Montana 2

Melt-In-Your-Mouth-Huckleberry Cake
2 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cup sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 cup fresh huckleberries
Beat 1/2 cup butter or margarine in large bowl until creamy; add 1 cup white sugar and beat until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla until light and creamy. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk. Fold in beaten egg whites. Fold in the fresh berries. Shake a little of the dry ingredients over the berries, before adding them to the mix so the berries won't sink to the bottom.
Turn into a greased 8 by 8-inch pan. Sprinkle top of the batter lightly with granulated sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

Skillet Cookies

Put in skillet:
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup cut up dried fruit
3 tablespoons soft butter
Cook 5-6 minutes, until thick, stirring constantly. Remove and let stand 4 minutes.

Next add:
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cup Rice Krispies
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pour in pan lined with coconut and sprinkle coconut on top.

Let cool - cut in squares

Mrs. Hubert Woodard, Billings, Montana

Grilled Herb Mustard Steaks
This recipe is from the Montana Beef Council free Grilled Beef recipe booklet.
2 well-trimmed boneless beef top loin or rib eye steaks cut 1 inch thick (approx. 1 lb.)
Herb Mustard:
2 tsp. water
2 large cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp. Dijon-style mustard
1 tsp. dried basil leaves
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 dried thyme leaves
In 1-cup glass measure, combine garlic and water; microwave on high 30 seconds. Stir in remaining mustard ingredients; spread onto both sides of beefsteaks.
Place steaks on grill over medium ash-covered coals. Grill top loin steaks uncovered 16 to 18 minutes (rib eye steaks 12 to 14 minutes) for medium rare to medium doneness, turning occasionally. Season steaks with salt, as desired. Carve steaks crosswise into thick slices.
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Huckleberry Pie
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2/3 cup lard
3 cups huckleberries (fresh or frozen)
1 cup sugar
6-8 Tbs. Flour ( You can add more flour or less depending on preference)
Heat oven to 425°
Pour huckleberries into medium bowl and toss sugar and 6-8 tablespoons four with them (gently) until all berries are covered. Set aside and make pastry.
In medium bowl mix 2 cups flour, salt and lard, using two knives or any other pastry blender. I always do it with my fingers, squeezing the lard into the flour mixture until it's all crumbled and looks like cornmeal. (Wash hand first) Add about 8 tablespoons of ice water, tossing gently with a fork until it sticks together and can be rolled out. (Add more water to make it stick, a little at a time.) Roll out 1/2 of the dough on a floured, flat surface. Place on bottom of pie pan and fill with huckleberry mixture. Roll remaining dough and put on top of pie. Deal the edges and crimp edges in decorative style. Put fork pricks in the center for air to escape. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool completely.
Note: This always leaks, no matter how carefully you try to crimp the edges, so if you don't have an oven that cleans itself, put a lining of tinfoil under the pie to catch the spill.
Jude Thomson
Bigfork Summer Playhouse
Montana Celebrity Cookbook
Compiled by Susie Beaulaurier Graetz
For the benefit of the Intermountain Children's Home
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Bannock Bread or Indian Fry Bread
6 cups flour
3 Tbs. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups water
Heat oven to 350°
Stir together; flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add water, (if dough is too dry add more water). Knead until dough is not sticky. Grease a large baking pan, spread dough in pan and bake 35 minutes.
Serve hot with chokecherry jelly and thin sliced fried potatoes, beef from a roast, sliced thin before cooking and then fried. Peppermint tea or coffee is usually served with this meal.
This is a traditional meal for our people.
Earl Old Person, Chief
Chief of the Blackfeet Nation
Montana Celebrity Cookbook
Compiled by Susie Beaulaurier Graetz
For the benefit of the Intermountain Children's Home