Fall Recipes - Hot Spiced Cider

Serves about 10

2 quarts apple cider
2/3 cup corn syrup
3 cinnamon sticks
1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
1 lemon, sliced
10 cinnamon sticks, for garnish
10 lemon slices, for garnish

In a medium saucepan stir cider, corn syrup, 3 cinnamon sticks, cloves and slices of 1 lemon. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, simmer 15 minutes. Remove spices and lemon slices. Garnish each serving of cider with a cinnamon stick and a slice of lemon.

Lemon Sugar Cookies

2 3/4 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup butter
2 c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp lemon flavoring
3 Tbls lemon juice
1 c quick oats

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar, add eggs, beating well. Beat in lemon flavoring and juice. Gradually add flour mixture and then stir in oats. Chill for about 2 hours.

Make balls with approximatly 1 T of dough at a time. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart. Flatten with a glass (grease bottom of glass with butter and dip into sugar).

Bake at 375 degrees for about 8-10 min. Makes 4 dozen

Apple Crisp

4 cup of Sliced Apples
1/3 cup All-purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup oatmeal
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup butter or melted margarine

Put Sliced Apples in a baking pan and sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine all dry ingredients with butter or melted margarine and mix with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle all this over apples and bake at 350 degrees for at least 30 minutes.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Sangria Tea

3 cups boiling water
5 tea bags regular or decaffeinated
1/3 cup sugar
2 cups chilled grape juice
1 orange, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
1 lime, sliced
4-5 large strawberries, sliced (optional)
chilled club soda
ice

Boil water and steep tea bags for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags, stir in sugar and cool.

In large pitcher, combine the brewed tea with remaining ingredients except for the club soda. Chill for 2 hours.

Just before serving, pour into punch bowl or a clear glass pitcher, add ice and a splash of club soda.

Garnish with slices of fruit.

Honey Spiced BBQ Sauce

1 1/4 Cup Catchup
2/3 Cup Salad oil
3/4 Cup Vinegar
5 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 Cup Honey
2 Tablespoon Dry mustard
3 Teaspoon Ginger, fresh grated
1 Lemon, sliced thinly
3 Tablespoons Butter

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and heat to blend together.
Remove lemon peel before basting.

Lemon Angel Food Cake

12 egg whites
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt

Beat at high speed until foamy. The whites are beaten enough when they start to slip when you tip the bowl.

Add 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1 T at a time until stiff peaks form. Fold in 1 T lemon rind, 3 T fresh lemon juice and 1/4 tsp vanilla.

Combine 1/2 cup powdered and 1 cup sifted cake flour, gradually fold in the egg white mixture. Spoon batter into a 10" tube pan. (Do not grease the pan!!)

Bake 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Invert pan onto the neck of a bottle or funnel until cooled.