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Cooking & Baking

japple

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4. My husband's family always made a "hard sauce" that they served with pie--pecan, mincemeat.

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2023, 10:42 PM

Dec 2023

It was basically butter, sugar, and a bit of bourbon (hence "hard&quot . You could substitute vanilla extract, brandy, or any other liquor but I never liked it as well as the bourbon. Of course, I like my bourbon straight up/no chaser.

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finished baking the Family Chocolate Pound cake. I am pleased with the result [View all] yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 OP

Good for you cooking up a storm! MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #1

I read this as nocoincidences Dec 2023 #2

I did the same! Bayard Dec 2023 #3

Fixed! Thank you nt yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #7

My husband's family always made a "hard sauce" that they served with pie--pecan, mincemeat. japple Dec 2023 #4

we always had "flavoring" for our custard - Bourbon yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #9

I was thinking of making some hard sauce Marthe48 Dec 2023 #10

Make sandwich cookies with it, using vanilla (or chocolate) wafers. I love it, too. japple Dec 2023 #11

use up your stale bread by making up some bread pudding yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #13

That sounds good Marthe48 Dec 2023 #14

My grandmother, whose savory cooking was ambrosial, wasn't a dessert cook Warpy Dec 2023 #5

maraschino cherries are boozy? I did not know that yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #8

It might be somewhat artificial now Warpy Dec 2023 #12

I am attempting something similar--a new recipe for me MissMillie Dec 2023 #6

one of these days I am going to attempt a babka yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #15

Followup: My friend loved the coconut cake, and Yep he never heard of boiled custard yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #16