Maple Desserts
Maple Cheesecake
Mary Bushey
1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
8 ounces cream cheese
1/14 cups heavy cream
1 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
Toppings:
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup maple syrup
Pecans to garnish
Sift together dry ingredients. Beat eggs, add sugar and blend well. Cream the cream cheese until fluffy, add heavy cream slowly and beat until smooth. Blend in 1 cup maple syrup, egg mixture, and dry ingredients. Add vanilla and mix well. Pour filling into graham-cracker crust (8 or 9 spring form pan) bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, or until center is set when tested with a knife. Turn off oven and let sit for 15 minutes. Chill. Just before serving whip cream with 1/2 cup maple syrup. Sread over cheesecake and garnish with pecans.
Maple Dream Bars
Virginia Howrigan
2 sticks of butter
3 cups flour
3/4 cups chopped nuts
2 cups confectioner's sugar
3 eggs
3 cups maple syrup
1 large package cream cheese
Whipped cream ( topping, use as much as you want)
Melt butter and add two cups of flour and the chopped nuts. Spread in large pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool. Melt cream cheese and add confectioner's sugar. Spread over first layer. Mix together eggs, 1 cup flour and 1 cup maple syrup. Continue mixing and add two more cups maple syrup. Cook in double boiler until thick. Cool and pour over second layer. Top with whipped cream.
Hasty Pudding
Mary Bushey
Bring to boil in saucepan:
3/4 cup maple syrup
Mix until smooth:
1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 chopped nuts or raisins or both
Pour in greased one quart casserole. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup raisins or chopped nuts. Pour boiling syrup over batter. This makes a sauce in the bottom of the pan after pudding is baked. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes. Serve warm (with light cream if desired.)
Maple Sugar Cake
Mary Bushey
2 cups soft maple sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 cups flour 2/3 cup chopped nuts
Mix well and bake at 350-375 degrees until done.
Boiled maple frosting:
Boil 2 cups maple syrup until it spins long threads. Beat 2 egg whites stiff. While syrup is boiling, start beating again and pour boiling syrup into whites and beat until it stands in stiff peaks. Take beaters out and let stand for a few minutes. Take some cold syrup and pour a little into frosting, beat with spoon and keep pouring a little more cold syrup into it until frosting is almost cool itself. Spread on cake. This will cover a 9" cake.
Maple Muffins
2 cups Jiffy Baking Mix
2 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsp. melting shortening
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
maple syrup
Combine ingredients to a soft dough. Turn onto surface dusted with baking with baking mix and knead quickly 20 times. Pat or roll dough 1/2" inch thick. Cut with 3"donut cutter. Place in ungreased cake pan. pour enough maple syrup over dough to cover holes and spaces between dough. Bake in 400 degree oven (F) for 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Serve warm.
Maple Cake
Elaine Callan
1 1/2 cups maple syrup
3/4 cups water
2 tbsp. butter
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
Combine dry indredients, stir in milk, spread into ungreased 9-inch pan. Combine maple syrup, water, and butter in sauce pan, heat until butter is melted, pour over batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Serve warm.
Maple Syrup Cake
Loretta Magnan
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup maple syrup
Whisk the following ingredients together:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup hot water
Cream shortening and sugar; beat eggs until fluffy. Mix in maple syrup. Blend in dry ingredients alternately with hot water. Fill greased 9" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until brown and away from the edge of pan. Frost with maple syrup frosting- recipe below:
Boil 1 1/2 cups of maple syrup until hard ball stage. Gradually add 2 egg whites witch have been beaten until fluffy. Add 1/4 tsp. cream of tarter- then add hot syrup in fine stream. Beat until smooth.
Maple Pudding Cake
Stacey Clark
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups maple syrup
3/4 cup water
2 tbs margarine
Combindry ingredients. Stir in milk, spread into 9" square pan. Combine syrup, water and margarine into saucepan. Heat until margarine melts. Pour over batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Serve warm.
White Cake With Maple Supreme Frosting
Mary Bushey
Cake:
2/3 cup shortening
1 2/3 cups sugar
2 1/4 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp vanilla 1 1/4 cups milk
5 eggs
Blend everything exept egg whites for 2 minutes. Add egg whites, blend 2 more minutes. Pour into greased and floured bunt pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. For 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Immediately invert onto cooling rack. Note: for maple flavored cake substitute 1 tsp maple extract for the vanilla.
Frosting:
1 cup margarine, softened
1/4 brown sugar
1/2 cup dark maple syrup
4 oz. cream cheese softened
1 1/2 lbs confectioner sugar, added slowly.
Blend all ingredients, beat until smooth. Add more confectionery sugar until it is of frosting consistency. Frost cake when cooled.
