Frosted Delights

Another blast from the past found inside the cover of a Jelke's GOOD LUCK Vegetable Oleomargarine. Enjoy!

1/2 c. Jelke's GOOD LUCK Margarine
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1-1/2 c. sifted pastry flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Cream GOOD LUCK Margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the beaten eggs and sifted dry ingredients. Add vanilla and mix ingredients well. Spread the batter onto a baking sheet, spreading as thinly as possible. Frost with the following frosting.

Frosting for Frosted Delights

Ingredients:

1 c. light brown sugar
1 egg white
1 c. nutmeats, chopped

Remove lumps from the brown sugar. Beat egg white until stiff. Fold in the sugar. Spread onto the cookie batter. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake in a moderate oven, (325 degrees) for 30 minutes. Cut in squares.

Uncooked Fudge

Here's another one from the box that originated from the inside box top of a pound of Jelke's Good Luck Vegetable Oleomargarine. Pretty sure that company isn't around anymore. But I've reproduced the recipe exactly as it originally appeared inside the box.

Ingredients:

1/2 c. GOOD LUCK Margarine
3 squares bitter chocolate
1/2 tsp. salt
3 c. XXXX confectioner's sugar
5 Tbsp. evaporated milk
1 egg white, unbeaten
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 c. nutmeats, chopped

Combine GOOD LUCK Margarine and chocolate in the top of a double boiler and heat until the chocolate is melted. Stir until smooth. Pour mixture into a mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and beat mixture until cool and thick enough to spread. Pour mixture into a shallow square pan. Allow to 'set'. Cut into squares. Yield: 25-36 squares.

Light Fruit Cake

Okay, Christmas is only two days away. There's no way to avoid posting a fruit cake recipe. This is another card in the box from another source. This one comes from the Home Service Department of The Peoples Gas & Light & Coke Company. I don't know if this Chicago based company is still around but their tag line was, 'You can do it better with gas!'

Ingredients:

1/2 c. butter
1-1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon peel
1 Tbsp. orange peel
1 Tbsp. citron peel
1 c. seedless raisins
1/2 c. nuts
3 c. sifted pastry flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk or water
1 tsp. flavoring
3 egg whites

Cream butter; add sugar gradually and cream again. Add finely chopped fruits and nuts and mix well. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture alternately with milk or water and flavoring. Fold in stiffly-beaten egg whites. Bake in loaf or tube pan in moderate oven (325 degrees) for one hour. Leave sit until morning.

Filling for Pie

This one is a bit of a mystery to me. It seems to be a basic pie filling to which you can add other ingredients. But that's only a guess as what you see below is all there is on the card. Comment if you have suggestions on how to use this simple pie filling.

Ingredients:

2 eggs
1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. corn starch
1 pint milk

Boil milk then add all other ingredients. Stir until it thickens.

That's all there is.

Viennese Cream Cheese Frosting

Okay, so this one is in the old recipe box but it's not original. It was cut from the back of a Domino Sugar box so I'll attribute it to them. Still a great recipe for cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. butter
2 3 oz. packages cream cheese
1 lb. Domino Confectioners powdered sugar
2 to 3 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter and cheese together. Add sugar alternately with milk. Beat until blended. Add vanilla.

Yield: frosting for two 9-inch round layers.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Add 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted.

An Awesome Pecan Pie

Here's a recipe that I didn't find in Elaine's recipe box but it's so good I want everyone to know about it. It's an incredibly easy to make Jack Daniel's Chocolate Pecan Pie. Yes, the name describes just what's in it and your friends and family will be amazed if you bake this pie for Christmas.

Nut Cups

Ingredients

Cups
1/4 lb. margarine
3 oz. cream cheese
1 c. flour

Blend ingredients and make 24 balls. Depress center to accept filling.

Filling
1 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
1 egg
dash of salt
1 tbsp. melted margarine
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix together and put in cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.