Recipes

  • Nuts and Bolts

    Ingredients

    • 10 cups Bugles Original
    • 8 cups pretzel sticks
    • 8 cups Cheerios brand cereal
    • 8 cups Crispix brand cereal
    • 4 cups Shreddies brand cereal
    • 4 cups mixed salted nuts
    • 1 1/4 cups butter
    • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 tablespoon smoked salt
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
    • 6 dashes liquid smoke
    • 3 dashes cayenne pepper

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 150°F.
    2. Mix Bugles, pretzels, cereals, and nuts together in a large bowl.
    3. Melt butter and stir in spices until salt is dissolved.
    4. Pour 1/2 of butter mixture over cereal mixture and gently toss until coated.
    5. Pour cereal mixture into a large roasting pan.
    6. Bake for 2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes or so.
    7. Pour remaining butter mixture over cereal after 1 hour.

    Source

    Holitzki family recipe.
  • Poppycock

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • 1/2 cup butter
    • 1/4 cup corn syrup
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    • 15 cups popped plain popcorn
    • 1 cup chopped pecans

    Method

    1. Beat sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat until bubbly around edges.
    2. Continue to beat sugar mixture over medium heat 3-5 minutes longer.
    3. Remove from heat and mix in baking soda, stir until foamy.
    4. Pour over popcorn and nuts.
    5. Stir gently to mix and coat.
    6. Allow to cool.

    Source

    Holitzki family recipe.
  • Chocolate Fudge

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups white sugar
    • 1/3 cup cocoa
    • 1/2 cup milk
    • 1/2 cup butter
    • 1 cup all purpose flour
    • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

    Method

    1. Line 8 inch square pan with parchment paper.
    2. In non-stick dutch oven, combine all of the ingredients except the flour and vanilla.
    3. Cook while beating until fudge reaches soft ball stage.
    4. Remove from heat and add flour and vanilla.
    5. Continue to beat while cooling until the fudge loses its gloss.
    6. Pour quickly into lined pan.
    7. Cool on a wire rack.
    8. Unmould and cut into 1 inch squares.
    9. Store in an airtight container.

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.
  • Meringue Cookies

    Multiply this recipe by the number of egg whites.

    Ensure that egg whites are completely free of yolks, bowl and whisk are completely clean and dry, and use only metal or glass tools. If the recipe is contaminated by fat, the meringue will fail.

    Ingredients

    • 1 large egg white at room temperature
    • 1/16 teaspoon cream of tartar
    • 1/4 cup icing sugar

    Chocolate Variation

    • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 200°F.
    2. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
    3. Beat egg whites in stand mixer using whisk attachment until foamy.
    4. Add cream of tartar and continue to beat until soft peaks.
    5. Gradually add icing sugar while beating until stiff peaks.
    6. (Chocolate variation: gradually add cocoa powder).
    7. Transfer to a piping bag and pipe onto baking sheets.
    8. (Chocolate variation: dust raw meringues with cocoa powder before baking).
    9. Bake for 3 hours until meringues are easy to remove from baking sheet.
    10. Let meringues cool on wire racks.

    Source

  • Krumkake

    This recipe requires a Norwegian krumkake iron.

    Ingredients

    • 2 eggs
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1/2 cup butter softened
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 cup milk

    Method

    1. Beat eggs using whisk attachment on stand mixer.
    2. Add sugar, butter, and vanilla, continue to beat.
    3. Add portions of flour and milk alternately, continue beating until smooth.
    4. Heat iron over medium-high heat on stove.
    5. Lightly butter the iron.
    6. Add 1 teaspoon of batter to the middle of the iron, close immediately and squeeze handles together.
    7. Bake 5-10 seconds, turn iron over, bake 5-10 seconds longer.
    8. Remove cookie from iron using metal spatula.
    9. While still hot, roll cookie around wooden cone.
    10. Cool cookie seam side down on wire rack.

    Source

    Dougherty family recipe.