Sweet Potato Pie
 

I have not tried this one but just received it from a dear and very trusted friend.

SWEET POTATO PIE
1 1/2 cups mashed boiled sweet potatoes
1/2 cup honey
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup pecan pieces (optional)
1 9-inch unbaked pie shell

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix the sweet potatoes, honey, cinnamon, and salt together in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, then gradually beat in the sugar and vanilla. Pour the eggs into the potato mixture and mix well. Add the pecans, if desired, and pour into the pie shell. Bake for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Something nice that they might like although it's not chocolate... I don't know what it's called, but I call it a caramel and apple pie. Carefully boil a tin of condensed milk (you do have the same thing over there I suppose) until it's caramelized [taking great care not to explode the said tin all over the kitchen and self of course!.] Then let it cool. Stew apples till they're soft but not mushy. Line a pre-baked pastry shell with the cool caramel. Top with the stewed apples and top with whipped real cream... like cream that comes from milk that comes out of a cow. ;)

jingle, that pie sounds good to me. thankyou
I have a question though. I think I've asked this before but I've forgotten. This sweet potato that you use, is it what I call a kumara... that's an orange coloured sweet potato or do you use a white sweet potato? They have totally different flavours here, so just wanted to check.

lol...lara...i add cut up little carmels to my apple pie...shhhh...it's my secret.

sweet potato...sometimes called a yam...orange in color....

Yes -- orange potato is a sweet potato.

I use sweetened condensed milk in some fast and easy cakes A LOT. They are too sticky and sweet for my taste but they are incredibly popular at basket dinners at church.

Heres a pretty neat site.... it tells you what to substitute when you realize you are out of something

http://www.foodsubs.com


waving at jingle!!!!!!

Sinful Fudge Topping
 

1 stick butter
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp. instant coffee granules
1 tbles. rum
1/8 tsp salt
2 tsp. vanilla

In heavy med. saucepan melt butter, add cream, sugar,
cocoa, coffee granules, rum and salt. Mix to blend, bring to boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 5 mins. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
Serve warm over ice cream. Refrigerate unused portion. Keeps for weeks
in refridgerator.

yields 1 1/2 cups.

Peppermint Bark
 

This is one of the easiest and tastiest candies.... 2 ingredients

buy a box of candy canes and put them in your blender or if you want to keep the kids busy for a while put them in a bag.... about 3 thicknesses... give them a hammer and let them pound the stuffings out of the cand canes... ANYWAY they need to be smushed really good most of it powdery....

Melt a pkg of vanilla bark in a microwave safe bowl, stir in the crushed peppermint candy canes and stir. pour onto an aluminum foil covered cookie sheet. Mine is bigger than the average one... spread out evenly. Stick it in the refrigerator until hard. Break into chunks and enjoy... very yummy....

Pumpkin Scones
 

See http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...22&postcount=3
I was going to wait, but changed my mind.

Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen's Famous Pumpkin Scones

Degree of difficulty: Low [<chuckle>]

You need:
1 Tblsp butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup mashed pumpkin (cold)
2 cups Self raising flour

Method:
Beat together butter, sugar and salt with electric mixer.
Add egg, then pumpkin and stir in the flour.
Turn on to floured board and cut.
Place in tray on top shelf of very hot oven 225-250c for 15-20 minutes.

[courtesy of ABC Queensland Stories - Originally published: 30/06/2004]

<chuckle> added by me - Lara. :D

What do you mean by "cut" Lara? I'd like to try this. *grin