
Apricot Nut Bread--Fay Whitlow
English Muffin Loaf--Marian Ricker
Lemon Bread--Bessie MacLean, Betty’s mother
Pluckin’ Bread--The Poor Farm, Mt. Carmel, IL
Rye Bread or Limpa--Marguerite Matthews
Cakes
Chocolate Velvet Cheesecake--Dorothy Smith
Pina Colada Cake--Sandy McCrocklin
Pina Colada Rum Cake--Debby White
Brown Sugar Cookies--Yvonne Harris
Chocolate Shots--Birdell Brehm
Lemon-Almond Wafers--Jane Bruns
Melting Moments--Mary Huggins/Harriet
Norwegian Christmas Cookies--Mitchell
Orange Drop Cookies--Rosemary Fox
Peanut Cookies--like Buck Eyes
Raspberry Squares--Melissa Cornet
Roll-Out Sugar Cookies--Jane Bruns
Blueberry Slump--Bessie McLean
Lemon Sponge Pudding--Bessie MacLean
Mrs. Stern’s cheesecake-- Suzanne Plumb
Scalloped Pineapple--Janis Dean
Debby’s Spinach Salad--Debby White
Layered Salad(without peas!)--Sandy McCrocklin
Chicken Casserole--Ina MacLean Chappell
Chicken Casserole--Linda Centifanto
Chicken Italian--Dorothy Redding
Chicken Salad Bake--Dorothy Redding
Meatball in Spicy Sauce--Betty Woomer
Spinach Soufflé--Suzanne Plumb
“It’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!” --Betty Plumb
1 cup parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
6 tablespoons grated onions
12 drops Tobasco sauce
2-8 ounces bricks, cream cheese
28 slices, bread
Mix all the above ingredients. Spread on thin crustless bread, rounds or squares. Sprinkle on more Parmesan cheese. Freeze on cookie sheet. Toss into plastic bag. put frozen bread into 400 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Party Rye Bread
1 dry package Good Seasons Italian dressing
8 ounces cream cheese
2 cucumbers, peeled and sliced thin
Mix cream cheese and dressing. Spread on party rye. Place cucumber slice on top of mixture. Sprinkle with dill.
1 can crab ( 6 ounces)
2 stalks celery, chopped
1-1/2 cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 pint sour cream
Mix ingredients and chill overnight.
2 cups mayonnaise
1 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cups chili sauce
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoon curry powder
2 tablespoon wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix all and chill
· Spray pizza pan with Pam.
· Slice a roll of Pillsbury sugar cookie dough into 1/4 inch slices. Place on pan with sides touching.
· Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
· Mix 8 ounces cream cheese with 9 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar, 3 tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon.
· Spread mixture over cooled cookie dough.
· Add sliced fresh fruit in circles. Use strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple or other fruit.
2 pounds ground chuck
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup Cornflakes crumbs
1/2 teaspoon garlic
1/3 cup parsley
1/3 cup catsup
2 eggs
2 tablespoon onion
2 tablespoons soy sauce
Mix all and form into one inch balls. Put in cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Sauce:
1 tablespoon lemon juice
12 ounces chili sauce
1 jar grape or current jelly
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Heat and pour over meatballs.
1 pound liverwurst
1/2 teaspoon basil
1 clove garlic
3 teaspoons onion
Topping:
8 ounces cream cheese
Tobasco
pressed garlic
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
Blend ingredients and shape half of mixture into igloo shape. Chill while making cream cheese topping. Place 1/3 topping over igloo. Spread balance of pate over cream cheese, then place 2/3 cream cheese over whole igloo.
Important--Wear rubber gloves when preparing peppers.
1/3 cup hot red or green peppers
1-1/2 cup wine cider vinegar
1-1/3 cup bell peppers
1 small bottle Certo
6-1/2 cup sugar
2-3 teaspoons red or green color
Grind peppers and mix with sugar and vinegar. Bring to boil and cool 5 minutes. Add Certo and pour into jelly glasses. pour on wax.
“Hindsight is 20/20.” --Betty Plumb
1 box frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained
6 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
3/4 teaspoons garlic
2 cups herb stuffing
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup chopped onions
6 tablespoons butter
3 eggs
Mix ingredients and shaped into 1 inch balls. Bake on buttered cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
Mix:
1 pint sour cream
1 10 ounce frozen chopped spinach,thawed and water squeezed out.
1 can chopped water chestnuts
1 package Knorr’s vegetable soup mix
Some minced onion
2 cans of refrigerator crescent rolls
1 package dry Ranch dressing mix
1/2 cup milk
2-8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup finely shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup each of finely chopped mild red pepper, green onions, fresh chives, broccoli, black olives or “whatever.”
Spread dough thinly on one or two cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool. Mix next three ingredients and spread over crust. Sprinkle veggies on top and sprinkle with cheese. Chill well and cut 2” x 2” pieces with sharp knife. Colors may run on cream cheese if vegetables sit too long.
1 box frozen chopped spinach, cooked, drained
6 tablespoons butter
1 cups herb stuffing
6 tablespoons parmesan
1 cup chopped onions
3/4 teaspoon garlic
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Mix ingredients and shape into 1 inch balls. Place on buttered sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
“Every little bit helps said the old lady that peed in the sea.” --Betty Plumb
2-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup orange juice
3-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
4 teaspoon grated peel
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup apricots
3 tablespoons oil
1 cup nuts
1 egg
Mix ingredients and place in 2” x 8” x 4” pans or four small ones in a 350 degree oven for 55 to 65 minutes. Cool before slicing.
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup nuts
1 egg
1 cup chopped apricots
1-1/4 cup orange juice
3 cups Bisquick
Mix ingredients and bake in two small loaf pans in a 350 degree oven.
2-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoon salad oil
3-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup orange juice
4 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 cup chopped dried apricots
1 cup chopped nuts
Heat oven 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9” x 5” x 3” loaf pan or two 8-1/2” x 4-1/2” x 2-1/2 “ loaf pans or 3 or 4 small loaf pans. Put all ingredients into large mixing bowl, beat on medium speed 1/2 minute. Scrape sides. Bake 55-65 minutes or until pick comes out clean. Remove from pan Cool thoroughly.
“Keep talking. It’s your nickel.” Betty Plumb
2 cups milk
1 cake yeast
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup shortening.
2 sticks, softened butter
cinnamon and sugar
Mix milk and sugar. Bring to a boil. Cool liquid to lukewarm. Add 1 yeast cake dissolved. Add all to 7 or 8 cups of flour. Cover and let rise. Add 1/2 teaspoon soda, then knead adding necessary flour and roll out. Spread with soft butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Roll up and slice off. Should make 80 rolls.
2 cups flour
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts
1 cup sugar
1 cup halved cranberries
1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Orange juice, orange rind,
1/2 teaspoon soda
2 tablespoons shortening and enough boiling water to make 3/4 cups.
Mix all. Push batter into corners of pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
Combine:
2 packages dry yeast
2/3 cup dry milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon soda
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
Mix yeast milk, sugar, soda and salt. Add 2-1/2 cups hot tap water. Beat with beater until well mixed and thick. Stir in 3 cups flour to make stiff batter. Spoon into two loaf pans that have been greased and sprinkled with cornmeal. Sprinkle top with cornmeal. Cover. Let rise for 45 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from pans and cool. Less than 16 slices per loaf.
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup nuts
rind, one lemon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/2 cups unsifted flour
Mix all ingredients and bake in loaf pan at 350 degrees for one hour. While hot, pour mixture of 1/4 cup sugar dissolved in juice of one lemon over top of bread.
“I love you Chickie.” --Betty Plumb
Dissolve a cake of yeast in a small amount of canned milk. In a large bowl mix 6 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 2 cups Crisco. Mix well with hands. Add one tall can milk, 4 beaten eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla. Add the yeast mixture last. Let stand in bowl and refrigerator for at least three hours. Divide in portions, roll out in sugar. (Use approximately 1/2 cup to roll out each portions.) Cut in 2-1/2 inch squares.. Place a teaspoon of nut mixture in center of each square and fold over.
Nut Filling:
7 ounces English walnuts, chopped
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
canned milk to make a paste
Bake at 350 degrees until delicate brown--15 minutes or longer. Do not grease pan!
1 cup flour
2 cups quick oats
1 tablespoon sugar
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix with pastry blender. Roll 1/8 in thick. preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
The peel of two oranges cut into fine slices. Cover with water and add 1/2 cup sugar. Simmer until tender. Remove peel and cook liquid down to 1/3 cup.
In mixing bowl combine another:
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Add milk to orange syrup to make 2/3 cup and mix with one egg. Stir all together with orange peel. Bake in greased loaf pan or 15 to 20 muffin cups at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes.
In 2 cups of water boil orange rind of two oranges for 20 minutes. Add 2 cups sugar. Boil until thick. Cool. Beat one egg and add 2 tablespoons melted shortening, 4 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt. Mix and add orange mix with 1 cup milk. Bake in loaf pan at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.
1-1/2 sticks butter
4 tubes “flaky” biscuits
brown sugar to taste
cinnamon and sugar combination
Melt one stick butter in 9” x 13” pan. Stir in enough brown sugar to make a paste. Cut biscuits in half. Dip in 1/2 stick melted butter. Roll each 1/2 biscuit in cinnamon and sugar. Place in pan. Bake in oven as directed on biscuit can.
