Cranberry Crunch

Here is a recipe you can save for when fresh cranberries are in the stores.

Cranberry Crunch
Mrs. James D. Vossen

1 ( 2-pound) package cranberrries
4 long stalks celery
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup sugar
1 cup English walnuts, chopped
1 cup crushed pineapple
1 pint whipping cream, whipped

Combine cranberries, nutmeats and celery and put through food grinder. Add pineapple and sugar. Add whipped cream. Place in bowl and decorate top with marshmallows ( about 1/3 cup). Let set for 24 hours in refrigerator.

Ham slice-rye Bread Dressing Balls

Hmmmm, this could be a great way to use that left-over Ham meat from the up coming holidays. It would also be different way to fix that ham for the holidays.

Ham-Slice-Rye Bread Dressing Balls
Ann Moberly

1 smoked center -cut ham slice, 1-inch thick
1 egg, beaten
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
2 Tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon carawy seed
1/3 cup chopped onion
3 cups soft rye bread crumbs

Mix egg, mustard and water. Add caraway seeds, onion and crumbs. mix and shape into 8 balls, using about 1/4 - cup mixture for per ballo. Place ham slice and balls on rack in an open roasting pan. Bake 1 hour at 300 degrees.

Powdered Sugar Cookies

Who doesn`t love powdered sugar.


Powdered Sugar Cookies
Martha Seidenberg

1 stick margarine
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon almond or lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Cream margarine, shortening and powdered sugar. Add egg, almond or lemon extract and vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and cream of tartar. Mix all together and form into balls the size of walnut. Press drown with bottom of glass dipped in granulated sugar. Bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees.

Pound Cake

I love making pound cake when I have alot of eggs, like now, I might make pound cake today.I do have alot of pound cake recipes...which one to make, anyway here is one from 1968.

Pound Cake
Martha seidenberg

1/3 cup vegetable shortening
2 sticks margarine
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
2 Tablespoon lemon extract

Cream shortening, margarine and sugar together. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Use electric mixer for this creaming, but beat remainder by hand. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together3 times. Add alternately with milk in 3 parts and beat well after each addition. Add lemon extract. Bake in well-greased and floured tube pan for 1 1/2 hours at 325 degrees. Cool on rack before taking from pan.( should be almost cold before taking from pan)

Apple Cream Coffee Cake

yes, apples are here.



Apple Cream Coffee Cake
Mrs, Irene Brown

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup commercial sour cream ( buttermilk)
1 medium apple, peeled, cored and sliced

Mix nutmeats with cinnamon and 1/2 cup sugar. Cream shortening until creamy, then add 1 cup sugar, gradually and beat mixture until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add vanilla and blend well. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with sour milk.
Spread half of dough in bottom of well greased 9-inch tube pan. Place slices of apples on batter and sprinkle with half of walnut mixture. then put remaining batter in pan and sprinkle with walnut mixture on top. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees. or test with cake tester. cool before removing from pan.

German potato Salad

Here is a good potato salad recipe from 1968. I know here in the Ozarks picnic season is gone but, potato salad can be eaten year round, at least that's my feelings.

German Potato Salad
Delores Schick

5 medium size potatoes
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon onion salt
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
pinch ground mustard
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 Tablespoon celery leaves, optional
4 slices bacon
 Boil potatoes unpeeled. When cool, remove peelings and slice or dice. Mix together salt, onion salt,celery salt, mustard and beaten egg, vinegar and celery leaves. beat well. Cut bacon into small pieces and fry until crisp. Add bacon drippings to egg mixture and beat. Pour dressing over potatoes. Serve potato salad warm.

Salmon Loaf quickie

 Ohh, I so love Salmon patties, here is a different spin on salmon
This is from 1968

Salmon loaf Quickie
Mrs. John Merritt

2 flat cans salmon ( cannot get flat cans here, so I substitued a 14 oz can)
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup minute rice
1 teaspoon celery salt

Mix together and mold into loaf. Place in a greased flat baking dish. Bake 25 minutes at 375 degrees.