Category: Deserts

Raspberry (Valentine) Dessert

Doris McKelvie

Yield

9×13 pan

Ingredients

  • One – 3 oz. pkg raspberry jello
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • one – 15 oz. pkg frozen raspberries
  • one – 4 oz. pkg cream cheese
  • 1/3 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • dash salt
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 3 tbsp cooled pasta rings

Directions

  1. Dissolve jello in 1 ¼ cups boiling water. Stir in the ¼ cup gran sugar. Add lemon juice plus frozen raspberries till berries are thawed. Refrigerate till partially set ( like thickening custard) This is one layer. Blend the cream cheese with icing sugar, vanilla, salt,Fold in whipped cream, slowly. Stir in pasta rings. Spread ½ of mixture on baked, cooled pie shell. Top with raspberry mixture. Repeat, until desired thickness. Refrigerate until firmly set.

Raison Pie – Maxine

Yield

1 pie

Ingredients

  • 2 cups raisons
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp corn starch
  • ½ tbsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tbsp nutmeg
  • 1½ cups water
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

  1. Mix raisins, sugar, cornstarch, spices and water. Cook till thick and clear, stirring constantly. Take off stove, add butter, and lemon juice
  2. Bake at 400 degree for 30 to 35 min.

Raisin Pie

Yield

1 pie

Ingredients

  • 1/3 box raisings
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 ¾ cup water
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

  1. Boil raisins, sugar and water until raisins are puffy. Add cornstarch with water and then lemon juice. Put in 2 crust pie shell and cook accordingly

Pumpkin Pie

Gramma Annie Cumming

Yield

3 pies

Ingredients

  • 4 cups pumpkin
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp mace
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 4 eggs well beaten with
  • 1 ½ cups sugar.
  • Now add slowly, 4 cups milk and 1 cup cream

Directions

  1. This will make 3 to 4 small pies

Old fashioned Rice Pudding

BAKED RICE PUDDING:- A recipe as old as the hills. Dad always used uncooked rice, and canned milk. He liked short grained rice for this. Serve with milk, or ice cream.

Yield

Enough for Desert

Ingredients

  • Ingredients: 3 slightly beaten eggs 2 cups milk 1/1/2 cups cooked rice 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup raisins 1 tsp vanilla Ground cinnamon for sprinkling

Directions

  1. Combine eggs, milk, rice, sugar, raisins, vanilla and 1/2 tsp salt; mix well. Bake in 10x6x2 dish at 325F for 25 minutes, Stir, Sprinkle with cinnamon. Continue to bake 20 – 25 minutes longer AFTER knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean. For topping: 2 teaspoons sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle over cooked pudding. Brown quickly under the broiler. Serve warm or chilled with light cream. Makes 6 to 8 servings