Apple Pudding

• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. cloves
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup flour
• 4 T. melted margarine
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 3 cups peeled apples diced fine

Beat eggs until light. Add sugar. Gradually beat in dry ingredients. Add butter, grated apples, raisins to mixture. Spread 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick in greased 8 x 12 pan. Bake 30 to 40 min. in 350* oven or until top is lightly browned and toothpick comes out clean. Serve warm with whipped cream or butterscotch sauce.

Butterscotch Sauce:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 T. margarine
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 T. cornstarch
• 1 cup water

Cook until thick stirring constantly.

Salmon Quiche

Crust:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2/3 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup almonds (optional)
• 1/2 tsp. Patty's Prime Seasoning
• 6 T. cooking oil

Press in pan and bake for 10 minutes at 400*. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 325*.

Filling:

• 1 15oz. can red salmon
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayo or salad dressing
• 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 T. grated onion
• 3 drops hot pepper sauce
• 1/4 tsp. dillweed
• 1 tsp. Patty's Prime Seasoning

Drain salmon, remove bones and save liquid. Add water to liquid to make 1/2 cup. Flake salmon and set aside.

Blend eggs, sour cream, mayo or salad dressing and salmon liquid. Stir in salmon, 1/2 cup cheese, onion, dill, pepper sauce and Patty's Prime Seasoning. Spoon into crust. Bake at 325* for 45 minutes or until center is firm.

Butterscotch Pie

• 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 T. butter
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 1/2 cup milk
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 9 inch baked pie shell

Combine sugar, flour, and salt in sauce pan. Stir milk in gradually and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir a little of the mixture into 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten. Then blend into hot mixture in pan. Boil 1 minute more stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Blend in butter and vanilla. Pour into baked pie shell. Whip egg whites until stiff. Cover pie with meringue and brown in 350* oven.

Cream Cheese Salad

• 1 pkg. lemon jello
• 2 cups hot water
• 20 marshmallows
• 2 small pkgs. cream cheese
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1 small can crushed pineapple

Dissolve jello in hot water. Cut up marshmallows. Add marshmallows and cream cheese and stir until dissolved on medium heat. Cool until mixture begins to thicken. Add whipped cream and pineapple. Pour into 9 x 9 glass container and chill until set. Prepare 1 pkg. raspberry jello per instructions (1cup hot water, 1 cup cold). When cool, pour over first chilled mixture and refrigerate until set. When ready to serve cut into squares. Very pretty salad for the Easter dinner table.

Making an Easter Egg Tree

This is an easy and inexpensive way to decorate for your Easter dinner and the children will love it. First of all, go on an expedition to find a branch about 3 feet tall. Shouldn't be too hard with all the wind we've been having. You will also need a 2lb. coffee can or flower pot full of sand to put your branch in. If you have a can of white spray paint just lying around, paint the branch white. Otherwise, natural is fine. Now, the exciting part is blowing out the inside of the eggs. If you have young children, I would recommend using plastic eggs. Poke a small hole in one end and a larger hole in the other end. Then, BLOW the egg into a bowl or cup. Now, color and decorate the eggs. When dry, using some pastel ribbon either taped or glued to the egg, tie them on the branches as you would decorate a Christmas tree.

Another fun project is to make place cards for everyone coming to Easter dinner even if it's only your immediate family. Taking small styrofoam cups, write the names of all the dinner guests on a cup. Using colored pipe cleaners, make a handle for the Easter basket by poking a hole in either side of the styro cup and twisting the ends. Place some of the green or pastel colored grass in the cup. Lastly, add jelly beans or candy eggs in the grass. Looks very pretty on the table and the children and adults will love the candy favors.

Regarding the Peach Cobbler

I had posted earlier in the BLOG the recipe for Peach Cobbler. But, now you realize that any kind of pie filling can be used; cherry, blueberry, apple, or strawberry. Try it and let me know what kind is your favorite.

7 Layer Salad

• 1 1/2 heads chopped lettuce
• 1/2 red onion sliced very thin
• 1 10oz. package frozen peas broken apart
• 1 pint real mayo approx. 3/4 jar
• 1/2 lb. colby cheese shredded
• bunch of scallions diced tops and all
• handful of bacon bits

Using a 9 x 13 pan (glass is best for a colorful presentation) layer all ingredients starting with the lettuce, then the red onions, the peas, spread the mayo over the peas and so on. Refrigerate over night. 7 - 24 hours.

