Oatmeal muffins

These would be good for breakfast with the cup of coffee/tea, or maybe any time.

Oatmeal muffins
Mrs. Marcia Maloney

1 cup flour, sifted
1/3 cup sugar
3 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup oatmeal
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
3 Tablespoon oil
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk

Combine all ingredients in one bowl. Stir only until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill greased muffin tins. Bake 15 minutes at 425 degrees. Makes 18 muffins

Suprem Surprize

This could probably be made as a main dish....I think....or not!



Supreme Surprize
Mrs. Paul grimsley

2 slices bacon
1 small onion
1 No. 303 can sauerkraut
1 No. 303 can stewed tomatoes
2 Tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
3/4 cup croutons, seasoned

Mince bacon strips and brown thoroughly. Add finely chopped onion and cook until golden brown. Add sauerkraut, tomatoes and remaining ingredients. Cook slowly 20 minutes. Pour into 2-quzrt baking dish and bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Put croutons on top during last 5 minutes.

Itaian Pizza

Tired of eating that turkey yet? Here is a recipe that doesn`t have turkey in it........

Italian Pizza
Mrs. Mary Holmstrom

1 package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup hot water
2 Tablespoon shortening
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
1 chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
2 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
1 small can tomato paste
1 can tomatoes
1 package mozzarella cheese
1 package provolone cheese
1 package cheddar cheese
Romano and Parmesan cheese
any desired topping, such as Italian sausage or anchovies

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water for 5 minutes. Add hot water to shortening and salt. Cool. Add yeast mixture. Add flour ,one cup at at time, until stiff dough is formed. Beat well and then knead on board until smooth and elastic. Let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour.
Meanwhile combine onion, garlic, celery salt, oregano, basil, tomato paste and tomatoes in pan and cook until thick. Grate three packages of cheese and combine.
Divide dough into three parts, roll thinly and put in oiled pizza pans. Spread with sauce. Sprinkle grated cheese over sauce and sprinkle Romano and Parmesan cheese on top. Add desired meat topping. Bake 20 to 30 minutes at 425 degrees. Cut into wedges and serve.

Hasty Pudding

Here is that Hasty pudding that you all about...at least a recipe for it....


Hasty Pudding
Mrs. Grace E. Bales

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup water, boiling
1 Tablespoon vanilla
3 Tablespoon butter

Combine ingredients in square cake pan. Stir until dissolved.

Cake

1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour, sifted
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
1/2 cup raisins, floured
1 cup nutmeats, ground

Combine all ingredients. Mix well and pour in middle of sauce. Do not stir. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve with whipped cream.

Gertrude`s Chocolate Cake

Who doesn`t like chocolate?

Gertrude`s Chocolate Cake
Mrs. H. Griffin

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup shortening
4 Tablespoon cocoa
1 cup water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 egg, beaten
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda

Sift sugar and flour. Combine margarine, shortening, cocoa and water. Bring to boiling point and pour over dry ingredients. Stir well. Add buttermilk, eggs, cinnamon,vanilla and soda. Mix well and pour into flat pan. Bake in oven until done.

Icing

1 stick margarine
4 Tablespoons cocoa
6 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 box confectioners sugar
1 cup pecans

Combine margarine, cocoa and milk and bring to a boil. Add confectioners sugar, vanilla and pecans. Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of oven.

Banana Bread

Who doesn`t like Banana Bread.

Banana Bread
Mildred Kraft

2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
4 large eggs, well beatn
6 large bananas
2 cups flour , sifted
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoon soda
1 cup nutmeats
1 cup raisins, cooked and drained

Combine sugar and shortening and stir until well blended. Add beaten eggs and mashed bananas. And blend well. Add dry ingredients, then add raisins and nutmeats. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans and bake 1 hour at 325 degrees.

ICING

2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup milk

Bring butter, brown sugar and milk to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and cool. Add conf3ectioners sugar. Beat until smooth enough to spread. Additional confectioners sugar may be needed.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Cranberry Salad

Here is recipe for that cranberry salad for the Thanksgiving holiday or make it for Christmas.

Cranberry Salad
Mrs. Ben Honza

1 can or jar cranberry sauce
lettuce
cream cheese
mayonnaise
finely chopped celery
nutmeats

Chill cranberry sauce. Place a slice on lettuce leaf. Press mixture of cream cheese and mayonnaise thru pastry tube. Sprinkle chopped celery and nutmeats. place another slice of cranberry sauce on top and garnish with cheese and mayonnaise mixture and nutmeats.

