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Brief Description
This is a carrot cake made like a pound cake. My Grandmother made it and I continue to make it today. It is great but must have Black Walnuts!

Ingredients
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup oil
2 cups grated carrots
1 1/2 cup Black Walnuts
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups self-rising flour

Directions
Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured pound cake or bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Enjoy!

Ingredients
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 cup Crisco
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla
1 oz. red food coloring
2 tablespoon cocoa
2 1/4 cup flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup black walnuts

Directions
Mix baking soda and vinegar in a cup together. Cream Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy; add eggs, coloring and vanilla.

Sift dry ingredients together; add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture. Add the baking soda and vinegar and beat again, fold in black walnuts.

Pour into angel food cake pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes in 350° preheated oven. Remove from oven, let rest on rack 10 minutes. Run knife around edges before flipping into a plate. Frost as desired.

Ingredients
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon black walnut flavoring
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter

Black Walnut Crumb Topping:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
Dash of salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 stick margarine
1 cup coarsely chopped black walnuts

Directions
Sift all dry ingredients together. Set aside. Beat butter, sugar for about 3 minutes until well blended. Beat in eggs one at a time, then beat for 2 minutes. Add black walnut flavoring. On low speed beat in the flour and buttermilk, beat for 2 minutes.

Black Walnut Crumb Topping:
In medium bowl stir together flour, sugars, salt, and cinnamon. With pastry cutter cut in butter until crumbly, stir in black walnuts. Keep cool until time to put on cake batter.

Spoon half of batter into prepared pan, top with half of crumb topping. Add rest of batter and finish off with rest of crumbs.

Bake at 350° for 50 to 60 minutes in greased 9-inch pan.

Ingredients
3 cups sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cups black walnuts
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
6 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla
2 cups butter, softened

Directions
Whip butter and cream cheese together in large mixing bowl. Gradually add sugar and beat until thoroughly dissolved. Add eggs one at a time until well mixed. Blend in flour gradually, and then add vanilla and black walnuts. Grease and flour bundt or tube pan; spoon batter into prepared pan; bake at 325° for 60 to 75 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes; invert on plate.

Ingredients
3/4 cup Hammons Black Walnuts
15 fresh basil leaves
2-3 cloves garlic or to taste
1 lb. pasta of your choice, cooked according to package directions
Salt & pepper
Drop of olive oil
1/4 cup butter

Directions
In food processor, combine black walnuts, basil leaves, and garlic and pulse until well blended to create pesto mixture. Melt butter in skillet; add pesto mixture and olive oil. Heat until well blended, then stir in the cooked pasta. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

Ingredients
1 cup uncooked wild rice
4 tsps. or 1/2 stick butter
3/4 – 1 cup Fancy Large Hammons Black Walnuts
1/2 cup chopped green onion
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 tsp. garlic salt

Directions
Cook wild rice according to basic directions. Melt butter in skillet. Saute Black Walnuts, mushrooms, onions and green peppers about 3 minutes or until the vegetables soften slightly. Add wild rice and garlic salt and continue cooking, stirring several times, until wild rice is heated through. Makes 4 – 6 servings.

Brief Description
For 4-6 people

Ingredients
3-4 broccoli heads (depending on size) cut up
1-1/2 TBLS Black Walnut oil
1-1/2 tsp of fennel seed
Salt and Pepper to taste
3/4 C Black Walnuts that have been roasted
(Place the black walnuts in a saute’ pan to roast)
Take the Black Walnut oil and pour over the chopped broccoli and season with the fennel seed and salt and pepper in a microwavable dish. Add one to two tablespoons of water. Cover the dish tightly, either with a lid or with microwave-safe plastic wrap. Cook on high for three to five minutes. Remove the lid from the dish. When done add the roasted Black Walnuts and serve.
(Roast Black Walnuts by placing the black walnuts in a saute’)

Directions
Take the Black Walnut oil and pour over the chopped broccoli and season with the fennel seed and salt and pepper. Steam the broccoli in your microwave according to directions. When done add the roasted Black Walnuts and serve.