The Poultry Keeper

debcat · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject:

George's choc chip cookies

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter flavored shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla .Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Note:

Mexican vanilla extract can be found in Mexican grocery stores. If you can't find it, feel free to substitute regular vanilla extract.

debcat · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject:

Rubychik's weetabix cake

Weetabix maltloaf

1/2 lb dried fruit
1/2 lb sugar (which I reduce to 2oz and you can't tell)
1/2 pint milk
3 weetabix crushed

put all the above into a mixing bowl, mix together and leave to soak for about 10/15 mins. I usually grease/line my 2lb loaf tin and make a cuppa at this point!
Stir in 1/2lb S.R flour and put mixture into tin.
Bake for approx 40-50 mins gas 4/5. When near to finishing time I check by sticking in a skewer and if just a little bit still sticky then it's fine...if the skewer comes out totally clean then it can be a little dry so experiment, all ovens are different. I love it slathered with butter fresh from the oven, but that's the high cholesterol version

debcat · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject:

Mcleod girls economy fruitcake

8 oz SR flour, 4 oz sugar, 12 oz dried fruit (any combination, I sneak a few dried apricots in) 1 tsp mixed spice, all dry ingredients mixed together. Add 1 oz chopped nuts if desired.

In separate dish mix 2 eggs with 8 fl oz milk, then add 4 oz melted butter or margarine and tsp vanilla essence.

add wet ingredients to dry and mix well, mixture is quite sloppy.

Double line 9 " round tin, bake in low oven about 160 c for about 3 hours. If top starts to burn cover loosely with greaseproof paper.

Very simple to make. You can add more butter or eggs and reduce amount of milk for special treat. make 1/2 quantity in 7" tin, or swiss roll tin for fruit slices.

My teenage son takes a slab of this to school for his break most days to stave off malnutrition! poor thing!

debcat · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

Tony Sirret's Coconut Ice

1Lb Granulated Sugar
1/4 Pint of milk
1/2Lb Desicated Coconut

Method

1 - Melt the sugar in the milk and boil gentley for 10 minutes.
2 - Remove from fire (how old is this book) add coconut mix and pour at once into prepared tin, colour last half pink
3 - cut in squares when nealy cold

sorry if its been posted befor

Tony

debcat · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject:

ntsmama's Wonderfully easy meringues

2 egg whites
1 1/2 c. caster sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. cornflour
1/4 cup boiling water

Place all ingredients in the order given (so that the egg whites aren't cooked by the boiling water!) into a medium-sized bowl and beat with electric whisk until mixture is thick and satiny, about 12 minutes. It'll look like whipped cream (and taste heavenly although I know a lot of people wouldn't dream of eating uncooked eggs).

Spoon 16 blobs of mixture onto a tray (I use those washable baking papers).

Bake in middle of oven at 180 degreesC (350 degreesF) for
10 minutes; reduce heat to 150 degreesC (300 degreesF) and bake a further 45
minutes.

Allow to cool in oven.