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Black Bottom Cupcakes

Preheat oven 350 degrees.

Combine in medium-sized bowl:
1 8-ounce package cream cheese
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate morsels

Sift together in medium-sized bowl:
1 ½ cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup cocoa
½ teaspoon salt

Add to the dry mixture:
1 cup water
1/3 cup oil
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Line muffin pan with cup holders. Fill muffin cups one-third full of chocolate batter. Top each muffin cup with a heaping serving spoon of cream cheese mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Makes one dozen cupcakes.


Cranberry Fruit Mold

1 lb. cranberries (or one 12-oz bag)
2 medium oranges
5-6 small to medium apples
2 c. sugar
2 small cans crushed pineapple
2 c. cut grapes
1 large box strawberry jello
1 large box raspberry jello

Peel and separate the oranges. Peel, core, and cut the apples into slices. Grind together cranberries, oranges, and apples. Pour into very large bowl (you may need a second large bowl once all the ingredients are combined). Strain the pineapple, setting aside the juice for use later. Add the sugar, pineapple and grapes to the fruit mixture and blend.

Heat the water to dissolve the jello packages. Use only 3 cups hot water (instead of 4; the liquid from the fruit mixture will make up for the last cup). Add cold water to the strained pineapple juice to make 3 cups of cold liquid and add to the dissolved gelatin. Pour into the fruit mixture and stir. Pour the mixture into molds. Freeze or refrigerate. To serve, add dollops of whipped cream to decorate. Serves 10-15.

(This recipe is a great hit at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even people who don’t particularly care for cranberries like it. I have cut the recipe in half for use with our own family, only to find that it disappears so quickly that I wished I had made the full recipe. My grandmother used to make this by hand; my food processor does the job in much less time!)


Dried Beef Dip

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2 ounces dried beef (small jar)
8 ounces cream cheese
2 tablespoons milk
½ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons minced onion
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
Worcestershire Sauce

Using a medium-sized bowl, stir the milk into the cream cheese. Shred the dried beef into the bowl. Add the onion and green pepper. Add a dash or two of Worcestershire Sauce, season to your tastes.


Summer Herb Punch

The amount of herbs you will need depends on how much punch you are making. Select a small handful of lemon balm springs and twice that amount of spearmint springs. Wash and remove the stems. Pour boiling water over the leaves and let the mixture steep for 20 minutes.

For every half gallon of mixture add one small can of frozen orange juice. Stir and refrigerate before serving.


Wassail (Christmas Punch, non-alcoholic)

1 gallon apple cider
2 teaspoons whole cloves
2 teaspoons whole allspice
2 3-inch cinnamon sticks
2/3 cup sugar
2 oranges

Heat cider, cloves, allspice, cinnamon sticks, and sugar to boiling in large saucepan. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Insert whole cloves into the oranges so that they are studded evenly with the cloves. Strain punch and pour into punch bowl. Float oranges in the bowl. Serves 32 one-half cup servings.


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