Recipes from our Family
1 unbaked pie shell ½ cup white sugar ½ cup brown sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 3 T. butter 3 eggs slightly beaten 1 cup chopped walnuts or more 1 T white sugar 1 T. flour Combine white and brown sugar with corn syrup in a pan. Heat just to boiling. Remove from heat … Read more
(This is from the Quakers Oatmeal package. Sometimes Mother would put hickory nuts, black walnuts, pecans or chocolate chips in the cookies.) 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, butter or shortening 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup white sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1½ cups flour 1 tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt 3 cups quick … Read more
(Remember this one, and remember why? Chocolate icing on half the cake, with white/vanilla on the other half!) 2 cups. sifted cake flour 3 tsp. baking powder ¾ tsp. salt 3 medium egg whites ¼ cup sugar ½ cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 cup less 2 T. milk 1 tsp. vanilla ½ tsp. almond … Read more
2 cups sugar ½ cups butter 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt 1-2 tsp. vanilla 4 cups raw apples, diced 1 cup or more, black walnutsSauce for topping 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar 1 T. cornstarch 1 T. butter 1 tsp. … Read more
3 cups sugar ¾ cup light corn syrup ¾ cup water 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten 1 (3 oz) pkg. strawberry Jell-O ½ cup flaked coconut 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Bring to boil, stirring constantly; reduce heat and cook to hardball stage (252), stirring occasionally. Combine beaten … Read more
2 ½ cups sugar ¾ cup white syrup ¼ cup hot water 2 egg whites, beaten Pinch of salt 1 tsp. vanilla Boil sugar, syrup, and hot water to 248 on candy thermometer. Pour 2/3 of above syrup over 2 well-beaten egg whites. Add a pinch of salt, and vanilla. Put the other 1/3 syrup … Read more