Hickory Nut Creams Recipes

Steps:

• Stir sugar and cream together in a large saucepan until sugar dissolves.
• Heat to 234F on a candy thermometer or until a drop of the mixture forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Add vanilla extract, butter and nuts; beat until creamy.
• Drop from spoon onto waxed paper.

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter for cake. Add eggs; beat on medium speed of mixer for 2 minutes. Mix dry ingredients together lightly with fork. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix well. Stir in vanilla and nuts. Pour into greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes. (Cake may be baked in 8-in. layer pans.) Cool. Make frosting by melting butter in a medium saucepan. Add brown sugar; boil 2 minutes. Add milk; bring to boil. Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm. Beat in sugar and vanilla. (May add chopped hickory nuts, 1/2 cup if desired.) Frost cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Cream sugar and butter. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into mixing bowl. Add to butter-sugar mixture with milk. Stir in hickory nuts. Fold in egg whites.
• Bake for 1 hour in deep 9-inch baking pan. Be careful not to overbake; cake should not be allowed to dry out.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• In a small saucepan melt butter and stir in nuts and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Transfer nuts to a baking sheet and bake in middle of oven until fragrant and one shade darker, about 6 minutes. Cool nuts completely.
• In a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan whisk together sugar and cornstarch and whisk in yolks, milk, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt until combined well. Cook custard over moderate heat, whisking, until it just comes to a boil and simmer, whisking, 1 minute. Transfer custard to a bowl and cool. Chill custard, covered, until cold. Stir in vanilla and cream until custard is combined well and freeze in an ice-cream maker. Transfer ice cream to a metal bowl and stir in nuts. In freezer harden ice cream until firm. Ice cream may be made 1 week ahead and kept frozen, covered.