Carmel

This year my sister Angi and I made Carmels for Christmas. HOW FUN! I enjoyed this so much! AND I enjoyed eating these little carmels WAY too much!!!

2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups Karo Syrup

1 can Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk

2 Squares Margarine

Cook for 20 minutes stirring constantly in heavy pan on lower heat. Pour into greased 9x13 pan.

Rice Pudding

4 cups rice (I use minute rice)

1 cup sugar

3-4 eggs

1 Tbsp cinnamon

1/2 cup to 1 cup raisins

once rice is cooked, just cover with cold milk to cool the rice, add beaten eggs and stir. Add sugar and cinnamon and raisins. Continue stirring until thickened.

YUM!

Stout's Texas Fudge Cake

1/2 lb margarine

1 cup water

2 cups sugar

4 Tbsp cocoa

1/2 tsp slat

2 cups flour

2 well beaten eggs

1/2 pint sour cream

**if you do not have sour cream, take 1 cup milk and mix with 1 Tbsp vinegar)

1 tsp soda

Heat and stir margarine, cocoa and water until boiling. Remove from heat, add remaining ingredients. Use large, flat pan - very large cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes. Ice while warm.

Icing:

1/4 lb margarine

6 Tbsp milk

4 Tbsp cocoa

1 lb powdered sugar

1 cup nuts or coconut

1 tsp vanilla

Boil first 3 ingredients, remove from heat, add rest of ingredients and beat with spoon. Pour over cake.

I just had to have this recipe and my brother in law makes it several times a year. His mother Naomi Stout put this in her ward cookbook one year. As of yet, I have not made this with the nuts or coconuts, this is a wonderful and very moist cake. LOVE IT! Thanks Joe for sharing!

Home-Made Biscuit Mix

You know those recipes that call for "this much" biscuit mix.....well what do you do if you do not have any Bisquick handy? I came across this home made mix and I don't mind this recipe!

Chill your mixing bowl and beaters!

5 cups flour

2 1/2 Tbsp baking powder

1/4 cups sugar

2 tsp salt

1 cup chilled shortening

cut in shortening just until it resembles course crumbles. The less handling the better! you can just use two knives if you don't have a mixer or pastry blender. Using a fork would actually mash it together too much. I personally used my mixer and just made sure it was all combined well. it took no time at all and the crumbles were fairly fine.

Store in airtight container. Unrefrigerated this will keep for 10-12 weeks. Refrigerated will keep for up to 8 months.

To make biscuits mix 2 cups biscuit mix and 1/2 cups milk. Bake 450 for 10 minutes. Makes 8 biscuits.

German Apple Cake

Can I just say YUMMMMMM! This is one of the best cakes I have made and eaten! It is a pure slice of heaven! :)

4 cups diced apples

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

3 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 eggs beaten

Preheat Oven to 375 degrees. Combine apples and sugar. Stir until mixed well and set aside. Add beaten eggs. Once eggs are stirred in, add all remaining ingredients. (this was easy enough to mix I could just stir together with a spoon)

Bake at 375 for 40 minutes. Poke holes in cake with fork for sauce.

Sauce:

1/2 cups brown sugar

1/2 cups white sugar

2 Tbsp flour

1 cup water

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

Cook sugars, flour and water until clear and slightly thickened. Add butter and vanilla. Pour sauce over cake while it is still hot. Serve Hot. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle with cinnamon or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. ENJOY!

** I have also made this with splenda and what I have noticed when using splenda is that the recipe is much dryer than when made with regular sugars. If I were to make this recipe again using splenda, I think I would probably cut the splenda in the cake in half probably. I could not taste a difference in the sugar vs splenda cakes.