Pumpkin Pie

9 inch pastry

2 Eggs
2 Cups cooked pumpkin
or 1-16 oz canned pumpkin
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 Teaspoon ground cloves
1-2/3 Cups evaporated milk
   
Heat oven to 400º








Beat eggs slightly with hand beater beat in remaining ingredients. Place pastry line pie pan on the oven rack first and then pour the filling in. Have ready a long two inch wide strip of tin foil that can be crimped around the pie crust flute to protect the crust from getting too brown. Bake 15 minutes and then reduce heat to 350º bake until knife come out clean
Note….Grandma Alice Johnson always used the same filling recipe but she would cook the mixture on top of the stove and then pour it into a baked crust.

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.

Meat Loaf

1 pound ground beef
1 egg
4 slices of bread, take bread and get it wet under tap, squeeze out water.
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 small onion minced







Mix together and mold into pan. bake at 350 for 45 minutes. when it is almost done, put tomato soup on top.

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.

Apricot Cake

1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons soda dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
1 pint apricots with juice, blended
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts


 Blend eggs, oil and sugar. Add dissolved soda and fruit. Add flour and spices. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.

Cinnamon Rolls

3 cups milk
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
10 cups flour
3 teaspoons salt
 3/4 cup warm water
3 tablespoons yeast
2 tablespoons



Cinnamon Mix water and yeast, set aside. Mix milk, shortening, sugar, eggs, and salt. Add yeast and flour, knead. Let rise, roll out dough, brush with margarine. Mix together about 2 tablespoons of Cinnamon and 1 1/4 cups of brown sugar, put on dough. Roll up, cut, and put on buttered pans. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes.



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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.

Sour Cream Cucumbers

5 or 6 Cucumbers
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 pint sour cream Peel and slice cucumbers, add salt and sugar. Let stand over night. Add sour cream, you may not need the full pint, serve.

Raw Apple Cake

1 3/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup cooking oil
3 eggs
3 cups raw apples
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda Mix eggs, oil, and sugar. Add dry ingredients. Add apples and nuts. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Homemade Ice Cream

8 cups milk
4 tablespoons flour
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2-2 pints cream
4 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring Mix sugar, flour, and salt. Warm milk, add sugar mixture and eggs. Cook until thickened, add cream, vanilla, and lemon flavoring. Freeze in an ice cream freezer.

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.

Applesauce Fruit Cake

3/4 cup shortening
2 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs beaten
2 cups applesauce
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup nuts Chop nuts, raisins, cherries, and dates, set aside. Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and applesauce. Add dry ingredients, then add nuts and fruit. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Quick Bread

2 tablespoons yeast
3/4 cup warm water
2 2/3 cup water
1/4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons shortening
5 cups flour Mix yeast and 3/4 cup water. Add salt, sugar, shortening and remaining water. Add 2 1/2 cups flour, mix. Add remaining flour, knead. Let raise until double in bulk. Put in loaf tins, let raise until double in bulk. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees or 375 degrees.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup sugar
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups Crisco
4 eggs
2/3 cup milk
6 cups unsifted flour
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons soda
2 teaspoons milk
1 package chocolate chips


Cream sugars and shortening. Add eggs and milk. Add dry ingredients, vanilla and chips. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 12 minutes. Do not over bake. Remove when just starting to turn brown.

Caramels

2 cups sugar
2 cups cream
1 dash of salt
2 cups corn syrup
3/4 cup evaporated milk
2 teaspoons vanilla







Boil sugar, syrup and salt. Heat milk in separate pan. Add 1/9 cup of milk at a time to sugar mixture, about every 5 minutes. After all milk is added, cook to a soft ball stage, add vanilla .Pour into a buttered pan. Let cool, cut into squares

Meat Loaf

2 lb ground beef
1/2 c onion
1 egg
1 can crean of mushroom soup
1 t salt
1/2 c bread crumbs
1 T worcestershire sauce
Dash of pepper
2 T chopped parsley

Mix all together well. bake for 1-1 1/2 hours at 350. tomato slices may be put on top or at the last minute grate cheese over top for variety.


By Rudy Hall

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.

Fry Cakes

5 cups milk
4 heaping tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons yeast
8 teaspoons salt
16 cups flour

Mix together milk and eggs. Add 6 cups flour and yeast. Add 10 more cups of flour and knead. Let rise until double, roll 1/2 inch thick. cut and fry in hot oil. Frost with maple or chocolate frosting.

Quick Dutch Oven Meal

1 pound ground beef
1 medium chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup green pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 large can or quart tomatoes
1 cup uncooked macaroni
1 cup mild cheese
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Cook hamburger, onion, celery and pepper in the Dutch Oven, stirring until it is cooked through, but not too brown. Add tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Add macaroni, cover and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes or until macaroni is done. turn off heat and sprinkle the top with grated cheese. Server right from the dutch oven.