Food For the Gods

Ok, I know their is only one God, but this is the name of the recipe.......

Food For the Gods
Mrs. John O. Fife

9 heaping Tablespoons cracker crums
2 cups sugar
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
1 cup nutmeats, chopped
1/2 pound dates, chopped
6 eggs, separated

Mix cracker crumbs, sugar, baking powder, nutmeats and dates. Add beaten egg yolks. Mix well intil all is a crumbly mass. Beat egg whites very stiff. Fold in egg whites thoroughly. Bake in 9 x 13 x 2-inch cake pan for 3/4 hour at 325 degrees. Cool. Serve with whipped cream. Will keep a week if wraped in wax paper.

Date Nut Dessert

Here is a recipe using Dates........

Date Nut Dessert
Mrs. Elmer Dollard

3 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
14 soda crackers, crushed
1/2 cup nutmeats, finely chopped
12 dates, finely chopped

Beat egg whites very stiff and continue beating while adding sugar and vanilla. Then add soda crackers, dates and nutmeats. Bake 20 minutes at 325 degrees. Serve with whipped cream. Serves6.

Orange Crunch Muffins

Ok , here is a bread recipe I know I didn`t put on last friday...it was a very busy day, two docotrs appointments.

Orange Crunch Muffins
Mrs. Marvin Custer

2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup grape nuts
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup orange juice
1 Tablespoon peel
1/3 cup salad oil or melted shortening

Sift flour, baking powder and soda. Add salt and sugar. Add eggs, orange juice, peel and oil. Stir in grape nuts and pour immediatley into paper cups in muffin tins. Fill 2/3 full and bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 12 to 15.

This week of shopping

We sometimes go to town more then once a week, to get certain things for the girls or things we need and forgot during that first trip to town/grocery store. We live about 15 miles out.

This week I think I did pretty good. I have been couponing for about a couple of months now. I just have to brag alittle this week , since I saved more then I usually do.

First trip--We went to Walmart and I saved a total of 20.00 just from Walmart. I had a total of 16 coupons that I used. Most were grocery related.. The coupons varied from .40 to 1.00 off on the different products....It was nice to see the numbers drop....

Today wasn`t a real big saving as the first trip , but it`s a savings none the less.
I went to Walmart and used a Dawn dish Soap coupon that came from a Sunday paper insert.I saved .50 there...yayay

Then I went to the grocery store and used several coupons there and they double up to .50 coupons...I saved about 10.00 there. I had a  couple of coupons from coupons.com , one for Butterball turkey and saved 3.00 off , of course had to buy 4 crescent dinner roll, in which I had coupons for those as well., so the on the turkey , I saved 3.00 plus 1.60 on the four dinner crescents... I also had a coupon for Hormel Ham and saved 2.00 off on that. I also got a peel-it coupon on the turkey and two of the crescents...yay

I just love saving on things.......I wish I could save more.

I so love couponing. My mom used to do some couponing when I was growing up , but not a whole lot...just a few items and she wouldn`t use them on sale items.

Green Beans

Here is a different way to fix green beans...could fix them for the upcoming holiday.

Green beans
Irene Brown

2 packages frozen green beans, french style ( could use canned as well)
4 slices bacon
1 small onion
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 to 2 Tablespoon flour
1/2 cup cream or half and half
1/4 cup mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste

Fry bacon and onions until done. Add sugar and flour, then add cream and mayonnaise, which have been mixed together. Add beans and heat.

Wild meat Stew

I was trying to come across a turkey recipe of sorts, but then came across this recipe for all those deer hunters out there...my hubby and youngest being two of them. This recipe is from 1968.

Wild Meat Stew
Mrs. Ben H. Dickerson

2 pound elk, deer or antelope, cubed
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup olive oil
1 pound small onions
1 cup red wine
1 can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon whole spice
1 bay leaf

Season meat; brown on all sides in oil. Top with onions and pour in wine. Add tomato sauce and spice. Cook slowly without stirring for 1 1/2 hours or until tender.

Apple Walnut Brownies

Whats goes together better then apples and walnuts and this combination are in the form of brownies.

Apple Walnut Brownies
Mrs. H. L. Corp

1/2 cup shortening
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup walnuts, broken
1 cup apples, finely chopped

Cream sugar, shortening and eggs. Add chocolate and dry ingredients, then apples and nutmeats. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees. When cool , spread with chocolate icing.