Aunt Joy's Cabbage Salad

• 4 cups shredded cabbage
• 1 small onion diced
• 1/2 green pepper diced
• 1/2 red pepper diced

Combine 1 cup of vinegar, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup salad oil and 1 tsp. Patty's Prime Seasoning. Pour over vegetable mixture and chill for an hour before serving.

Raw Apple Cake

• 2 large apples peeled and sliced
• 3/4 cup sugar
• pinch of salt
• speck of cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Place apples in the bottom of greased 9 x 9 pan. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over apples. Bake 20 minutes at 350*. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped topping.

Potato Casserole

• 2 lb. Package of southern hash brown potatoes
• carton of half and half
• 1 1/3 stick of margarine melted
• 1 onion (diced)
• 8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 tsp. Patty's Prime Seasoning

Mix ingredients and pour into greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 325* until light brown.

Krispies

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 t. salt
• 1 t. vanilla
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 2 cups rice krispies
• 1 cup coconut
• 2 cups flour
• 1 t. soda

Scoop up a heaping tablespoon of dough and form in balls on greased sheet pan. Bake at 325* for 8 minutes or until light brown.

St. Patrick's Day

We have already agreed on the menu with the Corned Beef and Cabbage. But, what about something for an Irish toast. Green beer? Or maybe an Irish Kiss.

For this delightful beverage you will need:

• A 12oz. glass
• Ice
• Orange Juice
• Blue Curacao

Pour a shot of Blue Curacao in the glass filled with ice. Add orange juice and you will have an Emerald Green Irish Kiss. Very tastey.

There is also the Shamrock Cocktail for those wanting something not quite as sweet.

• 2 oz. Irish Whiskey
• 1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
• 1 tsp. Creme De Menthe (green)

Pour over crushed ice, stir, and strain into martini glass. Garnish with an olive.

Prime Rib

A 30z. seasoning packet of Patty's Prime Seasoning is designed to coat a 15 to 18lb. loin. Whatever size loin or roast you choose to cook, the procedure is the same. The only difference is the amount of seasoning needed.

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 2 1/2 to 3 hours
Rest time: 30 minutes (for the loin, not the cook)

Wash thawed loin thoroughly under cold tap water. Put on sheet pan or roasting pan. Coat the entire loin; top, bottom and ends.

Place in pan fat side up. DO NOT COVER. Bake in oven at 325*. After 2 1/2 hours using your meat thermometer, check the temperature of the center of the loin. It needs to temp. 110* to 115* for Medium Rare, 130* to 135* for Medium, and 145* for Medium Well. Anything beyond that and you are on your own. When you pull it out of the oven, as it rests, it will continue to cook.

While the Prime Rib is baking you will have time to prepare the Au Jus. One quart of water and 2 heaping T. of beef base in sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Add sliced onions and simmer on medium low until time to serve. Don't forget to saute mushrooms and make some horseradish and sourcream sauce to top off the Prime Rib.

Calico Beans

• 1/4 lb. bacon
• 1 diced onion
• 1 lb. hamburger
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 T. vinegar
• 1 T. prepared mustard
• 1 tsp. Patty's Prime Seasoning
• 1 can lima beans
• 1 can kidney beans
• 1 large can pork and beans

Brown bacon, hamburger and onion in pan and drain. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Bake in 9 x 13 greased pan at 300* for 1 1/2 hours.

7Up Salad

• 2 pkgs. lemon jello
• 2 cups hot water
• 2 cups 7Up

Dissolve jello in hot water. Add 7Up and let cool.

• 1 cup minature marshmellows
• 2 cups crushed pineapple (drained and set aside for dressing)
• 2 bananas sliced

Add to jello mixture and pour into 9 x 13 pan. Refrigerate. When jello mixture is firm the dressing may be spread on top.

• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1 egg beaten
• 2 T. flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 T. butter

Cook in double boiler mixing together above ingredients and cook until thick. When cool, fold in 8oz. container of whipped topping and spread on jello mixture. Slice and serve.

