Scotcharoos

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 [...]

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Vanilla Wafer Dessert

1 lb vanilla wafers, crushed 2 cup whipping cream small can crushed pineapple 1 lb. marshmallows Mix and let stand several hours.  Graham crackers may be swapped for vanilla wafers and crushed peppermint candies for pineapple. – So midwestern!  So church supper!  Potluck-tastic!  It sounds odd and kinda creepy, but I bet it tastes good.

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Skillet Cookies

Ok, this is intriguing. Beat 2 eggs.  Add 1 cup sugar.  Put into skillet 2 T. butter, 1 cup of dates (cut up and packed down).  To this add sugar and eggs and cook over medium heat, stirring all the tie until mixture leaves side of skillet.  Remove and add two cups rice crispies, nuts, [...]

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Danish Puff

1 c. flour 1/2 c. butter or margarine 2 T. water 1 c. water 1/2 c. butter or margarine 1 tsp almond flavoring 1 c. flour 3 eggs Mix first ingredients as for pie dough.  Round into ball and divide in half.  Pat into 2 strips (12 x 3) on cookie sheet. Mix next two [...]

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Apple Cake Dessert

Cream together 1 c. sugar 1/2 cup butter or oleo (one stick) 1 egg slightly beaten Sift together 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp vanilla Cream sugar and butter together. Add slightly beaten egg and sifted dry ingredients.  Beat well.  fold in apples and [...]

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Apple Crisp

Fill oblong pan 1/2 full of apples.  Sprinkle sugar and vanilla over them.  Mix 1 cup sugar butter the size of an egg 1 egg 1 1/2 c flour Work this until it forms a crumbly mixture and sprinkle evenly over the apples.  Pour over this, 1/2 cup water and bake in oven until apples [...]

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Mother’s Raisin Pudding

Clipped from a newspaper.  Grandma wrote “Good” on it. by Edith Higbee Monmouth, IL 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 cup raisins 1/2 c. milk 1/2 tsp. vanilla Stir all of the above together well.  Put in a greased pan.  Mix 2 cups boiling sugar.  1 T. butter and 1 [...]

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Cindy’s Dump Cake

Unfortunately named, but my Grandma drew four pretty stars on the scrap of paper that she wrote it on, so either she was feeling festive, or it was tasty. 1 can cherry pie fillling 1 can crushed pineapple Sprinkle over these one box yellow cake mix Pour over cake mix two sticks oleo, butter or [...]

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Barbeque Sandwich

2 lbs roast pork 3 T. drippings 1/2 c. ketchup 1 T. vinegar 1 T. brown sugar 1/4 c. water 1 T. Worcestershire sauce 1/2 tsp. salt Roast pork until done.  Shred into small pieces. Combine remaining ingredients and simmer about three minutes.  Pour over pork and spread meat on heated buns.  Can add cheese [...]

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Bread Pudding

3 1/2 c. milk 3 eggs 3 c. bread cubes (dry white bread) 3/4 c. sugar 1/2 tsp. cinnamon vanilla 1/4 tsp salt raisins 350 for 45 mins. — This recipe is written on a scrap of legal paper, and is obviously a recipe from the last years of my Grandma’s life.  My Grandmother had [...]

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