CHERRY CHIFFON ROYALE
Course: after church coffee hour, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, christmas, gelatin
- 3 ounce powdered cherry gelatin
- ½ cup water
- 16 ounces can cherry pie filling
- 2 ounce package dessert topping mix
- 2 egg whites
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 packages ladyfingers *
In a saucepan combine gelatin and water; heat until gelatin dissolves.
Stir in pie filling.
Chill gelatin until it mounds when dropped from the spoon.
Prepare dessert topping mix according to package directions,
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar to soft peaks.
Slowly add sugar; continue beating to stiff peaks,
Fold dessert topping and beaten egg whites into gelatin mixture.
Line the bottom of an 8 x 8 X 2-inch pan with half of the ladyfingers.
Spoon 1/2 the gelatin mixture over the ladyfingers,
Make another layer of ladyfingers on top of gelatin.
Then cover with the remaining gelatin mixture.
Chill 3 to 4 hours or overnight until firm.
Cut into squares to serve.
* Pound cake cut into 1 x 3-inch pieces may be substituted for ladyfingers.
Canadian Cheese Soup
Originally from WBEN-TV's "Meet the Millers" TV show and the Iroquois Gas Corporation Home Service
Author: Meet the Millers
- 3 tbsp minced onion
- 3 tbsp grated carrot
- 3 tbsp butter
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 lb cheddar cheese
- 2 tbsp minced parsley
- 1 cup beer (optional)
Cook onion and carrot in butter 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add broth, mustard, and paprika.
Cook over low heat 15 minutes.
Mix together cornstarch and milk, stir into soup.
Cook 5 minutes.
Add cheese and beer, stirring over low heat until cheese melts.
Taste for seasoning (salt & pepper).
Sprinkle with minced parsley.
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Spiced Tangerines
“Meet the Millers” & Home Service Iroquois Gas Corporation December 27, 1960
Author: Meet the Millers
- 6 whole peeled tangerines
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 2 2" sticks of cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp whole allspice
- 18 cloves
Combine all ingredients except cloves and tangerines and simmer 5 minutes.
Insert 3 cloves in each tangerine.
Place 3 at a time in the liquid and cook 5 minutes.
Repeat.
Place all the tangerines in the syrup and let stand overnight.
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Shortbread Cookies
Author: Home Service Iroquois Gas
- 1/2 pound butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 1/2 cup flour sifted
- dash salt
- sugar (for sprinkling)
Mix the first four ingredients (Butter, sugar, flour, salt)
Roll out to 1/3" to 1/2" thickness.
Cut with square cookie cutter; sprinkle tops with sugar and prick with a fork,
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 300º F for 20-25 minutes.
Cookies will dry out but not brown.
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Chocolate Cream Puffs
Author: Meet the Millers
Cream Puffs
- 1 cup boiling water
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 2 squares chocolate
- pinch salt
- 1 cup flour
- 4 eggs
Filling
- 1 package chocolate pie filling
- 1 square chocolate
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
Cream Puff
Combine water, butter, chocolate and salt; bring to a boil
Add flour all at once and combine
Add eggs one at a time
Stir after each addition until the batter again forms a mass.
Shape as desired on a buttered baking sheet.
Bake at 400ºF for 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350ºF, and bake until done- about another 30 minutes.
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