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Orange Boiled Icing
Orange boiled Icing
1½ c. sugar ½ c orange juice whites of 2 eggs
Heat sugar & orange juice slowly and boil
without stirring till sirup spins permanent
thread. Pour over beaten whites and
beat till stiff enough to spread
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# Orange Boiled Icing
## Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. orange juice
- Whites of 2 eggs
## Instructions
1. Heat sugar and orange juice slowly and boil without stirring until syrup spins a permanent thread (230–235°F).
2. Pour over beaten egg whites.
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Marshmallow Icing
Marshmallow Icing
¾c gran. sugar white of 1 egg
⅓c water vanilla
6or 8 marshmallows
Boil sugar & water until spins
thread, melt marshmallows in syrup
pour over beaten egg white add flavor
& spread thickly over cake. Melt
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate with
½ t. butter & spread thin coating
over icing when cool.
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# Marshmallow Icing
## Ingredients
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 6 or 8 marshmallows
- White of 1 egg
- Vanilla
- 2 oz unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 tsp butter
## Instructions
1. Boil sugar and water until it spins a thread (230–235°F).
2. Melt marshmallows in the syrup.
3. Pour over beaten egg white; add vanilla flavoring.
4. Spread thickly over cake.
5. Melt 2 oz unsweetened chocolate with 1/2 tsp butter and spread a thin coating over the icing when cool. -
Chocolate Covered Almond Crunch
CHOCOLATE COVERED ALMOND CRUNCH
Toast 1 cup ground almonds till light brown in slow oven.
Melt 1 cup butter in heavy saucepan, over low heat. Add
1 cup sugar; stir till blended and sugar is melted. Add
2 T. water and 1 T. light corn syrup; bring slowly to boil.
Boil to just barely brittle stage. Remove from fire and
stir briskly into it ½ cup nuts. Pour into shallow pan to
cool. When cold, spread ½ pkg Chocolate chips, melted
ansd sprinkle with ¼ cup nuts. Turn to other side add
repeat frosting, ending with sprinkling with remaining
¼ cup nuts. Cut into xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx serving pieces.
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# Chocolate Covered Almond Crunch
## Ingredients
- 1 cup ground almonds, toasted
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp water
- 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup nuts (stirred in)
- 1/2 pkg chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup nuts (for first side topping)
- 1/4 cup nuts (for second side topping)
## Instructions
1. Toast 1 cup ground almonds in a slow oven until light brown.
2. Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Add sugar; stir until blended and sugar is melted.
3. Add 2 Tbsp water and 1 Tbsp light corn syrup; bring slowly to a boil.
4. Boil to just barely brittle stage (300°F to 305°F).
5. Remove from heat and stir briskly into it 1/2 cup nuts.
6. Pour into a shallow pan to cool.
7. When cold, spread melted chocolate chips (1/2 pkg) over the top and sprinkle with 1/4 cup nuts.
8. Turn to the other side and repeat frosting, ending with sprinkling with the remaining 1/4 cup nuts.
9. Cut into serving pieces. -
Never Fail Chocolate Frosting
Never Fail Choc. frosting
1/3 cup sugar 1/3 c. coffee cream
dash of salt
Boil together one good minute
Pour over 1 pkg. choc. chips
Beat & Beat until spreadable
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# Never Fail Chocolate Frosting
## Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup coffee cream (half and half or table cream)
- Dash of salt
- 1 pkg. chocolate chips (6oz)
## Instructions
1. Combine sugar, coffee cream, and salt in a saucepan.
2. Boil together for one good minute.
3. Pour over 1 package of chocolate chips.
4. Beat and beat until spreadable. -
Baking Fruitcake
Card 1 Front of recipe RCA0008-20260621-0162:
BAKING FRUITCAKE – ELIZABETH McKAY, TAMPA
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
Bake fruitcakes in a slow oven (300 degrees)
until cake tests done in center. Place a
shallow pan of hot water on floor of oven to
give a less heavy crust. The following baking
times are approximate. The measurements given
below include the pan size, then the amount of
batter, then the baking time.
