Cartwheel Cookies
4 ½ c. quick oatmeal
2 ¼ c. flour
1 ½ t. soda
1 ½ t. salt
1 ½ c. brown sugar
1 ½ c. white sugar
1 ½ c. shortening
3 eggs
1 ½ t. vanilla
1 c. nuts
Sift dry ingredients. Cream shortening and sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Stir in oats and nuts. Raisins, chocolate chips, or butterscotch chips may be added. Put in rolls and refrigerate. Slice when firm. Or drop and press with glass dipped in sugar.
Soft Zucchini Cookies
½ c. shortening
½ c. granuated sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
3 c. coarsely grated raw zucchini
1 t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
1 t. cinnamon
½ t. salt
3 ½ c. flour
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. chopped dates (if desired)
Measure flour and other dry ingredients. F succhini seems especially moist, add another ½ c. flour. Cream together shortening and sugar; then beat in eggs and vanilla, and beat until fluffy. Stir in zucchini. Add sifted dry ingredients, the nuts and dates. Drop by t. onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 12-15 min. makes 6 dozen. Note: 2 c. rolled oats may be used in place of 1 c. flour, also risins, currants or chocolate chops may be used in place of dates.
Coconut pecan bars
2 c. sifted flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1 c. butter
2 c. bron sugar
2 eggs
2 t. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
3 ½ oz. flaked coconut
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cream butter well and brown sugar, eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth and creamy. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in coconut and pecans. Spread in buttered 10x15 jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 about 25 min. or until down. Cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cut ito bars. Makes 3 ½ dozen.
Tater Tot casserole
1 # ground beef
Salt and pepper to taste
½ c. onions, diced
1 # frozen tater tots
1 c. of mushroom soup
½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Brown beef and onion, add mushroom soup and Worcestershire sauce
Place in greased casserole. Put tater tots on top of meat mixture bake 20-25 min. at 375
Serves 4
Soft Sugar Cookies
1 c. sugar
½ c. butter
1 t. vanilla
½ c. milk
2 eggs
3 ½ c. flour
4 t. baking powder
Mix and bake at 350 for 9-11 min.
Shrimp Salad
Shrimp
Macaroni
Lettuce
Onion
Celery
Salad dressing
Vinegar/garlic add to salad dressing
Bread
2 t. salt
½ c. sugar
½ c. shortening
2 c. hot water
2 yeast in ½ c. water
Mix above then add 2 ½ c. cold water then add yeast mixture & 6 c. flour then add 6 more cup a flour knead.
Grandma Decker’s Pie Crust Grandma Waters
1 c. lard ¾ c. to 1 c. oil
½ . water (hot)
Stir until soft
2 ½ c. flour
Do not handle much
½ or 1/3 t. salt ¼. t. salt
¼ t. baking powder ¼ t. baking powder
Apple Pie
5-7 tar apples
2 T. flour
1 c. syrup maple
1 ½ t. cinnamon
1/8 t. nutmeg
Mix bake 400 50 min.
Grandma’s applesauce cookies
3 c. applesauce
3 c. sugar
1 ½ c. shortening
3 eggs
6 c. flour
3 t. baking powder
3 t. cinnamon
1 ½ t. baking soda
1 ½ t. nutmeg
1 ½ t. cloves
1 c. nuts or chocolate chips
Mix applesauce, sugar, shortening & eggs. Add applesauce& soda etc..
Sugar cookies
1½ c. butter
3 c. sugar
3 t. vanilla
1 ½ c. milk
6 eggs
10 c. flour
4 tsp. baking powder
Bake 300 for 9-11 min.
Oatmeal cookies
¾ c. butter1/4 c. veg oil
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
2 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
¾ t. cinnamon
2 c. oatmeal
1 c. walnuts
Bake at 350 for 10-12 min. makes 3-4 dozen
Kristine’s Brownie’s
1 ½ . flour
1/3 c. cocoa
2 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
4 eggs
2 cubes buter
Mix bake 350 for 15 min.
