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Desserts and Sweets

Bread Pudding

Old stale bread and breadcrumbs can be baked into something heavenly with ingredients that almost anyone has in the kitchen.  This simple dessert is popular all over the world and has hundreds of variations

Ingredients for Bread Pudding

  • 2 cups coarse dry bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 quart hot milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1 t vanilla

Options: 1/2 cup coconut, nuts, raisins, dates

Preparation

Butter a baking dish. In it put the bread crumbs, butter, and hot milk. Mix and cool.

Add sugar, beaten eggs, salt, and vanilla. Stir well.

Add 1/2 cup of any of the suggested options, or devise some of your own.

Bake for 1 hour at 325 F. Serve with milk or sweet cream.


Breads and Pancakes

Cake Doughnuts

  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 egg plus 2 egg yolks
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp melted butter
  • 1 cup milk at room temperature
  • Lard, shortening or oil for deep frying

Sift baking powder, nutmeg, salt and flour together. Beat egg and yolks and add sugar, melted butter and milk. Combine thoroughly. Add dry ingredients. Add enough extra flour, if necessary, to make a dough firm enough to roll but keep as soft as possible. Knead 1/3 of dough, pat, roll 1/4″ thick. Cut, repeat.

Heat lard to 370F. Brown doughnuts without piercing. Shake in icing sugar.

Soups and Stews

Potato Soup

  • 4 potatoes, cubed
  • 4 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • water as needed
  • 4 cups milk
  • 8 slices bacon, crisp, crumbled
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 T parsley

Cover potatoes, celery and onion with water. Cook till tender. Add milk. Stir in bacon. Season. Serve with parsley. Servings: 4

Beverages

John Juan

A John Juan is a takeoff on a White Russian, made with rum instead of vodka.

  • 1-1/2 oz  white rum
  • 1 oz Kahlua or other coffee liqueur
  • cream or milk

Pour rum and Kahlua into a tall, ice-filled glass. Fill to top with cream or milk.

Or place ice and ingredients in a cocktail shaker and give it only a quick shake or two before pouring it, ice and all, into a tall glass. This will foam up the milk somewhat.

 

Here are a couple of variations that will make this dessert-like drink even more decadent:

Variation No. 1: Replace the Kahlua with 1/2 oz chocolate liqueur and 1/2 oz white Creme de Menthe

Variation No. 2: Simply add a splash of Rumpleminz (peppermint schnapps)