heat 1 cup white corn syrup and one cup sugar (don’t let boil) Add one cup peanut butter and 6 cups rice crispies. Spread in pan. Melt 1/2 package chocolate chips and 1/2 package butterscotch chips. Spread on top. — This recipe is a family joke. Every year my cousin makes a giant batch of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
1 1/2 cup white sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 2/3 cup milk 1/2 tsp. salt Mix and boil to soft ball stage when a few drops are tried in cup of water. Remove from heat and add 2 T. butter, 4 T. peanut butter and 4 T. marshmallow fluff. —- Way to go Edna! You [...]
