Maple Syrup Cake
1/3 cup shortening
½ cup sugar
¾ cup maple syrup
2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
3 egg whites
Maple Icing (recipe follows)
¾ cup chopped walnuts
Cream the shortening and sugar. Stir in maple syrup. Add sifted dry
ingredients alternately with
milk. Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Fold into mixture.
Turn on to greased 9-inch square pane lined with wax paper (or
parchment). Bake in preheated
350F oven for 45-50 minutes. Turn out onto cooling rack, remove the
paper and cool. Spread
top and sides of cake with the maple icing; sprinkle chopped nuts.
Maple Icing
2 cups maple syrup
Pinch of salt
2 egg whites
Boil maple syrup until it spins a thread (232F on candy thermometer).
Pour slowly over the stiffly
beaten salted egg whites, beating constantly with hand mixer or wire
whisk. Continue beating
until mixture is stiff enough to stand up in soft peaks.
Oatmeal Maple Cookies
½ cup Crisco shortening
1 cup maple syrup
½ cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
Mix well all the above ingredients in a large bowl.
1 ½ cups oatmeal
½ cup raisins
½ cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
Mix into the above mixture. Drop by tablespoon onto ungreased cookie
sheet. Bake at 375f oven
for 10 minutes. Cool on rake.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Vermont Pork Chops
6 pork chops
¼ cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon vinegar
½ teaspoon chili pepper
1/8 teaspoon pepper
¼ cup pure maple syrup
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon Worchester sauce
1 ½ teaspoon salt
Flour to thicken gravy
Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly brown pork chops in a small amount of
olive oil. Place chops in a
flat baking dish. Combine all other ingredients over low heat and pour
over chops. Cover and
bake 45 minutes basting occasionally. Uncover and bake 15 minutes
longer.
Place chops on warming platter while sauce is thickened very slightly
with flour. Pour sauce over
chops and serve.
Maple Sugar Biscuits
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons shortening
¾ cup milk
1 cup pure maple syrup
Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Mix in shortening. Add milk to make a
soft dough. Pat or roll out
dough to one-half inch thickness. Cut with a small biscuit cutter.
Spread with softened butter and
with male syrup (if desire, cinnamon).
Bake in greased pan or baking sheet at 400 F for 15 minutes. Makes
about 16 biscuits.
Maple Syrup Graham Bread
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 eggs, room temperature
1 ½ cups buttermilk, room temperature
½ cup sour cream, room temperature
1 ½ cups pure maple syrup
In a large bowl, blend together the white flour, baking powder, baking
soda and salt. Measure
and stir in whole wheat flour.
In a small bowl, beat eggs and blend in buttermilk, sour cream and
maple syrup. Pour this liquid
mixture into the dry ingredients and stir well.
Grease and line with greased wax paper, two 8 ½” x 4 ½” loaf pans.
Pour or spoon batter into
prepared loaf pans.
Cook in a 325F degree oven for 1 hour (40 minutes in convection
oven). Test for doneness. Turn
loaves on their sides and gently tug on the paper to pull the loaves out.
Cool before slicing.
Maple Muffins
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ cup butter, softened
1 egg
¾ cup pure maple syrup
¼ cup milk
Stir together the dry ingredients. Add butter and blend well. Add egg,
maple syrup and milk. Stir
until well blended (do not over beat). Fill greased muffin tins about ½
full. Bake at 400F for 20-25
minutes. Makes about 12 muffins.
Vermont Johnny Cake Corn Bread
2 cups flour
4 ½ teaspoons baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup corn meal
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk
½ cup pure maple syrup
¾ cup shortening, melted
Mix eggs, milk, maple syrup and melted shortening. Add dry
ingredients.
Bake at 400F for about 30 minutes in a 9x9 pan.
Maple Sugar Cake
1 ½ cups granulated maple sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1.2 cup Crisco,
½ teaspoon cloves
1 egg
1 cup sour milk (1 cup milk and 1 tablespoon white vinegar)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
Combine all ingredients. Grease baking dish. Bake at 375F for
approximately 30 minutes.
