Sweet Dough Fig Bars
Sweet dough tarts (pastry stuffed with a sweet filling) are the most popular of the classic sweets enjoyed by Cajuns. This recipe gives a new twist to your basic sweet dough and fig preserves. Ingredients 1 recipe sweet dough 1 quart fig preserves Directions Step 1 Both above recipes can ...
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Don’s (Seafood & Steakhouse) Bread Pudding
Don’s (Seafood & Steakhouse) is one of the finest and longest-lived business in Lafayette, LA. I am told by some waitresses working there that this has been their first and only job. Ingredients 9 slices white bread 1 1/4 cup sugar 1 (13 oz) can evaporated milk 2 cups milk ...
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Garlic Black Pepper Shrimp aka Cajun Butter Shrimp
From aquaculture.com – There are three species of gulf shrimp that have worldwide commercial importance, pink, gulf white, and brown. Brown shrimp constitute nearly half of the United States shrimp harvests. Gulf shrimp, unlike other varieties of shrimp, do not survive well in captivity and thus are not cultured. The ...
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Good Tarts – Sweet Dough
“A note from this recipe dated June 1998. I have used this recipe all my adult life.” Ingredients 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp soda 1 1/4 cup milk 1 cup margarine or butter 8 cups flour or as needed to make dough stiff nutmeg ...
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Mincemeat Prize Cookies
Mincemeat is one of those foods that you either love or hate. The biggest question has always been, exactly what is mincemeat? Mincemeat is defined as a mixture of finely chopped apples, raisins, spices, meat, and rum or brandy, used especially as a pie filling. Sounds like I might just ...
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Pecan Pie Bars
From Eagle Brand, a perfect recipe for holidays and family fun. A note in the recipe box had a date of September 28, 1986. Ingredients 2 cups flour, unsifted 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) 1 1/2 cup pecans, chopped 1 (14 oz) can Eagle Brand ...
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Instant Spice Tea ( Diet Version Also Available)
...Enjoy this soothing drink. Great for a morning or mid-afternoon treat. Ingredients 1 (3 oz) package Twist Lemonade or Crystal Lite 1 jar Tang 1 cup instant tea 1 1/2 cup sugar or Splenda 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 1/2 tsp clove Directions Step 1 Mix together in a bowl. ...
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Russian Tea
For a while, everyone in the small city where I was from was making this tea. The original recipe called for Start – an orange-flavored breakfast beverage popular in 1968. That alone dates this recipe. Ingredients 1 can Start Orange Drink or Tang 1 large envelope Lipton Lemon flavored ice ...
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Hawaiian Cake
This recipe was given to me 40 years ago. Still one of our family favorites. Ingredients 2 sticks oleo - margarine - butter 2 cups sugar 5 eggs 1 (13.75 oz) package graham cracker crumbs 1 cup milk 2 tsp vanilla extract, separated 1 (6 oz) can coconut 1 can ...
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Brown Sugar Vanilla Sauce for Bread Puddings and Desserts
Adapted from southernfood.com, this brown sugar sauce is great on bread pudding, fruit, pound cake, coffee cakes and ice cream. We eat at a Cajun restaurant that serves the most delicious sauce over it’s bread pudding. The cook gave me all the ingredients. Absolutely the best! For a treat, add ...
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Brown Sugar Sauce for Bread Pudding and Cakes
I tried this recipe from www.allrecipes.com by Gail Law for my bread pudding and it was so good. The recipe calls for milk, but cream may be substituted. Pour over coffee cake. Refrigerate for a week or more and reheat just before serving. Ingredients 1/4 cup butter 3 tbsp all ...
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Fettuccine Alfredo with Creole Seafood
A popular recipe request that many website visitors ask MawMaw to find. This recipe is guaranteed to make your mouth water and your family happy. Ingredients 8 jumbo shrimp 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped 1/4 cup garlic butter 1/4 pound crawfish tails, cooked 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced 1/2 cup sour ...
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Refrigerator – Icebox- Bread and Butter Pickles
Ten days in the fridge to perfection. Pickles have been traced back thousands of years and are as popular as ever to this day. Serrano and jalapeno peppers may be added for a sweet and spicy taste. Ingredients 3 cups sugar 1/3 cup pickling salt 1 tsp celery seed 3 ...
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Pickled Beets
This recipe was from the authors grandmother. I can remember Momma taking her pickled beet juice and dying our Easter eggs. I even remember the vinegar smell. I always thought they were the prettiest shade of burgundy. What was in your basket? Ingredients 2 quarts beets, boiled - sliced or ...
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Fruit Cocktail Cake and Icing
As a young mother, I was given this recipe. It is truly wonderful. Ingredients 1 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups flour 2 eggs 1 large can fruit cocktail with liquid 1 tsp vanilla 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup pecans Icing 1 stick ...
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