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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Simple and Easy Dessert Recipes


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Strawberry Rhubarb Puff

   Ingredients required
1 - 16 oz package frozen rhubarb, thawed
1 - 10 Oz package frozen strawberries, thawed
1/2 cups sugar
2 cups flour, if self-rising, omit baking powder and salt
2 tbsp sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup salad oil
2/3 cup milk
butter
2 tbsp sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven 325 degrees

Instructions for Strawberry Rhubarb Puff Recipe

   In ungreased 9 by 9 by 2 inch baking pan, mix rhubarb, strawberries, and 1/2 cup sugar, place in oven. Measure flour, 2 tbsp sugar, baking powder and salt into bowl. Pour oil and milk into measuring cup, do not stir together, pour all at once into the flour mixture. Stir until mixture cleans side of bowl and forms a ball. Drop dough by 9 spoonfuls onto hot fruit. Make identation in each bisquit, dot with butter. Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle biscuits. Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm. Serves 9. Good served plain or maybe served with whipped topping or vanilla ice cream. Fresh strawberry rhubarb Puff, substitute 3 cups cut up fresh rhubarb and 1 pint fresh strawberries, cut up. Increase the 1/2 cup sugar to 1 1/2 to 2 cups, and add 1/2 cup water to fruit sugar mixture.

List of Dessert Recipes

Almond Puff
Apple Crisp Recipe
Apple Dessert
Cheese Cake
Chocolate Bavarian
Ice Cream Recipe
Pudding Deserts
Raspberry Torte
Rhubarb Dessert
Rice Pudding
Strawberry Blitz Torte

Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup