GOOD RECIPES - THE TOPIC OF THE EVENING

My it seems like ages since I last wrote! I hope you haven't given up on me!! It has just been a very busy Friday and Saturday and time slipped away! Our neighbors are from Porta Rico and they have had tons of company all weekend. He is home from Afganistan and will be going back and there has been some happy celebrating going on! They are really neat people and so gracious and friendly and hospitable. I took them a peach cobbler last night and today I cooked them my famous pound cake and an apple pie. Of course just when you really want to show out a little, something invariably happens to plant you firmly back on the ground! This time the cake I've probably made 50 of broke as I was getting it off the stem in the tube pan. It broke half into. It is too expensive and it takes an hour and half to cook so there was no way I was going to start over. I just pushed it together and decided to cover the top with powdered sugar to disguise it. Well you've probably guessed -- that is right I was out of powdered sugar. I bet that is the first time that has happened in years and years! So I just took it on over broken!!

It is so rich you can almost see an extra pound growing on you when you eat it so I never keep one at home. But for a delicious cake here is the recipe:

PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

3 Sticks butter
8 oz. cream cheese
6 eggs
3 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tablespoon vanilla (the orginal calls or only 1 tsp.)
3 cups flour

Cream butter, salt and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl. Gradually add 2 eggs and sugar and vanilla. Add flour and remaining eggs (one at a time) alternately, ending with the flour. Blend thoroughly. Pour into a well greased and floured bundit pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1-1/2 hours. Serves at least 12! (An easy to make, moist cake!)

Well - as I typed this I realized my mistake. I cooked it in the tube pan instead of a bundt cake pan and that is why I could not get it off the tube without breaking it! DUH!!! It deserved to break if I was that dumb!!

Our neighbors invited us to join the party last night. He had cooked Pork shoulder and it was so delicious. I asked how he did it and he just said - "next spring when I am home for good, I am going to roast a pig (in the back yard) and you will see then how I season it!!" So -- I did not get the recipe! The potato salad was good too. It has green olives and apple in it and was not filled with mayo or mustard! I don't know that trick either! Guess we can all learn!!

I have this cookbook called "GINGERBREAD and all the trimmings!" I bought it in 1988 at a tour of old homes in Waxahachie. The Waxahachie Junior Leage was selling them and I'm sure I have used that one cookbook more than any other. I have not tried one thing in this book that was not excellent!! The cake recipe came from that book.

I bought another 1/2 bushel of peaches and shared with my sister. We each got 30 peaches. They are so delicious. I stated that I had made my neighbors a peach cobbler. (I know Travis is feeling neglected!!) Here is the recipe I used:

HOMEMADE PEACH COBBLER

This version fits a 9X12 dish!

2 bought roll out pie crust (the ones in the box already rolled and you just unroll them!)
7 Fresh peaches, sliced
2 Cups sugar
1 Cup water
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup ice water
2 heaping Tablespoons corn starch
1/4 tsp. salt

Unroll the first pie crust and place on floured cutting board and roll crust until it will fit your dish. Bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes or until nice and golden brown.

Place sugar, water, peaches, and salt in saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook two or three minutes until peaches start to tender. Stir the corn starch in the ice water and while stiring peaches, gently pour corn starch water into peaches. Turn heat down and allow to cook for a few minutes to thicken slightly. Add butter and stir in. Pour into crust. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon. Roll out the other crust to fit top of cobbler and then gently place on top of the peaches. Cut a few slits in it for air to escape, dot with a little more butter and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 400 degrees until top is brown and cobbler starts to bubble.

It is delicious served alone or with ice cream!!

I went out to my sister-in-laws in Winona and I will tell you about that trip tomorrow!


Have a great evening and tomorrow! Look for someone to help along with way of this life's journey! Make God bless and keep each of you safe.