Chloe's Chocolate Pecan Pie

Ingredients

For Crust
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup chilled butter, sliced

For Filling

3/4 cup white sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar (unpacked)

3 large eggs

1/2 cup dark corn syrup

3 Tbs butter, melted

2 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 cups pecans, chopped

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Procedure
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sugar, flour, salt, and cinnamon in a food processor and pulse until combined. Add butter and pulse until dough resembles coarse sand. Press into a greased 9 inch pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes. In a large mixing bowl combine sugars, eggs, corn syrup, butter and vanilla. Mix well. Add pecans and chocolate chips. Pour filling into crust. Bake for 65-75 minutes.

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A Hamann/Verdick Family recipe

Hamann Manicotti

Ingredients

1 egg, beaten

15 oz Ricotta cheese

1/4 lb. mozzarella cheese grated

3 Tbs of Parmesan Cheese

1 Tbs of sugar

1 Tbs of parsley, dried or fresh

1 8 oz box of manicotti shells
26-36 oz pasta sauce

Procedure
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl combine egg, cheeses, sugar and parsley. Fill the uncooked manicotti shells with filling. Pour enough pasta sauce to cover the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan. Lay the filled manicotti shells on top of the pasta sauce. Pour enough pasta sauce to cover the shells. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes. If desired, sprinkle some grated mozzarella over the pan before returning it to the oven for the last 10 minutes.

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A Hamann Family Recipe

Sattler Dresdner Christstollen

Ingredients
2.2 lbs (~7 cups) flour
25.6 g instant yeast
1 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
500 g (~2 cups) butter, melted
zest of one lemon
100 g chopped almonds
100 g candied lemon or orange peel
500 g raisins
60 g butter, melted
60 g powdered sugar



Procedure
Warm milk and flour slightly above room temp. In a small bowl combine yeast and sugar, combine. Put flour in a large mixing bowl. Add butter, sugar yeast mixture, lemon zest, and milk. Combine carefully with a wooden spoon. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead in the almonds, citrus peel, and raisins. Once everything is incorporated place dough in a greased mixing bowl and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour. Pre-heat oven to 360 degrees. Form dough into a long oval loaf and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 55-70 minutes or until a tester comes out clean and the stollen has a nice brownish sheen. Remove stollen from oven and immediately alternatively brush with melted butter and dust with powdered sugar. Serve warm or chilled.

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A Sattler Family Recipe

Pah Pah's Finish Cardamon Braid

makes 3 loaves

Ingredients
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter (melted)
1 tsp salt
2 packages quick rise yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 eggs
1 tsp cardamon seeds (I used ground cardamon)
8 1/2 - 9 cups flour

Procedure
Warm the milk, stir in melted butter, sugar and salt. Sprinkle yeast over warm water, and stir to dissolve. Add yeast mixture, eggs, cardamon, and two cups flour to milk mixture. Beat with electric mixer or spoon until smooth. Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough that leaves the sides of the bowl. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface, knead about 10 minutes. Place in lightly greased bowl, turn dough over to lightly coat in oil. Let rise about 1 1/2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Divide dough into thirds. Then divide each piece into thirds again, and braid. You should have three braided loaves. Place braids onto an ungreased baking sheet. let rise until double (30-45 minutes). bake 20 to 25 minutes at 375.


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Opa's Glorious Sponge Cake

Ingredients
6 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tsp orange zest
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups berries
3 cinnamon sticks
1 Tbs honey

Procedure
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Separate the eggs. Whisk the egg yolks. Add sugar. Beat well. Add in the flour and salt alternatively with the juice and zest, beating well, all the while. In a separate bowl beat the egg whites with the ream of tartar until medium hard peaks form. Fold the egg whites into the batter and pour into ungreased tub pan. Bake for 60-65 minutes. Let cool and use a sharp knife to cut the cake off the sides of the pan. Combine berries, honey and cinnamon sticks in a small sauce pan and heat to desired consistency. Drizzle berry syrup over cake.

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Oma's Banana Bread

Ingredients
1/4 cup margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 Tbs water
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cups nutmeats

Procedure
Pree-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together margarine and sugar. Add egg and mix well. Add whole wheat flour, and combine. Combine water with banana in separate bowl and add alternatively with the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix well. Add nutmeats and vanilla. Pour into a greased 5x9 loaf pan. Bake for 60 min.



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Oma Buns

Ingredients
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup oil
2 Tbs honey
1 3/4 cups warm water
1 Tbs yeast
5 cups whole wheat flour


Procedure
Mix together salt, oil, honey, water, and three cups of flour until well combined. Add yeast; mix well. Add remaining flour, and knead for 10-15 minutes. If dough resists kneading too much let it rest for 5-10 minutes. Divide dough into eight equal portions, and form into balls. Let round loaves rise on a greased baking sheet for 45-60 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes.


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