Dessert Table

Recipes for the Best Desserts in the World

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• Brownies
  • 1/2 c. butter, softened
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/4 c. sifted flour
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 lb. can chocolate syrup (1 1/2 c.)
  • 1 c. chopped walnuts (optional)
• Quick icing:
  • 2/3 c. sugar
  • 3 Tb. butter
  • 3 Tb. milk
  • 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Blend in syrup and flour. Stir in nuts. Pour into a greased 9" x 13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Cool slightly, and then frost with Quick icing.

Quick icing: Mix sugar, milk, and butter. Bring to a boil. Boil for 30 seconds. Remove from heat, stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips until the pieces are all melted. Mixture will be thin.

Shelley Cafferty

Pastry:
• 1 cup of shortening
• 2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup of ice water
• 1 pinch of cream of tartar
• 1 pinch of salt

Pie Filling
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of corn starch
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1 cup of orange juice
• 3 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 Tablespoon of grated orange rind
• 1 Tablespoon of margarine

Meringue
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon of Cream of Tarter
• 1/2 cup of sugar

Pastry: Mix shortening and flour together till flaky. Slowly add cold water and salt and cream of tarter. Roll on floured surface and place pastry in pie tin. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes until crust is slightly browned.

Pie Filling: Mix sugar and corn starch together in pan. Gradually add water and orange juice until smooth. Stir in egg yolks and gradually bring to boil over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute and remove from heat. Stir in orange peel and margarine. Pour filling in cool pie crust.

Meringue: Beat egg whites in small bowl until foamy. Gradually add cream of tarter and sugar, beating till stiff. Spread meringue on pie filling and place pie in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes to brown meringue.

Vicki Redditt & Jeri Moore

• 6 - 8 oz cartons of cream cheese
• 6 eggs
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tablespoons of almond extract or vanilla extract
• 1 pint of heavy whipping cream
• sugar to taste (approximately a cup)
• optional - bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
• topping - melted chocolate, fruit topping or sour cream and sugar

Blend the cream cheese, eggs, flour, salt and extract together. Add whipping cream and sugar to taste (should be barely sweet). Blend thoroughly.

Grease pan (bundt pan, 9x13 pan, or cheesecake pan). Bake at 350 degrees until cake pulls away from the sides and the middle is done. Cool.

Can be covered with melted chocolate, fruit topping, or sour cream and sugar topping. Refrigerate.

Vicki Redditt

• 1 sm. can pumpkin
• 1 can Milnot evaporated milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 sticks margarine
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 2 t. cinnamon
• 1 1/2 t. nutmeg
• 1 yellow cake mix

Mix all ingredients except margarine and cake mix and place in a greased and floured 9 X 13 cake pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over the pumpkin mix. Melt margarine and 2 t. sugar and drizzle over the cake mix. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees or until lightly browned. No icing needed!

Shirley Trainer