Very Good Recipes of Cream from The Iowa Housewife
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Family Favorites - Rhubarb Cream Pie
By The Iowa Housewife
04/26/13 10:00
Rhubarb Pies are the most common form of Rhubarb usage. The recipes vary from plain Rhubarb, Strawberry Rhubarb, I have seen one for Sour Cream Rhubarb, which I have not tried. I do make a Custard Rhubarb pie but the recipe I am going to post is our favorite...
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Egg Noodles With Cream and Parmesan
By The Iowa Housewife
01/29/13 10:00
This recipe is simply an Alfredo sauce on purchased egg noodles instead of fresh or homemade fettuccine. We thought it was delicious and made a quick main or side dish. Use the best Parmesan you can afford, and don’t forget to save your pasta water, you...
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Chicken in Basil Cream
By The Iowa Housewife
01/10/13 08:00
Another delicious chicken dish…there really aren’t too many ways to fix chicken – just like ground beef. I made this twice, and the second time I prepared my chicken by dipping it in flour lightly, then in a beaten egg, then in the bread crumbs. I think...
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Grapes with Sour Cream and Brown Sugar
By The Iowa Housewife
12/26/12 08:00
Here’s another simple recipe for this busy time that has a lot of benefits – it tastes great, it looks good, it’s very easy to make, and it uses those pretty holiday grapes in a little different way. It can be a salad or dessert or both. I like it in glass...
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Beef Ravioli in Basil Cream Sauce
By The Iowa Housewife
12/17/12 10:00
Here’s a dish that’s simply delicious, and versatile too. I first made it in the summer, and used some garden tomatoes and peppers for the Rotel, and we enjoyed it just as much. I hadn’t tried the combination of tomato and cream, but we really liked it...
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Walnut Cream Braids
By The Iowa Housewife
11/21/12 08:00
I like just about anything with a cream cheese filling so we tried this recipe from "The Taste of Home Baking Book" . This is a very buttery dough that doesn't raise much. I would think that pecans would be just as good, and perhaps some of those holiday...
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Tortellini or Ravioli in Cream Sauce
By The Iowa Housewife
10/08/12 08:00
As you can guess, this isn’t tortellini in the photo of this dish…I had frozen ravioli on hand instead, and it was just as good or better. I also didn’t have the frozen vegetable mix called for in the dish; I used what I had in the freezer; broccoli and...
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Whipped Cream Cupcakes
By The Iowa Housewife
09/17/12 08:00
Like Myrna, I have had a hard time finding a homemade white cake that tastes as good as many cake mixes. Cake mix manufacturers use emulsifiers and other ingredients that aren’t available to the home cook to make their cakes light. This recipe from "The...
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Peaches and Cream Ice Cream
By The Iowa Housewife
08/03/12 08:00
Now for another ice cream dessert, As you can see, I have been having fun with my ice cream maker. This recipe calls for cream cheese and I wondered if it would taste somewhat like a cheese cake. It didn’t, just a nice texture and we thought it tasted more...
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Layered Pralines & Cream Pudding
By The Iowa Housewife
07/24/12 08:00
We are a family that likes puddings so over the years I have made several. This recipe from the Land O Lakes Best Loved recipes is a little different from just a plain pudding. The base is a cooked pudding using cornstarch and I used gluten free rice chex...
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Rhubarb Sour Cream Crumb Cake
By The Iowa Housewife
05/25/12 08:00
Cherry version Sour Cream Crumb Cake Rhubarb is a spring fruit here in the Midwest. I am not to sure where else it grows. My family is fond of it and I fix it many ways in season. This recipe from the Land O Lakes Spring book calls for it in the cake, but...
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Tender Pears in Almond Cream Sauce
By The Iowa Housewife
02/24/12 10:00
Photo from the Land O Lakes Cookbook Sadly my photo didn't reflect how good this dessert was. The recipe in the Land O Lakes Heritage cookbook for Pears in Almond Sauce had a lovely picture with their recipe. So simple and when pears are in season so good....
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Mustard Cream Pork Chops (Gluten free)
By The Iowa Housewife
02/20/12 10:00
If you are “gravy challenged” or on a gluten-free diet, thisexcellent, easy recipe is for you and your family…they will love it! It’sso easy it’s hard to believe. It has somuch flavor from just a few ingredients! I served it on homemade noodles, as the...
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Apricot Cream Coffee Cake
By The Iowa Housewife
02/16/12 08:00
A cool day is the perfect time to bake. The recipe for the Apricot Cream Coffee Cake in the Land O Lakes Country Heritage Cookbook looked very good, so that was going to be the baking of choice. The directions are easy, not lots of ingredients and everyone...
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Sour Cream Apple Bars
By The Iowa Housewife
12/29/11 08:00
I would give this recipe a 5 Star rating! It’s easy, looks great, and is delicious. From an Indiana cookbook published in "Best of the Best of the Midwest" I thought, just reading the recipe, that it was worth a try…it exceeded my expectations. It has a...
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Blueberry Lemon Cream Bars
By The Iowa Housewife
12/23/11 08:00
Well Fine Cooking Magazine Cookie issue did it again. The Blueberry Lemon Cream bars are so good. They got a 2 thumbs up and didn’t last long enough to refrigerate. Considering that I had a house full of people wandering in and out and a phone that never...
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Sour Cream Gingerbread Muffins
By The Iowa Housewife
11/09/11 08:00
We are fans of Quick Breads and Muffins and when I saw the recipe for Ginger Muffins with sour cream everyone thought I should try it. After I finally found some crystalized ginger again, I decided to make them. They were, as most muffins are, easy to make...
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Butterscotch Cream
By The Iowa Housewife
09/09/11 08:00
We like butterscotch pudding, so I tried this recipe from the "Good Housekeeping" cookbook for butterscotch pie and served it as pudding, with whipped cream and a little crushed Heath bar on top. If you want a pie, I recommend Myrna’s Pie Crust and Myrna’s...
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Baked Coconut Tapioca Cream
By The Iowa Housewife
08/25/11 08:00
One of the fun things about doing this blog has been finding recipes I haven’t used for several years or new recipes In older cookbooks that I had never tried. By using the theme of a cookbook at a time from our collection, I have had that opportunity this...
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Green Beans in Sour Cream
By The Iowa Housewife
08/16/11 08:00
This recipe is from my 1959 copy of the "Farm Journal Country Cookbook" . My book, a first edition, actually has an entire chapter devoted to “Butter and Cream” !!, and another chapter entitled “Milk and Cheese”. Farm women had contributed recipes for their...
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