Beat 4 eggs until fluffy. Add 1 cup milk and 1 tablespoon melted butter. Beat in 1 cup sifted flour, 1 teaspoon each sugar and salt. Beat until smooth. Generously grease 5 or 6 custard cups. Set on shallow pan for easy handling. Heat cups at 400 degrees for 5 minutes before filling. Spoon batter evenly into cups. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees. Bake 25 minutes. Turn off heat. Let stand in oven for 5 to 10 minutes. They should be huge empty shells. Popovers may be made ahead, reheated without loss of puff. Enjoy with jelly, butter or jam. Makes six servings.
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3-1/3 cups sifted flour
1 cup melted shortening or oil
2 teaspoons soda
2 cups canned pumpkin
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2/3 cup water
3 cups sugar
Sift dry ingredients including sugar into mixing bowl. Make a well in dry ingredients and add all remaining ingredients. Mix together until smooth. Divide batter into three greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour. When cool, wrap in foil or plastic. Store in refrigerator. Can be frozen. Use 3-1/2” x 7” pans.
1 cup shortening
3-1/2 flour
1 cake yeast
1/2 cup milk, scalded and cooled
2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
Melted butter, brown sugar & nuts
Optional: substitute 1/4 cup water for milk and use powdered sugar.
Mix first seven ingredients. Cover dough and chill about two hours or overnight. Divide into 5 balls. Roll into circles about 10 inches in diameter. Brush with butter, sprinkle with sugar and nuts. Cut into eight wedges, roll up, beginning at wide end. Shape into crescents. Bake on greased sheet at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
A girl who smokes will do anything.” --Betty Plumb
2 cakes yeast
2 tablespoons corn oil
1/4 cup molasses
2-1/2 cups rye flour
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons orange rind
1 cup hot tap water
1 tablespoon fennel
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon anise
1/3 cup sugar
3 cups white flour
Mix the first seven ingredients. Add flour and mix well. Add orange rind, fennel and anise. Add 2-1/2 to 3 cups white flour. Knead dough for six minutes. Let rise for 2 hours. Punch. Cut into two portions. Shape into tapered or round loaves. Make diagonal slashes 1/4 inch on top of bread. Place in cornmeal dusted tins. Let rise. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
“A miss is as good as a mile.” --Betty Plumb
15 ounces Raisin Bran
1 quart buttermilk
3 cups sugar
5 teaspoon soda
5 cups flour
2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 cup oil
Mix dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients. Bake at 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
Shred 2 cups zucchini or cucumbers. (Use skin, but not seeds.) Blend with 1 cup oil, 3 eggs and
1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine the below in a large bowl.
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon each nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger
Gradually add liquid ingredients to the dry mix. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Divide into two well- greased loaf pans. Bake about one hour at 350 degrees.
3 eggs
1 teaspoon soda
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
1 cup oil
1 cup nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups grated zucchini
1 teaspoon salt
Beat eggs until foamy. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Pour into loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees until toothpick inserted in middle is not sticky. (1-1/2 to 2 hours)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 cup honey
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup skim milk
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup shredded zucchini
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1.4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Use muffin cups. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl beat egg, oil, honey, milk and yogurt. Stir in zucchini and lemon. Add zucchini mixture to flour mixture, stirring until just blended. Pour into muffin cups. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes.
“Everyone to their own taste,’ said the woman who kissed the cow.” --Betty Plumb
4 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup oil
1-1/4 sticks butter
3/4 cup apricot juice
1/2 cup rum
1 box yellow cake mix
Mix eggs, oil and apricots. Add mix. Beat. Pour into tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. While cake bakes, melt sugar, butter and rum. Pour over finished cake. Cool one hour.
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1-1/2 cup blueberries
1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Mix ingredients into a smooth batter. Fold in blueberries. Bake in a 9” x 13” pan in a 350 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes.
2 cups sugar
1 cup walnuts
4 eggs
1 cup currants
1-1/2 cup oil
1/2 teaspoon soda
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups grated carrots
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream sugar, eggs, vanilla and oil. Add dry ingredients. Beat well. Fold in carrot, currants and nuts. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
“Don’t do a half-asked job.” --Betty Plumb
2 cups flour
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoon cocoa
salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 stick margarine
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Boil oil, margarine, water and cocoa. Add buttermilk, eggs, soda and vanilla. Add sugar and salt. Add flour. Pour into a 10 x 14 inch cookie sheet and bake in a 400 degree oven for 15 to 18 minutes.
Icing:
1 stick margarine
1 box confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons buttermilk
4 tablespoons cocoa
Mix margarine, vanilla and cocoa. Add sugar. Add buttermilk a little at a time until you reach the proper frosting consistency. Frost cake while hot.
Crust:
1, 8-1/2 ounce package chocolate wafer cookies
1/4 pound melted butter
salt and cinnamon
Crush wafers. Mix with other ingredients. Press into spring form pan. Chill 30 minutes.
Filling:
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1-1/2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups whipping cream or sour cream
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt chocolate in double boiler, stirring. Set aside. In large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add chocolate butter, cream and vanilla. Pour into spring form pan. Smooth top and bake 45 to 60 minutes until sides are firm. Cool. chill in spring form pan overnight.
3 cups grated zucchini
3 cups sifted flour
4 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups sugar
1-1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 cups oil
1-1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup cocoa
Mix eggs and sugar. Add oil and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt soda, powder and cocoa. Fold dry ingredients into egg mixture. Stir in zucchini. Pour into 2 loaf pans. Bake one hour at 350 degrees. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.
1-1/2 cup cooking oil
1 teaspoon soda
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups chopped apples
1/2 cup coconut
3 cups flour
1/2 cup nuts.
1 cup buttermilk
Mix sugar, eggs and apples. Add flour, milk, soda, salt, cinnamon, vanilla. Fold in coconut and nuts. Bake in a 9” x 12” pan at 350 degrees for 60 minutes.
2 cups brown sugar
1 stick oleo
2 cups flour
Mix finely and reserve one cup.
Add:
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda
Spread batter in a 9” x 13” pan. Spread reserved mixture over batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Crumble 12 heath bars over top before baking.
1 box white cake mix
1 container Cool Whip
16 ounces drained, crushed pineapple
7 ounces coconut
Mix cake according to directions. Add half of the coconut and half the pineapple to the mixture. Bake and cool according to package directions. Once cooled, pierce cake with fork many times. Spread cream of coconut over cake and let soak in. Mix remaining coconut and pineapple with Cool Whip and frost cake.
“I can’t remember anything bad that you did as kids. I just can’t remember.” Betty Plumb
1 package white cake mix
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1 package (3 ounces) coconut cream instant pudding mix
1/3 cup dark rum
4 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1 cup flaked coconut
Frosting:
8 ounce crushed pineapple
large container Cool Whip
1 package coconut cream instant pudding
Blend cake ingredients for four minutes. Pour into two greased and floured 9 inch layer cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool. Remove cake from pans.
Frosting: Beat all ingredients except Cool Whip. Fold in Cool Whip.
1/2 pound butter
1 pint sour cream
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup poppy seeds
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Dissolve soda in cream. Set aside. Add cream, soda, poppy seeds to first mixture. Add vanilla. Pour into greased tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes.
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon soda
2 eggs
1/2 pint sour cream
2 cups flour
Topping:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup nuts
Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Mix flour, baking powder and soda. Add dry ingredients to batter. Add sour cream. Place half the batter in a 9”x 13” pan. Cover with half the topping. Layer with more batter, then topping. Bake in 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.
1 pound butter
1/4 teaspoon mace
6 eggs
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup sour cream
Mix all ingredients and bake for one hour and 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
3 cups flour
1/2 cup water
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon almond
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup walnuts
1-3/4 cup sugar
3 egg whites
1/2 cup milk
Cream butter and sugar. Add the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix milk, water, vanilla and almond. Add to mixture. Mix in egg whites, then fold in walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
1 box Duncan Hines butter cake mix
1/2 pint sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup oil
2 tablespoons brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tablespoons cinnamon
Mix cake, sugar and oil. Add eggs one at a time. Add sour cream and beat slowly. Fold in pecans,. In greased bunt pan put 1/2 batter. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Pour rest of batter in pan and cover with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes. Let set 15 minutes. Then remove from pan.
“Have you ever tasted anything with butter and sugar that you didn’t like?” Betty Plumb
Makes 300
1# butter or oleo
24 oz. real chocolate chips
2# smooth peanut butter
1 bar paraffin
3# confectioner’s sugar
Mix butter with sugar. Then mix with peanut butter. Roll into small balls
Melt chips and paraffin. Dip ball in chocolate mixture leaving a small bare spot on top.
Recipe calls for three hours of work.
5 cups walnuts
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cook sugar, honey and water to 230 degrees. Add vanilla and nuts. Stir. Spread out on cookie sheet. Separate with forks.
1 can Eagle Brand milk
1 cup chopped nuts
1 stick margarine
2 cups coconut
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 pounds confectioner’s sugar
Icing:
12 ounces chocolate chips
1/4 bar paraffin
Mix together. Roll into small balls and place on was paper. Dip balls into chocolate.
6 cups sugar
1 can Milnot
1 stick oleo
1/4 teaspoon salt
24 ounces real chips
1 large jar marshmallow cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
nuts as desired
Bring first four ingredients to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes. or until soft ball stage. (stir constantly). Remove from heat and add 2-12 ounces packages real chocolate chips.. 1 large jar marshmallow fluff and 1 teaspoon vanilla with chopped nuts if desire. Stir until blended, pour in buttered pan and let set. Maybe frozen when completely cooled.
“Pardon my French.” Betty Plumb
4 cups sugar
2-12 ounce packages chocolate chips
1 stick butter
15 ounces marshmallow fluff
1 can Milnot
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
Mix and boil for five minutes (until softball stage). Beat in chips, marshmallow cream and vanilla. Grease jelly-roll pan. Pour fudge into pan and spread to corners. Let cool. Makes 5 pounds.
