Recipes With Course: Jams & Jellies
Old Fashioned Fig Preserves I
Ingredients2 1/2 quarts fresh figs 2 1/4 cups sugar 1 tsp lemon juice 1 cup waterDirectionsStep 1Scald whole figs in boiling hot water and peel. Drain well. Combine sugar and water and cook until sugar dissolves. Step 2Add lemon and figs, and then simmer until tender (approximately 1 1/2 to ...
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T-Con’s Tart Recipe
A small pastry with a usually sweet filling = the tart can be made open or closed. The tart can be filled with fig preserves, blackberry filling, pineapple, sweet potato, bouille..if you like it ..fill it… Ingredients1 cup butter-flavored Crisco 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 tbsp milk 4 1/2 cups all-purpose ...
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Strawberry Fig Jam II
Figs jams can be made with virtually any Kool Aid flavors – the original six flavors were Strawberry, Raspberry, Orange, Lemon-Lime, Grape, and Cherry, Although not all are a perfect choice, many are suitable to flavor figs including Black Cherry, To reduce the amount of sugar and sweetness, Kool-Aid flavors can be used ...
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Aunt Doris’ Sweet Dough Tarts
This tart recipe has been handed down from Doris’ mother and my grandmother, Ella Broussard. Ingredients1 cup Crisco 4 cups flour 1 tbsp vanilla 2 cups sugar 5 eggs 5 tsp baking powderDirectionsStep 1Cream together the Crisco and sugar until fluffy. Beat eggs and vanilla into mixture. Slowly stir in ...
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Linda’s Old-Fashioned School Cafeteria Bread Rolls
Remember the bread rolls you had in school? These are the old-fashioned schoolhouse fresh melt-in-your-mouth rolls. This recipe is from a former school cafeteria worker. Ingredients4 3/4 cups all purpose white flour 1/3 cup shortening 1/3 cup powdered milk 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp salt 1 3/4 cup water (room ...
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Cajun Fig Cookies
Figs are a delicious fruit, often thought of as sacred. At one time, Greece even made it illegal to export figs, wanting to make sure that they had the advantage at the Olympic Games. Mawmaw sure would’ve high jumped for fresh figs to make her jam and preserves. Ingredients2 cups ...
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