Guacamole

Here is a recipe for that upcoming get to together.

Guacamole
Mrs. Joe Glanville, JR.

3 or 4 large lettuce leaves
5 very ripe avocados
1/2 onion, finely chopped
salt
pepper
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon olive oil

peel and seed avocados and mash with fork. Add onion, tomato, lemon juice, olive oil and chili powder. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve on lettuce leaf bed. Serve immediately as it will tun dark and watery if it sets more then an 1 hour. Serves 3 to 6.

Cream-Cheese Salad

Here is a salad recipe from 1967 Kansan`s Silver Spoon Cookbook.

Cream-Cheese Salad
Mrs. J. W. Tuttle

1 No. 2 1/2 can crushed pineapple, well drained
1 small can pimientos, finely cut
1 package marshmallows, melted and cooled
2 packages cream cheese
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup nutmeats, finely chopped
1 cup whipped cream, whipped

Combine pineapple, pimientos, and marshmallows. Add cream cheese, mayonnaise and nutmeats. Add whipped cream. mix gently and chill.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I will be back in a few days hopefully the big snow storm headed our way will not knock power out.

Pumpkin Bread

Tis the season for Pumpkin.....

Pumpkin Bread
Mrs. Doretha Todd

3 1/2 cups flouir, sifted
3 cups sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup butter
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup water
2 cups pumpkin

Mix all ingredients by hand at one time. Bake in loaf pan, small coffee cans or deep glass dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.


I used the loaf pans and come up with 2 loafs.

* remember the metal coffee cans.....

Banana Nut Bread

Here is another banana bread recipe for you to try.

I just love banana bread!

Banana Nut Bread
Mrs. Oren Chilton

1 3/4 cups flour
1/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1/4 teaspoon soda
1 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 large or 4 small bananas, mashed
1 cup nutmeats, chopped

Cream shortening and sugar. Add 2 well beaten eggs and mashed bananas. Sift flour, soda and cream of tartar together. Add nutmeats. Pour into greased and floured loaf pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. cool on rack.

Berry Bean Bake

Here is a recipe for baked beans with a twist....cranberries.
Would be perfect for that Christmas holiday next week or for that supper planned for a gathering of sorts.

Berry Bean Bake
Mrs. Henry Workman

2 cups dry navy beans ( can substituted for any other dry beans I would think, I used great northern beans)
1/4 pound lean salt pork
1 medium onion, cut up
1/2 cup light molasses
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 cup cranberries ( can use cranberry sauce)1/2 cup sugar

Cover washed beans with 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil and boil 2 minutes. Cover and let stand 1 hour. Cook until tender. Drain, reserving liquid. Put beans in baking pot. Cut thru pork rind, every 1/2-inch making cuts 1-inch deep. Bury onion and pork in beans , leaving rind exposed. Mix 1 cup liquid with remaining ingredients. Mix thru beans. Add enough bean liquid to cover beans. Cover and bake 6 to 8 hours at 300 degrees. Uncover pot last hour.

Tomato-Corn Boheme

Here is a tomato -corn recipe for you`all to try.

Tomato-Corn Boheme
Mrs. Paul Grimsley

1 No. 303 can tomatoes
1 No. 303 can whole kernal corn, well drained
3/4 cup celery, diced
1 large onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup margarine or butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 cup buttered cracker crumbs

Combine all ingredients except cracker crumbs in well greased 2-quart casserole. Cover with crumbs and bake covered 1 hour at 375 degrees.

Chcolate Ice Box Dessert

Remember the when you used vto call the frig the ice box?????

Choclate Ice Box Dessert
Mrs. Alice Smith

2 large chocolate almond bars
14 large marshmallow, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup milk
vanilla wafer crumbs
1 cup whipped cream

Melt chocolate bars, marshmallows and milk in double boiler. Cool and fold in whipped cream. Line bottom of 8-inch square pan with vanilla wafer crumbs. Spread chocolate mixture over crumbs. Top with more crumbs. Refrigerate 24 hours. To serve, cut into squares and decorate with whipped cream and maraschino cherry.

Choclate Crunch No-bake Cookies

Here doesn`t love no-bake anything.....

Choclate Crunch No-Bake Cookies
Mrs. W. E. Kampmeier

1 stick margarine
2 sqaures choclate
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 small box grape nuts

Melt margarine and chocolate. Add sugar and milk. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add vanilla and grape nuts. Mix thoroughly. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand about 1 hour.

Tomato Soup Cake

What is ther to say about tomato soup.

Tomato soup Cake
Mrs. Larry Lee Frye, SR.

2 Tablespoon butter or shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 can tomato soup
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup nutmeats

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and milk until smooth. Sift cinnamon, soda, baking powder , salt and flour. Add alternately with soup. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Apple Walnut Cobbler

Since this is the week before Christmas , I have decided for each day give you two recipes instead of one.Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!

Apple Walnut Cobbler
Mrs. F. E. Haas

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
4 cups apples, thinly sliced or 1 No. 2 can pie apples
1 cup flour, sifted
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, well beaten
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/3 cup butter

Mix 1/2 cup sugar , cinnamon and 1/2 cup nutmeats. place apples in bottom of 8 x 2-inch glass dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon mixture. Sift dry ingredients. Combine egg, milk and butter. Add dry ingredients at once and mix until smooth. Pour over apples. Sprinkle with remaining nutmeats and bake 50 minutes at 325 degrees. Serve with ice cream or cinnamon topped whipped cream.

