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RECIPES WE LIKE VERY MUCH
MAPLE PECAN PIE
3 slightly beaten eggs Mix eggs, syrup, sugar, butter, flour, vanilla and salt. Beat until smooth with a rotary beater. Stir in nuts. Fill pastry shell. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.
SUGAR HOUSE COOKIES1 1/2 cups flour2 tsp. baking powder 1 cup Maple syrup 1 egg 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. salt 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup raisins 1 1/2 cups oatmeal 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Place butter, Maple syrup and egg in bowl and beat until light and creamy. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Fold in raisins, oatmeal and nutmeg. Add milk and nuts and blend thoroughly into the creamed mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. JACK WAXHeat Maple Syrup to 230 degrees. While hot, pour on snow or crushed ice and EAT, preferably in your fingers. Traditionally, this treat was the feature of the "sugaring off" party held at the sugar house to celebrate the end of the syrup harvest.
Maple Baked BeansInvented by Native Americans and passed onto early European settlers with variations2 lbs. dried navy beans 1/2 lb. thick bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 medium onion, cut into squares 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 tablespoons dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons salt 2 cups boiling water Preheat oven to 350 degrees F when ready to bake. Soak dried beans overnight and precook beans. Line the bottom of a bean pot or casserole with half the bacon followed by the onion. Add cooked beans. Mix together remaining ingredients and pour over beans. If necessary, add more water to cover. Top with remaining bacon. Bake 5 to 6 hours, adding more boiling water and syrup if liquid needed.
Maple Glazed HamThis will feed a crowd and it makes lots of leftovers6 to 8 lb. fully cooked, bone in smoked ham 2 cups apple cider 2 cups water 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup maple syrup 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place the ham, fat side up, in a roasting pan. Pour the apple cider and water into the bottom of the pan. Bake the ham for 1.25 hours, or until completely heated through. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, syrup, horseradish, and mustard. Stir to blend. Remove the ham from the oven and spread the maple mixture over the ham. Bake, basting the ham with the pan liquid every 15 minutes, for 45 minutes, or until the ham has darkened and the edges of the meat are crispy. Remove from the oven, carve, and serve. For more maple flavor substitute our Indian Sugar (pure granulated maple sugar) for the brown sugar in the recipe. This can be done in most any recipe with brown sugar to add maple flavor. |