Uncle Bills Choco Bars Food

UNCLE BILL'S CAESAR - CANADIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Rub lemon around rim of glass.
• Measure celery salt to a flat saucer.
• Turn glass in celery salt to coat rim.
• To the glass, add Vodka, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, horseradish, Clamato juice, Tabasco sauce and stir well to blend.
• Place a young stick of celery, pickled bean or pickled asparagus as a garnish and it is good to chew on.
• Eat and drink slowly.
• Note: A pickled spicy bean or an pickled asparagus spear are also excellent for a garnish in the drink.
• Mott's Clamato juice is available in regular or spicy mix.

UNCLE BILL'S WHIPPED SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, combine butter, flour, icing sugar and vanilla extract; mix until mixture is a smooth consistency.
• Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Spoon out dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets by teaspoonfuls or by tablespoons for larger cookies, spacing about 2 inches apart.
• Cut maraschino cherries into quarters and place one piece in the middle of each cookie, alternating with red and green cherries.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 13 to 15 minutes or until bottom of cookies are lightly browned, DO NOT OVERBAKE.
• Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes.
• Transfer onto wire racks to finish cooling.
• Store in a container with a lid and separate each layer with wax paper.
• NOTE: If you wish to add some flavor to the cookies, add 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract or almond extract.
• Use sprinkles, half an almond or half a cashew or chocolate to the top of the cookies before baking.
• A thumbprint in the cookie, filled with your choice of jam is very tasty.
• It has been suggested that the cookies be refrigerated for at least 1/2 hour before baking for a different texture.

SIX LAYER BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt butter in a 9" x 13" oven-proof casserole dish.
• Sprinkle graham wafer crumbs on bottom and half way up sides of dish.
• Sprinkle coconut evenly over crumbs.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over coconut.
• Sprinkle butterscotch chips evenly over chocolate.
• Pour sweetened condensed milk over the top and spread evenly.
• Sprinkle chopped nuts over top.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool and chill before cutting.
• Cut into 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" bars or as desired.

UNCLE BILL'S GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium size mixing bowl, sift together cake& pastry flour, soda and salt.
• Melt chocolate in the microwave oven on MEDIUM-HIGH for about 1 1/2 minutes; stir and continue to microwave for another 1 to 1 1/2 minutes on MEDIUM-HIGH.
• Remove form microwave, stir well and let cool slightly before using.
• Line 3- 9 inch pans with parchment paper.
• In a medium size mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Separate eggs and set egg whites aside.
• Add egg yolks to butter mixture one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Stir vanilla extract into chocolate and then add chocolate to creamed butter mixture and mix well to blend.
• Add flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time along with 1/4 cup of buttermilk at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a separate mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until fluffy.
• Add cream of tartar and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
• Using a spatula, gently fold in beaten egg whites to the batter until well blended.
• DO NOT USE ELECTRIC MIXER.
• Pour batter divided equally into the 3 prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool on wire racks.
• FILLING: In a medium size saucepan, combine sugar, cream, egg yolks, butter and vanilla.
• Cook over medium heat for about 12 minutes until thickened, stirring continuously.
• Add coconut and chopped pecans and mix well to incorporate.
• Remove saucepan from heat and beat with a whisk until frosting is of spreading consistency.
• Place the first layer of cake on a large plate.
• Spread filling over and then place the second layer of cake on top.
• Again, spread over with filling and continue with the third layer.
• Complete spreading the filling over the entire layered caked until all filling is used.
• GANACHE: In a medium size saucepan, combine butter and cream and bring to a simmer on medium heat about 4 minutes, stirring continuously.
• Chop chocolate and place in a separate bowl.
• Pour hot butter/cream sauce over chocolate and whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Spread ganache over cake and down the sides using a spatula or an icing spreader until all ganache is used.
• Sprinkle top and sides with chopped pecans.
• Place cake in refrigerator until ganache is set.
• Refrigerate any unused portions of cake.

UNCLE BILL'S CHOCO BARS

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, salt and crunchy peanut butter.
• Add butter and shortening and using a pastry blender, blend until crumbly.
• In a small bowl, mix together egg and vanilla extract; whisk until smooth.
• Add egg/vanilla mixture to flour mixture and mix until incorporated.
• Press mixture into a 10" x 15" cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 15 minutes.
• FROSTING: In a 4 cup measure, add chocolate chips and microwave on medium-high for 2 minutes.
• Stir well and microwave on medium-high for another 1 minute.
• Remove and stir until chocolate is smooth.
• Add butter and coconut and stir until well combined.
• Spread over warm base.
• Let cool completely.
• Cut into squares.

UNCLE BILL'S CREAMED YOUNG BEETS AND TOPS

Steps:

• Snip off the thin portion of the young beet root and discard.
• Wash the small beet with the beet tops well in cold water.
• Place the beet tops in a large cooking pot.
• Cover with cold water and bring to boil.
• Cover and cook for about 4 - 5 minutes or until the greens just start to wilt.
• Immediately remove the beets into a large frying pan using a slotted spoon.
• Add butter and fry on medium-high heat for about 4 minutes, stirring often.
• Now add the whipping cream, salt and pepper.
• Stir to coat beets and continue to fry until the whipping cream is reduced and starts to thicken into a creamy sauce, about 3 minutes.
• Serve along with your dinner meal.
• You may also use larger fresh beet top greens, but remove most of the stem from the leaves and discard.
• If desired, you can also use larger beets, but firstly peel them and cut them into very small cubes.
• Cook the cubed beets in water for about 4 minutes before adding the beet greens.
• Then continue to cook for another 4 minutes.
• Proceed in the same method as for the young beets.
• This method also works well for Swiss Chard.