Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 (12 oz.) cans evaporated milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Pour 1 cup sugar in warm saucepan over medium heat.  Stir constantly until brown and becomes caramel.  Pour into 1 (9×12) baking dish or 12 ramekins.  Tilt pan or ramekins to swirl caramel around sides.
3. With mixer or with whisk, blend eggs.  Slowly add mik, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla.  Blend until smooth after each ingredient is added.
4. Pour into baking dish or evenly into ramekins.  Place baking dish or ramekins in large pan filled with 1-2 inches of water.
5. Bake for 45 minutes or until knife inserted half way between center and edge of pan comes out clean.
6. Remove from oven, remove from water bath and place on rack to cool.  When cool, refrigerate for at least one hour.  Invert onto serving dish and enjoy.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Crisco
• 1 ¾ cup Sugar (divided)
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 2 ¼ cup Flour
• 2 tsp. Cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. Baking soda
• ¾ tsp. Salt
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Cream Crisco, 1 ½ cup sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl.  Beat at medium speed until well blended.
3. Combine dry ingredients.  Stir into creamed mixture.
4. Shape into 1” balls.  Combine ¼ cup sugar and cinnamon in small bowl.  Roll balls of dough in cinnamon/sugar mixture.  Place 2” apart on ungreased  baking sheet.
5. Bake at 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes.  Let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes.  Transfer to cooling rack and cool completely before storing in air-tight container.

Recipe makes 6 dozen.

Ingredients

• 2 Eggs
• ½ cup Flour
• ½ cup Sugar
• ½ cup light Brown Sugar – packed
• ¾ cup Butter – softened
• 1 cup Pecans – chopped
• 1 cup (6 oz) Chocolate Chips
• 1 9” unbaked Pillsbury Pie Crust

Directions

1. Mix eggs at high speed with mixer until foamy (about 3 minutes).
2. Beat in flour, sugar and brown sugar until well blended.
3. Beat in softened butter. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
4. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 325 degrees for 55-60 minutes until knife inserted ½ way between edge and center comes out clean and top is golden brown.
5. Cool.

Ingredients

• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 ½ sticks margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 cup pecans – chopped
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• Pinch salt
• 1 ½ cups flour

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°
2. Cream sugar and margarine.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
4. Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet.
5. Bake 8-10 minutes.

Monster (Galatoboureko)

Ingredients

• 1/3 pound filo (8 sheets for bottom/10 for top)
• 1/2 pound butter (rendered)
• 1/2 gallon whole milk
• 1 cup cream of wheat
• 3 T. all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 eggs

Directions

1. Cook cream of wheat and flour in milk until thickened. Cool. (You can place pan in a bowl of ice, stirring occasionally to speed the process.) Cover with waxed paper pressed against cooked cream of wheat to keep film from forming on top.
2. In large bowl, beat eggs, add one cup of the cream of wheat and mix well. Add remaining cream of wheat, one cup at a time.
3. Brush 9×12 pan with melted, rendered butter. Layer filo (8 sheets) buttering between each sheet and let hang over sides of pan. Pour in custard mixture. Fold in overhanging sheets of filo and butter between each. Add ten layers of filo, buttering between each on top.
4. Cut through top layer only, lengthwise, three times. Bake in preheated oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Lower temperature and bake 30-45 minutes more (until knife inserted in center of custard comes out clean).
5. Remove from oven. Pour simple syrup over all. Let cool, then store in refrigerator. Allow to cool 4 hours before cutting.

Simple Syrup

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 (1/4” ) slice lemon

Directions

1. Mix water and sugar together in saucepan and cook over medium heat until sugar melts and drips from side of spoon.
2. Add lemon slice and let cook additional 3-5 minutes longer.
3. Pour over baked dessert 1 cup at a time, very slowly. Give pastry ample time to absorb each cupful.

My mother used to make these really delicious, healthy applesauce cookies. But now she can’t find the recipe. I was really little so all I remember is they were made with applesauce and probably whole wheat flour. They had raisins, and were very soft and fluffy. Also, I know they didn’t have oatmeal. Can you help me find this recipe?

I looked around a lot of different places and found a lot of applesauce cookie recipes that included oatmeal. Finally, I found one without. This recipe also has nuts, but I’m sure you can exclude those.

Applesauce Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening (not butter or margarine)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. clove
• 1 cup raisins (optional)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Mix together shortening, sugar and egg, then stir in applesauce.
3. Mix dry ingredients together and add to wet ingredients.
4. Blend all ingredients well.
5. Fold in raisins and walnuts.
6. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.