Posted on 06/16/2004 1:31:53 AM PDT by kcvl
Wed, Jun. 16, 2004
Presidential candidates' wives cook up cookie competition
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The presidential race is in high gear and its influence is being reflected even in the very specialized sphere of cookie baking.
For its 2004 Election Cookie Cook-Off, Family Circle magazine is publishing two recipes from candidates' wives in its July 13 issue.
The competing munchables are Laura Bush's oatmeal-chocolate chunk cookies, and Teresa Heinz Kerry's pumpkin spice cookies. Home bakers are invited to put them to the taste test and vote for their favorite. Recipes on 3C.
"We're delighted that Laura Bush and Teresa Heinz Kerry are putting their cookie recipes into the running for our fourth election competition," said Susan Ungaro, Family Circle's editor in chief.
The magazine first invited wives of presidential hopefuls to submit cookie recipes for publication in 1992, calling on readers to vote for their preferred recipe. The magazine says cookie cookoff results have predicted the presidential winners since then.
Family Circle says home cooks may cast their cookie ballots on a postcard postmarked by Aug. 1, addressed to: Family Circle Cookie Cook-Off, Dept. MJ, 375 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017.
Readers can also vote online at:
http://www.familycircle.com.
The magazine says results will be announced in the Nov. 9 issue.
LOL! Both of Dolly Parton's recipes are almost identical to my recipes.
YUM!!!
Congressman J.C. Watts Jr.'s Oklahoma Mud
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, melted
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups coconut
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts - (pecans are great!)
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 jar Marshmallow Crème
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine, melted
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Cream together (first 4 ingredients) the sugar, 2 sticks margarine, eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Mix together flour, coconut, chopped nuts, and 3 tablespoons cocoa then fold into the creamed mixture. Spread into a greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until done.
After removing from oven, immediately spread one jar of Marshmallow Crème over the top. While it cools, make icing.
Mix powdered sugar, 1 stick margarine, cocoa, evaporated milk and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract well and spread it over the cooled cake.
She must be a COUNTRY COOK! lol! All the calories obviously didn't go to her rear end though.
Colonel Sanders' Transparent Squash
Source: 1964 booklet published by Colonel Sanders
3 cups acorn or Hubbard squash
1 teaspoon mace
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
2 cups water
Pinch of salt
Cut the squash in cubes about 3/4 or 1 inch in size. Then sprinkle on the mace and salt. Add sugar, butter, and water, which should completely cover the squash. Then simmer slowly until the squash appears transparent and has taken in the butter and the sugar.
Oh, that is a really good recipe for meatloaf. The Southern glaze sounds good. We have always used ketchup and brown sugar, but the apple cider sounds like a good touch.
My kids love meatloaf and mashed potatoes.
(Do you have Fox news on? Is General Valle the one who's son was killed in Iraq or Afghanistan recently?)
Bob Hope's Lemon Pie
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup boiling water
4 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter
4 egg yolks
Pinch of salt
Grated rind of 1 lemon
3 egg whites
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 baked pie shell
Combine cornstarch and sugar. Add water slowly, stirring constantly until thick and smooth. Add slightly beaten egg yolks, butter, lemon rind, juice and salt. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour into baked pie shell. Cover with meringue made with egg whites and sugar stiffly beaten. Bake at 325 degrees F for 15 minutes or until meringue is light brown. Cool to room temperature before refrigerating to keep meringue from weeping
I don't know. What did they say? I heard someone say that he lost SOMEONE close in Iraq. Was it his son?!
I found it interesting that all three of President Reagan's recipes look like Midwest Depression era dishes...corned beef hash, macaroni and cheese, and hamburger soup. Those have the ring of family recipes, rather than a favorite chef's recipe.
Laura Bush's recipes are also that way, as well as some of the Carter recipes (peanut butter pie, for example).
The general's son was an Army Ranger officer who was killed in a training exercise here in the US. He was very proud of him and had shown his picture with his son before this happened.
You aren't kidding with "YUM" about the Oklahoma Mud.
That sounds incredibly good.
Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry for him and his family. He seems like such a great guy.
He came back about three weeks ago, but with the Reagan coverage last week he wasn't used, of course, so you probably missed him when he first came back.
