August 1998
 
BLUEBERRY COFFEE CAKE
  • 4 Eggs, separated
  • 1¾ cups Sugar
  • 3 tsps. Vanilla
  • 1 cup Oil
  • ¼ cup Lemon juice (bottled is fine)
  • 2 tsps. LEMON ZESTO
  • 2½ cups Flour
  • 2 tsps. Baking Powder
  • 2 cups Frozen Blueberries (floured)
  • Beat egg whites until frothy, add sugar, egg yolks, oil, vanilla, lemon juice and LEMON ZESTO. Fold in dry ingredients and floured blueberries, reserving a handful for the bottom of the pan. Place reserved blueberries in bottom of 10” bundt or tube pan. Pour in batter and bake at 350º for 1 hour. When cool, turn out on cake plate and wait for the raves!

    PITA TOASTS

  • ¾ cup Butter
  • 2 tbsps. Parsley - Minced
  • 1 tbsp. Chives - Snipped
  • 1 tsp. LEMON ZESTO
  • 1 tbsp. Lemon juice (bottled is fine)
  • 1 large Garlic Clove - Crushed & Minced
  • 6 Pita Rounds
  • In a bowl, cream together first six ingredients, cover and set aside for at least one hour. Cut pita rounds into 4 wedges and separate layers. Spread each piece with some of the butter mixture. Arrange the pita on a large baking sheet in one layer and bake in top half of preheated 450º oven for 5 minutes, or until lightly brown and crisp. Makes 48 toasts. Serve in place of garlic toast or rolls.

    WELSH CAKES

  • 1½ cups Flour
  • ½ tsp. Salt
  • ½ tsp. Baking Powder
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp. Nutmeg
  • ½ cup Butter
  • 1 tsp. ORANGE ZESTO
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 tbsps. Orange Juice (frozen is fine)
  • ½ cup Currants
  • Sift dry ingredients. Cut in butter to a mealy texture. Add egg and mix. Add enough orange juice to bind dough together. Add currants and mix well. Roll to ¼” thickness and cut cakes with 3” cookie cutter (or an inverted glass). Cook in greased frypan on medium heat till lightly browned (3 to 4 minutes each side).

    Makes about 20

    ARLENE'S HINT FOR AUGUST

    I keep a sheet of fabric softener in my purse. When static cling sets in I can get rid of it in a jiffy by rubbing it on my panty hose or whatever.

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