Old Pastry Recipes In New England

By Linda Snyder


Every part of the US has its own characteristic desserts. Some are widely popular and prepared elsewhere as well, and most people cannot tell where these recipes came from any more. Among various old pastry recipes in New England, some came from Europe, some are changed over time, adapted or enriched, and some are still used in their original form. In any case, here are two really simple and tasty desserts for you.

Boston cream pie is one of most popular desserts that come from New England. It doesn't take too much time to prepare, and it really is tasty and moist, just a kind of a dessert everybody enjoys. For the cake, you will need following ingredients. 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cup sugar, 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour, 3 tsp. Baking powder, a little bit of salt, 1/3 cup sunflower oil, 1 cup milk and some vanilla extract.

Make snow of two egg whites and one half cup of sugar. Dry ingredients should be sifted together first, and then you should add egg yolks, milk, vanilla and oil and make a mixture. Egg white snow should be gently mixed in. Grease and flour the pan, pour in the mixture and bake on 350F for maybe 20 minutes. This time depends on the size of your pan. Cool for ten minutes or so and remove from the mold.

For preparing the cream, you need one third cup sugar, one egg, three tablespoon flour, one quarter tbs.salt one and half cup milk and one table spoon of vanilla. Mix these ingredients well together and cook until thicken. Stir all the time. Remove from the heat and stir in one table spoon of butter. Cover the pan and let it all to cool. Slice the cake, fill it with your cream and pour the chocolate glaze over it.

Chocolate glaze is also really easy to make. Mix together one teaspoon vanilla, one and half cup sugar and three spoon of water. Cook at medium heat, add one and half ounce unsweetened chocolate and stir until melted. Mix with two table spoons of butter and generously pour over your tasty cake. Let it cool and you can enjoy in this old but still appealing dessert.

For one really simple to make dessert called Maple apple crisp, you do not have to put in too much effort, and you and your friends will certainly just love the taste. First, you need 4 large apples, peeled and thinly sliced, a juice squeezed of two lemons, some ground cinnamon at your taste and three spoon of maple syrup. Combine pieces of apples, lemon juice, cinnamon and syrup.

The topping is also so easy to prepare. Combine one cup of Quaker rolled oats, 1/3 cup flour, 1/2 cup almonds, sliced, two tbs.vegetable oil, two tbs. Good maple syrup and one teaspoon of good quality almond extract. Simply combine these ingredients and let them rest for a while.

You should preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease the mold first. Put the mixture of apples and other ingredients in the oven, covered, and bake for up to 40 minutes. Now it's time to spread the topping on baked apple mixture and put it back again into the oven, this time without the foil. Bake for half an hour or so, the topping should be crisp and golden by then. Cool and enjoy.




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