Eggnog Cake

Eggnog Cake
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1-1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon rum extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup eggnog
  • FROSTING:
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/2 cups eggnog
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Red and green gel food coloring, optional
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Add Rum and Vanilla extract.
  4. In a seperate bowl, combine the remaining dry ingredients and gradually add to creamed mixture.
  5. Add eggnog and mix well.
  6. Pour into two 9-in. round baking pans coated with cooking spray.
  7. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
  8. For frosting, put eggnog in a small saucepan over low heat.
  9. Gradually whisk in flour and salt and increase heat.
  10. Bring mixture to a boil while whisking continuously for 2 minutes and remove from heat.
  11. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature.
  12. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy and gradually beat in the eggnog mixture and vanilla until smooth.

 

Cheese Lace Crackers

Cheese Lace Crackers
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Recipe Type: Crackers
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Serves: 20
 
Ingredients
  • Pepper-jack Cheese
Instructions
  1. Cut cheese into ¼ - ½ inch cubes.
  2. Arrange cubes on a greased cookie sheet.
  3. Bake at 350 until cheese melts, spreads our and stops bubbling.
  4. Allow Crackers to cook before removing.
  5. Serve with soups, salads or anywhere that a cracker would be used.

 

African Chicken and Peanut Soup

African Chicken and Peanut Soup
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Recipe Type: Soup
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Serves: 6-10
 
Ingredients
  • 1 med. onion, chopped
  • 1 lg. carrot, pared and diced
  • 1 rib celery, chopped
  • 1 green or red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
  • 3 tbsp. flour
  • 5 c. chicken stock
  • ⅔ c. chunk style peanut butter
  • 2 lg. tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and diced
  • 2 or more c. cooked chicken meat, diced
  • 1 c. milk
  • white pepper
  • cayenne pepper
  • chopped roasted peanuts
Instructions
  1. In a large saucepan heat the oil.
  2. Sauté onion, carrot, celery and pepper until soft and onions are translucent.
  3. Stir in flour first and then slowly stir in chicken stock.
  4. Bring stock and vegetables to a boil stirring constantly.
  5. Add peanut butter, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
  6. Add tomatoes, chicken,milk and seasonings and continue to simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
  7. Garnish with roasted peanuts.

 

Fruit Knapsacks

Fruit Knapsacks
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Recipe Type: Dessert
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 2 bananas
  • 2 plumbs
  • 2 peaches
  • 1 can pineapple chunks, drained
  • 4 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 4 tbsp. butter
  • 4 tsp. lemon juice
Instructions
  1. Cut all fruit into small pieces.
  2. On four large pieces of tin foil, divide the fruit evenly.
  3. Divide the sugar, butter and lemon juice in each knapsack.
  4. Fold up the edges of the foil and wrap around a stick or skewer.
  5. Hold knapsack over medium coals of a grill or campfire for 8-10 minutes.

 

Dutch Oven Tortilla Chicken Casserole

Dutch Oven Tortilla Chicken Casserole
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Recipe Type: Dutch Oven
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 3-4 Chicken Breasts, cooked and shredded
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 C. sour cream
  • 1 C. salsa
  • 1 C. Monterrey Jack cheese, shredded
  • 1 C. cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 bag white tortilla corn chips, crushed
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, mix together soups, sour cream and salsa.
  2. In the bottom of a dutch oven, layer tortilla chips, chicken, soup mix and cheeses until all have been used.
  3. Bake in a traditional oven at 350 for one hour OR place in an open fire pit with 17 coals on top and 8 coals on bottom.

 

Dutch Oven Stew

Dutch Oven Stew
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Recipe Type: Stew
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Serves: 8-10
 
Ingredients
  • 2 lb. round steak cut into cubes
  • 1 tbsp. oil
  • 6 medium potatoes, cubed
  • 4 large carrots, sliced
  • 3 stalks celery, diced
  • 1 onion, minced
  • ½ green pepper, chopped
  • Water
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • seasonings to taste
  • biscuits
Instructions
  1. In a dutch oven, heat the oil and brown the steak cubes.
  2. Add remaining ingredients except for the biscuits and cover with water.
  3. Season to taste.
  4. Place the dutch oven in coals with more coals on top and cook for approximately 1 hour.
  5. Place the biscuits on top of the stew and recover. Continue to cook for an additional 15 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked through and browned.

