Coconut Pound Cake

Grandma Reva's recipe

 

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

6 eggs

1 teaspoon butter flavoring

1 teaspoon vanilla

1, 1/2 cup can coconut

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups flour

 

Cream together shortening and sugar, add eggs one at a time. Mix on high speed. Add butter flavoring, vanilla, coconut, salt, and flour. Mix well. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Glaze:

½ cup water

1 cup Sugar

½ tsp. coconut flavoring

Boil for 1 minute, and brush on cake while hot, in cake pan. Leave cake in pan until cool.

Bake in 10 inch stem can/angel food cake pan.

Lemonade Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar (divided)

1 teaspoon baking soda

3 cups flour

1, 6 ounce lemonade concentrate (divided)

 

Cream butter and 1 cup of sugar. Add eggs one at a time and beat until light and fluffy. Sift flour and baking soda together. Add alternately with 3 ounces of lemonade concentrate. Place spoonfuls of batter onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 8 minutes. Brush lightly with other half of lemonade concentrate and sprinkle tops with sugar. 

Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

Mama's

 

Ingredients:

1 stick margarine

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup peanut butter

3 cups oats

 

Boil together margarine, sugar, cocoa, and milk for 1 -2 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Plop spoonfuls of mixture onto wax paper to cool. Enjoy when able to pick up 

Nestle's Chocolate Nut Gateau

Danita and Lorna's found recipe from Nestle

 

Ingredients:

1 cup semisweet chips

3/4 cup sugar

2/3 cup butter

3 egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup flour

1/4 cup milk

2/3 cup ground nuts (optional)

3 egg whites

 

Melt chocolate chips, beat sugar and butter until creamy. Beat in melted chips, egg yolks, and vanilla. Gradually add flour and milk, beat well. Stir in nuts. Beat egg whites in separate bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter, pour into greased 9" spring form. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 25-30 minutes. Cool ten minutes. Remove sides and cool completely to ice.

Glaze:

3 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons corn syrup

1 tablespoon water

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Cook butter, syrup, and water over low heat. Bring to boil; remove from heat. Add chocolate chips. Stir until melted and smooth. Glaze cake on all sides. 

Elise's Magic Bars

From Grandma Reva

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1 can Eagle Brand condensed milk

2 cups chocolate chips

1 1/3 cups cocounut

1 cup nuts

 

Melt butter, pour crumbs and press into butter. Pour Eagle Brand milk over crumbs, put  chocolate chips, coconut, and nuts evenly on top of the milk. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 25 minutes. Cut into bars.

Annie Mae Clay's Date Nut Roll

Great Grandma Clay's Recipe

 

Ingredients:

5 packages graham crackers, crushed

1 pound cut dates

1 large package of large marshmallows, cut

1 can carnation evaporated milk, or whipped cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon maple flavoring

 

Mix together graham crackers, dates, and marshmallows. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well, roll in 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers. Wrap in wax paper and then in foil. Chill. Slice to serve. Freezes beautifully! 

Apricot Bars

Mom's recipe

 

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon lemon

2 cups flour

Smucker's Apricot Preserves

 

 Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add in vanilla and lemon, then mix in flour a little at a time. Pour into a lightly greased 15x10x1 inch jelly roll pan, spreading evenly, lightly cut through the batter to mark off 24 squares. Spoon 1 teaspoon preserves into center of each. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes. Cool slightly in pan. Glaze bars with frosting while still warm.

Frosting:

Whipping cream (or a little butter and a little milk)

Powdered sugar

Mix until glaze consistency is achieved. 

Grandma Goot's Anise Halian Cookies

Danita's Recipe

 

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cup flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/3 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon anise extract

 

Mix all dry ingredients. In another bowl cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, alternating with flour mixture. Add vanilla and beat smooth. Spread onto greased jelly roll pan, slightly rounded in middle. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 minutes.

Icing:

1 cup powdered sugar

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon anise extract

Water

Mix icing to achieve a glaze consistency. Spread onto completely cooled cookie mound. Then slice into small bars. 

