Cream Cheese Frosting

 

Ingredients

2 – 8 oz packages of cream cheese

1/2 cup butter ( softened )

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla

Directions

in a large bowl cream together butter and cream cheese until it is creamy. stir in the vanilla and then with a whisk ( or a electric hand mixer on low ) slowly mix in the powdered sugar until it is a stiff creamy texture and will hold on its own.

This recipe is great on warm cinnamon rolls on a cold winter morning. Any leftovers must be covered and placed in a refrigerator.

Luscious Apricot Bars

 

Ingredients

2/3 cup dried apricots

1/2 cup softened butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 1/3 cup sifted four

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, well beaten

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chopped almonds

Directions

preheat oven at 350 f

Rinse the apricots then place in sauce pan and cover with water simmer them for 10 minutes then drain cool and chop the apricots.

Combine the butter, sugar and flour mix until crumbly. Then add in the apricots and mix lightly until well distributed.

Pack the mixture into a 9″ square pan and bake for 20 minutes.

 

Old Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream

This will make 1 1/2 gallons ice cream

Ingredients

8 eggs

2 1/4 cups sugar

1 pint cream

1  vanilla bean split

1 tsp lemon zest

1 gallon whole milk

 

Directions

In a saucepan  heat cream, milk, sugar and vanilla bean, lemon zest to a slow boil and remove from heat. strain to remove bean and zest. then in a heat safe bowl separate eggs and keep the yolks.  slowly temper the yolks with the cream

( very slowly add the cream to the yolks and mix well  adding to fast will cook the yolks )

Add the mixture back into the sauce pan and heat for 60 seconds stirring constantly ( Test with spoon, dip in mixture then turn over. If the mixture coats the spoon remove from the stove )  ( Do not boil )

Let completely cool away from the stove. Then place in a ice cream machine and turn it on. When this recipe was made Ice Cream Machines looked a lot like this.

And they still make them ( click the link below for Amazon Listing )

White Mountain Appalachian Series Wooden Bucket 4-Quart Hand Cranked Ice Cream Maker

Which is why I just copied the recipe itself with a few directions and slight modifications. times will be different on newer machines I would just follow the directions for standard ice cream according to your machines directions.

 

No Bake Peanut Butter Cookie

Ingredients

1 /2  cup corn syrup

1/2 cup sugar

2 cups crushed corn flakes

1 cup peanut butter

Directions

Combine the sugar and the corn syrup into a saucepan, heat on low till hot but do not boil. Once heated remove from the fire and stir in the peanut butter mixing it well then stir in the corn flakes again mixing well.

Spoon onto wax paper let cool till hardened.