Jelly Roll

• Grease and flour 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 jelly roll pan or line with greased paper or foil.
• Beat: 3 large eggs, 1 c. sugar, 1 tsp. Baking powder, and 1/4 tsp. salt
• Add 5 T. water, 1 tsp. vanilla and 1 cup flour
• Beat just until smooth.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake just until cake tests done.
• Bake at 375* for 12 to 15 minutes. Overbaking makes it difficult to remove from the pan or to remove the paper.
• Loosen edges to immediately turn upside down on a towel sprinkled with powdered sugar.
• If you have used paper quickly remove it.
• Spread cake at once with soft jelly, jam, cream cheese and fruit, or your favorite pie filling.
• Roll up beginning at short end.
• Wrap in the towel until cool. Approx. 1/2 hr.

Slice and serve warm. Makes a very attractive plate presentation. Any leftovers will need to be covered and refrigerated.

Popcorn Balls

• 5 qt. popped corn
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup lt. corn syrup
• 1 tsp. vinegar
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Keep popcorn hot in slow oven (300*). Combine sugar, water, salt, syrup, and vinegar. Cook to hardball stage. Add vanilla. pour over popcorn and mix well. Press in balls. Makes 15 to 20 balls. May add a drop of food coloring to syrup mix for a special occasion such as green for St. Patrick's Day, Pink for Easter, or orange for Halloween.

Temperature Chart for Candy and Frosting

• 230 degrees - 234 degrees Thread
• 234 degrees - 240 degrees Soft Ball
• 244 degrees - 248 degrees Firm Ball
• 250 degrees - 266 degrees Hard Ball
• 270 degrees - 290 degrees Soft Crack
• 300 degrees - 310 degrees Hard Crack

St. Patrick's Day Celebration

Corned Beef and Cabbage (whether you are Irish or not, it is a gourmet meal)

• 3 to 4 lb. corned beef brisket
• 1lb. bag of baby carrots
• 1 head of cabbage
• 2 large onions
• 4 medium sized potatoes
• 1 tsp. Patty's Prime Seasoning

Put brisket in crock pot fat side down. Spread seasoning packet over brisket then add water to 2/3 full. Cook brisket overnight on low. In the morning, take brisket out cleaning off the seasoning packet and trim the fat. Place covered brisket in refrigerator. Clean and quarter the head of cabbage. Place in crock pot in broth. Add carrots, chunked up potatoes and onions, and Patty's Prime Seasoning. Cook on low for 2 to 3 hours. Cut brisket in chunks and add to the broth and vegetables. Continue to simmer until ready to serve.

Serve with dark pumpernickel or marble rye bread.

Guacamole Dip

• 4 soft avacados
• sour cream
• 1 medium sized tomato
• 4 green onions
• 1 /2 yellow onion
• Patty's Prime Seasoning

Peel avacados by cutting off the tip and slicing through the skin in quarters allowing you to peel the skin away easily from the meat of the avacado. Take out the seed. Using a blender or food processor, mix the avacados and 1 heaping T. of sour cream. Dice tomato, green onions (even the tops) and yellow onion. Then, fold in to avacado mixture. Lastly, add 1 tsp. Patty's Prime Seasoning. (More if desired) Cover with saran and chill. Serve with homemade tortilla chips or doritos. Appetizer for 4 people, or it may be served on shredded lettuce as a salad. Best to consume all to avoid discoloration. But, it is so yummy that shouldn't be a problem.

Layered Taco Dip

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 can refried beans
• 1 8oz. softened cream cheese
• 1 16oz. sour cream
• 1 pkg. taco seasoning
• 2 cups shredded lettuce
• 1 tomato diced
• 4 diced green onions
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• jalapeno slices (optional)
• sliced black olives (optional)

Brown ground beef and drain well. Add can of refried beans and spread on 11 inch pizza pan or serving platter. Combine the cream cheese, sour cream and taco seasoning and spread over the bean and beef mixture. Then, layer the shredded lettuce, tomatoes, diced green onions and shredded cheese. Top with jalapeno slices and sliced black olives if desired. Serve with Doritos or Tortilla rounds.