Martha Washington's

Ingredients:

2 pounds powdered sugar

1 can Eagle Brand milk

1 stick butter

1 can coconut (2 2/3 cup)

2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup pecans

Chocolate Chips

Gulf Wax (Paraffin)

 

In a large bowl stir together powdered sugar, coconut, and nuts. Then add melted butter and Eagle Brand milk; this will make a dough. Then roll the dough into balls about the size of unshelled pecan. Then place on wax papered cookie sheets and refrigerate. Then melt chocolate chips 1 cup at a time in the microwave with slivers of wax, just enough to hold, but not too waxy. Roll 3 balls at a time in a bowl with melted chocolate and remove quickly. Place on wax paper to cool. Store at room temperature in a tin or Tupperware box.  

Grandma Reva Style Fudge

Grandma Reva

 

Ingredients:

3 cups sugar

3/4 cups margarine

2/3 cup (5 1/3 fl. oz. can)evaporated milk

12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

7 ounce jar marshmallow crème

1 cup chopped nuts

1 teaspoon vanilla

 

Combine sugar, margarine, and milk in heavy 2 1/2 quart sauce pan; bring to full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Continue boiling 5 minutes over medium heat, or until candy thermometer reaches 234 degrees F. Stir constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat. Pour in chocolate stirring until melted. Add marshmallow crème, nuts and vanilla, beat until well blended. Pour into greased 13x9 inch pan. Cool at room temperature.

Mrs. Field's Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

2 cups oatmeal (blended)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

12 ounces chocolate chips

4 ounces grated chocolate bar

1 1/2 cups chopped nuts

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla to butter mixture. Mix together flour, oatmeal, baking powder and soda. Combine flour mixture with butter mixture. Add in chocolate chips, chocolate bar gratings, and nuts. Place golf ball size cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 6 to 8 minutes. Let cookies finish cooking as they cool on the cookie sheet.  

Chocolate Cheese Pie 2

Mom's Quick version of Grandma Reva's

 

Ingredients:

1 can Eagle Brand milk

8 ounces cream cheese

3/4 cup melted chocolate chips

1 small bucket of Cool Whip

1 ounce sour cream

Add cinnamon to chocolate

 

Melt chocolate chips combine into softened cream cheese, add Eagle Brand milk and cool whip and sour cream. Refrigerate in chocolate graham cracker pie crust. 

Chocolate Cheese Pie 1

Grandma Reva's recipe

 

Ingredients:

1, 6 ounce package chocolate chips

1, 8 ounce package cream cheese

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1/8 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs, separated

1 cup heavy cream, whipped

 

Melt chocolate in double boiler over hot water, cool 10 minutes. Blend cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Gradually beat in 1/4 cup sugar until stiff and glossy. Fold chocolate mixture into beaten whites. Pour into chilled crust. Reserve 1/4 of filling for decorating. Chill until set. Use remainder of filling to create little mounds around edge of pie.

Chocolate Graham Crust:

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

1/3 cup melted butter

1 square Baker's chocolate, melted

 

Combine all ingredients and pat into bottom of pie pan.

Oatmeal Cookies

Grandma JaneAnn's recipe

 

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup softened butter

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tablespoon water

2 cups chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups oats

1/2 teaspoon orange extract

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In small bowl combine flour, soda, and baking powder; set aside. In large bowl combine butter, eggs, brown sugar, and water. Beat until fluffy. Add flour. Stir in oats, then chocolate chips, then stir in orange extract. Put rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. 

Fudge Nut Brownies

This recipe debuted at Lorna's 3 year birthday from Mom and Dad.

 

Ingredients:

4 squares semi-sweet chocolate

2 sticks margarine

Pinch of salt

1 cup nuts

1 teaspoon vanilla

4 eggs

1 3/4 cup sugar

1 cup flour

 

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Melt chocolate and margarine. Add salt, vanilla, and nuts. Mix eggs, sugar, and flour together. Add chocolate mixture to flour mixture. Pour into cupcake papers. Bake for 30 minutes.

Toffee

Mom's Recipe

 

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped pecans

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

 

Butter a square 9x9x2 inch pan. Spread pecans into bottom of pan. In 1 quart sauce pan, heat sugar and butter over medium heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil for 7 minutes, continuing to stir constantly. Immediately spread mixture over pecans in pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips over mixture; place cookie sheet over pan until chips are melted. Spread melted chips over candy. Cut into 1 1/2 inch squares while  still hot. Refrigerate until firm. 

