3 wonderful crisp Recipes

crisp bread and butter pickles, qt thinly sliced cucumbers, ea medium. white onions (slice thin!), pickling salt, sugar, ts tumeric, ts celery seed, tb mustard seed, cider vinegar, mix the cucumbers and onions with the salt and 2 quarts of cracked ice and let them stand, covered with a weighted lid, for 3 hours., drain thoroughly and put the vegetables in a large kettle., add the sugar , spices and vinegar and bring almost to a boil, stirring often with a wooden spoon, but do not boil., pack the pickles into hot jars and seal.

wonderful sunrise biscotti, this refreshing biscotti is brightened up by the beautiful colors of the blood orange. white chocolate & honey add sweetness., butter (no substitutes), white sugar, blood orange, honey, almond extract, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, white chocolate chips, chopped pecans, oven to 325 degrees ., mixer bowl, add sugar, butter & honey., peel from the blood orange using the large side of the cheese grater. take care not to grate the pith (the white layer between peel & fruit). add grated peel to mixer bowl., orange in half & squeeze juice out of both halves; add to bowl., all together til light & fluffy., almond extract & then both eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each., together flour , baking powder & salt. gradually blend into creamed mixture., wooden spoon , stir in chopped pecans & white chocolate chips., will be slightly sticky ., out onto lightly floured surface & divide into two halves., your hands , roll 1 half into a 10-12 inch log & place lengthwise on greased cookie sheet., flatten log into a long rectangle about 2-1/2 inches wide ., oven but leave logs on baking sheet til cool enough to handle., transfer to cutting board & slice each log on a diagonal into 1-inch wide slices.