Recipes
Here’s a fairly simple, but delicious, recipe for butter cookies! Butter Plätzchen (Butter Cookies) 1 cup butter 2 ¼ cups sugar 4 eggs 4 cups sifted flour ½ teaspoon soda Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat 7 minutes by electric mixer or 15 minutes by hand. Add flour sifted with soda. Roll out … Read more
This recipe makes two loaves of bread: Honey Whole Wheat Bread 3 ½ to 4 c. all-purpose flour (unbleached) 1 ½ or 2 ½ c. whole wheat flour (stone-ground) — amount depends on your preference 2 pkg. dry yeast (no preservative) 1 T. salt (scant) 1 c. milk 1 c. water ½ c. honey 3 … Read more
Here’s a good use for those leftover crumbs! Krümmel Pudding (Crumb Pudding) 2 cups bread or coffee cake crumbs 4 eggs, beaten ½ cup sugar 1 quart milk 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract Combine ingredients and mix well. Bake in a loaf pan in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 or 35 minutes. This … Read more
Make your sweet potatoes even more sweet with this week’s recipe: Glazed Sweet Potatoes 8 lg. sweet potatoes 1 c. sugar ½ c. brown sugar 1 T. lemon juice 1 tsp. cornstarch ⅓ c. margarine ½ c. water Clean and boil sweet potatoes with jackets until done. Peel and place in baking dish (leave one … Read more
Looking for supper ideas? This week we’ve got another Ronneburg recipe for you that might fit the bill: Breaded Pork Chops 6 pork chops 1 egg, beaten 4 tablespoons milk 1 cup fine bread crumbs 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper Dry pork chops. Combine egg and milk. In another dish combine bread crumbs, salt, … Read more
According to the Seasons of Plenty cookbook, rabbit cookies were a well-loved Easter tradition in the Colonies. Made with cookie cutters fashioned at the village tin shop, each child was given one 8-inch-long rabbit cookie! Oster Hasen Easter Rabbit Cookies 2 ½ cups granulated sugar 2 ½ cups brown sugar 1 ¼ cups vegetable shortening … Read more
The recipe for this week contains an interesting mix of ingredients that somehow work great together! Blueberry Cream Cheese Salad 1 pkg. lemon gelatin 1 ¼ c. boiling water 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese 3 T. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 can blueberries 2 pkg. red raspberry gelatin Mix lemon gelatin and 1 ¼ … Read more
Just in time for St. Patrick’s day, check out this recipe for Irish Freckle Bread! It can even be frosted – Irish Freckle Bread (Raisin) 2 pkg. dry yeast 1 c. warm potato water ¼ c. mashed potatoes Dissolve yeast in water and 2 tablespoons sugar and add 1 cup of flour; beat. Let stand … Read more
Here’s a yummy breakfast recipe with only a few ingredients needed! Grosse Pfannkuchen (Dessert Pancakes) 1 cup flour 1 cup milk ½ teaspoon salt 2 eggs Stir milk slowly into flour mixed with salt, making a smooth, thin batter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Heat and grease skillet, pour enough … Read more
Throw this in the oven for a warm supper dish: Baked Corn Pudding 1 can cream-style corn 2 eggs, beaten 2 tsp. flour 2 tsp. butter or oleo 1 tsp. sugar ½ tsp. salt Mix well. Bake in a 7×9-inch pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Grease the pan with some oleo. This recipe … Read more