Guiding Light - MESSAGE BOARDS

Amanda Spaulding's Pecan Refriderator Cookies(Since Amanda was kind of fridged and cold, this refrigerator cookie is for her. Like the rest of her family and recipes listed for the Spauldings, this too is full of nuts!)
1 pound butter, softened
1 pound of brown sugar
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons vanilla
4 Cups of flour
1Teaspoons cinnamon
1Teaspoon baking powder
1Teaspoon salt
1 pound of chopped pecans(I toast them slightly at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, but not needed too.)
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add to butter mixture, mixing thoroughly. Stir in pecans. Chill dough for one or two hours. Divide into 6 portions: shape into rolls about 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Wrap the rolls in waxed paper and chill overnight or longer. Slice about 1/4 inch thick. Bake on greased cookie sheet in preheated 375 degrees oven for 10 minutes.

Depression Cake---The name says it all!!
1-1/2 cups Raisins
1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup strong coffee or water
1 cup grated apple (about 1 medium)
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or shortening
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
powdered sugar (optional)
Combine raisins, sugar, coffee or water, apple and butter in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer uncovered 10 minutes. (Mixture should measure 2-3/4 to 3 cups total.) Cool for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 350. Greasea 13X9 baking pan with cooking spray. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices in a small bowl. Add to raisin mixture in saucepan; stir well to combine. Add nuts. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve slightly warm or cool, dusted with powdered sugar if desired.

Alan Spualding’s Death By Chocolate. Since Alan died of a heart attack, it looks like this recipe might have been what did him in. This does taste like an M.I. in the making.
1 package of German chocolate cake mix
1 package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 2/3 cups milk
¾ cup strong brewed coffee
1(12oz.)container frozen whipped topping, thawed
6 (1.4 oz.) bars chocolate covered toffee bars, frozen and crushed.
In a 9X13 in pan, bake cake according to the direction on the package. Cool and crumble. Make pudding, also per instructed on the package, with milk. In a large serving bowl, place half of the crumble cake. Pour half of the coffee over the cake and spread half of the pudding over that. Top with half of the whipped topping, sprinkled with half of the crumbled candy bars. Repeat layers in the same order. Refrigerate until served.

Not as good as Sex in Springfield Cake! This is a take on the Better then Sex Cake, but there has been some good sex seen on GL and much provided by the long term resident of Springfield. I think a few ingredients have been used in a few scenes…This is a common recipe. When I was in college, I took care of an elderly lady who made this cake...she was divorce for a long time, so it was well needed. We had to run her errands before her stories were on. She too was a CBS soap watcher. She was not a GL fan until I got her into it. It was a great job, I could just set with her and watch my soaps. She past away about 10 years ago, but she would have sad to see a wonderful show leaving.
1 package yellow cake mix
1can crushed pineapple with juice
3 bananas, sliced
1package instant vanilla pudding mix
1(16oz.) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 ¼ cups flaked coconut
16 oz. chopped walnuts
½ cup white sugar
Bake yellow cake mix according to package directions for one 9X13 cake pan. Combine the crushed pineapple(undrained) with the white sugar and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat. Set aside and let cool. Mix instant vanilla pudding per direction on package. Once cake is cool, spread the cooled pineapple mixture over the top, followed by the vanilla pudding, sliced bananas and whipped topping. Sprinkle flaked coconut and chopped nuts over the top of the cake. Let cake chill for at least 1 hour before serving

Ok, I have not posted due to my family having H1N1 flu. Due to illness, I decided to post Rosie’s Pork and Sauerkraut. Please get the shot for this when it comes out next week. This flu is very hard to deal with and we were healthy to start off with. Since our immune system was lowered due to the swine flu, we are now fighting other illness. Please be careful. I guess we know how I made it through my first week of no GL. I do not like it
6 (1/2 inch thick) bone-in pork loin chops
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup applesauce
1 (16 ounce) jar sauerkraut - rinsed and drained
1/4 cup white wine, apple juice or water
4 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
pepper to taste
In a skillet, brown pork chops on both sides in oil. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Combine the remaining ingredients; spoon over chops. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until meat juices run clear.