3/4c butter
2 tablespoons water
1-1/4 c sugar
1/4 c nuts
Met butter in fry pan. Add water and sugar. Stir in nuts. Cook and stir over high heat until golden brown. Turn out into buttered cookie sheet. Break when cool.
1# white candy coating
3/4-1 cup crushed peppermint candy
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Melt candy coating in a double boiler. Stir in crushed candy. Pour out on a foil-lined cookie sheet. Melt chocolate chips and drizzle over candy with a spatula. Cool several hours. Break apart when cool.
2 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoon butter
2-1/3 cups pecans
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
In large kettle combine sugar, milk, soda and pecans. Cook over high heat 5 minutes until mixture reaches 210 degrees. Stir and scrape. Add butter and 2 cups pecans. Cook and stir until soft ball (230 degrees). Let cool for a minute. Beat. Drop on waxed paper.
2 cups sugar
1# butter
grated nuts
24 ounces chocolate chips
Place 1/2 nuts in jelly roll pan. Place 1/2 chips over nuts. Boil sugar and butter until it reaches 290 degrees and reaches a caramel color. Pour toffee mixture over nuts and chocolate. Spread over jelly roll pan. Sprinkle remaining chips over toffee mixture. When melted spread over toffee. Sprinkle nuts over chocolate.
“It’s a secret. Jut tell 12.”--Betty Plumb
1 large orange
12 ounces dried apricots
2-1/2 cups granulated sugar--divided
Wash orange. Cut in fourths. Place in food processor with apricots until finely chopped. Place in 2 quart sauce pan with 1-1/2 sugar. Boil 8 minutes, stirring. Cool. Place remaining 1 cup sugar in bowl and mix. Fashion in logs or rounds. When cool, dip in chocolate.
1/3 cup whole bran cereal
1 cup flour
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 stick margarine (softened)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup honey
1 cup oats
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup nuts
1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup raisins
1/3 cup dry milk
orange rind
Mix whole bran cereal and orange juice. Let stand for 1 minute.
Add other ingredients in the order they appear. Drop dough on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
2 sticks oleo
5 eggs
2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups flour
4 squares semi-sweet chocolate
1 tablespoon vanilla
nuts
Mix wet ingredients. Add flour and mix. Then add chips and chopped nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 35 minutes.
Frosting:
2 squares chocolate
2 cups confectioners sugar
2 tablespoons oleo
“It’s never too late.” --Betty Plumb
1/2 cup grated chocolate--Ghiradelli
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
some nuts--optional
Mix above ingredients and bake for 30 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
1 cup oleo
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon soda
2 eggs
1 cup chopped nuts
2-1/2 cups flour
Cream together oleo and brown sugar. Add eggs and flour. Add salt, soda and chopped nuts. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup nuts
Cream together brown sugar, sugar and butter. Add egg, vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and salt. Mix with butter mixture. Add nuts. Chill 20 minutes. Roll in balls and then in sugar. Press down with glass. Bake in 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
Icing
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup cream
Cook brown sugar and cream. Add powdered sugar and beat well.
6 ounces butterscotch chips
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup raisins
1-1/2 cup Special K
Melt chips and peanut butter. Stir well. Add other ingredients. Stir. Drop in bite size pieces on ungreased cookie sheet.
What goes around comes around.” --Betty Plumb
2 sticks butter
2 cups flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 bag chocolate chips
Mix butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix flour, soda and salt. Add flour mixture with butter mixture. Add nuts and chips. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup confectioners sugar and
2 teaspoon vanilla
a tiny bit more
1 cup oatmeal
1-1/2 cup flour
2 packages chocolate Jimmies
(sprinkles)
Mix all and roll into four logs. Roll logs in chocolate Jimmies. Refrigerate for two hours. Cut into thin slices and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
4 egg whites (1/2 cup)
1/2 cup packaged corn flakes crumbs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup glazed chocolate chips (Bakers brand)
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts (rolled with a rolling pin)
2 squares unsweetened chocolate--grated
Heat oven to 275 degrees. Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 2/3 cup of the sugar and beat until stiff. Fold in vanilla and the remainder of the sugar, grated chocolate and corn flake crumbs. On paper (not waxed or foil) shape into fingers using a teaspoon of dough for each. Or--put through a pastry tube and bag. Bake 35 to 40 minutes until firm. Shut off heat and leave in oven 20 minutes or more. Cool. Melt chocolate chips over hot (not boiling) water. Dip one end of meringue into chocolate then into nuts.
1 cup softened butter
2 cups flour
1/3 cup whipping cream
Mix ingredients thoroughly. Chill one hour. Roll 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 1-1/2 rounds. Transfer to wax paper which is heavily sprinkled with sugar. Turn to coat both sides. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Prick in four places with fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or until slightly puffy. Put two cooled cookies together with frosting.
Frosting:
Blend 1/4 cup soft butter, 3/4 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar, 1 egg yolk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. If desired tint pink and green.
Don’t cross your eyes or they’ll stay that way.” Betty Plumb
1 cup brown sugar
2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon soda
1 egg
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup sour cream
dash of each: nutmeg, vanilla, raisins
Bake in a 350 degree oven .
Prepare brownie batter as in previous recipe. In medium bowl, with spoon, mix one 3-ounce package cream cheese--softened, 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and one large egg until well blended.
Place brownie batter in pan. Drop peanut-butter mixture by teaspoons over brownie batter in pan. With knife, cut and twist through mixtures to obtain marbled effect. Bake 30 to 35 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Cool and cut brownies.
1 pound butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
3-1/2 cup flour
Drop dough onto cookie sheets in balls about the size of a walnut. Bake at 325 degrees until light brown--approximately 20 minutes.
1/4 cup molasses
3 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1-1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 cup nuts
2-1/2 cups flour
1 cup raisins
Mix wet ingredients. Mix dry ingredients. Add together. Place tablespoonful on cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 minutes.
1 cup butter or oleo
2 cups cake flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1-1/2 freshly grated lemon peel
1 large or 2 small eggs
sliced almonds for garnish
1 teaspoon vanilla
Grease cookie sheet. Beat oleo and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Gradually stir in flour until blended. Mix in lemon peel and squeeze lemon juice. Drop 1/2 teaspoon dough 2 inches apart. Press several almond slivers in center. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in a 350-degree oven until brownish around edges.
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
Mix and press into baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
Topping
2 eggs
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Bake 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
Frosting
2 cup powdered sugar
water to mix
juice of two lemons and rind
Mix ingredients and frost.
1 cup butter
4 eggs
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
6 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon lemon rind
6 tablespoons lemon juice
Mix butter, confectioners sugar, flour and salt. Press in a 10” x 15” pan. Bake for 15 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Mix eggs, sugar, flour, lemon rind and juice. Pour over crust. Bake 25 minutes. Shake confectioner’s sugar on later.
1 cup soft oleo
2 cups flour
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
pinch salt
Mix and hand press into a 10” x 15” pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Topping:
4 eggs
2 tablespoons lemon rind
2 cups granulated sugar
6 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon sifted flour
Pour mixture over crust and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Once bars are cool, sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar.
Crust:
1/4 pound butter
1 cup flour
Press into a 9”x 13” pan. Bake in 350-degree oven for 15 minutes.
Filling:
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup walnuts
2 tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon butter
Mix and bake for 25 minutes.
3/4 cup shortening
1 teaspoon soda dissolved in
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoon sour milk
1 egg
2-1/2 cup flour to roll
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix and shape into log-type rolls. Refrigerate. Slice about 1/8 to 1/4 inches thick. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes. Also good as a crust for an ice cream pie.
1/2 pound butter
1-1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
pinch of salt
3/4 cup cornstarch
Soften butter. Cream with 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 3/4 cup cornstarch. Add flour and salt. Chill dough a short while. Make a small ball the size of a quarter. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Slightly press each one with an egg or bottle top. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in a 350-degree oven. They should remain pale.
Icing
Use 1 stick butter softened. Gradually add one box of powdered sugar and enough milk to make thick spread. Divide into six saucers and use slight drop of colors for tint. Ice cookies and enjoy.
2 eggs whites
chocolate chips
2/3 cup sugar
nuts
Mix and place on waxed paper. Turn on oven at 350 degrees to start. Place in oven. Turn off oven and leave meringues in oven for three hours.
1-1/2 sticks oleo
3 large eggs
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9” x 13” baking pan. In heavy 3-quart saucepan over low heat, heat margarine or butter and chocolate until melted and smooth, stirring frequently. Remove saucepan from heat. With wire whisk or spoon, beat in sugar, light brown sugar and eggs until well blended. Stir in flour, vanilla and salt. Evenly spread batter in pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. When cold, cut brownies lengthwise into 3 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 5 pieces. Store brownies tightly covered. Makes 15 brownies.
2 cups butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups brown sugar
2 teaspoon baking soda
4 eggs
24 ounces chocolate chips
2 teaspoons vanilla
8 ounces grated semi sweet Hershey bar
4 cups flour
3 cups nuts
5 cup oatmeal flour (run oats
through the food processor)
Cream wet items together. Mix dry ingredients then combine with creamed mixture. Add 24 ounces chocolate chips and grated chocolate and nuts. Roll into golf ball size balls. Bake at 375 degrees for 6 minutes.
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 tablespoons sugar
1 beaten egg
5 tablespoons cocoa
Cook in a double boiler until custard consistency.
2 cup ground wafer crumbs
1/2 walnuts
1 cup coconut
Mix well and add to above. Pack into a 9” x 9” pan.
Frosting
4 tablespoons butter
2 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons milk
6 squares semi sweet chocolate.
2 tablespoons vanilla pudding
1 tablespoon butter
powder (not instant)
Mix first four ingredients and frost. Let stand till set. Melt chocolate squares with butter in a double boiler. Frost again. Cut into squares when it hardens.
1 cup butter
1 cup cake flour
1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
3/4 cup corn starch
Mix and roll into balls. Makes about 60. Bake in 350 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes..
Icing:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Mix sugar and butter. Thin with lemon juice.
3/4 cup butter
1 cup oat bran
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup coconut
1/2 sup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup oat meal
1 cup currants or raisins
Mix ingredients one at a time. Drop onto lightly greased cookie sheets by the spoonful.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
“Oh, what the hell.” --Betty Plumb
1 cup shortening
2 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/4 sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs
1-1/2 oatmeal
1/3 cup milk
1 cup raisins
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup nuts (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix first three ingredients. Stir in milk. Sift together dry ingredients then mix with wet. Add oatmeal, raisins and nuts.
Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
1 cup butter
2 cup sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 cup buttermilk
4-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
grated orange rind
Mix and drop on cookie sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
Icing
1/4 cup orange juice
4 cup confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon butter
Mix ingredients and frost cookies.
2/3 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 eggs
1/4 cup melted butter
1-3/4 cups sifted flour
1 cup chopped nuts
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup orange marmalade
Mix first six ingredients. Press into 9” x 13” pan. Mix butter, crumbs and nuts and sprinkle over crust. Drop in marmalade and bake for 30 minutes in a 375 degree oven.
1/2 cup butter
pinch, salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
granulated sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 bag, chocolate kisses
2 cup flour
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and peanut butter. Mix well. Sift flour, salt and soda. Add and mix well. Add vanilla and mix well. Roll mix into small balls. Then roll balls in granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and place a kiss on cookie, pushing it down slightly. Return to oven for four minutes.
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar
3 cups flour
2 eggs
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Add peanut butter. Mix flour, soda and salt. Add to mixture. Roll one teaspoon of mixture into ball. Roll ball into sugar. Place on cookie sheet. Mash ball with fork tines in a cris-cross fashion. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 10 minutes.
2 cup graham crackers
14 ounces peanut butter
2 cup confectioner sugar
2 sticks oleo
Bake in a 9”x13” pan in a 350 degree oven. Melt 12 ounces of chocolate chips on top. Score before they are set.
Crust:
3 ounces cream cheese
1 cup flour
1/4 pound butter
Mix cream cheese and oleo. Add flour. Make 24 balls of dough. Place in baking cups. Chill.
Filling:
2 eggs
salt
1-1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons melted butter
Mix.
Press crust into pan. Put 1/2 nuts in each crust. Add filling. Top with remaining nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Let sit 2 to 3 minutes before removing from pan.
4 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
5 cup flour
1 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon allspice
Mix eggs and sugar. Mix remaining ingredients then add to egg mixture. Press this stiff dough out to a
1 inch thickness. Cut out with a shot glass. Put on greased cookie sheet. Cover overnight. Then bake in a 350-degree oven for 15 minutes.
1 pound butter
1 cup crushed potato chips
1 cup sugar
cup chopped nuts
2 teaspoons vanilla
3-1/2 cups flour
Roll into small balls, press out flat with a small glass. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen.
1 cup butter
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon salt
Cream butter sugar and eggs. Add flour, vanilla and salt. Bake at 375 degrees until lightly browned.
“Hells bells.” --Betty Plumb
1 package yellow cake mix
1 stick oleo (melted)
raspberry jam
2 cups oatmeal
Layer and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
1 cup oleo
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 tablespoon sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
Cream oleo and sugar. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Cream thoroughly. Add Flour, soda, salt. Chill three hours or in freezer for a good 1/2 hours. Roll on floured surface. (I use waxed paper-floured.) Bake 8 to 10 minutes in a 375 degree oven. Watch over cookies as they cook. Ice while warm!!
Icing:
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
sugar
Mix sour cream and vanilla. Add sugar until you get spreading consistency. If too stiff, add 1 teaspoon milk at a time. You may add a few drops of food coloring after the icing is mixed.
1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix butter, sugar and egg and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and add to wet mixture. Roll out and cut with cookie cutters or--drop on cookie sheet by the tablespoonful. Flatten with bottom of a glass. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
(little chocolate drops)
3 egg whites
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 pound (3/4 cup) unbleached almonds, grated, not ground
1 bar (4 ounces) Berman sweet chocolate, grated, not ground
Beat egg whites with salt to firm moist peaks. Add sugar slowly, beating constantly. After adding last of sugar, beat another two minutes. Fold in grated almonds and chocolate. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a well-greased cookie sheet. Bake at 275 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes, or until dry, so they can be easily removed from sheet. Makes about 50 cookies.
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
2-1/2 cups flour
pinch of salt
Cream butter and sugar. Add flour and salt. Press into an 8” x 8” pan. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Score while warm. This makes it easier to cut when cooled.
1 stick butter
6 ounces butterscotch bits
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 can condensed milk
1 cup coconut
1 cup chopped nuts
6 ounces chocolate ships
Melt stick of butter. Mix in graham crackers into butter for the lower crust.
Sprinkle crust with coconut, then chips. Drizzled with condensed milk and add nuts. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Cut when partially cool.
1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
pinch, salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
2-1/4 cup flour
Chocolate Frosting
2 Tablespoons hot water
1 tablespoon milk
3 Tablespoons cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoon butter
2-1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and mix. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and almond extract. Press dough through a “star” cookie press onto cookie sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Combine hot water, cocoa and butter. Add vanilla, confectioner’s sugar and milk as needed. Dip half of cookie in chocolate than dip the same end in nuts.
1-1/3 cups blanched almonds
2 egg whites
1-1/2 cups confectioners sugar
Mix sugar and nuts to smooth past. Add egg whites. Force into a pastry tube. Press out onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1-1/2 sticks unsalted butter
2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon each ground cloves, ginger,
1 large egg
cinnamon, salt and allspice
1/4 cup molasses
Sift together flour, soda, spices and salt. Set aside. Beat butter and 1 cup granulated sugar for 1 minute. Add egg and molasses. Add flour mixture. Take 1-1/2 teaspoons of dough and roll into ball. Roll ball in remaining sugar. Arrange on cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 9 to 10 minutes.
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon water
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 sticks oleo
2 cups oats
3/4 cup brown sugar
12 ounces chocolate chips
3/4 cup white sugar
Mix oleo, sugars, vanilla and eggs and water. Mix flour, salt, soda. Add and mix with wet ingredients. Add oats and chips. Drop on an ungreased cookie sheet by the tablespoonful. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
1/4 cup oleo
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 to 2 teaspoons currant jelly
Line tassie pans with paper liners. Stir butter and oleo until soft. Add confectioner’s sugar and blend well. Stir extract then add flour, cornstarch and salt. Add to oleo. Put dough into cookie press with “star” plate. Press with two circles. Bake in a 350 degree oven, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Place a drop of jelly in center of each.
2/3 cup oleo, melted and cool
2-1/2 cup flour
1 pound light brown sugar
2-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1 cup walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 ounces chocolate chips
1 teaspoon water
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix and bake 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Cut while warm.
makes 100
1 cup oleo
1 to 2 cups shredded zucchini
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup brown sugar
1-6 ounce bag chocolate chips
2 eggs
3-1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch salt
Cream oleo and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Mix in flour and soda. Stir in zucchini, nuts and chocolate. Drop by teaspoonful onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
“Life is so uncertain. East dessert first.” --Betty Plumb
6 to 8 apples, skinned and sliced 4 to 5 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon cinnamon 1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar 3/4 cup flour.
Place apple slices in greased pan. Pour water and cinnamon over apples. Blend sugar, flour and butter until crumbly. Spread over apples. Bake 30 to 40 minutes at 425 degrees.
Pastry:
2-1/2 cups flour 3 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder 2/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk
Sift and measure flour, add baking powder, salt, sugar, Blend in shortening. Add milk gradually and mix lightly. Gently press into ball.
Mixture for
apples:
2 tablespoons butter 3/4 teaspoons cinnamon
2/3 cup brown sugar
Mix well. Roll dough, cut into 6 inch squares. Place apple in center, fill with mixture, moisten edges, bring corners over apples and pinch. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
Sauce:
Melt 2 tablespoons butter
Add 2 tablespoons flour
Add 1-1/2 cups water
Add 1/2 cup sugar and a dash of cinnamon and vanilla
Slowly cook over stove.
A Plumb tradition!
3 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed 1-1/2 cups water
3/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Combine berries with sugar, water and lemon juice in a heavy, nonreactive 4 to 6 quart kettle with a tight-fitting cover. Cover tightly and cook several minutes over moderate heat, until the berries are barely tender. (They will finish cooking with the dumplings.) Remove from heat.
Dumplings:
1 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 to 3/4 cup milk, heavy cream 1/4 teaspoon salt or whipping cream
Resift flour with baking powder, salt, and sugar. Using as few strokes as possible, stir in sufficient milk so that the dough will drop readily from a spoon. Place sauce over low heat and bring to a simmer. Drop dough from a tablespoon over the sauce---dumplings should measure 1-1/2 to 2 inches. Cover pan tightly and cook for 16 minutes. Test dumplings for doneness with a toothpick. If necessary, recover and cook 3 to 4 minutes more. Spoon the dumplings into shallow soup plates, cover them with the berry sauce.
9 ounces German chocolate 2 tablespoons counter
1/2 cup heavy cream
Melt chocolate in cream at a very low temperature. When well mixed add liqueur and mix. Serves 4 to 6.
Spray a pizza pan with PAM. Slice a roll of Pillsbury sugar cookie dough into 1/4 inch slices and spread out on pan. Make at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until brown. Cool fully.
Mix together: 8 ounces cream cheese, 9 tablespoons powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread over cookie. Add fruit: strawberries, blueberries, peaches (sliced and tossed in lemon juice). Also good with raspberries, kiwi or banana.
1 large package strawberry Jell-O
1 pound package frozen strawberries
1 medium angel cake
Mix strawberries in Jell-O. Put cake in bowl and pour Jell-O over mix. If cake sits over mixture, weight it down with plate or crumble it.
“Speak of the devil.” --Betty Plumb
1/4 pound unsalted butter 1-1/2 cups sugar
3 large lemons 3 large egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon salt 3 whole large eggs
Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Grate zest of one lemon. Juice all three lemons. Add it to saucepan with butter. Add remaining ingredients and put in top of double boiler. Cook, whisking constantly, over medium heat until mixture is shiny and thick. Cool.
1 cup sugar 2 eggs, separated
3 tablespoon flour juice and rind of one lemon
1 cup milk
Combine sugar, flour, yolks and rind. Beat. Fold in beaten eggs whites. Bake in pan of water at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
2 packages crescent rolls 1 egg
2-8 ounce packages cream cheese 1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
Stretch one package rolls in bottom of pan. Soften cream cheese and mix with sugar, egg yolk and spread over rolls. Put other rolls on top. Brush on egg white. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hours.
Crust:
Crumble Graham crackers and moisten with melted butter. Pat down into cheese cake pan.
Filling:
3-8 ounce packages cream cheese 1 cup sugar
5 eggs, room temperature 1-1/2 tablespoon vanilla
Beat eggs and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar and vanilla. Pour over crust slowly. Bake 50 minutes at 300 degrees. Let sit for 10 minutes.
Topping:
1-1/2 cup sour cream 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons
Mix together and spread it on. Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool.
1 egg 1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons flour 1/2 cup apples
1-1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup nut meats
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Beat egg and sugar together until very smooth. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Stir into egg mixture. Add nutmeg, apples, nuts and vanilla. Bake in greased pie pan in moderate oven (350 degrees) for about 30 minutes. Serve topped with ice cream.
1 quart water 1/4 cup lemon juice
2 cups sugar 1 tablespoon gelatin
2 cups orange juice
Boil 1/2 water and add sugar. Boil 3 minutes. Soak gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water. Add gelatin and remaining water to syrup. Add fruit juice and freeze.
Serves 6 to 8
5 cups rhubarb, cut 4 cups, small bread cubes
1-3/4 cups of sugar 1/2 cup melted butter
1 tablespoon of flour 1/2 flaked coconut
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1-1/2 teaspoons of grated orange rind sections of one orange cubed
Mix rhubarb, sugar, flour, salt, 3/4 teaspoon of orange rind and fruit together. Add 1/2 of bread cubes and 1/2 of butter. Mix. Put into greased 8” x 8” x 2” baking pan. Combine remaining bread cubes, butter, orange rind and coconut, sprinkle over top of rhubarb. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.
3 eggs 1-1/2 cups sugar
1 large can pineapple chunks 2 sticks oleo, melted
8 slices bread--cubed
Beat eggs with sugar. Add other ingredients. Bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees.
Crust:
20 graham crackers (1-3/4 cups crumbled) 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped nuts 1/2 cup melted butter
Filling:
3 well beaten eggs 2-8 ounce packages cream cheese
1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups sour cream
Line spring form pan with crumbs mixed with butter. Combine “filling” ingredients except sour cream. Fold in sour cream. Pour into crust and bake at 370 degrees for 35 minutes until set. Cool and chill.
Glaze:
1 pint strawberries 1 cup water
1-1/2 tablespoon cornstarch 1/2 cup sugar
2-1/2 cups buttermilk baking mix 1 to 2 tablespoons brandy
5 tablespoons sugar 1 to 2 tablespoons brandy
3 tablespoons melted butter 1 tablespoons grenadine syrup
1/2 milk or half and half 1-1/2 pints strawberries, sliced
1 10 ounce jar strawberry jelly 1 pint whipping cream
1/3 cup orange juice
Combine baking mix and 3 tablespoons sugar. Add butter and milk. Mix thoroughly but lightly. Drop by large spoonfuls into greased 8 inch round cake pan. Bake at 450 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from pan, cool. For sauce, combine jelly and juices in saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly, until melted. Stir in brandy and grenadine, cool. Add strawberries, chill. Just before serving, whip cream with 2 tablespoons sugar. Slice short cake horizontally into two layers. Gently spread about half the whipped cream over, bottom layer, add some of berries, drained of sauce. Replace top layer, spoon whipped cream around top. Add more drained berries. Spoon remaining berries and sauce over servings.
We’ve got enough to sink a ship.” --Betty Plumb
1 quart real mayonnaise 1/2 tablespoon pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/2 to 1 teaspoon dried parsley or 1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 bunch fresh, chopped 5 ounces blue cheese
1/2 pint buttermilk 1/4 teaspoon Accent
1/2 tablespoon pepper
Mix ingredients and chill
“Just cover the ice cubes.” --Betty Plumb
1- 6 ounce can frozen lemonade 1- 10 ounce package frozen strawberries
1- 8 ounce can crushed pineapple 2 quarts ginger ale
Mix and chill.
1 cup instant tea with lemon 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup Tang 1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 cup sugar
Mix ingredients. Add 2 teaspoons mix with one cup of hot water. For a Hot Toddy, add one ounce rum to cup!
6 quarts boiling water 4 teaspoons whole cloves
1-1/2 pounds sugar 3 sticks cinnamon
2 lemons, juice and rind 3 tablespoons tea
4 oranges
Combine first 6 ingredients and simmer 20 minutes. Add tea and let stand for five minutes. Strain.
18 ounces lemon juice 1/2 cup tea
36 ounces orange juice 36 ounces water
36 ounces cider 36 ounces sugar
Mix ingredients. Add 2-1/2 quarts water. Heat.
“A little dab ‘il do ya’.” --Betty Plumb
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening 4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine 2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter and shortening. Add vanilla. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time until all sugar has been mixed in. (Icing will appear dry.) Add milk and beat at high speed until light and fluffy. Add additional milk to thin. Yield: 3 cups
“Oh, go soak your head.” --Betty Plumb
2 bunches broccoli cut into small pieces 1 cup sunflower seed kernels
1/2 cup chopped Bermuda onion 1/2 cup raisins
Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons vinegar
Mix all ingredients, pour dressing over and chill for at least four hours.
1-1/2 cups cooked chicken, cubed 1/4 cup water
1 cup mayonnaise 1 cup whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup slivered almonds
3/4 cups slice seedless grapes
Mix ingredients and chill.
serves 8
3 cups chicken, cooked and cubed 2 tablespoons oil
1 cup celery 2 tablespoons orange juice
2 tablespoons vinegar
Marinate for one hour::
Mix with:
1 cup Mandarin oranges, drained 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 9 ounce can pineapple tidbits, drained 1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/c ups almonds, toasted and slivered
“You kids turned out great, in spite of us.” --Betty Plumb
-Lori Plumb and Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
5 ounce chunk chicken, drained 1/4 cup sunflower seed kernels
1/4 cup mixed dried fruit bits 1/4 cup thinly sliced celery
4-6 ounce tortillas
Dressing:
1/4 cup mayonnaise 3 tablespoons lemon yogurt
Mix ingredients except tortillas. Toss with dressing. Roll up in tortillas.
1 head cabbage, sliced fine 8 ounces sunflower seed kernels
1 bunch green onions 5 ounces slivered almonds
2 packages Ramen noodles, uncooked
Dressing:
1 cup oil 6 tablespoons rice vinegar
4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons Accent
Mix all salad ingredients except noodles. Mix all ingredients for dressing.
Toss salad and dressing. Let sit for one hour. Just before serving, break up uncooked noodles and toss into salad.
3 cups chicken, cooked and cubed 1 cup cashews
1 cup mandarin organs or pineapple 1 apple, cut up in cubes
1/2 cups raisins 1 cup sliced grapes
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
Mix all together except cashews. Add cashews when ready to serve.
3/4# spinach, cleaned and drained 1/4# sliced mushrooms
scallions, sliced 8 bacon slices, cooked and cut up
1 sliced hard boiled egg
Dressing:
2 tablespoons grease melted in saucepan. Wisk in one beaten egg, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup white wine vinegar, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook until thick and cool. Toss with salad.
“You’re as slow a molasses in January.” --Betty Plumb
1 head cabbage, cut up 2 shredded carrots
2 cups peapods, halved 1/2 cup red onion, chopped
2 tablespoons nuts
Dressing:
1/3 cup mustard 1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup oil 1/4 cup honey
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Combine salad ingredients. Mix dressing ingredients. Combine all.
2 cups chicken 2 cups chopped celery
1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 cup chopped and toasted 1 teaspoon onion almonds
1 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Mix all of the above and place in casserole dish.
Topping:
1 cup potato chips and 1/2 cup grated cheese.
Cook at 450 degrees for 15 minutes.
Layer:
1 head cabbage, cut up with one onion, chopped, one carrot, chopped and 3/4 cup sugar.
Boil together:
1 cup vinegar, 3/4 cup oil, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon dry mustard and 1 teaspoon celery see.
