Recipes                                                        To: From the kitchen                                                         Home   Can't find the recipe you are looking for - please check out the main page Toppings For Desserts 1. Coconut Pecon Topping: 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 1/3 cup light cream 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 egg yolks or 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup chopped pecons 1/2 cup flaked coconut Cook butter,cream,sugar,and egg yolks in a small saucepan over low heat,stirring constantly,until thickened.Remove from heat.Stir in vanilla,pecons,and coconut.Cool. 2. Cranberry Topping: Mix 3/4 cup sugr and 1/ cup corn syrup in a saucepan;bring to a boil. Add 2 cups fresh or thawed frozen cranberries;heat to aboiling. Simmer 1 minute;remove from heat.Cool. 3. Dark Sweet Cherry Topping: 1 can (16 ounces) dark sweet cherries drained 1/2 cup port 1 teaspoons kirsch 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon almond extract Mix all ingredients in a saucepan;heat to a boil.Boil and stir for 1 minute.Cool. 4. Cocoa Fluff Topping: In a chilled bouel,beat 1 cup chilled whipping cream, 1/2 cup confectioners sugar and a 1/4 cup cocoa. 5. Creme de Cocoa Topping: In a chilled bowel,beat 1 cup chilled whipping cream. Fold in 1/4 cup creme de cocoa. 6. Mint Fluff Topping: In a chilled bowel,beat 1 cup chilled whipping crwam. Fold in 3 tablespoons green creme de menth. 7. Pink Peppermint Fluff Topping: In a chilled mixing bowel,whip 1 cup chilled whipping cream. Fold in 1/2 cup crushed peppermint stick candy. 8. Chocolate Crunch Topping: In a chilled mixing bowel,beat 1 cup chilled whipping cream. Crush 3 chilled bars (3/4 ounce each) chocolate covered toffee candy. Fold crushed candy into whipped cream. Double Decker Pastry This dessert pastry recipe is an experience for anyone, it’s kind of unique and very different from today’s baking, today all you need to do is go to the market and pick something off of the shelf, put it in the microwave and you have it. Well I’m old fashion when it is something I’m going to eat and enjoy, I need to have hands on and do it the old way. OK enough jabber let’s get on with the recipe so we can enjoy it, remember your ingredients should be room temperature or close to it. Ingredients for dough: 5 cups unsifted flour 1 cup sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda pinch of salt ½ pound butter softened 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening 4 egg yolks ½ pint sour cream 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla Ingredients for filling: 2 ½ cups ground walnutsbr> ½ cup sugar for nuts jam or lekvar or whatever you likee Sift together 5 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 2 teaspoons baking soda. Add the butter, shortening, 4 egg yolks, ½ pint sour cream, 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla and of course the pinch of salt. Combine all of these ingredients in your processor or mixer. Divide dough into 3 parts, roll out the first piece and place it onto a 10 ½ inch x 15 ½ inch cookie sheet. Mix together: 2 ½ cups ground walnuts ½ cup sugar for nuts jam or lekvar or whatever you like Spread some of this mixture onto the first layer of dough, then roll out another piece of dough and place it on top of the filling, put some more of the filling on top of the second layer of dough, now with the third piece of dough roll it out and create a lattice top on your creation. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes, cool and cut. Now enjoy what you have made.