1 c. melted choc chips
1 T. butter
Put on top when brownies are done.
Kristine’s Banana Bread
2/3 c. sugar
1/3 c. butter
1 ¾ c. flour
2 eggs
2 t. baking powder
¼ t. soda
4 bananas
Makes 1 loaf. 350 for 1 hour.
Betty’s sugar Cookies
3 c. flour
1 c. ugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 c. soft butter
1 egg
3 T. milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Roll out and cut
Cook at 400 for 5-8 min.
Maraschino cherries
4.5 # cherries
4.5 # sugar
1 oz. almond extract
1 oz. red color
Juice of 1 lemon
Soak cherries in solution of 1 t. salt and 1 t. alum in 1 qt. water. After soaking for 24 hours, wash until all trace of salt is gone. It cherries.
Add sugar and coloring to cherries and bring to a boil. Set aside and let stand 24 hours. Bring to a boil and let stand a second time. Bring to a boil a third time, and add almond extract and lemon juice and bottle.
$1,000,000 pickles
2 qt. cucumbers
1 qt. onions
1 head cabbage
2 red peppers
1 c. gr. Peppers
¾ c. salt
5 c. vinegar
5 c. sugar
1 c. water
2 T. mustrd seed
2 T. celery seed
1 T. dry mustard
1 T. turmeric
½ c. flour
Grind cucumbers, onions cabbage, and peppers. Mix salt into ground mixture and let stand awhile rinse.
To make syrup, mix vinegar, sugar, water, mustard seed, and celery seed in a pan. Stir together dry mustard, turmeric and flour. Add to vinegar mixture. Put on pickles and cook 1 minute.
Green Tomato Pickles
16 large green tomatoes
4 large onions
Red and green peppers
4 c. sugar
1 t. cloves
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. cinnamon
Grind tomatoes and onions. Sprinkle with salt. Drain. Cover with diluted vinegar. Cook 2 hours. Seal.
Bread and Butter Pickles
20 med cucumbers
12 onions
1 c. salt
4 c. water
4 c. vinegar
4 c. sugar
4 t. celery seed
2 t. ginger
2 t. mustard seed
1 t. turmeric
Peel and grind vegetables. Add salt and let stand 2 hours. Drain and rinse. Heat remaining ingredients to boilng point and add vegetables. Cook for 3o minutes. Seal hot. Makes 3 quarts.
Pepper Sauce
1 hot pepper
12 red peppers
12 green peppers
2 c. vinegar
2 c. sugar
3 T. salt
2 t. mustard seed
2 t. celery seed
Chop peppers. Cover with boiling water, and let stand for 5 min., covered. Drain well. Add vinegar, sugar, salt, mustard seed, and celery seed. Bring to boil and boil 10 minutes. Seal.
Grandma Wood’s Pickles
8 c. cucumbers
4 c. onions
1 bunch celery
1 ½ c. peppers
2 quarts water
½ c. salt
3 c. vinegar
3 ½ c. sugar
1 t. celery seed
1 t. mustard seed
½ turmeric
Grind vegetables. Add water and salt. Cook and drain. Add remaining ingredients, boil 15 minutes. Seal.
Popcorn balls
1 c. light corn syrup
1 c. sugar
1 pkg fruit flavored jello
½ # salted peanuts, chopped coarsely
9 c. popcorn
Combine syrup and sugar. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add jello and stir until dissolved. Add peanuts, mix with popcorn and form mixture into balls and wrap in waxed paper.
Carrot Cake
4 eggs
2 c. sugar
3 c. cake flour
1 ½ . oil
2 t. cinnamon
2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
2 c. carrots, grated
½ c. walnuts
Salt to taste
Mix ingredients bake at 350 for 35-40 min.
Date Cake
1 c. brown sugar
½ c. shortening
2 eggs
1 c. nuts
½ c. boiling water
1 t. soda
½ t. salt
1 # dates (pitted)
2 c. flour
Cream sugar and shortening, add eggs and vanilla. Put soda in boiling water add flour and water alternately. Add nuts and dates last.
