Sausage Soup

Source Tonight’s soup == minus green pepper and with Italian seasoning instead of basil. Oh yea = and spaghetti instead of Orzo. Yummy. INGREDIENTS: 9 (4 ounce) links sweet Italian sausage 1-1/2 green bell pepper, chopped 1-1/2 onion, chopped 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 1-1/2 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes with liquid, chopped 3/4 cup … Read more

Tomato Pie

Source: Taste of the Ozarks, www.ky3.com Serves 8 generous “pie slice” sized servings This dish does NOT re-heat well, so please prepare it as close to time as possible. 1 9-inch pie crust (par baked as per directions below) 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded 3 tablespoons basil, fresh, chopped and divided 3 tomatoes, red ripe, … Read more

Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding From Alzina Pierce of the Bon Ton Restaurant Sent to Laura by Dianne, who says the recipe comes from her mother who used to own a cafe in New Orleans. This is supposed to be the favorite bread pudding for locals and visitors alike. Bread Pudding 1 loaf French bread 1 quart milk … Read more

Chicken Fried Steak

Cubed Steak Salt Pepper-optional 3 beaten eggs flour Crushed saltine crackers Crisco-or Canola oil for frying Season steak as desired-salt, pepper. Dust steak with flour till covered. Dip steak in beaten eggs, shake off excess. Roll and press in cracker crumbs till completely covered. Place in hot oil in skillet. Cover with lid. When golden … Read more

Cherry Delight

(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

Pie Crust

2 cups flour 1 cup Crisco Mix with a fork, or spoon until very crumbly. Above mixture will keep well for quite a while on the shelf. Does not need to be refrigerated. Take out amount you need for a pie. Add water to it, and 1 tsp. vinegar. Roll out on lightly floured dough … Read more

Grape Pie

4 ½ cups grapes (2 lbs.) after separating skins from pulp probably will have 2 or 2 ½ cups. Cook pulp. Run through strainer to remove seeds. Mix with skins. 1 cup sugar ¼ cup flour 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell Mix all ingredients, and put in unbaked pie shell. Can cover with pie crust … Read more

White Bread from Watkins’ Cook Book

(I use to make this before getting everlasting yeast.) 6 scant cups sifted bread flour 1 to 2 cakes compressed yeast 2 cups milk, scalded 2 level tsp. salt 6 level tsp. sugar 4 T. shortening Milk is preferred to water.  Recipe will make 2 loaves of 1 pound each or 1 pound loaf and … Read more