Barbara Bush's Chocolate Chips
"This recipe is from the 1992 Bush-Clinton presidential campaign."
Yields 3 dozen.
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons hot water
1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and egg until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in hot water and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour, baking soda, and salt, until well blended and smooth. Stir in chocolate chips.
2 Drop dough by well-rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or until golden. Cool cookie sheet on a wire rack for 1 minutes, then remove cookies to a rack to cool completely.
Makes 18 servings
Barbara Bush's Lemon Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings
Crust:
1 c Margarine
2 c Powdered sugar
2 c Flour
Filling:
4 ts Lemon juice
2 Lemons; rind of; grated
4 Eggs; well beaten
2 c Sugar
1 ts Baking powder
4 tb Flour
1 c Shredded coconut
Mix margarine, powdered sugar and flour. Spread in 15x10" jelly roll pan.
Bake at 350~ for 15 minutes until pale tan. Cool. Mix remaining ingredients. Pour over crust. Bake for 25 minutes at 350~. Cut into bars.
Barbara Bush's Mushroom Quiche
1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1/4 pounds mushrooms, sliced
3 green onions, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
3 shallots, minced
1 3/4 teaspoons oregano
1 3/4 teaspoons basil
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
3/4 teaspoon marjoram
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
4 eggs
3/4 cup skim or whole milk, or half-and-half
Pre-bake the pie shell until golden brown and then glaze with an egg white and/or mustard before filling. Then put pie on top of cookie sheet or baking sheet on lower 1/3 part of oven. This will keep crust from getting soggy.
Position rack in lower 1/3 of oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté the mushrooms, onions, garlic, and shallots together. Stir in seasonings and cook 2 minutes until liquid is evaporated. Let cool 5 minutes.
In a medium bowl combine eggs with milk or cream and beat well. Stir in mushroom mixture and pour into pie crust. Bake until filling is puffed, set and starting to brown — about 35 to 45 minutes.
Yield: 6 servings
Barbara Bush's All-American Clam Chowder
Recipe By : Barbara Bush
7 ounces clams, canned with liquid -- * see note
3 slices Bacon
1/2 cup Onion -- minced
1 cup Potatoes -- cubed
1 can Cream of celery soup
1 1/2 cups Milk
1 dash Black pepper
-- * see note
* Save the clam liquor.
Cook bacon in frying pan until crisp. Remove, drain and break into 1" pieces. Brown onion in bacon fat. Add clam liquor and potatoes. Cover. Cook over low heat until potatoes are done (about 15 minutes).
Blend in bacon pieces, minced clams, and other ingredients. Heat, but don't boil. Bacon may be used for garnish. Serves 4.
Barbara Bush's Red, White and Blue Cobbler
INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR BLUEBERRY FILLING**
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Cornstarch
1/2 tsp Lemon juice
2 cup Fresh or frozen unsweetened blueberries
INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR CHERRY FILLING**
1 can Sour pie cherries
1/2 cup Sugar, +
2 tbl Sugar
1 1/2 tbl Cornstarch
1/8 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Almond extract
INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR TOPPING**
1 cup Flour
1 tbl Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Salt
3 tbl Butter
1/2 cup Milk
Method :
How to Prepare the Blueberry Filling:
Mix sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan and add all the other ingredients. Cook until thickened. Put into an 8x8 inch pyrex pan and keep hot in a 250 degree oven while making cherry filling.
How to Prepare the Cherry Filling:
In a saucepan, mix dry ingredients. Gradually stir in the juice from the canned cherries and cook until thickened, adding cherries and flavorings at the end. Smooth cherry filling over blueberry mixture.
Keep hot while making topping.
How to Prepare the Topping:
Mix dry ingredients and butter until it is like fine crumbs. Stir in milk and drop by spoonfuls onto hot filling. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 25-30 minutes or until topping is browned. Serve topped with vanilla ice cream.