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No Burping, Just Shaking Of Pastry Container

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By JEFF HOUCK, The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 27, 2008

Joyce Miles of Lake Placid wrote a few weeks back in search of a pastry recipe created years ago by Tupperware.

"You were to put the mixture into one of their covered bowls and shake it," she wrote.

"As a former Tupperware dealer, I still have the recipe for the pie crust," writes Sandra Giegerich of Sebring. "It is very good and so easy to make."

She also sent along a Tupperware hot chocolate recipe.

"When I was a teenager at Fort Monmouth, N.J.," writes Diane Sloan Bradley of Tampa, "my best friend's (Kathy Harris) mother would make the BEST sweet potato cake with chocolate frosting."

Bradley thinks her friend's parents, who originally were from South Carolina, are living in Tampa.

"I have looked everywhere - even bought a sweet potato cookbook but have never found a recipe for a two-layer sweet potato cake with chocolate frosting," she writes. "I am now 55 years old and haven't had it since I was 16 or 17 and a student at Monmouth Regional High School."

We'll see if anyone out there can help, Diane.

Call For Cookies

In December, Rita Swanson of Clearwater read an interview with actress Amanda Bynes in USA Weekend magazine in which she spoke of baking pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for the holidays. The cookies were made with pumpkin from a can in place of using flour.

"I have looked everywhere for this recipe," Swanson wrote." Can you and your readers help?"

We found lots of recipes, including the one below we saw at YumSugar.com, but they all called for flour. We would ask Bynes, but we're not in her My Circle on Alltel.

Can anyone help Rita?

Chicken Request

"As a teenager, I remember the wonderful Milian's fried chicken," e-mails B. Karup of Tampa. "The restaurant was on Florida Avenue and Lake Avenue. I would like to enjoy it again, if you can find the recipe."

Garlic Jelly Time

"My mom lives in Candler, N.C.," writes Ed Lindberg of Tampa. "Every time we go, we stop at the Ashville Farmers Market to stock up on all the goodies you can't get down here (too many to list).

"At the Coates Brothers stand, they have an amazing selection of jams, jellies, honey, veggies, etc. They have garlic, onion, pepper and mint jellies, all in 8-ounce jars, so I have to buy a case of 12 of the garlic to tide me over. (It never does!) This is good on meat, corn on the cob (really!), sandwiches, etc."

Lindberg says he doesn't get up to Candler very often, so he would like to make garlic jelly here.

Leftover Requests

Kristin Walsh is looking for a recipe for banana burgers.

Mrs. Hubert Allen of Dunedin still wants recipes for her brother that contain the rind of tangerines.

Greg Walleigh of Palm Harbor wants a New England clam chowder recipe.

TUPPERWARE 2-CRUST PIE DOUGH

2 cups flour

Dash of salt

3/4 cup shortening

1/2 cup cold milk

Shake flour, salt and shortening in medium mixing bowl for three minutes. Slowly add milk, and shake until blended. Roll out the crust.

TUPPERWARE HOT CHOCOLATE

1 pound Nesquik chocolate flavor mix

6-ounce jar powdered creamer

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

8 cups powdered milk

Mix ingredients well, and store in a canister. Use 1/3 cup mix to 1 cup hot water.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

2 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon clove

Pinch of ground ginger

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

15-ounce can of pure pumpkin

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg, room temperature

1 to 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Sift together (or whisk in small bowl) flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and ginger; set aside.

Beat butter, brown sugar and sugar together in a large mixer bowl. Add pumpkin and vanilla, and mix until incorporated. Add egg, and beat well until fully incorporated.

Gradually beat in flour mixture in thirds. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop rounded spoonfuls onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until edges start to brown. Remove from oven; let sit on hot baking sheet for 2 more minutes.

Move cookies to wire rack to cool completely.

Looking for a recipe? Have one to share? Write to Jeff Houck, The Tampa Tribune, P.O. Box 191, Tampa FL 33601, or jhouck@tampatrib.com. Recipes are not tested. Keyword: Recipes, to check out the recipe archive. You can search for previous recipes from thi

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