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Ethel’s Sugar Cookies

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Ethel's Sugar Cookies
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Recipe type: dessert
 
Ingredients
  • ¾ C. butter, softened
  • 1 C. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2½ C. flour, sifted
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Thoroughly mix together the butter, sugar, eggs, and flavoring of choice.
  2. sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  3. Stir into the butter mixture.
  4. Chill for at last 1 hour.
  5. Roll out to ⅛ inch thickness.
  6. Cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter dipped in flour.
  7. Re-Roll the scraps and continue cutting until all of the dough is used.
  8. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
  9. Bake at 400 until delicately golden (about 6-8 minutes).
  10. Frost with icing.
  11. Makes about 4 dozen 3 inch cookies.
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Brownies

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Brownies
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
  • ⅔ C. shortening
  • 2 C. sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1¼ C. flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 C. chopped nuts
  • Frosting:
  • 3 tbsp. butter, softened
  • 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
  • 2 C. confectioners sugar
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ⅓ C. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350.
  2. Grease the bottom and sides of a 13x9x2 baking dish.
  3. Melt chocolate and shortening in a large saucepan over medium heat.
  4. Remove from heat.
  5. Mix in sugar, eggs and vanilla.
  6. Spread in pan.
  7. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until brownies start to pull away from the sides of the dish.
  8. Do not over bake.
  9. Cool slightly and cut into bars about 2x1-1/2 inches.(should make about 32 bars)
  10. frost before serving.
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Chocolate Filled Bundt Cake

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Chocolate Filled Bundt Cake
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • Filling:
  • ⅓ C. sugar
  • 1 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • ¼ C. milk
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 C. chocolate chips
  • 1 egg
  • Cake:
  • 1 yellow cake mix (pudding kind)
  • ¾ C. water
  • ⅓ C. oil
  • 3 eggs
Instructions
  1. To prepare cake mix, combine all ingredients and beat on high for 2 minutes.
  2. Pour half the batter into a well greased and floured bundt pan.
  3. Prepare filling.
  4. Melt chocolate chips over hot water.
  5. In a small bowl, combine all filling ingredients and beat until smooth.
  6. Drop by spoonfulls onto cake batter in Bundt pan.
  7. Do not let the filling touch the sides of the pan.
  8. Pour remaining batter on top of filling.
  9. Bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.
  11. Glaze with chocolate icing.
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Old Fashioned Custard Pie

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Old Fashioned Custard Pie
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 6-8
 
Ingredients
  • 1 unbaked pie shell
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½ C. sugar
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. nutmeg
  • 2⅔ C. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350
  2. Beat eggs slightly and add remaining ingredients except for nutmeg.
  3. Pour into unbaked pie shell.
  4. Bake 35-40 minutes.
  5. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
  6. Top with ground nutmeg.
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Poor Mans Pie

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Poor Mans Pie
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 1 unbaked pie shell
  • 1 C. brown sugar
  • ⅓ C. flour
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1½ C. cream or half and half
  • 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tbsp. butter, room temperature
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400
  2. Place pie crust into a pie pan and prick the bottom with a fork.
  3. Bake for 10 minutes and set aside.
  4. Reduce heat to 350.
  5. Mix together brown sugar, flour and salt.
  6. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
  7. Dot the top with butter.
  8. Bake for 50-60 minutes ur until golden brown spots form on the top of the pie.
  9. Cool completely, filling will firm up as it cools.
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