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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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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 [...]
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, [...]
This recipe is from my Aunt Judy’s home ec class, circa the late 1950’s.
2 1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. syrup
1 1/2 tsp. vinegar
1/2 c. water
salt
2 egg whites
nuts
Cook sugar, syrup, water, vinegar, and salt to 262 degrees F. Beat slowly into well beaten egg whites. Add nuts and vanilla when it begins to thicken. Drop by spoonfuls [...]
This recipe is from my Aunt Judy’s Home Ec class, circa the late 1950’s.
Combine:
1/2 c. corn syrup
2 c. sugar
1 c. evaporated milk
1 c. brown sugar
Cook to soft ball stage. Cool at room temperature until luke warm. Beat until it holds its shape. Knead until firm. Shape into rolls. Roll in chopped nuts. Chill.
My Mom sent me an email a couple of weeks ago asking if I had my Grandmother’s recipe for Goulash. It was a turning point in my life, when I realized that I have become the keeper of the recipes. No one wanted Grandma’s recipes when she died, because they all thought they had them [...]