 

Cherry Peach Cobbler

Cherry Peach Cobbler
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Recipe Type: Dessert
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Serves: 8-10
 
Ingredients
  • 1 can cherry pie filling
  • 1 can peach pie filling
  • ⅓ C. sugar
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon, ground
  • ¼ C. butter, melted
  • 1 can refrigerated biscuits
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven for 400.
  2. In the bottom of a 9X13 inch casserole dish, combine and mix both cans of pie filling.
  3. In a bowl, combine and mix the sugar and cinnamon.
  4. cut each of the biscuits into fourths and coat in the melted butter.
  5. Dip each piece if buttered biscuit dough in the cinnamon and sugar and place on top of the pie filling.
  6. Bake at 400 for 10-20 minutes or until golden brown.

 

Lemon Rice Pilaf

Lemon Rice Pilaf
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Recipe Type: Side
 
Ingredients
  • 1 c. diced celery
  • 1 c. chopped green onions
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • 3 c. cooked rice
  • 1 tbsp. grated lemon rind
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
Instructions
  1. Saute celery and onions in butter.
  2. Add rice, lemon rind and seasonings and mix together.
  3. Continue to cook over low heat for about 2 minutes.

 

Royal Icing

Royal Icing
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Recipe Type: Frosting
 
Ingredients
  • 3 egg whites (room temperature)
  • 4 c. powdered sugar
  • ½ tsp. cream of tartar
Instructions
  1. Beat all ingredients at high speed for 7 to 10 minutes or until stiff.

 

Eggnog Pie

Eggnog Pie
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Recipe Type: Pies
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 1¼ C. eggnog
  • 1 tbsp. gelatin
  • 1 tbsp. water
  • 3 egg yolks, beaten
  • 1 c. whipping cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 pie shell
  • Nutmeg to taste
Instructions
  1. Heat eggnog.
  2. Dissolve gelatin in water and add to eggnog.
  3. Remove from heat and add beaten egg yolks.
  4. Cool. Whip cream until fluffy and add vanilla.
  5. Fold whipped cream into eggnog mixture.
  6. Pour mixture into pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg.
  7. Refrigerate and serve the next day.

 

Curried Yogurt Dip

Curried Yogurt Dip
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Recipe Type: Dip
 
Ingredients
  • 1 C. plain yogurt
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 scallion, thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp. curry powder
  • ¼ tsp. white horseradish
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor.
  2. Mix well and chill before serving.

 

Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread
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Recipe Type: Bread
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Ingredients
  • 1 c. Amish friendship bread starter
  • ⅔ C. oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 C. flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1½ tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 C. sugar
Instructions
  1. In mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.
  2. Bake in 2 well greased and floured 9x5 bread pans.
  3. Bake at 350 for 40 to 45 minutes.

 

Amish Friendship Bread Starter

Amish Friendship Bread Starter
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Recipe Type: Bread
 
Ingredients
  • 1 pkg. active dry yeast
  • 3 c. sugar
  • 3 c. flour
  • 3 c. milk
Instructions
  1. On Day 1: Soften yeast mixture in ¼ cup of lukewarm water. Set aside for 5 minutes, then stir well to be sure it has dissolved.
  2. In a glass or plastic bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup milk. Stir in yeast mixture using a wooden spoon. Cover bowl loosely with cloth and Keep at room temperature. Do Not Refrigerate.
  3. On Days 2, 3 and 4: Using wooden or plastic spoon, stir mixture once each day.
  4. On Day 5: Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup milk; stir.
  5. On Days 6, 7, 8 and 9: Using wooden or plastic spoon, stir mixture once each day.
  6. On Day 10: Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup milk. Remove 3 cups of mixture and give 1 cup each to three friends. Save remaining starter for yourself.

 

Cheese Souffle

Cheese Souffle
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Recipe Type: Soufle
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Ingredients
  • ½ C. cold milk
  • ¼ C. flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 C. cheddar cheese, grated
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 4 egg whites, beaten stiff
  • ½ tsp. paprika
Instructions
  1. Make a thick roux by combining the cold milk, flour, and salt.
  2. Add cheese, egg yolks and paprika.
  3. Gently fold in the egg whites.
  4. Pour into a greased casserole or souffle dish and cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until firm and brown.

 

Coconut Delights

Coconut Delights
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Recipe Type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 3 squares semi-sweet chocolate
  • 3 tbsp. butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 1 (10 oz.) bag miniature marshmallows
  • 1 pkg. coconut flakes
Instructions
  1. Melt together chocolate and butter.
  2. Stir in powdered sugar.
  3. Beat egg and add.
  4. Stir well.
  5. Mix in marshmallows.
  6. Butter clean hands.
  7. Roll mixture into two equal sized logs on wax paper.
  8. Roll in flaked coconut until well coated.
  9. Seal rolls in wax paper and refrigerate overnight.
  10. The next day, slice rolls into ½ inch slices as needed.

 

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