Bev's Recipe Collection

• 1 C butter (room temperature)
• 2 C flour
• 1 C almonds, chopped
• 1 t. vanilla
• 3 T sucanat with honey (or sugar)

Mix and roll into small balls.  Bake at 325 degrees 20 minutes (or until golden brown).

(from a Hebrew website)

1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup honey granules (or sugar)
2 eggs, beaten well with a mixer
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Melt the chocolate and butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Add the sugar and eggs; mix quickly.  Stir in the vanilla, flour, and salt. Pour into a 13″ x 9″ pan. Sprinkle the nuts over the fudge. Bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees.

• 2 C oats
• 1 C brown sugar or sucanat
• 1/2 C olive oil
• 1/2 C flour
• 1 t vanilla
• 1/2 t salt
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 3/4 C chopped walnuts
• 1 C shredded or flaked coconut

Mix oats, sugar, and oil in large bowl; let stand in refrigerator.  Add remaining ingredients; mix well.  Bake at 350 degrees in a greased 13×9″ baking pan for 15-20 minutes.

Makes two pies

Pie Crust:

4 1/2 cups freshly milled flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 sticks cold butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 – 3/4 cup ice water

Combine the flour and salt in a bowl. (I use my stand up mixer.) Cut in the butter until crumbly. Pour in the water a few tablespoons at a time until the dough is very moist. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for about 30 minutes.

Filling:

11 cups apples, peeled and sliced (about 8 apples)
1 1/2 cups sucanat w/honey (or sugar)
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg (or allspice)
1/8 tsp salt

While the pie crust dough is chilling, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl. Add the apples and stir until evenly coated.

Divide the pie crust dough in half for the two pies. Divide each piece of dough so that 2/3 of the dough is for the base crust and 1/3 is for the top. Roll each base crust out into circles and place in 9″ pie pans. Fill with the apple filling. Top each pie with the reaming dough as desired. (I did a lattice top.) Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes.

from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (circa 1980)

Crust:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup honey granules (or sugar)
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt

Cream the butter and honey granules until light and fluffy. blend in the egg; add the flour and salt, mix well. Press dough on the bottom of a greased 9″ x 13″ baking dish. Poke the dough with a fork to eliminate air bubbles. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12  minutes; cool.

Filling:

1 can (1 1/2 cups) pumpkin purée
3 (8-0unce) packages cream cheese, softened
6 Tbs  butter, softened
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup powdered sugar (I use honey granules ground fine in a blender)

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the softened butter and the cream cheese until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the mixer.
2. Add pumpkin purée and mix to combine. Add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and combine until smooth. Reduce speed to medium low and add sugar 1/4 cup at a time; beat until smooth.
3. Transfer pumpkin mixture to prepared pan, spreading it out evenly over the cooled crust.
4. Cover and chill until set, about 6 hours, or overnight. Remove outer ring of pan. Cut into slices and serve topped with Homemade Whipped Cream if desired.

Here is our version of this delectable Israeli pastry:

Dough:

2 sticks (1 cup) cold butter
8 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
2 cups whole wheat flour (I milled soft white wheat berries.)
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp honey granules (or sugar)

Filling:

1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans
1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup berry preserves (raspberry, strawberry, or blackberry)
1/4 cup sucanat or brown sugar

Topping:
1 egg
1 tsp water
2 T cup honey granules or sugar
3/4 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

• Chop cold butter and cream cheese into smaller pieces. Put pieces into your food processor along with sour cream, flour, salt, and sugar. Pulse until a crumbly dough forms and begins to fall away from the sides of the processor. Don’t over-process; the dough should look crumbly, like cottage cheese.
• Divide the dough into four equal balls. Wrap each ball with plastic and place in the refrigerator for 1 1/2 to 48 hours.
• In a skillet, toast the chopped nuts over medium heat until fragrant. Pour the toasted nuts into a food processor along with the chocolate chips, berry preserves, and brown sugar. Pulse together until a thick, coarse paste forms. Reserve.
• Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl; reserve. Whisk the egg and water; reserve.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly flour your rolling surface and rolling pin. Take one portion of the dough out the refrigerator. Roll out the dough to about 1/8 inch thickness, spreading with your hands if necessary. (You may need to use the rolling pin to pound out the dough a bit at the beginning; the dough will be very firm and cold, but will become more pliable as it starts to warm.)
• Lift the dough gently from the rolling surface and re-flour your surface beneath the dough. Replace the dough onto the re-floured surface. Use a round 9″ plate or cake pan as a guide to make an imprint in the dough. Cut the dough into a circle. Form the trimmed excess dough into a small ball. Wrap it in plastic and reserve in the refrigerator, adding to the ball with each batch that is made.
• Take 1/4 of the filling and place it in the center of the circle. Spread it across the surface of the dough, leaving 1/2 inch margin. You can use your hands to make the spreading easier.
• Cut the circle into 8 or 12 equal triangles.
• Roll up each triangle, starting from the wide flat end and rolling towards the narrow point. Press the end point into the cookie to secure it. With the end point down, place the rolled cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
• Brush the cookies with egg wash, and sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Serve at any temperature. They’ll keep for a few days in a tightly sealed container.

Makes about 50 rugelach

Adapted from The Shiksah

This is one of our favorite unleavened bread recipes. It’s so easy and turns out perfectly every time. 🙂

4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup olive or or melted butter
3 Tbs. honey
1 1/4 cup very hot water

Stir all the ingredients together until it forms into a ball. Roll out dough on baking stones until desired thickness from (1/8″-1/4″). Cut dough into desired size (a pizza cutter works well) and poke each piece with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until done. The longer the unleavened bread cooks the crispier it will get.

Recipe from Radical Femininity

• 3 ripe bananas
• 2 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2-4 tablespoons honey (depending on how sweet you like it)
• dash of cinnamon (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

Mash bananas in a large bowl, then stir in remaining ingredients. Let batter stand for approximately 20 minutes, then drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes (these cookies retain their shape and don’t spread out on the cookie sheet, so keep that in mind).

Recipe from Six Sisters’ Stuff

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbs honey
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs Italian seasoning
Parmesan cheese (optional)

Combine the butter, milk, and honey. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, salt, and Italian seasoning. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture; stir until the mixture forms a ball. Roll dough to 1/2″ thickness. Cut into finger-width slices. Cut slices in half (roughly 4″ long). Roll each bread stick in Parmesan cheese, lengthening the dough as you go so that the final product is approximately 6″ long and 3/4″ thick. Bake on a parchment paper lined jelly roll pan at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm.

2/3 cup olive oil
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup honey
1 egg
4 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup raisins

Beat the olive oil, milk, honey, and egg until combined.  In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix. Add additional flour if needed until the dough forms a mass; add the raisins and mix until combined. Divide the dough in half.  Roll each piece of dough out to desired thickness (I do about 1/4″”) on a baking stone or a parchment lined jelly roll pan. Prick the dough with a fork to eliminate air bubbles. Sprinkle a mixture of 2 Tbs sucanat (or sugar) and 1/2 tsp cinnamon over the surface of the dough. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until golden on the edges (over baking will cause it to be too brittle). Cut into squares; serve warm or cool on a wire rack.