Sour Cream Rolls

Sour Cream Rolls
Mrs. Henry Workman

1 cake or 1 package yeast
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 pint dairy sour cream
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 to 4 cups flour
1 cup cornmeal

Soften yeast in lukewarm water. Combine sour cream , sugar and salt. Beat 1 cup flour, softened yeast and cornmeal. Stir in enough additional flour to make a soft dough. Turn out on lightly floured boar. Knead until satiny, about 10 minutes. Round dough into ball. Place in greased bowl. Brush lightly with melted shortening. Cover. Let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 2 hours. Punch down dough. Turn out on lightly floured board. Cover and let stand 10 minutes. Shape into desired shapes. Place in greased muffin tin. Brush with melted shortening. Cover and let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 45 minutes. Bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove and brush lightly with butter.

Baked Zucchin

I know it is winter here in ozarks but but hey here is a recipe to put on file for those summer time zucchini from the garden...this past summer mine didn`t do very good...because of drought.

Baked Zucchini
Dorothy Bettenbrock

1 1/2 pound zucchini
1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
2 Tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3/4 teaspoon oregano

Wash zucchini and cut in quarters. Arrange in baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, grated cheese and oregano. Drizzle butter over top. Bake 20 minutes or until tender, at 350 degrees.Serves 4.

Tomato Cheese Delight

Here a recipe for a light lunch or supper or hey , it could be breakfast.

Tomato Cheese Delight
Mrs. Vincent C. Solomon

1 tomato
lettuce shell
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 Maraschino cherry

Cut tomato in quarters, 3/4 way thru. place cottage cheese in tomato and top with cherry.

Hot Milk Cake

Here is another cake recipe....hmmm I like Cake!!!

Hot Milk Cake
Mrs. Larry Lee Frye, SR.

3 eggs, well beaten
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 teaspoon butter or margarine and enough milk to make 1 cup

Combine all ingredients except milk and butter. Bring milk and butter to a boil. Add to other ingredients. Mix well. Bake 35 to 40 minutes at 350 degree.

Gold Wonder Cake

Since I didn`t put a recipe on yesterday, I put 2 on today, both desserts. This first one tastes just like shortcake.

Gold Wonder Cake
Mrs. Earl Hedstrom

2 1/4 cup cake flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 egg yolks
3/4 cup milk

Line bottom of loaf pan with paper, then grease. Sift flour and measure. add baking powder, salt and sugar. Place shortening in bowl. Sift dry ingredients. Add vanilla, egg yolks and half of the milk. Mix and beat 2 minutes. Add remaining milk and beat1 minutes longer. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees

Cinnamon Rolls

I just love cinnamon rolls.

Cinnamon Rolls
Mrs. D. S. berry

1 package dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup milk, scalded
2 Tablespoon shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, well beaten
2 Tablespoon sugar
3 1/2 cup flour, sifted

Soften yeast in warm water. Combine milk, shortening, sugar , salt and cool to lukewarm. Add soften yeast and egg. Gradually stir in flour to form soft dough.Beat vigorously. cover and let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 2 hours.
Roll 1/2 dough on lightly floured surface to rectangle 1/4-inch thick. Brush with 4 Tablespoon margarine. Sprinkle mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 3 teaspoon cinnamon and roll as for jelly roll. Seal edges and cut into 1-inch slices. Place ingreased baking pan. cover and let rise until double in size. Bake 25 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 24 rolls. Remove from pans, cool and frost with confectioners icings.

Confectioners icing

Add sufficient top milk or cream to 1 cup confectioners sugar to make a spreading consistency.

Four-Bean Salad

This would also be good for Christmas or that picnic come Spring/Summer time, or maybe during a warm day in the winter.

Four-Bean Salad
Mrs. Marvin Custer

1 1-pound can green beans, drained
1 1-pound can cut yellow wax beans, drained
1 1-pound can red kidney beans , drained
1 1-pound can Lima beans, drained
1 medium green pepper, thinly sliced in rings
1 medium onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings

Combine all ingredients

DRESSING

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup wine vinegar
1/2 cup salad oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves
1/2 teaspoon basil leaves
2 teaspoons parsley , snipped

Combine all ingredients and drizzle over vegetables. Cover and marinade several hours or overnight. Before serving stir and drain. Serves 12.

Tossed Vegetable Salad

the main dish is a salad , just a salad.

Tossed Vegetable Salad
Mrs. Vincent C. Solomon

1/2 medium head of lettuce, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 small tomatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
10 radishes, thinly sliced
2 carrots, peeled and sliced thinly
4 green onions, minced
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced

Combine all ingredients in order given. Add salad dressing. Season with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Toss until well coated. Keep chilled until ready to serve.

Yum Yum Pineapple salad

I don`t know about you, but I love pineapple

Yum Yum Pineapple Salad
Amanda Davey

1 No. 2 can crushed pineapple
1 cup sugar
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
2 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup whipped dessert topping

Soak gelatin in cold water 10 minutes. Heat pineapple and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add gelatin and lemon juice. When mixture is almost congealed add cheese and whipped cream.

24-hour Salad

Ok, a fruit salad is considered a dessert ...right, at least I think so...fruit is healthy....yummy. This would be good for Christmas dinner!

24-Hour Salad
Mrs. Charles Goebet

2 cups chunk pineapple
2 cups seeded white cherries or Tokay grapes
3 cups marshmallows
1 cup nutmeats
2 egg, beaten
juice of 1 lemon, strained
1/4 cup coffee cream
4 Tablespoon sugar
1/2 pint whipping cream
pinch salt

cook eggs, lemon juice, cream, sugar and salt in double boiler until thicken. cool and add whipping cream. Mix dressing with fruit, marshmallow and nutmeats. Refrigerate at least 24 hours.