With traditional values and any resemblance of morals being flushed down the toilet with no cares period, we really need to give thanks that we are alive and trying to make a life for our families and friends and not to forget ourselves.
This Thanksgiving, remember we aren't alone in this world no matter how hard the media is trying to get us to live that way.
The internet with it's social networks has isolated the population more and more and we are forgetting everyone and everything.
Go forth and say hi to your neighbors.
John Sutton, October 12, 2010 (11).
Banana Cake
1/2 c butter
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
1 c mashed bananas
2 c sifted flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 c sour milk
1/2 c chopped dates
1/2 c chopped nuts
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and beat well. Stir in banana pulp. Add sifted flour and soda alternately with sour milk; stir in dates and nuts. Bake in 2 layers or 1 loaf pan in moderate oven, 350°F.
Dust with confectioner's sugar, or cover with white icing. If baked in layers, put them together and cover top with whipped cream and sliced banana.
Recipe From: World Famous Chefs' Cookbook, Rare Old Recipes, 1941
Almond-Coconut Cookies
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup salted butter
2 large eggs
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup chopped raw almonds,; unsalted
1 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut for topping
Preheat oven to 300°F. In medium bowl mix together flour, soda and salt with a wire whisk and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar and white sugar with electric mixer at medium speed. Add and mix butter until it forms a grainy paste. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add flour mixture, coconut, almonds and dates. Blend on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Sprinkle tops lightly with reserved coconut. Bake 25 minutes or until bottoms turn golden brown. With a spatula, transfer to cool, flat surface.
Soak fruit in Bourbon in a bowl a couple of days before you plan to make cake. Cream butter and sugars until fluffy; add eggyolks, and beat well. Stir in the fruit and Bourbon. Combine flour, spices and baking powder to cream mixture, mix well. Gently fold in eggwhites. Gently fold in nuts. Pour batter in 10-inchtube or bundt pan, greased and floured. Bake in pre-heated 275°F. oven for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Test for doneness by inserting toothpick gently into center of cake. Cake is done whn toothpick comes out clean. Wrap in a Bourbon soaked cheesecloth when cold. Then in foil. Age for at least 2 weeks, before cutting.
Cabbage Strudel
4 cup finely chopped green cabbage
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cup peeled, chopped apples
1/3 cup chopped pitted dates
1/4 cup + 2 t. low fat sour cream
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
8 sheets frozen phyllo pastry thawed
1 teaspoon melted margarine
Coat A Large Nonstick Skillet With Cooking Spray. Place Over Mediumheat Until Hot. Add Cabbage & Onion; Cover & Cook 5 Min. Combine Cabbage Mixture, Apples & Dates in A Large Bowl. Combine Sour Cream & Mustard; Stir Well. Add To Cabbage Mixture; Stir Well & Set Aside. Working With 1 Phyllo Sheet At A Time, Spray Each Sheet With Cooking Spray; Placing One On Top Of The Other. Spoon Cabbage Mixture Lengthwise Down One-Third Of Phyllo Stack, Leaving A 1 Inch Borderon Longest Side & A 3/4 Inch Border On Shorter Sides. Starting With The Longest Side, Roll Up Jellyroll Fashion, & Place, Seam Side Down, Diagonally On A 15 X 10 X 2 Inch Jellyroll Pan Coated With Cooking Spray; Tuck Ends Under. Brush With Margarine. Diagonally Cut 1/4 Inch Deep Slashes About 2 Inches Apart Across Top. Bake At 400 F. For 45 Min. Let Stand 10 Min. Before Serving. Good Served With Pork.
Date Pies
Tart Shells:
1 cup butter
4 teaspoon icing sugar; confectioner's
2 cup flour Filling:
2 cup dates; chopped
1 1/2 cup brown sugar water
1 lemon juice
Tart Shells: Cut the butter into the flour; add the sugar rand knead until well blended. Press small amounts of dough into small muffin tins. Press small amounts of dough into small muffin tins. Bake in a 425°F oven for 10 minutes. When cool fill with the filling. Filling: Simmer the above ingredients until the dates are of soft consistency. Cool; then fill the tart shells. Ice with butter icing.
Cream butter and sugar; add vanilla, and milk. Mix until spreadable.
Hedgehogs
2 cup nuts
1 cup dates
2 cup fine coconut
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
Grind nuts and dates together. Add coconut, brown sugar, and eggs. Mix all together. Form into small rolls. Roll into some extra coconut to cover each one. Bake until brown at about 325° until coconut is slightly browned.
Meatcakes With Dried Fruits
13 oz flour
1/4 oz salt
6 oz butter
1 egg
1 tablespoon cold water
3 1/3 lb pork shoulder
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoon parsley,chopped
9 oz dates,chopped
9 oz raisins
2 oz pistachios, chopped
2 oz sugar
1 teaspoon ginger,ground
1 teaspoon salt
1 pinch saffron mixed into
1 tablespoon water
7 egg yolks
3/4 cup cream
For the dough; mix flour, salt and cut the butter in ;with fingertips mix until the dough is crumbly. Put egg into the middle.Add water and mix to a dough;add more water if needed. Knead for a little bit only. Wrap into ceranwrap and keep in refridgerator for 1 hour before rolling out.
For the filling ;cover the pork with water and simmer 1 1/2 hours until it is soft. Cut into small cubes.Pour 1 1/4 of the broth through a stainer and mix the sage with the water and add parsley and add to pot. and bring to a boil. Add the meat, dates, raisins and pistachios to mix.
Take off the stove and mix the sugar, salt, eggyolks, cream and the rest of the ingridients with a wirewisk together. Mix into meatmix.
Roll out the dough and line two cakepans with it(line with waxpaper and fill with dry beans to prevent bubbles).
In preheated 190°C oven bake the dough about 10 minutes, untill it is firm but still pale. (remove the beans)
Add the meatmix into pans and bake another 40 min. at 190°C.
The finished meatcakes need to stand 5 minutes before serving.
Old-Fashioned Filled Cookies
3 1/2 cup unbleached flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
Raisin Filling:
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup raisins (may need 1 3/4 c)
1 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 dash salt
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/4 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoon water
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Date Filling:
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon flour
1 pinch salt
1 cup water
1 cup chopped dates
2 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup chopped nuts
Prepare the cookie dough first. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars thoroughly. Add the eggs, milk and vanilla; beat at high speed for 2 min. Lower the speed and add the flour mixture gradually. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
To prepare the raisin filling, grind the rasins. You should have 1 cup of ground raisins. In a medium saucepan combine raisins,brown sugar, water, salt and lemon juice. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 min. Combine the 2T of water and cornstarch, use to thicken the raisin mixture. when cool stir in the nuts.
To make the date filling combine the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes breaking the dates with a spoon. Remove from heat, cool then add the nuts. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until thin (1/8 in).Cut into 2 3/4 inch rounds with a cookie cutter. Place the rounds on a oiled cookie sheet. Place a heaping ts of filling mixture on the cookie round, top with another round, crimp the edges closed. Bake at 350°F. for exactly 8 minutes. The cookies will be pale yellow. Allow cookies to remain on cookie sheet until almost cool.
Recipe From: Cooking From Quilt Country by Marcia Adams.
Pumpkin Date Bread
1 2/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup water
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup pumpkin
2 eggs
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup dates, chopped
Sift dry ingredients. Mix oil, water, pumpkin & eggs. Blend into dry ingredients. Fold in dates and nuts. Pour into greased and floured loaf pan. Bake at 325°F for 1 1/2 hours.
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