4th of July Ice Cream

Directions:  Scald milk until bubbles form around edge.  Remove from heat.  Add sugar and salt.  Stir until dissolved.  Stir in Half and Half, vanilla and whipping cream. 

Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.  Freeze as directed.

Variations:

• Strawberry:  Add pureed strawberries (1½ cups for 2 Qt./4cup for 4 Qt./6 cups for 6 Qt.)  Chill mixture before freezing.

• Peach:  Add pureed peaches (1½ cups for 2 Qt./4cup for 4 Qt./6 cups for 6 Qt.)  Chill mixture before freezing.

• Candy Supreme:  Add your favorite chocolate candy during the last 5 to 10 minutes of mixing.  (½ cup for 2 Qt./1cup for 4 Qt./2 cups for 6 Qt.)

Comment:  This is the delicious homemade ice cream that Doug and Lisa make for the family for our 4th of July celebration.

Strawberry Pretzel Dessert

Bottom Layer:

3 cups crushed pretzels      1 stick butter, melted

3 T. sugar

Middle Layer:

8 oz. cream cheese, softened      1 cup sugar

Top Layer:

2 cups boiling water      6 oz. strawberry jello

2 cups frozen strawberries, thawed to slushy consistency

Directions:  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Grease a 9” x 11” baking dish.

For bottom layer, mix together ingredients, spread in pan, and bake for 8 minutes.  

Cool.

For middle layer, combine cream cheese and sugar.  Spread on top of cooled pretzels.

For top layer, add strawberry jello to boiling water.  Stir well.  Then add strawberries.  

Pour this mixture on top of the cream cheese.

Refrigerate one hour.

Comment:  A Lisa dessert so good that Grandma Romer eats it for breakfast!

Apple Dumplings

1 (8 oz) tube original-size crescent rolls

1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and sliced into 8 pieces

1 stick butter, melted

½ to ¾ cup granulated sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

¾ cup Mountain Dew soda

Ground cinnamon

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat an 8-by- 8 inch baking dish with

nonstick spray.

Unroll crescent rolls. Wrap each apple slide with dough and place in the baking

dish; seam side down. Combine butter, sugar and vanilla until just combined (it

doesn’t have to be smooth). Pour over rolls. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Pour

Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until golden

brown (you want them to get fairly golden so the bottoms cook through, but don’t let

them burn.) Cool briefly, remove rolls from syrup and then drizzle the syrup on top

when serving to prevent them from getting too soggy.

Serve with vanilla ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over

the top.

Comment: Mom and Dad enjoy this quick treat.

Tapioca Pudding

¼ cup pearl tapioca      2 cups milk

2 eggs     1/3 cup sugar

¼ tsp. salt      1 tsp. sugar

¼ tsp. cream of tartar      4 T. sugar

Directions: Soak tapioca in cold water overnight. Drain tapioca. Add tapioca to

milk and cook on top of double boiler until the tapioca is clear. Separate eggs into

yolks and whites. Add salt and 1 tsp. sugar to egg yolks and beat. Combine tapioca

with eggs and cook until it thickens. Add vanilla. Pour into greased casserole dish.

Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and 4 T. sugar until stiff. Spread on tapioca

pudding and brown in oven.

Whoopie Pies

1 cup shortening                 ¾ cup  cocoa

2 cups sugar                        ½ tsp. salt

2 eggs                                  1 cup sour milk

5 cups flour                        

2 tsp. baking soda dissolved in 1 cup hot water

Filling:

2 egg whites                        1 T. vanilla

3 T. milk                             4 cups powdered sugar

1 cup softened butter 

Directions:  Beat together shortening, sugar and eggs.   Sift together flour, cocoa, and salt.   Alternately add sour milk and flour mixture, beating well after each addition.  Stir in hot water/soda mixture.  Mix thoroughly.  Drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.  Bake 5-8 minutes at 350  degrees.

When cool, put filling between two cookies.   Wrap individually.  Refrigerate. 

Filling:  Beat egg whites until stiff.  Add vanilla, milk, and 2 cups powdered sugar.  Beat thoroughly.  Add 2 more cups powdered sugar and 1 cup soft butter.  Mix thoroughly.

Comment:  Family favorite.  Also known as “Gobs” on the Sensky side.