Banana Pudding

Grandma Reva's Recipe

 

Ingredients:

1 large instant vanilla pudding

2 cups milk

1 can Eagle Brand Milk

8 ounces sour cream

1 medium sized Cool Whip

Nilla Wafers

Bananas

 

Mix instant vanilla with milk, add remaining ingredients, except wafers and bananas. In large glass serving bowl layer pudding, then bananas, then Nilla wafers, until all pudding is used up. 

Jarod's Peanutbutter Brownies

This is Jarod's recipe that he created with mom when he was little.

 

Ingredients:

1/4 cup margerine

2 teaspoons cocoa

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon peanut butter

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

 

Combine all ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees F. in heart shaped pan until browned. 

Aunt Bill's Brown Candy

Aunt Jean and Uncle Garland's recipe

 

Ingredients:

6 cups sugar

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 pint cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 pound butter

1 1/2 cups nuts (pecans)

2 cartons whipping cream

 

Pour two cups sugar in heavy skillet and place over low heat. Begin stirring with wooden spoon and keep sugar moving so that it won't scorch. Takes about a half hour to melt all of the sugar. Do not let it smoke, should be a light brown color. When sugar has started to heat, pour the remaining 4 cups of sugar together with the cream into a deep heavy kettle and put over low heat to cook. Cook slowly while melting the sugar in the skillet. When sugar in skillet is melted, begin pouring into kettle of boiling cream and sugar keeping at low heat and stirring constantly. The secret of mixing the ingredients is to pour a very fine stream no longer than a knitting needle and stir across the bottom of the pan all of the time. Cook to soft ball stage (245 degrees F.) Turn off burner, add soda, stir vigorously as it foams up. Add butter allowing to melt as you stir. Set off stove for 20 minutes. Add vanilla and nuts and beat until it loses its gloss, pour into two 13x9 inch buttered pans.  

Peanut Butter Fingers

Mom's recipe  - these were treats that she would buy from the school cafeteria when she was little, she would get 3 for 5 cents.

 

Ingredients:

1 cup honey

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup evaporated dry milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

 

Mix all ingredients and roll into balls and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Refrigerate.

Cinnamon Roll Sweet Dough

Mom

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup warm water (not hot)

2 packages active dry yeast

1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk

1/2 cup sugar

2 teaspoons salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup soft shortening

7 to 7 1/2 cups sifted flour

 

Dissolve yeast in warm water, then add milk, sugar, salt, shortening, and eggs. Mix with spoon until smooth. Add enough flour to handle easily, then mix with hand. Round up in greased bowl. Let rise 1 1/2 hours. Punch down and let rise again until double in size. Roll into rectangle pour melted butter onto dough. Add brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll up and slice with thread. Put into pans. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 minutes.

Ice with:

Powdered sugar

3 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

Milk

Combine until reaches desired thickness

Peanut Patties

Grandma Reva's Recipe

 

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups sugar

1 cup milk

3/4 cup white Karo syrup

12 ounce package raw peanuts

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

 

Cook sugar, milk, Karo, and peanuts to softball candy stage. Add powdered sugar, but, red coloring and beat until creamy. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper. Set at room temperature.

Coke Cake

Recipe from Aunt Janet

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup margarine

3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa

1/2 cup crisco

1 cup Coke

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 cups marshmallows

 

Mix butter, crisco, and coke, bring to rapid boil and pour over flour and sugar. Mix well and add eggs, buttermilk, cocoa, vanilla, and marshmallows. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 35 minutes in 9x13 inch pan. 10 minutes before cake is done make frosting.

 

Frosting:

1/2 cup butter

1 box powdered sugar, or enough until thick pudding consistency

3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa

1/3 cup Coke

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup pecans

Mix well and spread on top of warm cake.

Grandpa Lowell Hill's Vanilla Ice Cream

This was created by Grandpa Lowell. "Sweet the best you ever did eat!"

 

Ingredients:

2 cups whipping cream

2 cups whole milk

3 1/2 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

 

Add cream to eggs, beat 10 minutes. Pour into can 2/3rds from the top. Run ice cream maker until ice cream is thickened and done.

 

Grandpa's Ice Cream modified to little ice cream makers:

3/4 cup whipping cream

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup sugar

Make in same fashion as before.

