Chicken & Rice

1 1/2 c. raw rice
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
2/3 c. sherry

Combine above and put in 9×13 pan.  Lay chicken pieces or pork chops over rice.  Sprinkle package of cream of onion soup over the top. Cover tightly with foil.  Bake at 35o for 2 [...]

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Grandma’s Cobbler Recipe

1 c. flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 c. sugar
1 tsp salt

Mix together and pour on top of 1 quart hot fruit.  Bake at 350 until done.  Makes thin crust.

My Grandma made a mean cobbler.  It is the perfect season for peach cobbler.  mmmm.

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Billy Sunday Pudding

1 cup pearl tapioca pudding
5 cups water
1 lb pitted dates
1 cup nut meats
3 cups brown sugar

Mix together and bake 2 hours in a moderate oven.
Recipe from Trudy Bailey.

Yes, I am finally back to posting recipes from the recipe boxes.  Sorry I took that whole year off, and I can not guarantee it will last, but [...]

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Pumpkin Cookies with Penuche Frosting

1 cup shortening, butter, or margarine
1/2 c. light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 c. canned solid pack pumpkin
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 c. chopped nuts
Penuche frosting

Preheat oven to 350.  Cream butter or margarine and sugar together; add pumpkin, egg and vanilla, mixing well. [...]

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Holiday Punch

2 32 oz. bottles cranberry juice cocktail
1 6 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate thawed
1 6 oz can frozen pineapple concentrate thawed
1 6 oz can frozen lemon concentrate thawed
2 1/2 c. cool water
stir well.
Add as much 7 up or ginger ale as you want, or leave as is.

From the Galesburg Register Mail.
Note from my [...]

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Twinkie Cake

Oh mercy.  I just showed this gem to my husband and apparently I am making this for dessert tonight.  I am going to use a from scratch recipe, because I don’t want to go to the store.  From a newspaper clipping, circa 1958.
1 yellow cake, bake according to box directions. Let cake cool, slice into [...]

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Frosted Creams

From Great Aunt Lila

1 sm. package dates cut finely
1 cup sugar
1 c. cold water
1 stick oleo
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves

Boil five minutes.  Cool.  Add 1 3/4 c. all purpose flour, 1 tsp. soda, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup nut meats.
Bake at 350 on a greased cookie sheet or 1/2 to 3/4″ deep pan 20 mins [...]

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Sandy’s Brown Sugar Cookies

From my Aunt Sandy.

2 c. brown sugar
1 c. butter
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. sour milk
3 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp soda
2 tsp. baking powder

Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, vanilla. Mix dry ingredients together and add alternating with the milk. Bake at 350 on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Frosting

3 T. brown sugar
3 T. soft oleo (or butter)
3 [...]

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Peanut Butter Cookies

A Grandma S. original.

1 c. white sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 scant cup butter
3 eggs
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. peanut butter
3 c. flour

Mix and drop by spoonful on greased sheet.

Bake these at 375 for about ten minutes.  You can use smooth or crunchy peanut butter, I like them with crunchy.  You could also get fancy [...]

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Fudge

From a Hints from Heloise column from the 1960’s….possibly the 70’s.  When were mini marshmallows invented?
In a heavy large sauce pan put 4 1/2 c. sugar and one large can evaporated milk. Bring slowly to a rolling boil. Let boil for no longer than 8 minutes. Remove from heat and add 8 oz. mini marshmallows, [...]

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