Frozen Fruit Ice Cream
8 oz. Packet
of cream cheese
� cup maple
syrup
1 � cu
whipped cream
� cup chopped
dates
� cup chopped
walnuts
1 � cups
chopped fruits (pineapple strawberries and peaches)
1.
Beat cream cheese and maple syrup together with fork.
2.
Add whipped cream and heat again to a smooth consistency.
3.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Set in a shallow dish
or bowl and place in freezer.
4.
Serve in individual bowls when set, approximately 5-6 hours.
Serves 4-6
Avocado Pudding
1 large ripe
avocado � tsp saffron powder
6 Tblsp
yogurt � tsp ground
cardamom
8 tsp sugar
� up grated apples
� tsp grated
nutmeg 1 Tblsp slivered pistachio nuts
1.
Peel avocado and remove pit.
2.
Puree in a blender avocado, yogurt, sugar and spices.
3.
Empty puree into a serving bowl. Gently add grated apples, mix
and chill.
4.
4 Serve in individual bowls. Garnish with slivered pistachio
nuts.
Serves 4-6
Avocado is
actually a fruit, but is generally used as a vegetable in salads and
dips. To test for ripeness, take the fruit and press with your fingers
for softness. It should be soft tos the touch. A cut avocado can be
refrigerated for several days, if the pit is left in.
Fruits with Walnuts and Cream
2 cups cream
1 medium
banana, cut into cubes
1 medium
apple, cut into cubes
1 medium
pear, cut into cubes
15 seedless
green grapes, sliced
15 seedless
rad grapes, sliced
1 cup
nectarine segments
� tsp ground
nutmeg
� cup chopped
walnuts
� cup golden
raisins
� cup sugar
1.
Place all ingredients in a large serving bowl.
2.
Mix well and chill.
3.
Serve in individual bowls.
Serves 4-6
Coconut Dreams
2 oz. Cocoa
butter 1 cup unsweetened
� cup butter
or margarine desiccated coconut
1/3 cup brown
sugar 1 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
essence 1 tsp banking soda
1.
Preheat oven to 3000F.
2.
Melt cocoa butter over low heat,. Stirring until melted.
3.
Cream butter with a spoon and mix with cocoa butter. Add
sugar, mix thoroughly. Add coconut and vanilla essence, mix well.
4.
Sift flour and baking soda, gradually adding to butter. Mix
well with your hand to form smooth dough.
5.
Shape into small balls (the size of marbles).
6.
Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 25-30
minutes till lightly browned.
Yields approximately 30 dreams
Cocoa butter
is the vegetable fat that�s extracted when chocolate liquor is pressed
under high pressure. This butter has a distinctive melting quality.
Spice Cookies
� cup (1 �
sticks) butter 1 � tsp ground
cinnamon
1 cup brown
sugar 1 � tsp ground cardamom
Rind of 1
lemon, grated � tsp ground cloves
2 � cups
wheat flour 1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking
soda 2 Tblsp milk
1.
Cream butter till soft. Add sugar and mix well. Add lemon
rind.
2.
Sift together flour, baking soda and spices. Add sifted
ingredients gradually to butter and sugar. Mix well.
3.
Add milk and knead for 5 minutes until it becomes a smooth
dough.
4.
Flour a board and rolling pin. Roll out dough to � inch
thickness.
5.
Cut cookies with cookie cutter. Transfer cookies onto a
greased cookie sheet.
6.
Bake at 3500F for about 10 minutes (watch so the
bottom does not burn).
7.
Do the same with the remaining dough.
Yields 3 dozen cookies
Pineapple Cupcakes
� cup
shortening 2 � tsp baking powder
1 1/3 cups
sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 tsp pineapple
essence
1.
Place shortening in a mixing bowl. Sift in dry ingredients.
Add � cup milk. Mix until flour is moistened.
2.
Beat for 2 minutes at low speed with an electric mixer. Add
remaining milk and pineapple essence to mixture and beat one minute
longer.
3.
Place the paper cups in muffin pans and fill cups half cull
with mixture.
4.
Bake at 3750F for 18-20 minutes.
Yields 12-14 cupcakes
While making
a cake, warm the mixing bowl to speed the creaming process.
