Recipes and News from our Family
Source: Passionate Vegetarian, Crescent Dragonwagon 8-10 cups tender spring mix salad, washed and dried ¼ cup of Sweet-Peppery Blackberry Vinaigrette (recipe follows) 1 cup fresh, whole, unbruised blackberries rinsed and set on paper towel to dry (frozen blackberries that have been thawed with juice reserved may be substituted if fresh are not available) ½ cup … Read more
Bryan’s Favorite Cookies Ingredients 1 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 2 well-beaten eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1.5 cups sifted enriched flour 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups quick-cooking oats .5 cups chopped walnuts (optional) 1 bag chocolate chips (optional) Directions Thoroughly cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. … Read more
1 can sliced peaches, cut up, with juice 1 (8oz.) can crushed pineapple 2 bananas, sliced walnuts maraschino cherries Add a bit of sugar. Could add a few small marshmallows or grapes. Mix a few hours before serving to allow it to marinate. Aunt Mable would bring this to our house when celebrating a birthday!
(Dad loved peanut brittle!!!) 1 cup sugar ½ white syrup 1 cup raw peanuts Mix in 4 cup pitcher (with handle) Microwave for 5 minutes.a Stir well. Cook another 4 minutes. 1 tsp. vanilla 1 T. margarine Add to cooked mixture. Cook 1 minute. Remove from microwave and add 1 tsp. baking soda. Mix well … Read more
1 cup raisins 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup chopped nuts 1 can ready to bake biscuits Combine raisins, sugar, and nuts. Stretch biscuits to 3 inches if possible. Butter generously with softened butter. Press raisin mixture over top of biscuits, and bake at 450 degrees 8 to 10 minutes or until done.
Mix the following together: 3 cups Rice Chex 3 cups Corn Chex 3 cups Cheerios 2 cups Small Pretzels 2 cups Dry Roasted Peanuts 12 oz. (2 cups) M & Ms with Peanuts 1 pound White Almond Bark Melt the almond bark. (I use the microwave melting directions.) Pour over the dry mixture, and stir … Read more
(From Ethel Cartwright) 1 box cherry Jell-O 1 small jar maraschino cherries, drained, and diced – reserve juice 1 cup sugar 1 cup whipping cream, whipped 1 cup egg whites, beaten 1 cup nuts – walnuts 1 pkg. chocolate hydrox cookies, rolled into crumbs Drain juice from cherries and add enough water to make 1 … Read more
Mother’s favorite 2 (3 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened ¾ c. sifted powdered sugar ½ c. extra crunchy peanut butter 2 T. milk 2 c. Cool Whip 1 8 inch graham cracker curst or baked pie crust Optional – coarsely chopped peanuts for garnish In small mixer bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar till … Read more
2 eggs, beaten ½ cup syrup Pinch salt ½ cup sugar 1 cup nutmeats, or more 1 tsp. vanilla 1 unbaked 8-inch pie crust Mix together all ingredients, adding nuts last. Pour into a small-unbaked pie crust. Bake in 400 degree oven for ten minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake till brown.
This is the recipe that Mother entered in the Ford New Holland News for which she won a cheese board with “A Happy Home Recipe” on it. Her recipe is in the Nov./Dec. 1992 magazine on page 17. Crust 1 cup flour 2 T. powdered sugar ½ cup margarine Combine flour, sugar, and margarine … Read more
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