Blue Ribbon Cherry Pie

Another homemade pie to bring taste to your table. For pastry crust, see Peach Pie recipe or use store bought.
Blue Ribbon Cherry Pie
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
4 cups tart cherries
1/4 tsp almond extract
2 2/3 tbsp tapioca
Pastry for 2 pie crusts
Directions:
Pit cherries and mix with tapioca, sugar, lemon juice and almond [...]

Apple Walnut Cake

Apples and walnuts are plentiful this time of year and that will make this delicious cake.
Apple Walnut Cake
Ingredients:
4 cups apples, coarsely chopped
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
Icing:
4 tbsp butter
3 cups confectioners sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
1 or 2 tsp cold water
Pince [...]

Pumpkin Bread

A fall favorite in the North East when the pumpkins are just right.
Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 cups white sugar
2/3 cups shortening
4 eggs
1/2 cup water
1  16oz can pumpkin or 2 cups of your own pumpkin
Directions:
Stir the dry ingredients together, set aside.
Cream the sugar and shortening then [...]

Roasted Tomato Pie

Now that our government is telling us that tomatoes are safe again (snort), here is traditional South American dish.
Roasted Tomato Pie
Ingredients:
12 ripe, round tomatoes sliced 1/4 inch thick and roasted on a greased cookie sheet until soft.
3 tbsp mole dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
1/2 cup chunky green chile sauce
3 tbsp roasted pine nuts
Directions:
Line a [...]

Kris’s Banana Bread

Occasionally Ollie would help out his neighbor by snow blowing her driveway, and she would give him a warm loaf of banana bread.
Here it is.
Ingredients: 
1/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
3 ripe bananas
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions: 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8×4 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, cream together [...]

Dessert

What would a dinner be without an excellent dessert.
Three Berry Trifle 
Ingredients: 
1  14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1  8 oz container non-fat lemon yogurt
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 tsp grated lemon peel
1  8 oz container whipped topping, divided
1  16 oz package angel food cake mix-prepared and cut into 1 inch cubes
1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
1 cup fresh [...]

Fastnachts (FAHS-nahkt)

Fasnacht is a yeast-raised potato pastry that’s deep fried like a doughnut.
Fasnachts were originally made and served on Shrove Tuesday to use up the fat that was forbidden during lent.
If you live near any Amish or Mennonite community you will find these in almost all the stores.
Fastnachts
Ingredients:
1 cup hot, mashed, unseasoned potatoes.
2 [...]

Maryland Black Cake

A desert carried over from colonial times on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
Maryland Black Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
2 2/3 cup brown sugar
1 each nutmeg, grated
2 tsp powdered cinnamon
1 tsp powdered cloves
1 tbsp powdered ginger
6 eggs, yolks separated
2 1/2 cup flour
4 cups raisins
6 cups currants
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup fruit wine
4 cups [...]

Ollie’s Own Cheesecake Recipe

Ollie finally had enough of cardboard tasting cheesecake, so he developed his own.
Enjoy and pass along.
Ollie’s Own Cheesecake Recipe
Ingredients:
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
8 1/2 pound packages of cream cheese, softened
2 cups white sugar
7 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup lemon juice and grated yellow peel
Pinch of salt
Directions:
Heat oven to [...]

General Ogelthorpe’s Civil War Cake

Turning back the tables of time to the civil war where this particular general demanded his particular desert.
General Ogelthorpe’s Civil War Cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups sifted flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup chopped rasins
2 orange peels, ground
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Add buttermilk. Add [...]