Brown Bag Apple Pie

Brown Bag Apple Pie
Crust: 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup oil, 2 T. cold milk. Combine and mix until blended. Pat into the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie plate.
Filling:
4 cups slices apples, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 T. flour, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp.
Cinnamon. Combine dry ingredients and loss them lightly with the apples, Pour into the unbaked pie shell. Add topping (below).

Topping: 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup butter, room temperature, 1/2 cup sugar. Combine and mix with fingers until crumbly. Put the pie in a large brown paper grocery bag. Fold to seal, staple shut. Bake @ 350& for 1 1/2 hours.
Remove from oven and let cool in the bag.

Valentine Red Cake

½ cup shortening

(2) 1 oz. bottles red food coloring

1 tsp. salt

2 ½ cups cake flour

1 ¼ cups sugar

3 tsp. cocoa

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. vinegar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup 2 T. buttermilk

Cream sugar, shortening and add eggs. Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa and add to the mixture. Add vanilla to buttermilk. Sift salt and flour together. Add all to mixture a little at a time. Dissolve soda in vinegar and fold in last. Bake at 375* for 35 minutes.

Icing

Cream: 1 cup butter and 1 cup sugar until fluffy and almost white. Add 1 tsp. vanilla. Blend in the following mixture slowly with a beater: 1 cup milk and 3 T. flour. Cook until very thick like a paste on low heat. Cool and put on cake.

Zucchini Bars

4 eggs
1 2/3 C sugar
1 C oil
2 C grated zucchini
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
2 C flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
Beat eggs, sugar, oil and zucchini until fluffy. Stir dry ingredients. Add to zucchini mixture. Bake on ungreased 15 x 10 x 1 pan 350 for 25- 30 minutes.
ICING
(1) 3 oz cream cheese
1/2 C butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 C powdered sugar
Blend together and frost.

Super Yummilicious Little Lemon Cakes

1 box yellow cake mix
16 oz.sour cream
2 eggs
2 (or more) lemons
butter, softened
sugar
You will need microwave safe coffee cups or little bowls. This makes app. 10 cakes.
Mix cake mix, sour cream, and eggs. Zest one lemon (grate the rind on a teeny-tiny grater-do not grate the fruit) and add to the mix.
Slice second lemon into thin slices.
Grease coffee cups with butter, then pour some sugar in and move around until inside of cup is coated with a thin layer of sugar.
Place lemon slice in the bottom of 5 cups. Pour mix on top until cups are half full. Microwave all 5 cups for six minutes. Turn upside-down on plate. *Tap on the sides of the cup to loosen cake.
Clean cups and make 5 more.
Serve topped with whipped cream or lemon sauce
(stolen from the Theler blog)

Jenny's Apple Pudding Cake

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
2 cup flour
4 cup shredded apples
Cream sugars and butter together. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and add to mixture. Add apples and stir. Pour into greased 9 X 13 pan. Bake @ 375 for 30 minutes.
TOPPING:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup cream
1 cup sugar
Heat 10-15 minutes. Do not boil. Add 1 tsp.vanilla when done.

Strawberry Shortcake

Grandma Lyla’s Strawberry Shortcake
4 cups sifted all purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
6 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter
2 beaten eggs
1 1/3 cups light cream/or buttermilk

*** Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine eggs and the cream/buttermilk, add all at once to dry ingredients, stirring just to moisten. Spread dough in two 8 x 8 pans. Bake @ 450 oven for 15-18 minutes.
Add sweetened chopped strawberries and whipped cream.
(I usually half this recipe unless I am feeding the multitude)

Easter Cake

Mix together: 2 cup flour, 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp salt , 1 1/2 cup sugar.
Add: 1/2 cup shortening, 3 eggs, and 1 cup milk.
Blend about 2 minutes and add 1/2 tsp. vanilla.
Bake 350 for 30 minutes.
While the cake is still warm, poke lots of holes in the cake about 1" apart. You can use the end of the beater from the mixer.
Pour 1 can of Eagle Brand Milk over the top of the cake. Spread milk evenly over the cake with a knife so milk will go down the holes.
Cool cake well in refrigerator. Apply one pint of whipped cream topping over the top of the cake. add coconut and jelly beans if you desire. Keep cake in refrigerator until you serve it.