Monday, January 29, 2024

Peanut Butter Banana Sandwhich

 

Ingredients

  • 1 banana
  • 2 tablespoons of peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon of honey
  • 2 slices of bread
  • Ground Cinnamon
  • Pumpkin Spice

Directions

  1. Mash 1 banana with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter with a fork
  2. Stir 1 tablespoon of honey into the mash
  3. Sprinkle and mix cinnamon and pumpkin spice
  4. Toast 2 slices of bread until golden brown
  5. Spread mash onto toast and enjoy 
Prepared by Remy Rains
Louisiana Anthology
January 29, 2024

French Puff Paste

 

Ingredients

  • 1 pound of flour
  • 3/4 pound of fresh butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • Ice-Water

Directions

  1. Sift 1 pound of flour through a fine mesh sifter
  2. Mix 3/8 pound of butter into flour
  3. Stir 1 beaten egg yolk into 1/2 cup of ice-water
  4. Mix with flour and work into a stiff dough
  5. Roll into a thin sheet
  6. Baste with 1/8 pound butter
  7. Fold closely and roll out, basting with butter until it is used up
  8. Roll out very thin and set in fridge for 10-15 minutes before using
  9. Wash with beaten egg yolk while hot
Source — The Unrivalled Cookbook
Prepared by Remy Rains
Louisiana Anthology
January 29, 2024

Cream Pudding with Cherries

 

Ingredients

  • 1/4 pound of flour
  • 1/4 pound of sugar
  • 1/4 pound of butter
  • 1 quart of milk
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cupful of preserved cherries

Directions

  1. Mix 1/4 pound of flour, sugar, and butter into a quart of milk
  2. Boil to the consistency of custard
  3. Add 6 eggs (with the whites and yolks having been beaten separately)
  4. Stir in a cupful of cherries
  5. Pour into a deep pudding dish
  6. Set dish in a pan of water and bake for 1 hour
Source — The Unrivalled Cookbook
Prepared by Remy Rains
Louisiana Anthology
January 29, 2024

Macaroni Baked with Cheese


Ingredients

  • 3 ounces of macaroni
  • 1 pint of water
  • 1/4 pound of Parmesan cheese
  • Cayenne
  • 5 tablespoons of cream
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • Breadcrumbs

Directions

  1. Put three ounces of macaroni into a pint of boiling water (boil until tender)
  2. Drain the noodles thoroughly and put into a deep earthenware pie-dish as follows:
    1. Grate a quarter pound of parmesan cheese
    2. Put a layer of macaroni
    3. Sprinkle a small amount of cayenne
    4. Put a layer of cheese
    5. Sprinkle a small amount of cayenne
    6. repeat until out of macaroni
  3. Mix five 5 tablespoons of cream with 2 tablespoons of butter
  4. Heat mixture in a saucepan until boiling
  5. Pour over the macaroni dish
  6. Toss dish together with forks until thoroughly mixed
  7. Dust the top with grated cheese
  8. Cover with a thick layer of breadcrumbs mixed with some fresh butter
  9. Put dish into oven for 10 minutes and serve
Source — The Unrivalled Cookbook
Prepared by Remy Rainsi
Louisiana Anthology
January 29, 2024

Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray 
  • Two teaspoons and two cups all-purpose flour 
  • Two cups granulated sugar 
  • One teaspoon baking soda 
  • One teaspoon ground cinnamon 
  • One quarter teaspoon salt 
  • Three quarter cup water 
  • One half cup butter
  • One half cup unsweetened cocoa 
  • One half cup low-fat buttermilk 
  • One teaspoon vanilla extract 

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375. 
  2. Coat a 15 x 10 inch pan with cooking spray and dust with 2 teaspoons flower. Set aside.
  3. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt in a large bowl and whisk. 
  4. In a small sauce, pan, combine water, butter, and cocoa powder; bring to a boil, stirring frequently. 
  5. Remove from heat and pour into flour mixture. 
  6. Beat at medium Speed until well blended  
  7. Add buttermilk, vanilla and eggs; beat well. 
  8. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 375 for 17 minutes.
Source — My Mom 
Prepared by Emma Allen
Louisiana Anthology
January 29, 2024

Mrs.L.Wayne’s Bread Receipt

Ingredients

  • One half yeast cake (whole cake in cold weather)
  • One half cup cold water
  • One quart lukewarm water
  • One tablespoon white sugar
  • One half cup lard
  • One tablespoon salt
  • Flour for thickness (optional)

Directions

  1. Dissolve yeast cake in cold water. 
  2. Add dissolved yeast cake water to lukewarm water, white sugar, lard and salt
  3. Beat hard with hand: add flour to make thick dough (use gallon tin bucket with tight fitting cover). 
  4. When dough has risen to the top, add flour to make dough stiff. 
  5. In bucket, knead on board for fifteen minutes, using as little flour as possible. 
  6. Keeping dough soft, make in loaves and cover. 
  7. Once the dough has risen to the top, bake in moderately hot oven.
Prepared by Emma Allen
Louisiana Anthology
January 29,2024

Cream Cakes

Ingredients

  • One pound of flour
  • One half pint of clotted cream
  • One half pound butter 
  • One egg yolk
  • A little salt

Directions

  1. Put one pound of flour on a pie-board and make a hole in the middle. 
  2. In the hole, put one half pint of clotted cream and a little salt.
  3. Mix the paste lightly and let it stand for half an hour.
  4. Add one half pound of butter and roll it out six times.
  5. Form into small cakes and glid with yolk of an egg. 
  6. Put into the oven.  
Prepared by Emma Allen
Louisiana Anthology
January 24,2024