Banana nut cake
½ c. shortening
1 ½ c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. banana, mashed
½ t. vanilla
2 c. flour, sifted
¾ t. soda
½ t. salt
½ c. buttermilk
1 c. chopped nuts
Mix ingredients and bake at 350 for 30 min.
Applesauce Cake
1 2/3 c. cake flour
1 1/3 c. sugar
¼ t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
¾ t. salt
½ t. cinnamon
¼ t. cloves
¼ t. allspice
1/3 c. shortening
1/3 c. water
1/3 c. nuts, chopped
1 c. thick applesauce
1 egg
Mix ingredients and bake 50-55 min. at 350
Orange carrot cookies
½ c. orange juice, freshly squeezed
Grated peel of 1 orange
1 t. lemon exrract
2 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
2 eggs, beaten well
1 ½ c. carrots, grated fine
1 c. brown sugar
¾ c. melted shortening
Walnuts
Little more flour
Mix ingredients and cook for 15 for 20 minutes 375
Ginger cookies
¾ c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 egg, well beaten
4 T. molasses
2 c. flour, sifted
2 t. baking soda
½ t. salt
1 T. ginger
1 t. cinnamon
Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and molasses and mix. Sift soda and seasonings with flour and mix thoroughly into shortening mixture. Take small portions of dough and form into balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 min.
Pineapple coconut bars
¼ c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 ½ c. shredded coconut
1 c. flour, sifted
½ t. salt
1 c. pineapple, crushed
¾ c. sugar
3 T. cornstarch
¼ t. salt
1 T. butter
1 T. lemon juice
Cream butter and sugar. Mix in remaining ingredients of first list until crumbly. Press half of mixture into a greased and floured 9” square pan. Combine pineapple, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stirring constantly, bring mixture to a boil and cook until thick and clear (about 5 min.) remove from heat and add butter and lemon juice. Cool slightly. Spread filling over crumb mixture. Cover with remaining crumbs. Press top layer down firmly. Bake 350 for 35 min. yield 20 bars.
Lemon dream dessert
½ . butter or margarine
1 c. flour
2 eggs beaten
½ c. brown sugar
¾ c. coconut, chopped
½ c. nuts, chopped
1/8 t. baking powder
¼ t. salt
½ t. vanilla
2 t. lemon rind, grated
2 T. lemon juice
1 c. confectioner’s sugar, sifted
Cut butter into flur until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press mixture firmly into an ungreased pan. Bake at 350 for 15-20 min. combine eggs, brown sugar, coconut, nuts, baking powder, salt and vanilla. Mix well. Spread over the partially baked dough. Return to oven and continue baking for 20-25 min at 350.
Combine lemon rind, lemon juice, and confectioner’s sugar. Mix until smooth. Frost cake immediately upon taking it from the oven. Cool 15 min. cut into bars.
Betty’s strawberry jello
2 pkgs strawberry jello
2 c. water
2 pkgs froxen strawberries
3 bananas, mased
1- 1 # can pineapple
1 pint sour cream
Mix all together. Put part in pan and let set. Add sour cream and pour over set jello.
Zucchini
Zucchini Relish
10 c. ground peeled zucchini
4 c. ground onions
5 T. salt
Mix and let stand overnight
Rinse with cold water and drain.
Add 2 ½ . vinegar
5 c. sugar
1 t. each of nutmeg, dry mustard and turmeric
2 t. celery seed
1 T. cornstarch
1 red pepper and 1 green pepper chopped fine
Add everything, let coe to a hard boil then cook 5 min.
Zucchini jam
Peel zucchini and blend to puree
12 c. zucchini
Add 2 oranges and 1 lemon ground
Add 2 pkg sure jell and boil hard 1 min. add 10 c. sugar—boil till mixture thickens and sheets from spoon. Bottle and seal.