Mallet's Mile-High-Chocolate-Pie



1/2 c Cocoa; baking
1/2 c Hot water
2 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Vegetable shortening
2 c Sugar
2 ea Eggs; large
2 ts Vanilla extract
2 1/2 c Flour; unbleached, sifted
1 c Buttermilk
Cocoa Frosting:
1/2 c Butter or regular margarine
1 oz Baking chocolate
1 lb Confectioners' sugar; sifted
1 ea Egg white; large
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 ts Lemon juice
3 tb Milk

Springfield Police Buster Bar Desserts: It seems only if you are in jail in SF you get really good food from company. So, if you are like Cyrus, and many other residents of SF, this is what you want if you are busted and put behind bars for a long time. Maybe a file would fit into it too!
½ pkg. Oreo Cookies, crushed
2T. sugar
1/3 C. butter/margarine, melted
2C. powdered sugar
12 oz. can evaporated milk
2/3 C. chocolate Chips
½ C. butter/margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ C salted red peanuts
½ gallon vanilla ice cream
Combine Oreos, sugar and 1/3 C. butter or margarine. Spread as a crust in bottom of 9X13 inch pan. Mix powdered sugar, evaporated milk, chocolate chips and ½ c. butter in sauce pan. Boil for 8 minutes, stirring constantly(will scorch and that is a real pain!!). Add Vanilla and cool. While this is cooling, spread the peanuts over crust mixture, then spread the ice cream over the peanuts. Pour cooled topping over ice cream. Add a few crushed peanuts if desired. Freeze overnight.

Patrick Cutter’s Kolaches. Cutter was hot on the trail of cross-dressing serial killer Brent Lawrence [aka Marian Crane] when said cross-dressing serial killer bumped him off with a knife in the chest. I am not sure how Cutter and Kolaches pull together. Since Cutter was dating Marion, who was really Brent, Mr. Lawrence had a lot of changes and choices of clothes. You have a lot of fillings you can use for the Kolaches!!! A stretch, I know!!!!!

2 pkg. yeast
½ C. warm water
1C. hot milk
2/3 lard (oh, the good ol’ days)
½ C. sugar
1 ½ tsp. salt
2C. mashed potatoes
3 eggs, beaten
3 ½-4C. flour
Soften yeast n the warm water (not too hot, it will kill the yeast)-set aside. Pour hot milk into a large bowl over sugar, lard and salt. Stir until lard melts, then stir in potatoes, egg and cool to luke warm. Add yeast, stir in about half of flour, and beat until batter is smooth and satiny. Put in rest of flour and mix until smooth. Let rise until about double. Make into balls, put on pan and let rise. Make dents in the center and fill with your favorite fruit (some use a nice fruity jelly). Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or till golden brown on center rack.

Instead of fruit filling, you can use Poppy Seed Filling
1C. ground poppy seed
3T. white syrup
1 ½ C. milk
¾ C. Sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
2T. butter
1 ½ T flour
1 tsp. vanilla
Cook together for 5 minutes the ground poppy seed, white syrup, milk, sugar and salt. Then sprinkle flour over mixture stirring until smooth and cook 5 more minutes. Add vanilla and cool.

Springfield's Beefy Slow Cooking Men----Hot, steamy, sometimes take awhile to get done, but worth the wait!!! Great for those cold days. Oh, makes me want Phillip keeping me warm in a snow storm!!!
4 pounds beef chuck roast
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon dried rosemary
3 bay leaves
1 cup soy sauce
6 cups water
DIRECTIONS
1.Place roast in slow cooker. Season with garlic, rosemary, and bay leaves. Pour in soy sauce and water. Cook on low setting for 6 to 10 hours. Unlike most roasts, the longer the better.

Rosie Butter, I have really enjoyed your recepies and the names that you have given them. When and if I get out of my state sadness from still missing GL, I am going to give some of them a try. Please give us more. Being a Bizzie Fan, do you have one that would fit Bizzie? Thanks!

Rosie, I was sorry to see you had the flu. I hope the whole family is symptom free now. Take Care.
I will try to come up with some more recipes. You have been working hard on this. It's appreciated.