9x5x3" loaf pan 6½ cups 2½ hours
8½x4½x2½" loaf pan 5 cups 2 hours
5½x3x2½" loaf pan 1 3/4 c. 1½ hours
4½x1½" round foil pan 1-1¼ cups 1 h.25 min
1 pound coffee can 3½ cups 1h.50 min.
9-10" tube pan/mold 2½ qts. 3-3½ hours
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8" ring mold 3 cups 1h,40min.
6-oz. juice can ½ cup 50 min.
1 3/4x1" cupcake pans 1 rounded TB 20 min.
3x1½" cupcake pans 1/3 cup 40 min.
BAKING AND STORAGE HINTS:
For larger loaf cakes, line pans with brown
paper and grease with shortening.
For smaller pans such as small loaves, fancy
molds or juice cans, grease well.
Cupcake pans may be lined with paper baking
cups or well greased. Some experienced cooks
find foil a suitable liner for pans.
Fill pans with batter to within ½-inch of
top edge.
Cool cakes thoroughly before wrapping.
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# Baking Fruitcake
*Recipe by Elizabeth McKay — The Tampa Tribune*
## Pan Size, Batter Amount, and Baking Time Reference
> Bake fruitcakes in a slow oven (300°F) until cake tests done in center. Place a shallow pan of hot water on the floor of the oven to give a less heavy crust. The following baking times are approximate. The measurements given below include the pan size, then the amount of batter, then the baking time.
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Best Every Apple Cookies
Card 1 Front:
BEST EVERY APPLE COOKIES MRS. JUNE WOODS
SPRING HILL, FL
½ c. shortening 1 1/3 c. brown sugar
1 egg 2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. apple pie spice
½ tsp. salt ½ cup milk
1 c. nuts, chopped 1 cup raisins
1 c. unpared apples, finely chopped
Cream together shortening, sugar and egg.
Mix dry ingredients together and add half to
creamed mixture, blend in milk and remaining
dry ingredients. Add nuts, raisins & apples.
Mix well. Drop on greased cookie sheet. Bake
at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes, spread with
Vanilla Glaze. (recipe on back of card).
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VANILLA GLAZE:
1½ cups powdered sugar
2½ teaspoon milk
Dash of salt
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon melted butter
Mix until creamy; spread on cookies.
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# Best Every Apple Cookies
*Recipe from the kitchen of Mrs. June Woods — Spring Hill, FL*
## Ingredients
### Cookies
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/3 cups brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup unpared apples, finely chopped
### Vanilla Glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp milk
- Dash of salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
## Instructions
### Cookies
1. Cream together shortening, sugar, and egg.
2. Mix dry ingredients together and add half to creamed mixture.
3. Blend in milk and remaining dry ingredients.
4. Add nuts, raisins, and apples. Mix well.
5. Drop on greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake at 400°F for 10–12 minutes.
### Vanilla Glaze
1. Mix all glaze ingredients together until creamy.
### Assembly
1. Spread Vanilla Glaze on cookies while warm.
## Editor's Notes
- **"unpared apples"** — apples with the skin left on; do not peel before chopping. -
Cranberry Fruit and Nut Mold
CRANBERRY FRUIT AND NUT MOLD EDNA HARRELL
CLEARWATER
1 6-oz. or 2 3-Oz. package any red jello
2 cups boiling water
1 8-oz. can jellied cranberry sauce, mashed
1½ cup cold water
1 cup peeled and diced apples
½ cup nuts
Dissolve jello in boiling water. Add mashed
cranberry sauce; stir until smooth; add cold
water. Chill until thickened; fold in apples
and nuts. Pour into a 6-cup mold. Chill until
firm. Cut in squares; place on lettuce leaf
and serve. Makes 10-12 servings.