1 head lettuce, cleaned and 1# bacon, cooked and cut up
broken into small pieces 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 sweet onion, sliced or chopped 3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 head cauliflower, cut up
In a large bowl, layer lettuce, onion, cauliflower, bacon. Sprinkle sugar on top. Seal by spreading mayonnaise all over on top. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight. Before serving, drain liquid then toss. Very tasty. No peas!
“I can’t afford to buy green bananas.” --Betty Plumb
1 pound macaroni, cooked 1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vinegar 1 cup water
1 pint real mayonnaise 1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup celery chopped 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
While macaroni is cooking, mix all other ingredients. This will be very watery. Add macaroni and cover well. Refrigerate overnight.
2 pounds new potatoes 1/2 cup each onion, celery, pickle
1/3 cup water 1 tablespoon mustard
1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 teaspoon each salt, celery salt.
Microwave potatoes in water 10-12 minutes. Drain. Mix all ingredients and chill
Dressing:
2 packages orange Jell-O in 1/2 cup boiling water.
Add:
2 small cans orange juice--undiluted 1 pint orange sherbet (less 1/2 cup)
1 can drained mandarin oranges
Combine all and refrigerate.
4 cups chicken, cooked and cut up 4 teaspoons grated onion
4 cups diced celery 4 teaspoons lemon juice
1 cup toasted sliced almonds 2 cups Hellman’s mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Accent 1 cup grated American cheese
1 teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients together. Put in 9” x 12” pan. Top with 1-1/2 cups crushed potato chips. Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes
2 packages strawberry Jell-O (6 ounces total)
1-1/2 cup boiling water
1 package frozen strawberries
1-15-1/2 ounce can crushed pineapple
Dissolved Jell-O in water. Add berries and chill to thicken. Add pineapple (not drained). Pour 1/2 mixture into 9” x 12” pan. When set, spread 8 ounces sour cream over it. Pour other 1/2 of strawberry mixture over it. Chill before serving.
Makes a lot! (15-20 servings)
Clean 2 pounds of spinach. Mix with grapefruit sections from three grapefruit and fresh sliced strawberries to taste.
Dressing:
Combine one 8 ounce bottle of red wine vinegar dressing with 1/2 cup sugar, 1-1/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice, 2 tablespoons poppy seeds and 1 tablespoon grated grapefruit peel.
1 can Brooks Chili (hot)Beans--rinsed and drained.
2-3 cups lettuce, broken into small pieces
1/4 cup diced onion
3/4 cup grated Colby or Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup French or some kind of red dressing
12 cup mashed up Fritos
Mix together all ingredients except Fritos. Add Fritos just before serving.
1 pound vermicelli, broken up, cooked and rinsed
Mix together
1-1/2 tablespoon Accent 2 tablespoons Lawrey’s seasoned salt
1/3 cup olive oil 1/3 cup lemon juice
Pour over vermicelli and marinate in refrigerate for two days.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” --Betty Plumb
1 cup chopped green pepper 2 cups mayonnaise
4 tablespoons minced onion 1 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped celery 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 cup lobster pieces 12 ounces crab meat
2 cups shrimp
Combine above ingredients. Top with 3 cups of corn flakes and 4 tablespoons butter and paprika.
Bake in 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Makes 8 large servings.
1 pound ground beef 1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons onion 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 cup catsup 1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons vinegar
Brown ground beef. Drain fat. Add onion, catsup, vinegar, salt and dry mustard. Cook 15 minutes. Add sour cream and serve on buns.
1 pound chuck 1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup celery, chopped 1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 small onions, chopped 1 can bean sprouts with liquid
1/2 cup raw rice Soy sauce
Brown chuck. Mix remaining ingredients. Add chuck and turn into casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Sprinkle with Chinese noodles. Return to oven for 10 minutes.
1 pound ground beef 1/3 brown sugar
8 slices bacon 1 teaspoon vinegar
1 diced onion 2 teaspoons ;mustard
1/3 cup sugar 1 can kidney beans
1/3 cup catsup 1 can butter beans
1 teaspoon salt 1 can pork and beans
Brown beef, bacon and onion. Add other ingredients. Bake one hour at 350 degrees or crock pot for several hours.
“Wi tit tit tit tit tit tit tit.” --Betty Plumb
5 pounds stew beef 2 packages dry onion soup
3 cans cream of celery soup 4 large cans mushrooms
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
Mix and place in roaster. Bake at 275 degrees for 6 hours. During the last 1/2 hour add 1/2 cup sherry.
Croutons 1 can milk
1 package pork sausage, cooked 6 eggs
1 can mushroom soup onions to taste
1 can mushrooms Grated cheese, cheddar
Place croutons on bottom of 9” x 13” pan. Sprinkle sausage on crouton. Mix next five ingredients and pour over sausage. Place cheese on top. Bake for 1-12/ hours in a 350 degree oven.
12 chicken breasts 1 can chicken broth
salt, pepper and paprika to taste 6 tablespoons sherry
3/4 cup butter 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
4 tablespoons butter onion, sliced
3/4 pound mushrooms
Brown onion and mushrooms in butter. Sprinkle flour over. Stir in broth, sherry and rosemary. Stir until thick. Pour over chicken. Cover. Bake at 250 degrees for 2-1/2 hours.
Layer twice:
6 slices bread
1 can corned beef hash
4-8 ounces of cream cheese
Cover with a mixture of 8 eggs and 4 cups of milk and salt to taste. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
8 boneless breasts 1/8 cup white wine
8 ounces Swiss cheese 1 cup herb seasoned stuffing mixed
1 can cream of chicken soup with 1/4 cup butter
Mix soup and wine. Pour over chicken. Place stuffing on top. Cover and bake for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven.
1-6 ounce can sliced mushrooms 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup diced green pepper 1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 stick butter 2 cups light cream
1/2 cup flour 3 cups cooked chicken (4 breasts)
1 jar chopped pimento, optional
Cook and stir mushrooms and green peppers in butter for five minutes. Remove from heat. Blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Cool over low heat stirring until bubbly. Remove fro heat. Stir in broth and cream and heat to boiling, stirring constantly; boil one minute. Add chicken and pimento. Heat through. Serve on toast, biscuits or rice.
Good hot or cold
2 cups diced chicken 1/2 cup chopped celery
1 cup instant rice, cooked 1/4 cup chopped onion
1 large can mushrooms 3 tablespoon green pepper
1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup 3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
Mix and put in 8” x 8” pan. Cover with crushed potato chips. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
3 cups cooked, cubed chicken 1/4 cup onions
1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup celery
2 cans cream of chicken soup 1 cup chicken broth
1-1/2 cup macaroni--raw 1 cup milk
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Mix all ingredients. Let stand overnight. Bake in a 9” x 13” pan at 350 degrees for-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours.
12 chicken breast 1 can chicken broth (12 oz.)
salt, pepper and paprika 6 tablespoon Sherry
3/4 cup butter or oleo 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
4 tablespoons flour 3/4 pound fresh sliced mushrooms and onions if desired
“Move it or lose it.” --Betty Plumb
2-10 ounces packages frozen broccoli 1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups cubed, cooked chicken 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1 cup Hellman’s mayonnaise 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup grated
1/2 cup bread crumbs mixed with
1 tablespoon melted butter
Cook broccoli lightly and drain. Place in greased rectangular dish. Put chicken on top of broccoli, Mix mayonnaise, soup, lemon juice and curry powder and spread on top of chicken. Sprinkle cheese on top, then bread crumbs. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
2 cans crescent rolls 2/3 cup mushrooms
4 cups cubed chicken 1/2 cup chopped pecans
6 ounces cream cheese with chives 10 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup Pepperidge Farm stuffing 1/8 teaspoon pepper
Cream cheese, 4 tablespoons butter and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Add chicken, mushrooms and nuts. Open rolls and roll thinner. Place 1/4 cup filling in each triangle. Shape like a pillow. Melt 6 tablespoons butter. Roll pillows in butter then in stuffing. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Serve with gravy--mushroom soup or chicken gravy mix.
1 stick margarine 2 cans Swanson chunk chicken
1 can evaporated milk (small) 8 ounce package Pepperidge Farm 1 can cream of celery soup stuffing
1 can chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
Melt margarine in 9” x 13” pan at 350 degrees. Stir in soups and milk. Then stir in chicken and stuffing. Bake at 350 degrees about one hour.
4-1/2 chicken breasts 1/2 teaspoon basil
2 cans Italian tomatoes 1/4 teaspoon Tobasco
2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Place chicken in baking dish and cook in 425 degree oven for 15 to 30 minutes. Drain. Combine tomatoes, cornstarch, basil and Tobasco and heat to boil. Pour over chicken. Top with cheese. Bake 5 minutes at 425 degrees.
“You’re in your glory.” --Betty Plumb
2 cups cubed cooked chicken 1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 cup chopped celery 1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon salt
5 ounce can sliced water chestnuts (drained) dash pepper
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese 1/2 cup cream of mushroom soup
1 cup shoestring potatoes
Combine all ingredients except shoestring potatoes. Bake in a greased 1-1/2 quart casserole. Sprinkle shoe string potatoes on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
chicken
1 can mushroom soup 1 can Chinese noodles
1 can evaporated milk 1 can chicken rice soup
1 can water chestnuts
Mix all. Place in a casserole and bake for one hour in a 350 degree oven.
2 pounds ham 2 eggs
1 pound pork 1 cup crumbs
1 pound veal 3/4 cup milk
Mix together ham, pork and veal. Add remaining ingredients. Form into one or two loaves. Pour sauce over top and baste frequently. Bake at 350 degrees for about two hours.
