Holiday Baking #25

Largo Florida in the 1960’s through 1990’s

Cherry Christmas Tree Cake                 Serves 30.       

Kringlors                         

½ lb. butter

½ lb. Crisco – melted

1 egg

1 c. sugar

1 pt. milk (2 cups)

4 tsp. baking powder

Flour enough so you can roll out dough.

Bake 375

Dip in sugar before baking, ½ hour each cookie sheet.

Jul Glug                                       

3 glasses wine (sour)

1 glass alcohol, 190 (percent) proof

Not quite a glass of water

1 c. sugar (not quite)

1 stick cinnamon

 1 tsp. whole cloves

1 tbsp. raisins

5 or 6 cardamom seeds in shell

Take 1 cup water, put cloves, cardamom seed & cinnamon & let boil, add wine, alcohol and sugar.  Leave on low flame until hot add raisins.  Remove from heat, light with match & blow out.

Mincemeat Pie         9422

Prepare to & bottom crust. Put thinly rolled bottom layer in pie pan leaving overlap.

Filling

1 large jar Nonesuch mincemeat

1 c. chopped apple or pear

Marinated overnight in ½ c. brandy

Pepper to taste

Butter

Milk

Place mincemeat mixed with fruit in pie pan on bottom layer of dough, lightly pepper the top.  Dot with butter.  Dribble a drop or 2 more brandy on top, seal with top layer, flute.  Make fork holes on top.  Brush or pat top with milk, dot with butter.  Bake preheated 425 for aprox. 40 mins. Or until nice med. Brown.  Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream. 

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