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# Cranberry Fruit and Nut Mold
*Recipe from the kitchen of Edna Harrell — Clearwater, FL*
*Makes 10–12 servings*
## Ingredients
- 1 6-oz. or 2 3-oz. package any red jello
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 8-oz. can jellied cranberry sauce, mashed
- 1 1/2 cups cold water
- 1 cup peeled and diced apples
- 1/2 cup nuts
## Instructions
1. Dissolve jello in boiling water.
2. Add mashed cranberry sauce; stir until smooth.
3. Add cold water.
4. Chill until thickened.
5. Fold in apples and nuts.
6. Pour into a 6-cup mold.
7. Chill until firm.
8. Cut in squares; place on a lettuce leaf and serve. -
Ice Cream Cones
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ICE CREAM CONES Better Homes & Gardens
2/3 cups flour ¼ cup sugar
¼ c. cooking oil 3 tablespoons water
2 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon cooking oil
Preheat an 8" skillet over low heat. Stir
together flour and sugar. Add the ¼ c. oil,
water, egg whites and vanilla; stir until
smooth. Brush bottom of skillet with ½ tsp.
oil. Pour 2 TB. batter into skillet, spreading
batter to a 5½" circle. Cook over low heat 3
minutes or until light brown. With a wide
spatula, lift and turn wafer; cook 1 min. more.
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Working quickly, roll into a cone shape;
secure with a pick. Cool, pick side down.
Repeat with remaining batter. (Do not add more
oil to skillet.) Remove picks when cool.
Store cones tightly covered.
Makes about 10.
For Chocolate Cones: use this recipe, but
add 2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate to
the batter and reduce the oil to 3 tablespoons.
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# Ice Cream Cones
*Better Homes & Gardens*
*Makes about 10*
## Ingredients
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp cooking oil (for skillet)
## Instructions
1. Preheat an 8" skillet over low heat.
2. Stir together flour and sugar.
3. Add the 1/4 cup oil, water, egg whites, and vanilla; stir until smooth.
4. Brush bottom of skillet with 1/2 tsp oil.
5. Pour 2 Tbsp batter into skillet, spreading batter to a 5 1/2" circle.
6. Cook over low heat 3 minutes or until light brown.
7. With a wide spatula, lift and turn wafer; cook 1 minute more.
8. Working quickly, roll into a cone shape; secure with a pick.
9. Cool pick side down.
10. Repeat with remaining batter. (Do not add more oil to skillet.)
11. Remove picks when cool.
12. Store cones tightly covered.
**For Chocolate Cones variation:** The card notes that 2 ounces of melted unsweetened chocolate may be added to the batter, with the oil reduced to 3 tablespoons. -
Holiday Chocolate Butter Cookies
HOLIDAY CHOCOLATE BUTTER COOKIES
LAND O LAKES"
½ cup sugar 1 tsp. almond extract
3/4 c. butter, softened 1½ c. all-purpos
flour
1 egg yolk ¼ c. unsweetened cocoa
Heat oven to 375 degrees. In large bowl, com-
bine all ingredients except flour and cocoa.
Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy (2-3
minutes. Gradually add flour and cocoa until
well mixed (2-3 min.). Shape rounded teaspoon-
fuls as desired (1" balls, 2"-3" longs, balls
flattened, balls with indentations, etc,) or
use cookie press. Place 1" apart on cookie
sheets. Bake 7-9 min. or until set. Cool.
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Decorate with melted chocolate chips, melted
almond bark, nuts, colored sugars, candied
fruit, candies, maraschino cherries, etc.
YIELD: 3 dozen.
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# Holiday Chocolate Butter Cookies
*Recipe by Land O Lakes*
*Yields 3 dozen*
## Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
### For Decoration (optional)
- Melted chocolate chips
- Melted almond bark
- Nuts
- Colored sugars
- Candied fruit
- Candies
- Maraschino cherries
## Instructions
1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except flour and cocoa.
3. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy, 2–3 minutes.
4. Gradually add flour and cocoa until well mixed, 2–3 minutes.
5. Shape rounded teaspoonfuls as desired — 1" balls, 2"–3" logs, balls flattened, balls with indentations, etc. — or use a cookie press.
6. Place 1" apart on cookie sheets.
7. Bake 7–9 minutes or until set.
8. Cool.
9. Decorate as desired with melted chocolate chips, melted almond bark, nuts, colored sugars, candied fruit, candies, maraschino cherries, etc. -
Grandma's Rice Pudding / Vanilla Sauce
GRANDMA'S RICE PUDDING THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
2 cups milk ½ cup sugar
3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cooked rice raisins
Vanilla Sauce
Combine milk, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Place
1 TB. cooked rice and a few flumped raisins in
the bottom of each of 8 custard cups. Fill
with custard.
