Almond Drops

Ingredients

• Five ounces of sweet almonds
• Three ounces of bitter almonds or peach kernels
• Four eggs, the four yolks and one egg white/li>
• Half a pound of sifted flour
• Pound of sugar
• Salt

Directions

1. Blanch and pound the sweet and bitter almonds with the white of one egg.
2. Put the half pound of sifted flour on your dough board.
3. Make a hole in the middle of the flour.
4. Put the almonds, pound of sugar, four egg yolks, and a little salt in the hole in the flour and make it into a paste.
5. Cut the paste in pieces the size of a nut
6. Lay the nut size pieces half an inch apart on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake in a moderate oven for fifteen or twenty minutes.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Rachel Brown
Louisiana Anthology
January 16, 2020

Almond Drops

Ingredients

• Five ounces of sweet almonds
• Three ounces of bitter almonds or peach kernels
• Four eggs, the four yolks and one egg white/li>
• Half a pound of sifted flour
• Pound of sugar
• Salt

Directions

1. Blanch and pound the sweet and bitter almonds with the white of one egg.
2. Put the half pound of sifted flour on your dough board.
3. Make a hole in the middle of the flour.
4. Put the almonds, pound of sugar, four egg yolks, and a little salt in the hole in the flour and make it into a paste.
5. Cut the paste in pieces the size of a nut
6. Lay the nut size pieces half an inch apart on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake in a moderate oven for fifteen or twenty minutes.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Rachel Brown
Louisiana Anthology
January 16, 2020

Easy Cake

Ingredients 

• Two cups of flour
• 2 Teaspoons of yeast powder
• 3 yolks of egg
• 1 cup of fine white sugar
• 1/2 cup of water

Directions

• Sift flour and add yeast powder
• Beat the yolks and add white sugar with water 
• Froth up the whites of the eggs and add them to mixture
• Beat in flour
• Bake for 15 minutes at 300 degrees

Source —La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Bronwyn Pepper
Louisiana Anthology
January 22, 2020

Easy Cake

Ingredients 

• Two cups of flour
• 2 Teaspoons of yeast powder
• 3 yolks of egg
• 1 cup of fine white sugar
• 1/2 cup of water

Directions

• Sift flour and add yeast powder
• Beat the yolks and add white sugar with water 
• Froth up the whites of the eggs and add them to mixture
• Beat in flour
• Bake for 15 minutes at 300 degrees

Source —La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Bronwyn Pepper
Louisiana Anthology
January 22, 2020

Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast
• 3-4 slices of fat salt pork
• 1/4 teaspoon of butter
• 1/4 teaspoon of pepper
• Crust

Directions

• Cut up the chicken, parboil it and save the liquor it was boiled in
• Fry the fat salt pork
• Put pork in bottom of dish
• Put chicken and liquor in dish
• Add butter and pepper
• Cover with crust
• Bake for 1 hour at 300 degrees

Source —La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Bronwyn Pepper
Louisiana Anthology
January 22, 2020

Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast
• 3-4 slices of fat salt pork
• 1/4 teaspoon of butter
• 1/4 teaspoon of pepper
• Crust

Directions

• Cut up the chicken, parboil it and save the liquor it was boiled in
• Fry the fat salt pork
• Put pork in bottom of dish
• Put chicken and liquor in dish
• Add butter and pepper
• Cover with crust
• Bake for 1 hour at 300 degrees

Source —La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Bronwyn Pepper
Louisiana Anthology
January 22, 2020

Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole

Ingredients

• Four cups of instant mashed potatoes
• One and a half teaspoons of salt
• Four cups of hot water
• One cup of milk
• Six tablespoons of butter
• One and a half cups of sour cream
• Six ounces of cream cheese
• One cup of shredded cheddar cheese 
• One cup of chopped green onion
• Two tablespoons of butter (for topping)
• One teaspoon paprika
• Half a pound of bacon, crumbled

Directions

1. Stir potatoes, milk, six tablespoons of butter, water and salt. 
2. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and microwave for seven minutes on high until bubbly. 
3. Blend with mixer until smooth. 
4. Add sour cream and softened cream cheese, mix again until smooth.
5. Turn into a greased two and a half quart casserole dish. 
6. Dot with two tablespoons butter and sprinkle with paprika.
7. Bake uncovered at 350 F for 30 minutes.
8. Add shredded cheddar cheese, chopped green onion, and fried crumbled bacon for topping.

Source — Personal Recipe
Prepared by Annalisa Preaus
Louisiana Anthology
January 7, 2020