Elvis Presley's Pound Cake
3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 pound butter, softened
7 eggs, at room temperature
3 cups cake flour, sifted twice, divided
1 cup whipping cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Thoroughly cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in half the flour, then the whipping cream , then the other half of the flour. Add vanilla extract. Pour batter into prepared pan. Set in a COLD oven and turn heat to 350 degrees F. Bake 60 to 70 minutes, until a sharp knife inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool thoroughly.
I had to look up mace. Never heard of that one.
mace-An aromatic spice made from the dried, waxy, scarlet or yellowish covering that partly encloses the kernel of the nutmeg.
Does it taste similar to nutmeg?
Governor George Ryan's Grandmother Roth's Banana Bread
1/2 cup shortening (margarine)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon vinegar added to 1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups (3 very ripe) bananas
Mash the bananas. Cream the shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add the liquids. Add the salt, flour and soda last. Pour into one greased bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted comes out clean.
I haven't heard of it either. It sounds like it but don't take my word for it.
Hank Williams Jr.'s Cajun Rice Casserole
1/2 pound bacon
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon onion salt
1/2 pound okra, trimmed and cut into small pieces
2 (16 ounce) cans tomatoes with juice
1 (10 ounce) can Ro-tel tomatoes and green chiles
3 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
Rice
Fry bacon in skillet and drain. Cool; crumble into small pieces. Set aside for serving.
Sauté onions in bacon grease until golden. Add garlic salt, onion salt, okra, tomatoes, Ro-tel, parsley flakes, salt and pepper. Mix well. Simmer uncovered 1 1/2 hours.
Meanwhile, prepare rice according to package directions. Serve cooked mixture over rice. Top with crumbled bacon.
Thanks. When they announced his son's death, I cried like a baby, thinking about how he had talked of him with such pride.
Didn't he get to present one of his son's awards to him after he got back? Was he in Iraq or Afghanistan?
Joan Lunden's Chicken Tortilla Soup
Joan: this is absolutely one of my favorite recipes - it brings back great memories of my college years in Mexico City. It is a delicious spicy Chicken Tortilla Soup that is quick, easy and great for an outdoor lunch or a light summer supper.
In a large saucepan, sauté 1 chopped medium onion (about 1 cup) and 2 minced garlic cloves (about 2 teaspoons) in 2 tablespoons vegetable oil over low heat for 5 minutes until onion is softened.
Add one (4 ounce) can green chiles (chopped), a 15 ounce can Italian-style stewed tomatoes (chopped and with their own juice), 4 cups chicken broth, 1 teaspoon lemon pepper, 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon ground cumin and 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce. Simmer for 20 minutes.
In a small bowl, combine 4 tablespoons flour with 1/2 cup water and whisk into soup. Bring the soup back to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add 1 pound skinless boneless chicken breasts, cut into small cubes.
Simmer for 5 minutes.
Stir in 1/3 cup non-fat sour cream, salt, and pepper to taste.
Tortilla Chips
Cut 4 store-bought corn tortillas into 1/4 inch strips. Lay them on a baking sheet with nonstick vegetable oil spray. Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 10 minutes or until they are lightly toasted and crispy. Sprinkle lightly with salt if desired. Garnish strips across the top of the finished soup with fresh coriander.
Joan Rivers' Apricot Coconut Cake
24 (2-inch) plain coconut cookies, crumbled
2 envelopes unflavored gelatine
1/2 cup cold water
1 (16 ounce can apricots in syrup
1 1/2 cups butter
3 cups confectioners' sugar
Grated rind of 1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
6 egg whites
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Chopped nuts (garnish)
Flaked coconut (garnish)
Place 1/2 of the crumbled cookies in the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate. Soften gelatine in cold water. Cook over low flame until gelatine is dissolved. Puree in blender with apricots and their syrup. Add butter and confectioners' sugar. Blend until well mixed. Add grated orange rind and lemon juice. Fold in marshmallows nuts.
Place egg whites in a large bowl. Add salt; beat until stiff. Gradually beat in sugar. Fold egg white mix into gelatin/apricot mix. Spoon over cookie crumbs. Sprinkle remaining cookie crumbs over top. Chill overnight.
Garnish with whipped cream Sprinkle with more chopped nuts and flaked coconut.
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