later take out and they are done!
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Ingredients 500 gr Flour 200 gr sugar Yeast for sweets( for 500gr flour) 3 eggs 100gr butter ( at room temperature) 1-2 spoons of oil a few drops of lemon (optional) 1 pizzico of salt Instructions Mix together on a table flour( make a volcano), sugar, yeast, salt, sliced butter, oil, lemon drops and eggs. […]
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Ingredients 1 graham cracker pie crust 1 can condensed milk 4 egg yolks, beaten 1/2 c. fresh squeezed key lime juice Fresh whipped cream Instructions Beat 4 egg yolks until frothy; Add 1 can condensed milk and mix well. Add 1/2 cup freshly squeezed key lime juice; mix well. Pour into graham cracker crust. Bake […]
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Debbie Donald served this refreshing pudding with a cup of delicious Kona coffee, after picking coffee beans that afternoon at her farm www.MokuleleFarms.com Ingredients 2 13.5 ounce cans of coconut milk 2/3 cup small pearl tapioca 2/3 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla Instructions Pour coconut milk and tapioca into large saucepan. Fill each coconut milk can […]
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A traditional Dutch recipe, you can find the delicious round Stroopwafels nearly anywhere in the Netherlands, usually a stack of them for one or two euros. This was my sister Marguerite’s favorite snack while she was in Holland, resting a stroopwafel by over a warm cup of coffee or tea…the steam will warm these up […]
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OK, I’m not usually big on chocolate cake, but this one was served to me by the folks at Future Studios in Sedona, AZ (most of the volunteers from a friendly local vegan community). The recipe is derived from the Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen. Ingredients 1 1/2 c. unbleached white flour 1/3 c. unsweetened cocoa […]
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I’ve made these for my friends at home, in CA, and in England (baking soda is bicarbonate of soda there!) Basically, I put everything I put in my oatmeal in the morning and bake it into a cookie with bananas to sweeten and hold it together! Ingredients 3 c. bananas, smashed 2 c. raisins 4 […]