Sauce:
2 cups brown sugar 1 tablespoon dry mustard
1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup water
Mix and boil for 3 minutes.
2 cups ham 2 teaspoons mustard
9 ounces pineapple 3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar green pepper, cut up
1-1/4 tablespoons cornstarch 2 cups cooked rice
1 teaspoon MSG
3-4 teaspoons vinegar
Brown ham. Drain pineapple and reserve liquid. In a saucepan stir sugar, cornstarch, MSG, vinegar, mustard and water. Heat to a syrup. Add all to ham. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add pineapple and green pepper and heat for 5 minutes more. Serve over rice.
1 pound ground beef 1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion.
Mix together and shape into balls.
Sauce:
12 ounces chili sauce 8-10 ounce jar currant jelly
1-1/2 cups water 3/4 teaspoon salt
Mix ingredients over medium heat until boiling. Pour over meatballs and cover with foil. Refrigerate until ready to use. Heat in oven one hour at 350 degrees.
1-1/2 tablespoons oil 1 package mushrooms
1 pound pork (or chicken) cut into strips 1 package slaw
1 teaspoon corn starch and a bit more 1/2 cup sir fry sauce
1 garlic clove 3 green onions
1 package broccoli slaw 1 package tortillas
Hoisin Sauce, 1/2 bottle
Stir Fry Sauce:
1 cup soy sauce 4 teaspoons grated ginger
1/3 cup Sherry 2 teaspoons sugar
Heat wok on high. Add one tablespoon oil. Toss meat with cornstarch in bowl. Stir in wok until beginning to brown. Transfer to clean bowl. Add remaining oil to wok. Cook garlic 15 seconds. Add veggies and stir fry sauce. Cook tender crisp. Add veggies and stir fry sauce. Cook to tender crisp--approximately 5 minutes. Return meat in Hoisin sauce. Cook 1 minute. Heat tortillas in microwave on high 1-1/2 minutes wrapped in paper towel. Fill tortillas and serve.
“Heaven forbid.” Betty Plumb
Serves 10
1 package (7 ounces) uncooked macaroni 2 cups milk
8 ounces cheddar cheese 4 hard cooked eggs
2 cans cream of chicken soup 1 onion, chopped
2 cups chicken
Mix all ingredients in large bowl. Place in refrigerator overnight. (Best in deep casserole) Remove one hour before baking. Stir. Bake for 60 to 90 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
2-1/2 to 3 pounds pork tenderloin
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 clove garlic
Trim tenderloin and remove transparent skin. Slit lengthwise through 1/2 thickness, open and flatten with fist or cleaver. Spread stuffing on tenderloin and roll up tightly and tie with string. Melt butter, peel and slice garlic and sauté until brown. Cook pork for a few minutes in butter until browned. Roast covered at 325 degrees for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or to 175 degrees. Remove lid during the last 10 minutes.
Stuffing:
1-1/2 to 2 cups fine bread crumbs 1 clove garlic
1/4 cups mixed dried fruits 1/2 tablespoon chopped tarragon
1 tablespoon chopped parsley 4 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion 1 orange
1 egg salt and pepper
Mix fruits and seasonings in melted butter. Add grated rind of orange. Beat egg lightly and add. Season to taste with remaining ingredients.
Sauce:
2 cups dried apricots or 2 small jars juice of one lemon
baby apricots 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon fennel
Stew apricots in water until tender. Mix in other ingredients and cook 5 minutes. Puree in blender before adding fennel?
“Why buy the cow if you get the milk for free?” --Betty Plumb
1 cup catsup 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
1/2 cup brown sugar sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon mustard
garlic 1 tablespoon onion powder
3 pounds ribs 1 can beer
Sear ribs to brown. In a pot, pour the sauce over ribs to cover and add a little water to keep moist as they simmer.
Soak boned chicken breasts in buttermilk for several hours--like all day. Drain and roll in parmesan cheese and parsley. Arrange in shallow pan. Drizzle with butter. Bake. Part way through remove any liquid which may have cooked out. Baste with white wine. Garnish with sautéed whole mushrooms.
Brown and sauté chicken in butter. Put in casserole. Add remaining butter to drippings and sauté sliced mushrooms and onions. Sprinkle flour over mushrooms and onions stirring in broth sherry and rosemary. Stir until thick. Pour over chicken. Cover and bake 2-1/2 hours in 250 degree oven.
1 pound, 30/40 grade headless shrimp, 2 ounces Chablis or chicken broth
cleaned and deveined 1 ounce butter
1-1/2 cup sliced mushrooms 6 ounces heavy cream
3 green onions, chopped 4 ounces Parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced 8 ounces fettuccini noodles
Combine butter and Chablis or broth in skillet. Add shrimp, mushrooms green onions and garlic. Sauté until shrimp are about half cooked. Add cream and allow to reduce 2-3 minutes or a little longer before adding Parmesan cheese. When cheese is added, toss noodles in mixture and allow sauce to coat needles well. Garnish with parsley.
serves 6 to 8
6 eggs 3-1/2-4 coups small curd cottage
2-10 ounce packages frozen spinach, cheese
thawed and drained 3-1/2 to 4 cups grated cheddar
10 tablespoons flour cheese
chopped walnuts or sesame seeds or almonds
Blend eggs and flour. Add remaining ingredients. Top with walnuts, sesame seeds, or almonds. Bake uncovered at 300 degrees for 1 hour.
1 package frozen chopped spinach 1 egg
1 cup grated mozzarella 1 tablespoon parmesan
1 cup cottage cheese 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
garlic powder salt and pepper
1 large jar Prego sauce 16 frozen pasta shells
Mix ingredients and layer 9’ x 13’ pan with sauce, shells, then sauce. Bake for 30-40 minutes covered in a 375-degree oven.
1-3/4 pound ground chuck 1/4 cup parsley flakes
1/2 pound ground pork 1-1/2 tablespoon salt
1-1/2 cup bread crumbs 1/4 teaspoon ginger
1 cup cream 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped onion pepper
1 egg
Mix and chill all. Shape and brown in butter. Drain meatballs. Add water to grease drippings. Place meatballs in baking dish. Pour liquid over meatballs. Cover and bake at 300 degrees for 1-1/2 hours.
1/2 cup red Russian dressing 3/4 cup pineapple/apricot jam
1/2 envelope onion soup mix 1 teaspoon dry mustard
Mix and pour over chicken pieces. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or more.
Turkey
1/2 pound spaghetti 1/2 pound butter
1 quart broth 2/3 cup flour
1/2 cup onion 4 cups milk.
slice mushrooms 1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/2 pound parmesan cheese
1/4 cup sherry 1 cup butter crumbs
Cook spaghetti in broth until al dente. Place in 9” x 13’ pan. Place cut up turkey on top of noodles. Sauté onion and mushrooms in butter. Add blended flour and milk, salt and pepper to mushrooms. Cook until thick. Stir in cheese. Pour over noodles. Top with crumbs. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
1 pound veal 1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs 1 package creamed spinach
1 cup crumbs onion, sautéed
Mix eggs, crumbs, salt, spinach and sautéed onions. Pour over veal. Bake one hour at 350 degrees.
“You better behave. You’re never safe anywhere.” --Betty Plumb
Treats crusty feet and boils and many other things that ail you.
2 cups melted fat 1/4 pound rosin
3 cakes bees wax, cut up
Put in double boiler and cook slow. Mix well. Pour in jars.
1 cup pancake mix 1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
Mix and cook.
6 navel oranges, sliced thin sugar
3 lemons 1 cup lemon juice
Wash fruit, cut in half with very sharp knife. Cover sliced fruit with cold water; let stand overnight. Next morning, boil mixture for 45 minutes. Let stand overnight again.. Next morning measure and bring to a boil. Add 1-1/2 as much sugar as fruit. Boil 45 minuntes. Just before removing from heat, add one cup lemon juice. Pour into sterilized glasses and seal with paraffin.
1/2 cup salt 1 tablespoon oil
1 cup flour 1 cup water
2 teaspoons cream of tartar food coloring
Mix. Cook on low heat until dough consistency.
1/2 teaspoons cayenne
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon of each of the following:
basil, thyme, parsley, marjoram, savory, mace, onion powder, black pepper, sage.
Is good on potatoes and tomatoes.
“Clean your room in case there is a fire.” --Betty Plumb
4 eggs, separated 1-1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt 3 squares semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Beat egg whites and 1/8 salt until foamy. Add cream of tartar. Continue beating adding 1 cup sugar, gradually until stiff. Spread 1 inch layer on bottom of greased 9 inch pie shell. Pile remaining egg whites evenly around sides of pan. Bake at 250 degrees for one hour and cool. Melt chocolate over boiling water. Beat egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt and 2 tablespoons water. Stir into chocolate. Cook over boiling water until thick. Cool. Fold in cream. Pour into shell and chill overnight.
1/2 pound butter 1-teaspoon mint extract
2 cups confectioners sugar 1-teaspoon vanilla
4 squares unsweetened chocolate 1/2 cup toasted almonds
4 whole eggs
Cream butter, sugar and chocolate until smooth and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add flavorings one at a time. Put in graham cracker pie shell. Sprinkle with chopped almonds.
1/4 pound butter 1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs
1 ounce melted and cooled chocolate 1 pint whipping cream.
Cream butter, sugar, chocolate and vanilla. Add one egg and beat 5 minutes. Add the second egg and beat 5 minutes. Pour mixture into pie shell and chill. Whip cream. Add on top of pie just before serving.
9 inch pie shell 3 drops green food coloring
1 can sweetened condensed milk 3 eggs, separated
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon grated lime peel 1/4 cup shredded coconut. toasted.
