Best Ever Slaw Dressing

1 cup sugar ½ cup vinegar 1 cup salad oil 1 tsp. celery seed 1 tsp. salt (I use a little less.) 1 tsp. dry mustard 1small onion, finely diced Beat all ingredients together in mixer until very creamy. Store covered in pint jar in refrigerator. Keeps well up to a week. (One half of … 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

Sweet Pickles

Wash small cucumbers and pack in 1 gallon jars. Add: 4 C. vinegar 2 T. pickling spice 2 T. salt 2 t. alum Finish filling with water. Cover, let set for 3 weeks.  Rinse off juice.  Slice and toss with 6 cups sugar.  Will make their own juice.

Bread and Butter Pickles (From Mrs. Fred McClahan)

20 medium cucumbers Onions 1 cup salt 4 cups vinegar 4 cups water 3 cups sugar 4 tsp. celery seed 2 tsp. mustard seed 2 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. turmeric Wash cucumbers and cut in thin slices without peeling.  Slice onions and combine vegetables with salt for two hours.  Combine remaining ingredients, and heat.  Rinse … Read more