Zucchini casserole
1 pkg stove top stuffing mix
1 stick of butter
3 c. cubbed zucchini
1 pint sour cream
1 can cheese soup
1 c. chopped onion
Pinch of garlic salt
Salt and pepper
Mix melted marg with stuffing mix and seasoning. Place in bottom of dish combine remaining ingredients pour over stuffing top with a sprinkle of stuffing mix, bake at 350 for 30-40 min.
Grandma Decker’s Carrot Cake
4 eggs
2 c. sugar
1 ¼ c. Mazola oil
2 c. flour
1 ½ t. soda
2 t. baking powder
2 t. cinnamon
½ t. salt
3 c. grated carrots – add last
Mix eggs, oil and sugar. Sift flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Then mix in carrots. Bake in a pan for 55 min. at 350.
For frosting: mix 3 oz. cream cheese, ½ stick of oleo, 1 ½ t. vanilla and ½ box powdered sugar. Mix well.
Nut Toffee – Harriette Blum
1 c. sugar
1 c. nuts (any kinds)
2 stick of butter
3 T. water
Mix all together in a pan. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until desired color. (I take it off in about 5 min.) Remove and then pour into a cookie sheet Cool and break up or cut while hot in squares. I always break mine up.
Grandma’s meat loaf
1 # hamburger
1 # sausage
1 c. grated potatoes
1 c. grated carrots
1 onion grated
1 c. tomato juice
2 t. flour
Put into a loaf pan and bake until meat is done about 1 hour.
Prophet’s Dessrt
Mix together and press into bottom of drippen pan
1 square butter
1 c. flour
1 c chopped nuts
Bake 20 min. at 350 cool..
Mix the following
8 oz. cream cheese
1 c. powdered sugar
1 c. cool whip
Then spread on top of crust
Then mix together
2 pkg instant pudding mix
2 c. milk
Beat at low speed until set. Then add 1 small can undrained crushed pineapple and spread on top of cream mixture.
Top with remaining cool whip and sprinkle with nuts.
Grandma greats sweet pickle relish
Grind 8 c. cucumbers
4 c. onions
1 ½ c. green peppers
1 bunch of celery
Bring to a boil in brine 1 c. salt 2 qts water
Drain and rinse
Syrup combine – 3 c. vinegar
5 c. sugar
1 t. celery seed
1 ½ t. mustard seed
½ t. turmeric
Mix vegetables with syrup cook 15 min. makes 7 pints
Grandma greats bread and butter pickles
20 med cucumbers
½ c. salt
4 c. water
4 t. celery seed
2 t. ginger
12 onions
4 c. vinegar
4 c. sugar
1 t. turmeric
2 t. mustard seed
Peel and slice vegetables. Add salt and let stand 2 hours. Drain and rinse off. Heat vinegar sugar and spices to boiling point. Cook 30 min. seal
5 qts.
Old fashion sugar cookies
1 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs (separated)
4 c. sifted flour
1 t. salt
1 t. soda
1 t. lemon juice
1 c. evaporated milk
1 t. vanilla
Cream the first 2 ingredients and add egg yolks until light with electric mixer. Add next ingredients. Add lemon juice to evaporated milk. Add dry and liquid ingredients alternately to the creamed mixture add vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter. Drop batter by spoon about 2 or 3 min. apart on greased baking sheet. Can sprinkle cookies with sugar and cinnamon if want to.
Bake 10-12 min. at 350, you can add 1 c. nuts or 1 c. drained pineapple
Hot apple cider punch
2 ¼ c. sugar
2 sticks cinnamon
8 whole allspice
10 whole cloves (or 1 ginger root)
4 c. orange juice (frozen)
2 c. lemon juice
2 qts. Apple cider or apple juice
Combine sugar and water and boil 5 min. add spices and stand for 1 hour. Just before serving combine all and bring to a boil. Makes 4 ¼ quarts
Stuffed Pepper Shells
3 med gr. Peppers
2 c. (1 ½ #) ground beef
2 c. dry bread crumbs
2 eggs
1 t. salt
¼ t. pepper
2 T. chopped onion
3 T milk
Shortening
Remove stem ends and seeds from green peppers. Cut pepper shells in two lengthwise. Combine beef dry bread crumbs, eggs, salt, pepper, onion and shortening. Fill pepper shells with meat mixture. Bake in a pan at 350 for 45 min. serve with a tomato sauce
Yield 6 stuffed peppers.
