7 closer Recipes

plain flour, sugar (white ), baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon (add to your own taste, i personally add closer to a full tbsp), salt (optional), milk, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, butter, cinnamon, raisins (other dried fruit), nuts , of choice

boneless pork chops , select a thicker cut and trim all visible fat, salt & freshly ground black pepper, canola oil or 2 tsp corn oil, cider vinegar, sugar (i think you can do this with splenda by adding it closer to the end of the preparation), white wine , dry would be best, reduced-fat chicken broth, firm ripe bosc pears or 1 anjou pear, peeled, cored and cut lengthwise into eighths, fresh ginger, peeled and cut into thin julienne strips, scallions, trimmed and sliced into 1/2 inch lengths, cornstarch, water

yellow cake mix + ingredients listed, i like to add a little half +half if the batter doesn tsp look creamy enough- it makes the cake nice and fluffy, crushed pineapple with juice, cold milk, jello instant vanilla pudding, cream cheese, softened + whipped, coolwhip, thawed, frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed

fresh mushrooms (or more to taste -i usually add closer to a lb and a half), butter, flour, heavy cream, milk (i use no lower than 2%, but i guess you could try 1% or skim to cut back a little on the fat.), salt, white pepper , optional, scant tsp cayenne pepper , optional

cookies (polish bows) - chruscik, egg yolks, tb sour cream, tb rum, ts vanilla, confectioners sugar, flour (sifted), ts baking powder, ts salt, tb sugar, oil for deep frying, beat the egg yolks with the sugar until well combined. add sour cream, rum and vanilla and mix until smooth. sift the flour, baking powder and salt and add it to egg yolk mixture, a little at a time. on a heavily floured surface knead the dough vigorously, punching and squeezing as much flour into it as it will take until the dough is no longer sticky (1/2 hour). separate dough into several portions and roll very thin. turn the dough and loosen often when rolling. the dough should look like parchment paper that you can see through. cut dough into strips approx. 1 1/2 inches wide, 4 inches long. make slit closer to 1 end and bring the longer end through the slit. heat oil to 375 degrees and fry quickly (only a few seconds) until golden not brown. turn only once. drain on paper towels. dust with confectioners sugar. makes 8 dozen.