Desserts
Batter:
1 c. softened butter
3 large eggs
3 c. plain flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 c. sherry wine
Fruit and Nuts:
7 c. copped pecans
1 lb candied pineapple, cut small
1lb candied red and green cherries, cut small
2 c. chopped dates (1 lb.)
3/4 lb white raisins
- In a very large bowl, mix batter as for any cookie.
- Stir in the fruits and nuts.
- Drop onto a well greased cookie sheet, or one lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 300 degrees fahrenheit (149 celsius) for about 25 minutes.
- Makes 150-200 cookies.
Personal Notes:
*If pecans are not easy to come by, I think walnuts would be a great substitution.
*This dough can be made ahead of time and either refrigerated or frozen until ready to bake.
*For frozen dough: To freeze dough, roll a portion into a long cylindrical shape, wrap in wax paper first, then plastic wrap, and freeze. To cook, remove the roll from the freezer, unwrap, cut into 1/2 in thick slices and lay on cookie sheet. Frozen dough may require up to 10 min more baking time.
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2/3 cup evaporated milk
3 Tbsp sugar
Juice and Grated Peel of 1 lemon
1 Peach
- Pour evaporated milk into a medium sized bowl, and chill in freezer until ice crystals form around the edge.
- Peel, pit, and puree peach.
- Remove bowl from freezer and, using chilled beaters, beat milk until it has more than doubled in size.
- Beat in sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel, and peach puree.
- Pour into a shallow dish and return mixture to freezer. Freeze until firm.
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Snow
Milk or Cream
Sugar
Vanilla Extract
- Place bowl outside to catch falling snow.
- Add milk or cream to snow until snow is creamy but not too slushy.
- Add a teaspoon or two of vanilla.
- Add sugar to taste.
- Enjoy!