Fruit Crisp
You can substitute
fresh peaches, blueberries, rhubarb, or other fruit.
Layer fruit in a greased 9 x 13" pan, about 1-2"
deep. (About 8 peeled and sliced tart apples).
Sprinkle 1/2 cup water
over fruit.
Mix:
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup oats
2 tsp. cinnamon
Cut in 1 stick of butter (no substitutes) with a
pastry blender.
Sprinkle over top of fruit. *Important- Don't blend
topping mixture into fruit or you will have glue instead of "crisp".
Bake at 375 degrees 30-40 minutes until top is golden brown and fruit is
tender.
Lemon Cloud Dessert
Crust:
1 stick margarine/butter, softened
1 cup flour
� cup walnuts, chopped
Mix ingredients and
press into a 9x13" pan. Bake at 350� for 15-20
minutes; let cool.
Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup whipped topping
2 pkg. (3 oz.) instant lemon pudding
3 cups milk
Combine cream
cheese, sugar, and whipped topping; pour in crust.
Mix pudding with milk; pour over creamed cheese
mixture.
Topping:
Spread 1 cup whipped topping over pudding mixture.
Sprinkle on � cup chopped nuts. Chili at least 3
hours.
Microwave Rice
Pudding
Combine: 1/3 c.
sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
3 level TBSP.
cornstarch
Stir. Add 2 1/4 c.
milk, whisk in well. Microwave 4-5 minutes, stirring
each minute. Beat 2 eggs in a cup. Add a little hot
liquid, stir. Repeat until the cup is full- slowly
add this to hot mixture, stirring. Cook again,
letting it boil up 2 times, each times stirring
well. Add 1 1/2 c. cooked rice, 1 tsp. butter, and 1
tsp. vanilla.
Microwave Apple Crisp
This is a great recipe for summer! Serve warm
with vanilla ice cream...
4 medium apples (choose a tart apple for the best apple crisp- Granny Smith,
McIntosh, or Jonathan)
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup soft butter
In an 8" round greased glass baking dish, arrange apples. Blend remaining
ingredients until crumbly. Spread onto apples. Microwave on high 5-6
minutes, rotating while cooking. Test apples with a fork to be sure they are
tender. Cool.
Angel Trifle
5 Stars!
Make a regular angel food cake, according to
package directions. Let cool one hour, at least.
Meanwhile, make a small box of vanilla instant pudding. Refrigerate.
Also, cook a small box of strawberries with sugar (reserve 3 TBSP out), 2 tsp.
lemon juice, and 1 TBSP. cornstarch. Cook until juices are a clear red. Let
cool.
Mix the strawberry reserve (3 TBSP.) with 1 tsp. vanilla and a small container
of Cool Whip. Refrigerate.
Assembling:
After you turn out the angel food cake on a platter, take a sharp knife and cut
in the center to the middle all of the way around. Remove top half and place out
of the way on a plate with a large spatula. Then begin cutting a trench in
bottom part of cake. Cut 1 inch away from edge and one inch away from center.
Cut out a vertical ring, basically, between the center ring and the edge ring.
Save the pieces and tear into 1 inch sizes.
Then, spoon half the strawberry thickened mixture in trench, then put half of
the angel food pieces, then half of the vanilla pudding. Repeat. Then put the
top half back on the cake and frost with the strawberry whipped cream.
You can also make this the easy way: Crumble
angel food cake in the bottom of a 9x13" pan. Spoon on the layer of strawberry
mixture, then the layer of vanilla pudding, then the layer of Cool Whip mixture.
It's less fussy and still tastes wonderful.
Butterscotch Pudding
1 cup packed light brown sugar
Add 4 cups milk. Stir well and heat on low until
thickened, stirring often.
Lightly beat 4 egg yolks in a bowl. Add a little
of the hot liquid and stir. Then slowly pour the egg mixture into the hot
liquid, stirring well.
Let cook a couple of minutes (change spoon). Take
off heat and add 2 TBSP. butter and 2 tsp. vanilla. Stir well and let cool.
1 large, 13 x 9" pan) Halve the recipe if making
one pie.
Fresh Blueberry Breeze
Crust:
3 cups graham crackers, crushed
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar
Combine above ingredients and spread evenly in
ungreased pan.
Filling:
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 (8 oz) pkgs. cream cheese, softened.
Beat eggs until thick and light. Gradually add sugar
and vanilla and continue beating. Beat in cream cheese
well. Pour over crust and bake at 350 degrees until a
knife inserted in cheesecake mixture comes out clean.
Do not overbake.
Topping:
1 (12 oz) pkg. frozen blueberries
1 cup sugar
1/2 c. water
2 large (rounded) TBSP. cornstarch.
Mix topping ingredients gently and microwave or cook
until mixture is thick. Alternately, you could use 2
cans of any flavor pie filling.
Pour topping over filling and refrigerate.
A Taste Of Iowa Cookbook, 1983