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
Bake pie shell. Blend milk, fruit peel, juices and food coloring. Beat egg yolks slightly, stir into juice mixture. Set aside. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff and glossy. Fold gently into lemon-lime mixture, pile into pie shell. Chill several hours until set. Sprinkle coconut over top just before serving.
“Wear clean underwear, just in case you are in an accident.” --Betty Plumb
9 inch pie shell 1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup light corn syrup 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs 1 cup pecan halves.
Mix all and place in pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.
1 quart berries, cleaned and halved
Syrup:
1 cup sugar 1 cup water
3 tablespoon cornstarch 2 tablespoon white Karo syrup
Place berries in cooled pie shell. Cook syrup until clear. Add 3 tablespoons strawberry juice and some red food coloring. Cool and pour over strawberries
“Always wear clean underwear, just in case you are in an accident.” --Betty Plumb
12 ounces chili sauce 2 tablespoons brown sugar
10 ounces grape jelly 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Mix, heat and pour over meatballs.
Mighty Tasty!
12 ounces chocolate chips 1/4 cup oil
1 stick oleo
Melt in double boiler. Pour over ice cream. Refrigerate indefinitely. Microwave slowly to reheat.
3/4 cup basil leaves 1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons rosemary 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup parsley pepper to taste
2 cloves garlic 1/3 cup cream
1/3 cup crumb 1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup parmesan
Mix all in blender or food processor
“It’s just as easy to love the rich ones.” --Betty Plumb
6 cups water 3 onions
1 pound ground chuck, cooked and drained 1 cup celery
3 carrots 1/2 cabbage
3 potatoes salt and pepper
Combine and cook for 1-1/2 hours.
1 onion 3 little cans of tomato sauce or more
1 pound ground beef 2 tablespoons chili powder
1 can red beans
Brown onion, ground beef and add other ingredients. Cook to taste a couple of hours. Proportions vary to taste.
Large soup pot filled 3/4 full with water 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
3-4 carrots, peeled and sliced 1 teaspoon Accent
1-2 onions cut in half 2-3 tablespoons chicken base
2-3 stalks celery chopped 2-3 potatoes, peeled
2 cloves garlic, minced 3-4 pounds boneless, skinless
2-3 springs parsley or 2 tablespoons dried chicken
Bring all ingredients in pot to boil and let simmer on low for 2-3 hours.
Homemade dumplings for soup:
3 cups all purpose flour 2 tablespoons salt
3 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk
Add dumpling batter as follows to boiling chicken stock
Dip teaspoon in boiling soup.
Pick up about a teaspoon of batter with hot spoon.
Dip hot spoon with batter into boiling soup.
Repeat steps until batter is used up.
Simmer for 10 minutes with lid on, 10 minutes off.
“Never judge a book by its cover.” --Betty Plumb
serves 8 plus
1-1/2 pounds onions or three enormous ones 2 cans water
1/8 pound butter 2 cubes beef bouillon
Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup water
2-3 tablespoons flour (Wondra) 2 cans concentrated bouillon, beef
1/2 lemon
Sauté onions in butter until limp. Add salt, pepper, flour. Pour bouillon, cubes and water over onions. Stir. Add lemon and bring to simmer. Simmer 1/2 hour. When ready to serve, remove lemon. Add a splash of sherry. Slice French bread in one inch slices. Butter to taste. Put a slice of Swiss cheese and a shake of parmesan cheese on each. Broil. Float bread in each bowl of soup.
2 pounds green split peas 2 onions, whole
1 ham bone 2 celery ribs, whole, with leaves
2 carrots 2 chicken bouillon cubes
bay leaf summer savory
pepper to taste
Place ham bone in soup pot. Fill with water to within 1-1/2 inches. Add veggies. Add bay leaf, pepper and summer savory. Cook 2 to 3 hours. Take out bone and cool. Strain veggies. Adjust seasonings. Bon Appetite!
2 quarts water 2 onions, sliced
2 potatoes 16 ounce can tomatoes with juice
1/4 cup olive oil 5 cloves garlic, diced fine
2 zucchini, washed and sliced thin 1-2 pounds hot Italian sausage
1 teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoon salt
1/8 cup dried basil 1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 cup dried white beans
In a large kettle bring water to a boil. Add white beans and boil for 2 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 1-1/2 hours, or until beans and tender. Add potatoes, green beans, basil, parsley and garlic. Simmer for 15 minutes. Meanwhile sauté onions in olive oil until golden. Add to soup along with zucchini, tomatoes, salt and pepper and cooked sausage. Simmer covered for 15-20 minutes or until zucchini is tender.
3 tablespoons butter 2 cups broth
4 leeks, sliced thin 1 cup milk
3 stalks of celery salt and pepper
2 potatoes, diced summer savory
Melt butter. Sauté celery and leeks 10 minutes. Heat 1 cup water or broth for 10 minutes. Add potatoes. Add two cups of water or broth and cover. Cook 10 minutes. Add milk and broth. Cook until tender. Use potato flakes to thicken.
4 cups pumpkin, 28 ounces canned 6 cups chicken stock
1 cup peanut butter salt and pepper
2 sweet potatoes
Mix and heat
.Strawberry Soup
2 quarts strawberries 2 cups water
1-1/4 cups sugar
Cook, strain, process strawberries and cool. Add 2 cups white wine and chill.
Eat your vegetables. They’ll put hair on your chest.” --Betty Plumb
8 slices bacon slices, cooked and crumbled 1 can butter beans--drained
1 large onion 1 can northern beans--drained
1 cup brown sugar 1 can kidney beans--drained
1/2 cup vinegar 1 can baked beans
1 can Lima beans--drained
Fry bacon. Drain most of fat. Fry onion in remaining fat. Add sugar and vinegar. Stir until melted. Add all beans except baked. Simmer 20 minutes. Add baked beans. Put all in casserole and bake uncovered one hour in a 325 degree oven.
13-3/4 ounces chicken or beef broth 6 slices bacon
5 medium potatoes, pared and thickly sliced 3 tablespoons flour
1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
In medium saucepan, over medium high heat add broth and boil. Reduce heat. Add potatoes and onion. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Drain, reserve 1-1/2 cups of broth. In skillet, cook bacon crisp. Crumble. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons drippings. Blend flour into reserved drippings. Gradually add reserved broth. Cook medium heat stirring constantly until thick. Grease 2 quart dish. Layer 1/3 each. Potato-onion, sauce and bacon. Repeat layering. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 35 minutes.
1 box Jiffy cornbread mix 2 eggs
1 can cream corn 1 stick butter, melted
16 ounces canned corn salt and pepper to taste
Mix all. Pour in 9” x 13” pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes.
2 pounds, frozen hash browns 1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cups sour cream 1 can cream of chicken soup
1 stick butter, melted 1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Topping:
2 cups corn flakes
1 stick butter
Mix all potato ingredients and place in a 9” x 13” pan. Melt butter and mix with corn flakes. Place on top of potatoes. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
basic pie crust 1 cup milk
1-1/4 pound sliced onions 1 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon lard or oil 3 eggs
salt, pepper, nutmeg 1 egg white
Roll pastry to fit a 12-inch quiche tin and chill. Stew the onions very gently in the lard or oleo until pale golden. Season with salt, plenty of black pepper and a good scraping of nutmeg. Stir in the flour and cook for a further 5 minutes. Whisk together the milk, cream, eggs and salt and pepper to taste. Paint the pastry with egg white, stir the onions into the custard and tip it into the pastry-lined tin. Scatter the bacon cubes on top. Bake in a 425 degree oven for 40 minutes or until golden. Serve piping hot with green salad and a bottle of Pinot Blanc.
3 potatoes 1 tablespoon cream
1 tablespoon flour 1 egg
2 tablespoons dry crumbs 1 teaspoon salt
Grate potatoes. Add other ingredients. Stir. Cook by spoonfuls in hot fat. Serve with applesauce.
2 tablespoons butter 2 cups diced celery
2 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons additional butter
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup fine bread crumbs
dash, black pepper 2/3 cup finely chopped roasted
2 cups half and half peanuts
5 bacon slices, cooked crisp
1 package--20 ounces frozen small onions
Make white sauce by melting 2 tablespoons butter and stirring in the flour, salt and pepper. Cook until bubbly. Gradually blend in cream. Cook and stir constantly until thickened. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cook the frozen onions as directed on package adding the celery. Drain well. Combine with cream sauce and turn into a 10” x 6” ungreased baking dish. Melt additional butter and toss with the bread crumbs, peanuts and bacon. Sprinkle crumb topping over onions. Bake about 25 minutes or until topping is lightly browned and crunchy.
1 large can pineapple chucks 8 slices of bread, broken into pieces
2 sticks margarine 3 eggs
1-12/ sugar
Beat sugar and eggs. Add pineapple chunks and bread pieces. Put in baking dish and pour melted margarine over all. Bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees. Watch to prevent burning.
1 cup rice 2 tablespoon butter
2 cups hot chicken broth 1 tablespoon minced onion.
Sauté onion in butter. Add broth. Heat until hot. Pour rice into baking dish. Add onion mixture. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes.
1 bag frozen mixed vegetables 1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour
Cook vegetables in amount of water recommended on package and add to it salt, garlic and butter. Drain. Reserve liquid.
Mornay Sauce:
1/4 cup butter pinch, nutmeg
1/3 cup flour pinch, thyme
2 cups vegetable liquid 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoon white wine
1 tablespoon salt
Mix and blend ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring. Arrange vegetables in a casserole and pour over the Mornay sauce. Top with buttered bread crumbs if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Serves 12.