Fruit salad

Ok, I consider fruit salad to be somewhat of a dessert and a more healthy one to a point. This recipe is from 1967.

Fruit Salad
Mrs. Louis Heinrich

bananas
apples
1 cup walnuts
2 Tablespoons vinegar
2 Tablespoon flour
2 Tablespoon water
1 teaspoon mustard
1 Tablespoon celery seed
1/2 pint whipping cream
1 egg

Use equal amounts of apples and bananas. Combine egg, vinegar, water , flour, mustard and celery seed. Cook indouble boiler. Add whipped cream. Combine with bananas and apples and numteats. Salad should be made about 1/2 hour before serving as bananas will discolor.

Okra and Tomato Casserole

Okra is a acquired taste. This could be a main dish.

Okra and Tomato Casserole
Mrs. Lester E. Mickelson

1 meduim can okra, drained and rinsed with water
1 medium size can tomatoes, drained ( save juice)
2 slices soft buttered bread, cubed
1 package pimiento cheese ( 8 slices), cubed ( save 2 slices)
4 to 6 slices bacon for topping

Grease Shallow 7 x 10 x 2-inch pan. make 2 layers of okra, tomatoes, bread and cheese. Cut bacon into 1-inch pieces and spread over entire top. Tuck 2 pieces of cubed cheese around bacon. Spoon tomato juice carefully over bacon. Do not salt. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Lick-A-Dab

Here`s simple recipe

Lick-A-Dab
Mrs. Lewis Clodfelter

1 1/2 pound ground bbef
salt and pepper to taste
sliced potatoes
sliced onions
1 can red beans or pork and beans
2 cans tomatoes
bacon

Brush a large deep baking dish with butter. Spread ground beef on bottom;salt and pepper to taste. cover with layers of potatoes, onions, beans and tomatoes. ( Small amount of sugar maybe added to tomatoes). Top with bacon. cover and bake for 2 hours in moderate oven.

*brown the ground beef
** moderate oven temp 350degrees.

Triple Orange Ring Mold

This recipe is under salads, but I think it could be a dessert also...You do usually eat jello for dessert.

Triple Orange Ring Mold
Mrs. F. N. Replogle

2 package orange gelatin
2 1/2 cups boiling water
1 can mandarin ornages ( 11-oz), drained
1 pint orange sherbet

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add juice from orange. Mix well. When mixture is thick, but not solid, beat with rotary beater until frothy. Add sherbet and mandarin oranges. Blend well. Pour into 10-inch ring mold. Chill. Unmold when ready to serve and garnish with water cress. Serves6.

Lemon Custard Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad can be considered a dessert , right!

Lemon custard Fruit Salad
Mrs. Hubert Mixon

2 eggs, well beaten
juice of 2 1/2 lemons
3/4 cup sugar
1 package miniature marshmallows
1  1-pound can pineapple chunks
6 ripe bananas

Combine eggs, lemon juice and sugar. Cook over low heat until thicken. Pour over marshmallow, pineapple and bananas. Serves 12.

velvet Banana Bread

k, lets get back into the swing of things and here is a bread recipe---banana at that, I love home-made banana bread, in which I make when I have bananas starting to turn, thats when the bananas mash up good.....mmmmmgoooooodddd......

Velvet Banana Bread
Mrs. James D. Vossen

5 large ripe bananas
4 eggs, well beaten
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
 4 cups flour, sifted
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup walnuts, chopped

Beat bananas until liquid.Combine with eggs and set aside. Cream together shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add banana mixture and blend. Add sifted dry ingredients and stir until smooth. Fold in nutmeats. Pour into well greased loaf pans. Bake 40-45 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 2 loaves.

Squaw Corn

Ok, this may be a good way to fix your corn for the upcoming holiday feast. This recipe was in published main catergory of the 1968 Kansas City Kansan Silver Spoon Cookbook, but it can be a side dish.....corn.

Squaw Corn
Mrs. Fred Felber

6 slices bacon
3 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups ( 1 pound) cream corn
1/4 teaspoon salt
dash pepper

Cut bacon into small pieces. Fry until done. Drain off grease. Combine bacon, eggs, corn, salt and pepper and cook over low heat, stirring occassionally until eggs are cooked.

* I added a small onion, chopped...( I love onions)