Easter Cheese Paska (Barns)

This Easter cheese paska is interesting, I’m really intrigued. Can anyone share with us what it tastes like? What is the consistency? A friend told me it’s like a cheese spread. What do you put it on? Easter Cheese Paska (Barns) 3/4 lb sweet butter 4 hard boiled egg yolks 2 1/2 lbs cream cheese … Continue reading

Peanut Butter Eggs

Three cards, two recipes, one delicious treat. They appear to be pretty easy – just mix the stuff together and shape into egg shapes. However I think they would be better if once they were finished they were dipped in chocolate. Peanut Butter Eggs #s 1 & 2 1 lb box xxx sugar 3/4 c … Continue reading

Mary Barns’s Koolich

This recipe was obviously used, which could mean this is a keeper. The recipe calls for “cans” prepared with grease. In my reading, I learned that these are sometimes baked in empty coffee or 16 oz cans with the tops and bottoms removed. The bread will rise out of the top and they remind me … Continue reading

Cheese Paska

  What does a cheese paska look like, you ask? Well, thanks to google images, now we know! From what I can tell in my research, cheese paska is an Eastern European dish and instead of being a bread, it is a compressed cheese spread served with paska bread. The cheese is molded into a … Continue reading

Bread Paska

  From the recent acquisition of fantastic handwritten recipes, I decided to start with some that were unfamiliar to me. Paska had me looking to the internet for more information. As it turns out, paska is an Easter bread served in Eastern European countries as well as Assyrian Iran. It is associated with the resurrection … Continue reading