Vermont's Pumpkin Pecan Pie
3 eggs
1 cup mashed pumpkin
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp tsp salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 unbaked 9" pie shell
Beat eggs slightly, add remaining ingredients and pour into pastry lined pan. Bake in 350 degree oven about 40 minutes. If desired serve with whipped cream.
Maple Nut Pie
Darlene Wright
1/4 cup butter
1/2 sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup maple syrup
3 eggs
1 cup nut meats
1 unbaked 9 inch pastry shell
Melt butter, add syrup, salt, and eggs. Beat the mixture until well blended, add nut meats, pour filling into uncooked shell. Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes, reduce to 350 degrees and bake about 30 minutes. Serve cold with whipped cream.
Maple Pecan Pie
Sue Rainville
2 cups maple syrup
2 eggs
1 cup butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 chopped pecans
Bake at 375 degrees (F) oven for 12-13 minutes. Frost with confectionary sugar and maple spread.
Coconut Maple Pie
Shannon Kane
1 big coconut
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs beaten
1 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
Put coconut in bottom of pie plate. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, maple syrup and vanilla. Pour into pie plate over coconut. Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Or until firm.
Maple Oatmeal Cookies
Sheila Tatro
Optional: 1/2 cup chopped nuts, raisins, chocolate or coconut to the dough.
beat together three sticks butter, softened
1 3/4 cups maple sugar
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
6 cups old fashioned rolled oats
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Grease two 9x13 inch baking sheets. In a large bowl, mix together butter, maple syrup, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in oats. In another bowl, stir together flour,baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about two inches apart onto prepared baking sheets and bake for 12-15 minutes. Makes 70 cookies.
Vermont Maple Syrup Milk Shake
Mary Bushey
1/2 cup fancy syrup
1 1/2 pints milk
1/2 pint cream
2 scoops ice cream (any flavor) vanilla preferred
mix and pour into glasses
Taste Bud Burner
By: Darlene Wright
2 cups of maple syrup
1 cup water
1 tbsp butter
bisquick or own recipe biscuits
Boil 2 cups of maple syrup, 1 cup of water, and 1 tbsp of butter in a sauce pan. Reduce heat to simmer. Drop biscuit dough (made from Bisquick or own recipe) using tablespoons. Cook 10 minutes uncovered and 10 minutes covered. Serve plain or with ice cream, whipped cream.
Cindy's Maple Bars
by: Matt Playful
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup maple syrup
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
Blend sugar and butter, add syrup, egg, and vanilla. Add the flour and baking soda, mix until combined. Pour the batter into 8x8 greased pan and bake at 325 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
Maple Cornbread
By: Mary Bushey
Mix dry ingredients:
1 1/8 cornmeal
1 1/8 cups whole wheat flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Then add the following:
1 egg well beaten
1/2 cup maple syrup
3/4 cup milk
3 tbsp melted shortening
Stir until well blended but do not beat. Pour into shallow well greased pan (9x9 or larger). Bake for 20 minutes in 400 degree oven. Cut into squares and serve hot with butter.
Maple Divinity Fudge
By: Mary Bushey
3 cups maple syrup
2/3 cup white corn syrup
2 egg whites
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup chopped walnuts
Stir together maple syrup and white corn syrup. Boil until it forms hard ball in cold water or reads "hard ball" on the candy thermometer. Pour over siffly beaten egg whites, beating constantly. For the last cooling, use large spoon. When stiffening in texture, stir in baking powder and nutmeats and stir until thick enough to set.
Maple Butternut Fudge
By: Barb Branon
4 cups of maple syrup
1 cup of white sugar
Mix ingredients together in heavy sauce pan and cook to soft ball stage. Add one half teaspoon of lemon flavoring and two tablespoons of butter. Stir until thick and pour into a large pan. Add one half butternut to the top of each piece. If you do not have butternuts you may use walnuts.
Maple Fudge
By: Laure Briggs
1 tbsp Flour
1 cup sugar
2 cups maple sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup light karo syrup
1 tbsp butter
In a medium sauce pan, stir together flour and sugar. Add milk, maple syrup and Karo syrup while stirring occasionally. When temperature reaches 236 degrees on the candy thermometer, remove from heat and add butter to the top. Do not stir. Cool to 150 degrees and then beat until it is glossy. Pour into battered pan and let it set. Cut into squares.
Sryup Biscuit
By: Damien Branon
Make a drop biscuit batter
Fill bottom of 13x9 pan with syrup
Drop biscuits on top
Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown
Vermont Maple Pumpkin Pie
By: Renae Masse
Makes 6-8 servings
Cook Time:45 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
1-1/3 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin (one 15-oz. can)
3/4 cup Pure Vermont Maple Syrup
1-1/2 cups milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 unbaked pie shell
2 eggs
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ginger
Beat or blend all ingredients thoroughly together. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes or just until firm in the middle.