Banana Cake

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cup buttermilk
3 bananas
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring


 Cream shortening, sugar, mashed bananas, and eggs. Add buttermilk, and maple flavoring. Add dry ingredients. Bake at 350 Degrees for 45 minutes. Frost with maple flavored frosting.

Pioneer Pancakes

1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup wheat kernels
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon soda
4 tablespoons oil

Put milk and wheat kernels in blender. Blend on high for 4 minutes. Turn to low and add eggs, oil, and dry ingredients. Cook on grill like any other pancake.

Pumpkin Muffins

1 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup melted margarine
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 cups flour (or 1 cup white and 1 cup wheat)
2 teaspoons baking powder




Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, margarine, and eggs. In separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and stir until just combined. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups. Bake 20 minutes.

Variations: Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.

Brownies (Christy's)

2 cups sugar
2 cubes margarine
4 eggs
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup nuts (optional)
2 cps flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla




 Cream sugar, margarine, eggs, cocoa, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Zucchini Bread

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup white sugar
1 cup oil
1 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup brown sugar Sift together flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and cinnamon, set aside. Combine sugars and oil, add beaten eggs, vanilla, and zucchini. Add dry ingredients. Nuts, raisins, or chocolate chips may be added. Put in greased and floured loaf pans, makes 2 loaves. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, turn down to 32 degrees for 45 minutes.

Corn Bread

1 cup yellow corn meal
1 cup sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup soft shortening
1 cup milk
1 egg






 Sift dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening until well blended. Beat milk and egg together. Mix with dry ingredients until just blended. Pour into a well buttered 8 inch square pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until done. Serve warm.

Delicious Pudding

Syrup:
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons butter

Pudding:
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup raisins

Mix all ingredients to make batter. Drop in spoonfuls on top of syrup mixture. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Bottled Applesauce Cake

2/3 cup shortening
4 eggs
2 cups applesauce
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cups raisins
2 2/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup water
3 1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cloves
2/3 cup nuts
Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs, water, and applesauce. Sift together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Grease very well 8 wide mouth pint jars. Fill half full. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes on a cookie sheet. Have lids hot and apply to bottles. Seal as soon as removed from oven.

Butterscotch Date Pudding

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 teaspoon salt

Batter:
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1/2 chopped nuts Mix first 3 ingredients in bottom of baking pan.

Combine all remaining ingredients to make batter. Pour on top of syrup mixture in pan (do not stir). Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve hot with whipped cream.

Christine's Sugar Cookies

1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 heaping tablespoon baking powder
flour to make a soft batter
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup melted shortening
1/2 teaspoon soda