Quality: Choose unripe, tight-skinned, preferably green seedless grapes harvested 2 weeks before they reach optimum eating quality. Procedure: Stem, wash, and drain grapes. Prepare very light, or light syrup. Hot pack — Blanch grapes in boiling water for 30 seconds. Drain, and proceed as for raw pack. Raw pack — Fill jars with grapes and […]

In a large bowl, combine the carrots, raisins and red pepper; toss. Add the parsley and cumin; toss again. Add the vinegar, honey, salt and pepper; toss one more time, and serve.

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Cut in shortenig, add milk, and mix to a smooth dough. Turn onto floured surface and divide into 6 portions. Roll each portion large enough to cover 1 apple. Place an apple on each piece of pastry. Mix sugar and cinnamon together. Spoon some of this mixture into […]

-TOPPING – 3 tb Brown sugar 2 tb Butter 1. Preheat oven to 350F(180C). Peel, core and slice pears. 2. In a large skillet heat butter and sugar on medium heat. Add pears and saute until coated with butter mixture. Add lemon juice and rind. Reserve. 3. Break cookies up into bite-sized pieces. Arrange half […]

Mix all the canned fruit, sugar and coconut thoroughly in mixing bowl. Fold in the sour cream and marshmallows. Transfer to decorative serving bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 24 hours. Right before serving you could garnish with a few maraschino cherries placed on the top of the salad.

In a 2-quart saucepan, bring the water and oat bran to a vigorous boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick. Remove from heat and stir in the raisins, apples, maple syrup, caraway, and cinnamon. Let stand 5 minutes. Spoon into bowls and serve with the […]

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in heavy 10-inch oven proof skillet or 9x9x2 inch square pan. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange apple slices in row around edge of skillet. Arrange remaining slices in 2 more rows in skillet. Spoon cranberry sauce between rows. Mix flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt […]

Peel and cut a small piece off the tip of each banana; insert skewers into cut ends. Place in freezer for 3 hours or longer until frozen. Just before serving, put chocolate and shortening into small mixing bowl. e at 50% power for 2 1/2-4 minutes or until most pieces oare shiny and soft; mix […]

Soak the dried apricots and prunes in 6 cups cold water for 30 minutes. Since the dried fruit expands considerably as it absorbs the soaking liquid, you will need a saucepan (of stainless steel or enamel) with a capacity of at least 3 quarts. Add the cinammon stick, lemon slices, tapioca and sugar and bring […]

Combine the sugar, cornstarch and sweetener, pressing out all lumps. Dump the blueberries into a 6-cup shallow casserole that has been lightly sprayed with nonstick vegetable cooking spray. Dump in the sugar mixutre, add the lemon juice, and toss well to mix. With a potato masher, lightly mash the blueberries, set aside. Butter the bread,(with […]