Apple Cake
Apple Cake | This recipe for Apple Cake uses ingredients typically associated with fall, but it can be made any time. We find that chopped walnuts...
Marjorie Mariner’s Danish Pastry
Marjorie Mariner’s Danish Pastry
INGREDIENTS
3 teaspoons shortening
¼ cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon lemon extract
3 cakes yeast
1½ teaspoons sugar
½ cup lukewarm water
½...
Almond Christmas Ale Cookies
Almond Christmas Ale Cookies
Christmas ale makes these cookies wonderfully soft and fragrant. I recommend an ale that is 7.5% ALC or lower (like...
Pineapple Squares (Une Torte De Chabecan)
Pineapple Squares (Une Torte De Chabecan)
By Marjorie Mariner (1963). Submitted by Louise Vett and Joan Yanchick.
Louise Vett shares Marjorie Mariner’s recipe for Pineapple Squares,...
Key Lime Bars with Graham Cracker Crust
This recipe is from Little Spice Jar blog. As prepared, the bars have a pronounced lime flavor. To decrease intensity, reduce lime zest by one...
Hungarian Cookies Nut Crescents
Hungarian Cookies Nut Crescents was “Recipe for the Day” on Marjorie Mariner’s “Kitchen Corner.” The show’s guest was Margaret Hertok. Undated. Submitted by Elizabeth...
Marjorie Mariner’s Pumpkin Cookie
Submitted by Louise Vett and Joan Yanchick. Louise transcribed Marjorie Mariner’s Pumpkin Cookie recipe after it was published in the Youngstown Vindicator in 1967. We...
Frosted Orange Drop Cookies
Frosted Orange Drop Cookies | This distinctive holiday treat uses the juice and rind of an orange in the cookie dough and frosting. Recipe...
Roasted Butternut Squash Pie
Roasted Butternut Squash Pie | This recipe takes advantage of in-season vegetables and is perfect for fall.
PREPARING THE SQUASH
Preheat oven to 425°F. The squash roasts...
White Chocolate Cranberry Sugar Cookie
Nothing says the holidays like a simple sugar cookie. Cake flour makes these cookies light and fluffy! White chocolate and cranberries are optional but...
Jam-Filled (Bow-Tie) Cookies
Jam-Filled (Bow-Tie) Cookies | Cookies can be frozen or stored in a sealed container for up to 3 months.
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup...
Geraldine’s Fruitcake
This fruitcake was a favorite of my father’s and an annual tradition. My mom (Geraldine) would make the cake two to three weeks before Christmas...
Groff’s Black Bottom Pie, a beloved summertime treat in Wildwood, N.J.
Groff’s Black Bottom Pie is from the former Groff’s Restaurant in Wildwood, N.J.
INGREDIENTS
1 pie shell
2 cups milk
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup sugar
4 egg yolks, beaten
1...
Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
INGREDIENTS
2¼ cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened¾ cup sugar¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2...
Cherry Bread
My mother is from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. She met my Dad, who was in the U.S. Air Force stationed there, fell in love...
Aunt Irma’s Jell-O Cookies
Aunt Irma didn’t invent the Jell-O cookie, but it was so closely associated with her annual Christmas party that she may as well have....
Ty’s Sweet Potato Sour Cream Pound Cake with Maple Pecan Praline Sauce
Recipe by On Ty’s Plate. Prepared by Stacey Adger.
INGREDIENTS
3 cups all-purpose flour1½ cups butter1½ cups sweet potato cooked and mashed1 cup sugar¾ cup brown...
Cranberry Slices
Cranberry Slices | Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until edges are golden.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened½ cup sugar1...
Rum Stars (Weihnachts-Plaetzchen)
Submitted and prepared by Helga Wengler
INGREDIENTS
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup walnuts (ground)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4½ tablespoons rum or imitation...
Cranberry Orange Muffins
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour (plus 2 teaspoons for coating fresh cranberries)
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups fresh cranberries or 1 cup dried cranberries
½...
