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Mamie Eisenhower’s Million Dollar Fudge

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Ingredients:

4 1/2 cups sugar
pinch of salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 tall can evaporated milk
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate bits
12 ounces German-sweet chocolate
1 pint marshmallow cream
2 cups nutmeats

Instructions:

Boil the sugar, salt, butter, evaporated milk together for six minutes. Put chocolate bits and German chocolate, marshmallow cream and nutmeats in a bowl. Pour the boiling syrup over the ingredients. Beat until chocolate is all melted, then pour in pan. Let stand a few hours before cutting.

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Apple Cake

Posted in Desserts

Ingredients:

10 Tablespoons butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 3/4 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 Tablespoon grated lemon rind
2 medium pared, cored, sliced apples
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 cup apricot jam

Instructions:

1. Beat butter with sugar until creamy.
2. Add eggs one at a time, beating until well blended.
3. Add flour, baking powder, and lemon rind, beat 4 minutes.
4. Pour into greased 9-inch spring-form pan.
5. Arrange the apples on the batter, sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.
6. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
7. Remove from pan, brush apples with jam, cool.

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Peach Cobbler

Posted in American Food, Desserts

1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsps cornstarch
1 cup peach nectar
1/4 cup pineapple juice or peach juice
(can use juice reserved from canned peaches)
2 16-oz cans peaches, sliced, packed in juice, drained (or 1-3/4 lbs) fresh
1 Tbsp margarine, tub nonstick cooking oil spray (for baking dish)
1 cup pancake mix, dry
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup evaporated skim milk

Topping:
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 Tbsp brown sugar

1. Combine cinnamon, vanilla, cornstarch, peach nectar, and pineapple or peach juice in a saucepan over medium heat.
Stir constantly until mixture thickens and bubbles.
2. Add sliced peaches to mixture.
3. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
4. In another saucepan melt margarine and set aside.
5. Lightly spray an 8-inch square glass dish with cooking oil spray. Pour hot peach mixture into the dish.
6. In another bowl, combine pancake mix, flour, sugar, and melted margarine. Stir in milk.
7. Quickly spoon this mixture over peach mixture.
8. Combine nutmeg and brown sugar. Sprinkle mixture on top of batter.
9. Bake at 400° F for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
10. Cool and cut into 8 squares.

 

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