Ms Jenny Benedicts Famous Cucumber Spread Food

MS. JENNY BENEDICT'S FAMOUS CUCUMBER SPREAD

Steps:

• Peel and seed the cucumber: put in a food chopper and chop until very VERY VERY fine.
• In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients.
• Add food coloring to desired shade.
• Cover and refrigerate at least one hour before serving.

CUCUMBER SPREAD

Steps:

• Peel, core, and seed the cucumber, then grate.
• Sprinkle cucumber with salt in a colander and toss (this allows the cucumber to"sweat" out excess water); let stand for 30 minutes, stirring once or twice, then remove and gently squeeze liquid from cucumber.
• Mix grated cucumber with remaining ingredients and chill for a least an hour before serving.
• Serve with crackers or bread.

QUICKIE CUCUMBER TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Peel the cucumber and cut in half lengthwise. Use a spoon and scrape out the seeds. In a food processor, place the cucumber. Pulse until chopped VERY fine, but not pureed.
• Add to the remaining ingredients and mix well. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before using to allow flavors to marry.
• Serve on crustless bread or fancy crackers.

CUCUMBER SPREAD

Steps:

• Peel, Seed and Grate cucumber.
• Remove all excess liquid by placing in a colander and pressing with paper towels.
• Mix in lemon juice, (watch for seeds) dill and garlic powder.
• Best Served on crunchy Garlic Toast, also good on crackers or as a base for a cucumber sandwich.

AMERIKANER

Steps:

• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• Mix together water, milk, eggs, and extracts.
• Cream butter.
• Mix in sugar, a little at a time.
• Add liquid ingredients, mix well.
• Add dry ingredients in several steps, blend well after each.
• The dough needs to be fairly firm, not like cookie dough but drier than cake dough, if it is too runny add a little more flour.
• Put dough about two tablespoons on a greased cookie sheet, don't place too close together as this will spread.
• Bake in a preheated 300ºF to 325ºF oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
• After about 10 minutes in the oven brush the exposed side with some milk.
• Finish baking till the dough turns a golden brown, don't overbake.
• Light Glaze:.
• Mix powdered sugar with enough water to make a spreadable mass, you can't mess this one up, too thin- more sugar, too thick- more water.
• Dark Glaze:.
• Mix powdered sugar and cocoa and proceed as for light glaze.
• Glaza the underside of the Amerikaner with either or both glazes.