Pick bright, fresh dandelion blossoms and pack the quart container pretty tightly. This is going to require a lot of dandelion blossoms! Rinse quickly in cold water to remove any insects/dirt on the petals. Don t leave the blossoms in the water for very long though, as they

Sift flour and mix with sugar and salt. Mix yeast with a little cold milk. Add this, the rest of the milk and the beaten egg to flour and sugar. Beat well until smooth with a wooden spoon. Roll out the dough on baking board to 1 finger thickness. Spread small pieces of

When making Danish pastry it is important to keep the dough very cold. In shaping small pastries, it is sometimes necessary to re chill partially shaped dough until it is firm enough for the job to be completed. When you first make the pastry, be careful to follow all the ru

DANISH PUFF (Three sections, pastry, puff and frosting) Pastry Cut flour into shortening, add water, blend til like a pie crust, form on an ungreased cookie sheet into two oblong thin loaves. Puff 1/2 cup butter 1 cup water 1 tsp almond f

Saok raisins in rum overnight. Drain and reserve rum. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cut in butter until coarse meal. Mix in raisins. Whisk sour cream egg, vanilla and 2 tbs rum until smooth. Make a well in dry ingredients and pour in wet mixture. Fill muffins tins 3/4

1. Melt butter; stir in cocoa until smooth; cool. 2. Whip cream in chilled steel or glass bowl until stiff; set aside. 3. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks with 1/2 c 10x sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in cognac and coffee. Set aside. 4. Beat the egg whites until foamy. Gr

1/4 c cake flour (+2tbs) : sifted 3/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 c sugar (+3tbs) 1/2 ts salt 1 1/2 c egg whites *see notes 1 1/2 ts cream of tartar 2 ts vanilla Preheat oven to 325=B0 F. Resift cake flour with cocoa powder,3/4 cup s

Stir cream, chocolate and expresso powder in top of double boiler over simmering water until mixture is smooth. Blend yolks and liqueur in large bowl. Whisk in half of chocolate mixture. Return mixture to double boiler and stir until thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Strain into

For dark chocolate mousse, as was served at the Royal Orleans (and was considered to be the best chocolate mousse anyone had ever tasted), use the list of ingredients below and follow the same procedure as above, except using hot coffee instead of brandy, and whisking the va

Bring to boil and boil together, covered, for 1 to 2 min., water, sugar and corn syrup. Remove from heat and sift in cocoa powder, beating until smooth add vanilla. Strain into jar for storage, or use warm. Keeps long in fridge. MOCHA SAUCE: replace half water w/h

MIX SUGAR, COCOA AND WATER IN A DEEP SAUCE PAN. COVER AND COOK OVER LOW HEAT 15 MINUTES, STIRRING OFTEN TO PREVENT BURINING. REMOVE FROM HEAT, COOL AND STIR IN VANILLA. CHILL SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE USE.     strongServings: 6/strong  b

To make the chocolate mousse: bring the cream to the boil. Squeeze the gelatine leaves to remove excess water and add to the cream with the chocolate. Remove from the heat and stir constantly until the chocolate and gelatine have dissolved. Set aside to cool. When the chocol

Combine first three ingredients in a large heavy saucepan; bring to a boil, and cook 5 minutes. Stir in pecans and butter; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture reached soft ball stage (234ø). Remove from heat; beat with wooden spoon 2 to 3 minut

Beat first 9 ingredients well with electric mixer. Mix dates with 1/2 cup flour. Stir dates and pecans into batter. Bake in greased angel food cake pan 60 to 65 minutes at 350øF. Cool. Serve with whipped cream or frost top with cream cheese frosting. Re posted b

Mix dates, walnuts and cherries. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder, and mix with the fruit mixture. Add sugar and mix. Beat 4 egg yolks until thick and mix thoroughly through cake mix. Add vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff and dry and fold into mixture. Line 2

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 8 x 4" loaf pan line bottom with wax paper. Pour boiling water over dates let soften. With elec. mixer, or by hand, beat butter untill creamy in lge. bowl. Gradually beat in the sugars and cream well; beat in the egg. Beat in the dates and t

CRUST: Roll and press crust into 9" pie plate. Do not bake. Reserve dough scraps for coutouts if desired. Heat oven to 450 F. DATE NUT LAYER: Combine dates and water in a med. saucepan. Cook on med. heat until mixture comes to a boil and dates have softened. Add 1/

Cook sugar, cream, and milk to 230 degrees F.. Slowly add chopped dates so boiling does not stop. Occasionally, stir mixture so the dates do not settle to the bottom of the pan and scorch. Cook to 238 degrees F.. Cool in the pan or pour out on a marble slab. When a little wa

1. Preheat oven to 400øF. Grease 9x9x2 inch square pans. 2. Simmer uncovered, dates, water and sugar 7 10 minutes until thick. Cool. 3. Sift flour and salt together. Add Brown Sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in margarine until the size of small peas. Mix in oatmeal

Mix dough ingredients well and make into three balls. Filling:Combine ingredients in 2 quart saucepan and boil until dates are very soft. Mix well and cool. Cookies:Roll each ball of dough between wax paper to about 1/4 inch thickness. Spread with date filling and roll as a

Mix in the order given. Bake at 325 F for 30 minutes. Serve with cream. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.     strongServings: 1/strong  

Mix the 1st five ingredients to gether thoroughly.Dissolve soda in the sour milk, add to other ingredients and mix well. Put half mixture in pan and cover with date filling. Put rest of mixture on top and press down. Bake in 350 oven for 25 min.    

