Thursday, January 24, 2008

Recipes

Another thought - we could endeavor to post family recipes for easy reference (Nana's boiled raisin cake, Uncle Dave's cheesecake, etc)

4 comments:

Betsy said...

I'd love to have the boiled raisin cake recipe. Somehow I've never had it. Anyone....? Thanks!

Marjorie Riordan said...

Nana's Boiled Raisin Cake
(Josephine)

Boil 1 C. raisins in 1 1/2 C. water in a medium saucepan until liquid is about 1 C.

Add:
1/2 C. butter (scant)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves

Let cool.

Add:
1 C. Sugar
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 C. flour

Bake in a greased/floured round pan in a moderate oven for up to an hour. (My oven has temperature settings so I have translated the last sentence to 350 degrees for 50 minutes).

Optional Topping (Marjie)

Mix:
3/4 C. powdered sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp lemon juice

Add:
Sufficient milk to drizzle on cake while it cools

Marjorie Riordan said...

Mom's Christmas Cookies
(Marion)

1 C. Butter
1 C. Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/2 C. Sour Cream

1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Baking Powder
4 C. Flour

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and sour cream. Add dry ingredients, one cup at a time. Add additional flour as necessary to make a soft dough (not sticky).

Refrigerate overnight.

Roll out dough on floured surface and cut with festive cookie cutters.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.

Frost with multi-colored frostings and decorate with sprinkles.

DaveO said...

Cheesecake

The Cake
1.5 lbs cream cheese - Cream
4 eggs - Add 1 @ a time and beat well
6T milk - Stir in
1C sugar - Blend in

Place in a 10" springform pan on a thin layer of crushed graham crackers, moistend with melted butter.

Bake @ 350 for 30 minutes

Turn off oven and leave in for 30 minutes

Cool for 30 minutes

Topping

Mix
1pt - sour cream
3/4 C - sugar
1t - vanilla

Top Cake

Bake @ 475 for 7 minutes

Cool overnight