Special K Cookies

From Grandma Reva

 

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1 stick butter

1 Karo bottle

1 cup peanut butter

5 cups Special K cereal

 

Combine sugar, butter, and Karo in sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Allow to boil 2 minutes, then add peanut butter, mix well. Remove from heat and gently stir in Special K cereal.

Jarod's Wacky Cake

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup sugar

3 tablespoons cocoa

1 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon vinegar

5 tablespoons oil

1 cup cold water

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix all dry ingredients and make 3 wells in 8x8 inch pan. Put vinegar, vanilla, and oil each in separate wells. Pour water over all ingredients in pan. Whisk all ingredients together. "Whisk it, whisk it good!" Bake 25 minutes. 

Peanut Squares

Recipe from Aunt Millie (Dad's Aunt)

 

Ingredients:

20 ounce jar peanuts

1 1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup white Karo

1/2 cup cold water

1 teaspoon vinegar

1 tablespoon butter

 

In heavy sauce pan mix sugar, Karo, water, and vinegar. Heat on medium heat (without stirring) until a spoon dipped in mixture comes out forming very fine threads (thin as hair). This would probably form a firm ball dropped in cold water (250 degrees).  Mix in butter and peanuts. Place in buttered pan to cool. 

Fast Cheesecake

Mom created this easy version of cheesecake!

 

Ingredients:

Vanilla

1/4 cup sugar

1 cup sour cream

2, 8 ounce cream cheese, softened

8 ounces cool whip

 

Combine all ingredients and pour into graham cracker crust. Refrigerate until set.

Cheesecake

Recipe from Mary Prambs

 

Ingredients:

Crust:

1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup melted butter

Filling:

32 ounce cream cheese (softened)

5 eggs

2 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Topping:

8 ounces sour cream

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

 

Preheat oven to 350^. Mix and press all crust ingredients into bottom of spring form pan. Blend filling ingredients for 15 minutes, then pour into pan over crust. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Mix topping ingredients together. Pour over hot cake. Bake 15 additional minutes at 350 degrees F. Chill and pour cherry pie filling over top. Refrigerate!

Oatmeal Betty

From Grandma JaneAnn

 

Ingredients:

6 apples

1 cup quick oatmeal

3/4 cup flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup cream

 

Preheat oven to 375^. Pare and slice apples thin. Cut butter into dry ingredients with pastry blender. Alternate apples and dry mixture in a 9 inch pie pan. Sprinkle cream over top. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Serves 6-8.

Sour Cream Pie

From Great Grandma Ruth Hill

 

1 cup sugar

1 cup sour cream

1 or 2 eggs

1 cup of raisins

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

 

Mix thoroughly. Bake in uncooked pie crust. Bake for 10 minutes at 425^ or

30 minutes 325^.

Willie's Blackberry Crisp

From Celestial Seasoning's Box

 

Ingredients:

Crust topping:

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 egg beaten

1 stick butter, melted

Blackberry Filling:

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

3/4 cup granulated sugar

4 to 5 cups fresh or frozen blackberries

 

Preheat oven to 375^. For crust topping, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder. Make a well in the center of these dry ingredients and blend in the egg, mixing until topping is crumbly. Set aside. To prepare filling, place blackberries in large bowl. Mix flour and sugar together in separate bowl, then sprinkle mixture over blackberries. Toss gently to evenly coat the berries. Transfer berry mixture to a well-buttered 8x8x2  glass baking dish and sprinkle topping over berries. Drizzle melted butter evenly over topping. Place baking dish on a baking sheet to prevent spillovers in the oven. Bake 45 minutes.

Gooey Butter Cake

Crust:

1 box Yellow or White Cake Mix

2 eggs

1 stick butter or oleo, melted

Mix and spread contents in bottom of greased 9x13 inch pan.

Topping:

2 cups powdered sugar

2 eggs

1, 8 oz cream cheese

 

Mix well and pour over crust batter.

Bake for 40 minutes at 350^ oven. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons powdered sugar.

Lemonade Pie

 

1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (6oz) can frozen lemonade/limeade concentrate, partially thawed

9 or 10 oz. whipped topping

1 Tbsp. graham cracker crumbs

 

Mix condensed milk and lemonade concentrate in bowl. Stir in whipped topping. Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle with crumbs. Chill overnight or until serving time.

 

Crust:

1 stick butter

2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1 Tablespoon sugar

Melt butter and press into pie pan.