Grandma’s Meat Loaf
1 ½ # ground veal
1 ½ # ground hamburger
2 c. bread crumbs
2 c. tomato juice
Salt to taste
2 whole eggs
1 c. evaporated milk
Mix in bread crumbs with the ground meat and add tomato juice, eggs, & milk. Bake in greased pan for 2 hours.
Grandma Great’s dill pickles
2 c. vinegar
6 c. water
½ c. salt
2 T. sugar
2 t. alum
Heat and pour over cucumbers and Hill
Grandma great’s baby beets
Cook beats until done. Peel and put in syrup.
Syrup: 1 ½ c. vinegar, ¾ c. sugar, 1 c. water, little bit of salt. (6 c. vinegar, 3 c. sugar, 4 c. water)
Boil hard 5 min. & seal glass jars. Makes 2 qts.
Grandma greats cinnamon roll
2 c. flour
½ c. shortenng
3 t. baking powder
Salt
¼ c. sugar
Milk to roll
Roll into sheet-butter-spread with cinnamon and brown sugar
Grandma’s Temptation spice cake
2 c. flour
1 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
¼ t. cloves
1 c. milk
3 ¼ t. baking powder
1 1/3 c. sugar
½ t. nutmeg
½ c. shortening
1 t. vanilla
Beat 2 min. add 2 unbeaten eggs and beat two more minutes. Bake 35-40 min. at 350 for 2 layers.
Creamy raisin nut frosting – 2 ½ T. flour blend with ½ . milk. Cook to a very thick paste (about 10 min) stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Cream ½ c. shortening with ½ c. sugar, ¼ t. salt and ½ t. cinnamon. Add paste. Beat until fluffy. Fold into ½ t. vanilla, ½ c. cut raisins and ½ c. chopped nuts use 1/3 for filling. Blend in 1 c. sifted 4x sugar. Spread on top and sides.
Rich baking powder biscuits
1 c. flour
½ t. salt
2 t. baking powder
3 T. shortening
1/3 c. milk
Cornbread
1 c. cornmeal
1 c. sifted flour
¼ c. sugar
½ t. salt
4 t. baking powder
1 egg
1 c. milk
¼ c. shortening
Do not overbeat- bake 425 for 20-25 min.
Snickerdoodles
Oven at 400
Mix together 1 c. shortening, 1 ½ c. sugar and 2 eggs
Sift and stir in 2 ¾ c. flour, 2 t. cream of tartar, 1 t. soda, ½ t. salt. Roll into balls and roll balls into 2 T. sugar and top with cinnamon. Bake 8-10 min.
Crescent cheese rolls
1 pkg yeast
¾ c. warm water
1 egg
3 c. biscuit mix
¼ to ½ c. grated cheese
2 T. butter (softened)
Dissolve yeast in warm water, add egg & biscuit mix and beat vigorously. Stirin chese. Knead until mooth. Roll dough to 10” square and spread with butter ½. Fold unbuttered half over buttered protions. Seal edges, roll dough into 12” circle and cut into 16 points curve into crescents. Let rise about 1 hour. Bake at 400 about 10 min. brush tops with melted butter.
Cherry surprise
½ c. nuts
3 eggs
½ t. cream of tartar
1 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
1 c. broken saltines
2 pkg dream hip
1 an pie filling
Beat egg whites stiff, add tartar, sugar slowly, vanilla. Fold in crackers, lightly oiled and floured pan bake 350 for 25 min. cool thoroughly.
Whip dream whip according to directions. Spread over baked egg whited then add fruit filling. Whe putting beaten egg whites in dish be sure to pile toward the sides of the dish & up.
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