Easy Apple-Bread Pudding

2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 1/2 cups dry bread cubes (about 5 slices of bread)
1 medium-sized red apple, sliced thin (1 cup)

In greased 1-quart baking dish mix eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt.
Stir in milk
Add bread and apple
stir gently to combine
Let stand about 5 minutes for bread to absorb some liquid
Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 45 minutes (or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean).
Let stand at least 15 minutes before serving.
(Makes 4 servings)

Nutritional outputs
Per serving:
250 cals
9 g protein
38 g carbs
8 g fat
144 mg cholesterol
251 mg sodium

Lemon Mist

2 cups sugar
juice of 2 lemons (or Real Lemon)
1 teaspoon lemon or orange extract

• Mix and let stand for a few minutes

• Add

1 quart milk
1/2 pint regular cream (or condensed milk)

• Blend with beater and put in freezer. When partially frozen, whip and return to freezer.

Toffee Torte

1 angel food cake
1/2 pint whipping cream, whipped
4 Heath toffee candy bars
1 stick of butter (1/4 pound)
4 egg yolks
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pinch salt

• Beat egg yolks until light
• Add powdered sugar, salt and vanilla to softened butter
• Add sugar/salt/vanilla/butter mixture to the eggs
• Fold in stiffly beaten whipping cream
• Divide cake in half
• Use half of the frosting for filling
• Use the remainder to frost sides and top
• Chop candy bars and sprinkle on top and sides of cake

Crisp Cookie Torte

1 1/2 cups coarsely broken chocolate cookies
1 scant cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnut meats or pecans
3 egg whites (beaten)
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Combine cookies, sugar and nuts
Beat egg whites until stiff, add cream of tartar and vanilla
Fold in cookie mixture
Pour into a 9x9 greased pan
Bake in slow oven 325 degrees for about 1 hour
Cut while still warm

It can be served with ice cream and a chocolate sauce over each square
or just plain whipped cream

This recipe makes 9 servings

(1 quart of ice cream and 1 cup chocolate sauce for recipe)

Apple Torte

Undercrust
1/2 cup butter or other shortening
5 Tablespoons sugar
2 whole eggs (beaten)
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Grease an oblong baking pan.

Press the mixture around the edges and bottom of pan (Don't bake it!)

Filling
5 large apples chopped fine
1/4 pound walnuts chopped fine
1/2 pint sour cream
3 egg yolks (well beaten)
Mix with 1/2 cup sugar

Pour filling over the crust filling. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes

Beat the 3 egg whites and add 3/4 cup sugar. Put this on top of the baked torte and brown in the oven.

Serve with a small portion of whipped cream or ice cream

Peach Cobbler

2 eggs beaten well
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
butter the size of a walnut melted and added to the above
put in a 9x9 pan
spread in pan and cut peaches over the dough

bake 350 degrees for 35 minutes

Kram (Swedish Pudding)

Makes 4 to 6 servings
2 T cornstarch or 4 T flour
2 T sugar
2 T water
2 C fruit juice, heated

Make paste of cornstarch, sugar and water. Slowly stir in hot fruit juice. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until mixture is clear and thick.

Serve cold, with or without whipped cream.

Rice Pudding

1/2 c raw rice - cook it
4-5 eggs
vanilla
1/2 c sugar
1 c half-and-half
3 c milk

Mix together in casserole dish and put the dish in a pan of hot water. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.