Beat egg yolk. Mix in saucepan with milk, tapioca and salt. Let stand 5 min. Beat egg white until stiff. Set aside. (My note: my mixer will beat a large egg white but not a medium one.) Bring tapioca mixture to a boil over medium heat. Add dates and cook, stir

Source: Home Cookin with Dave s Mom In a medium bowl, cut shortening into flour, sugar, and salt until the mix looks like cornmeal or small peas. In another bowl, slightly beat egg yolk and combine with milk and lemon juice. Add to flour mixture and mix by hand until it

3 c seedless green grapes 1 c sugar 2 egg yolks 1 egg 1/2 c butter 1 c flour 2 ts rum flavoring or 2 TB rum 1/4 ts almond extract 1 c milk Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle the grapes with half the sugar, and let stand 30 minutes. For

1 ea.12 oz. can of frozen lemonade, undiluted, 2 ea. 8 oz. cartons of non dairy frozen whipped toping and one can of sweetened condensed milk, Borden is the cheapest in my area, and pour into a 9 oz. KEEBLER graham cracker crust. Chill in freezer for a couple of hours a

Preheat the oven to 225 degrees. Using a 9 inch cake circle as a guide, trace a circle with a pencil on a sheet of parchment paper cut to fit a baking sheet. Turn the paper over and, with trace mark down, place on a baking sheet. To prepare the cocoa meringue, place 4 egg wh

To prepare the chocolate brownie layer, coat a 9 x 1 1/2" cake pan with 1 t butter. Flour the pan with 1 t flour, shaking out the excess. Pour the Simply The Best Brownie batter into the prepared cake pan, spreading evenly. Place the pan in the pre heated oven and bake

Remove the cake from the freezer and cut around the edges to release from the springform pan. Pour the remaining ganache over the cake and use a cake spatular to spread the ganache evenly over the top and sides of the cake. Refrigerate the cake for 10 to 15 minutes to set th

Preheat oven according to brownie package directions. Bake brownies according to package directions; let cool. Meanwhile, prepare chocolate mousse according to package directions. Break candy bars into small pieces in food processor or by gently tapping the wrapped bars with

1. Preheat oven according to brownie package directions. Bake according to directions, and let cool. When cool, prick holes in the tops of the brownies with a fork and pour the coffee liqueur into them. Let stand. 2. Prepare the chocolate pudding according to directions

Total weight of ingredients: about 10 pounds, 2.1/2oz. Total cost of ingredients: it may be less expensive to visit the Trellis! For organizational & shopping convenience the above is a compilation of all the ingredients needed to produce Death By Chocolate The Chefs b

soak tapioca in 2 cups cold water in refrigerator overnight. Drain and place in a large sauce pan with cream and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, add sugar and vanilla slowly, stirring the whole time (it will get very thick very fast and lump if you don t) Beat eggs to a froth

On top of a double boiler or bain marie, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until dissolved. (I use an electric hand mixer) Add the marsala slowly, while whisking constantly. Continue to whisk until the mixture is thick and VERY fluffy. Serve warm in a pretty long stemmed glass.

Butter the bread and arrange, buttered side down, in a 10" baking dish. = Combine all the other ingredients, and whisk together until well blended.= Pour the mixture over the = bread in the baking dish. Bake at 325 until set, about 45 minutes. For a = very moist finished

In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and 1/2 cup nuts. Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 50 60 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool. Frost cooled cake with

Combine sugars, dates, coconut and butter. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add nuts and rice krispies. Butter hands, roll into balls and coat with powdered sugar. Deborah Branning SOURCE: Mama s Favorite Recipes (Frances Turfitt) Shar

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour bottom and sides of 6 or 12 cup Bundt pan or 10 inch tube pan. Combine water, kirsch, oil and egg in large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and stir by hand until combined. Cool in pan 25 minutes; loosen edges and remove from pan. C

Preheat oven to 350øF. Spray 9x9 inch square baking pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl combine flour, cocoa, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl with wire whisk or fork, stir together sugar and water 1 minute. Add egg whites and corn syrup; stir

SNOWY WHITE CUT OUTS (optional) HERSHEY S Holiday Candy Coated Bits (optional) Heat oven to 350øF. Line bottom and sides of 9 inch springform pan with foil; grease foil. In small bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. In large bowl, beat