Place cups in a pan of water and bake at 375
degrees about 30 minutes or until a silver
knife inserted in the center of the custard
comes out clean. Do not overbake.
Cool, turn onto serving dishes and top with
vanilla sauce.
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VANILLA SAUCE THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
TO BE SERVED WITH "GRANDMA'S RICE PUDDING"
1 cup milk ¼ cup sugar
1 egg, beaten ½ teaspoon vanilla
1½ teaspoons corn starch dissolved in a small
amount of the milk
Bring milk to a boil. Add sugar, corn starch
and egg. Cook one minute, stirring. Add va-
nilla. Cool. Then ladle over rice pudding.
Makes eight servings.
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# Grandma's Rice Pudding and Vanilla Sauce
*Two recipes on one The Tampa Tribune clipping card*
*Makes 8 servings*
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# Grandma's Rice Pudding
*The Tampa Tribune*
*Makes 8 servings*
## Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Raisins (a few, plumped)
## Instructions
1. Combine milk, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
2. Place 1 Tbsp cooked rice and a few flumped raisins in the bottom of each of 8 custard cups.
3. Fill with custard mixture.
4. Place cups in a pan of water and bake at 375°F about 30 minutes, or until a silver knife inserted in the center of the custard comes out clean. Do not overbake.
5. Cool, turn onto serving dishes, and top with Vanilla Sauce.
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# Vanilla Sauce
*The Tampa Tribune — to be served with "Grandma's Rice Pudding"*
*Makes 8 servings*
## Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch, dissolved in a small amount of the milk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
## Instructions
1. Bring milk to a boil.
2. Add sugar, cornstarch mixture, and egg.
3. Cook one minute, stirring.
4. Add vanilla.
5. Cool, then ladle over rice pudding. -
Karo Nut Pie
KARO NUT PIE THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
Dough for single-crusted 9-inch pie
3 whole eggs 1 cup dark Karo syrup
2/3 c. dark brown sugar ½ TB. vanilla
1½/3 c.pecans Unsweetened whipped
cream
5 TB. butter, melted and cooled
Place pie dough in 9" pie pan and crimp or
flute edges.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Beat eggs until yolks and whites are well-mixed
Add syrup, brown sugar, melted butter and va-
nilla extract. Mix well. Stir in pecans
gently, taking care not to break them. Pour
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into pie shell.
Bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees.
Bake 20-25 minutes more, or until just set (in-
terior is no longer syrupy; knife inserted will
come out clean.)
Remove from oven and let cool. Serve slightly
warm, topped with unsweetened whipped cream,
if desired.
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# Karo Nut Pie
*The Tampa Tribune*
## Ingredients
- Dough for single-crusted 9-inch pie
- 3 whole eggs
- 1 cup dark Karo syrup
- 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/2 Tbsp vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups pecans
- 5 Tbsp butter, melted and cooled
- Unsweetened whipped cream, for serving
## Instructions
1. Place pie dough in a 9-inch pie pan and crimp or flute edges.
2. Preheat oven to 425°F.
3. Beat eggs until yolks and whites are well mixed.
4. Add syrup, brown sugar, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
5. Stir in pecans gently, taking care not to break them.
6. Pour into pie shell.
7. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F.
8. Bake 20–25 minutes more, or until just set (interior is no longer syrupy; knife inserted will come out clean).
9. Remove from oven and let cool. Serve slightly warm, topped with unsweetened whipped cream, if desired. -
Honey-Butter Sauce
HONEY-BUTTER SAUCE THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
½ cup (1 stick) butter Dash of salt
3/4 cup honey ½ c. whipping cream
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
Melt butter in saucepan. Blend in honey, cinn-
amon and salt. Remove from heat and stir in
whipping cream until smooth. Cool.
Yields 1 3/4 cups.
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# Honey-Butter Sauce
*The Tampa Tribune*
*Yields 1 3/4 cups*
## Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon
- Dash of salt
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
## Instructions
1. Melt butter in saucepan.
2. Blend in honey, cinnamon, and salt.
3. Remove from heat and stir in whipping cream until smooth.
4. Cool.