September 20, 2005

ThriftyFun Recipes - September 20 2005


ThriftyFun Recipes
Volume One, Number 92, September 20 2005
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X Is for Xtra Special Celebration Cake

Ingredients

  • 3 cup flour
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp. vinegar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 cup cold water
  • 1 tub ready to spread frosting (any flavor)
  • pastel mint wafers, flattened gum drops, or fruit gems
  • shoestring licorice

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease 2 round pans, 9 x 1 1/2 inches, dust with flour.

Mix flour, salt, cocoa, baking soda and salt in large bowl.

Mix oil, vinegar and vanilla. Stir oil mixture and water into flour mixture real hard until well blended. About 1 minute.

Immediately pour batter into pans, dividing evenly.

Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes.

Remove from pans. Fill and frost cake as directed on frosting tub. Arrange candies as "balloons" on top of cake, use licorice to make balloon strings

By imaqt1962

Adapted From The Alpha Bakery Children's Cookbook. This is a cookbook for children with recipes from a-z published by General Mills/Betty Crocker in 1991.

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Y Is for Yogurt Cups

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 butter, softened
  • 3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
  • 2-3 Tbsp. cold water
  • 1 1/3 cup yogurt (any flavor)

Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Mix flour, butter and powdered sugar until crumbly, sprinkle in water, 1 tsp. at a time, stirring until dough forms.

Press about 3 tbsp. of dough into bottom and up each side of 4 ungreased 6 oz custard cups to within 1/2 inch of top.

Bake until golden, 10-12 Minutes. Let cool 10 minutes.

Carefully remove from cups with a small metal spatula. Let cool completely on wire rack.

Fill each cup with 1/3 cup of yogurt.

Makes 4 cups.

By imaqt1962

Adapted From The Alpha Bakery Children's Cookbook. This is a cookbook for children with recipes from a-z published by General Mills/Betty Crocker in 1991.

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Candy Bar Fudge

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 Tbsp. cocoa
  • 1 (6 oz.) evaporated milk
  • 4 (1.05 oz) milk chocolate candy bars, broke in small pieces
  • 1/4 cup margarine
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions

Combine sugar, cocoa and milk; stir well. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; boil 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add next 3 ingredients and pecans, if desired; stir until chocolate and butter are melted.

Quickly, spread mixture into a lightly greased 8 inch square pan. Allow candy to cool for at least 2 hours. Cut fudge into 1 inch squares. Makes: 30 pieces.

By Terri

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Strawberry Butter

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup margarine, room temperature
  • 1/3 cup strawberry preserves
  • 1 tsp. confectioners sugar
  • 1/8 tsp. lemon juice

Directions

Mix in food processor or with electric mixer. Pack in a crock or any dish with a lid. Refrigerate. Keeps for several weeks.

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Chocolate Bark

(prep time: 15 minutes)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (12 ozs.) semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup sweetened coconut
  • 1/3 cup halved candied cherries
  • 1/3 cup unblanched natural almonds, coarsely chopped

Directions

Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Melt chocolate in a medium size saucepan over low heat or in the microwave. Let cool until warm. Pour onto lined cookie sheet, spreading to 1/4 inch thickness. Sprinkle evenly with coconut. Then press in cherries and almonds. Refrigerate till hard (about 1 hour). Break or cut into uneven pieces. Store in refrigerator.

Can substitute any dried fruits or nuts of your choice. Makes nice gifts.

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