Chile Relleno - Sally

1 cup half and half
2 eggs
1/3 cup flour
12-oz can whole green chiles
3-ounce tomato sauce
1/2 lb monterey jack cheese and 1/2 lb cheddar cheese (4 cups total)

Beat half and half with eggs and flour until smooth. Split
open chiles, rinse out seeds, drain on paper towels.
Mix cheese; save 1/2 cup cheese for topping.
In deep casserole, make alternate layers chiles, cheese,
egg mixture. Repeat layers; then pour tomato sauce
over top and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
Cover and bake at 375 for 1 hour.

Mom Created

Sausage Macaroni Bake

Brown:
1 lb sausage
1 cup onion
Put in casserole dish
Top with:
16-oz cooked macaroni
Heat:
1 can cream of celery soup
3/4 cup milk
Beat:
3 eggs; then warm with a little soup mixture
When warmed, add to remainder of soup mixture
Stir in:
2 cups grated cheese
Pour:
Mixture over sausage/macaroni
Top with:
2 cups crumbled corn flakes mixed with
1 TBSP melted butter

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes

Mom's rolls

Mom may have some more roll recipes so don't be surprised if more appear later. Mom did start substituting whole wheat flour for part of the white in some of the bread recipes. If you are looking for a whole wheat roll version, that may be what you are remembering. You may want to try 1/2 to 1 cup whole wheat flour to see how you like the results. Also, the whole wheat bread recipe I gave Mom can be made into rolls.

Magic Cookie Bars

1/2 c butter, melted
1 1/2 c graham cracker crumbs
1 c walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 c (6 oz pkg) semi-sweet chocolate or
butterscotch morsels
1 1/3 c (3 1/2 oz can) flaked coconut
1 15 oz can Eagle Brand Milk

Pour melted butter onto bottom of 13 x 9 pan.
Sprinkle crumbs evenly over melted butter. Sprinkle
nuts evenly over crumbs. Scatter chocolate morsels
over. Sprinkle coconut over morsels. Pour sweetened
condensed milk evenly over coconut. Bake at 350
25 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
Cool 15 minutes and cut into bars.

Orange Kiss-Me Cake

Grind together:
1 large orange - save juice
1 cup raisins
1/3 cup walnuts
Sift:
2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup sugar
Add:
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup milk
Beat 2 minutes
Add:
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
Beat 2 minutes
Fold in raisin - nut mixture
Bake in 13 x 9 pan at 350 for 40-50 minutes
Drip 1/3 cup orange juice over while warm.
Mix:
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup nuts
Sprinkle over cake

"Good" according to Mom's note

Apple Cake

Bake at 325 for 1 hour
Makes 16 servings at 19 cents each

3 c whole-wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 c firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/4 c vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 c shredded or chopped apple (2 large, preferably McIntosh)
1/2 c chopped nuts

Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan. Preheat oven to slow (325).
Combine flour, soda, salt and cinnamon on wax paper.
Beat sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl until fluffy. Stir in flour mixture;
beat just until well blended. Fold in apples and nuts. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in slow oven (325) for 1 hour or until top springs back when lightly pressed
with fingertip. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.

Pauline's Cook Book

Butter Cake

1 c butter
1 c sugar
1 tsp flavoring
2 eggs
2 c sifted cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c milk

Cream the butter until very light, gradually adding the sugar, beat until light and fluffy.
Add flavoring, then eggs one at a time, beating after each.
Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk and beat until smooth.

Bake at 350

Strawberry Short-Cake

Make a "rule" (?) of above Baking Powder Biscuits with the exception of a little more shortening.

Divide the dough in half; lay 1/2 on board (half the dough makes 1 short cake). Divide this half again.

Roll each piece thin. Place in large sheet pan (I think) and spread soft butter onto the lower one and
place the other one on top of that. Do other lump of dough same way.

When baked separate each one by running knife thru where butter was, separating them.
Cover thickly with crushed, sweetened strawberries, raspberries, peaches, or huckleberries.
Always send to the table with a pitcher of GOOD THICK (Grandma had those underlined) cream - ha -
tho I prefer it without the cream.

Mother

Grandma Mott's Baking Powder Biscuits and Shortcake

Baking Powder Biscuits per Grandma

2 pts flour (pints or parts?)
butter, size of egg
3 heaping teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons salt

Make soft dough of sweet milk.

Knead as little as possible.

You're on your own. I think I may run this past Aunt Pauline.

Easy Dessert

Cherry Pike

1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flour plus 1 tablespoon
1 pound can cherry pie filling
1/4 pound butter (1 stick)
Whipped cream or ice cream

Mix together the milk, sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Heat the cherry pie filling. Melt the butter in a baking dish. Pour dry mixture over the melted butter. Pour heated cherry pie filling over the top. Do not stir. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until crust is browned.
Serve hot or cold with whipped cream or ice cream.

Any fruit pie filling can be substituted with delectable results.
(You may want to add some cinnamon to the batter.)

Pineapple Cake

2 c flour
2 c sugar
2 tsp soda
2 beaten eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 c nuts
1 16-oz can crushed pineapple

Mix well. Bake in 9 x 13 pan at 350 for 35 minutes.

Icing: 1 8-oz cream cheese
2 TB butter
1 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vainilla

Two ways to bake the WESTERNER cake

Mom made this a lot.

GOLDEN WESTERN/ delicately flavored made with Imperial 10x Powdered Sugar

3 sticks (3/4 lb) butter 1 (1-lb) powdered sugar carton full
1 1-lb carton powdered sugar of sifted flour
6 eggs 1 tsp lemon juice
1 TB vanilla

Have eggs and butter at room temperature. Cream butter; add powdered sugar; beat till fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Sift flour 3 times; add gradually to batter.
Add flavorings and mix well. Bake in 10" greased and floured tube pan at 325 for 1 1/2 hours.
Cool 4 minutes, then invert pan. Wonderful served plain, with whipped cream, fruit or ice cream.
If you wish, spoon powdered sugar lightly into ridges on top of cake.


AMBER WESTERNER/ rich and moist made with Imperial Brown Sugar

In recipe above, use one 1-lb carton of light or dark brown sugar instead of powdered sugar.

Batter Bread

1 pkg active dry yeast
1/2 c warm water
1/8 tsp ground ginger
3 Tbsp sugar
1 can ( 13 oz ) undiluted evaporated milk
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp oil
4 - 4 1/2 c unsifted all purpose flour

Dissolve yeast in water in a large mixer bowl; blend in ginger & 1 Tbsp sugar. Let stand in warm place until mixture is bubbly
(about 15 minutes). Stir in remaining 2 Tbsp sugar and milk, salt, oil.
Beat in flour 1 cup at a time -- beat well. Beat in last cup with heavy spoon. Add flour until dough is very heavy and stiff.
Place in 1- two pound coffee can or 2- one pound cans. Let stand until lid pops off - 45 to 60 minutes. ( If frozen about 6 to 8 hours).
Bake 1 hour at 350 for 2 lb can or 45 min for l lb can. Crust will be very brown. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes, then loosen.

Variation: Use 1 1/2 c whole wheat flour, 3 c all purpose flour. Replace sugar with honey.

Sweet Rolls For a Crowd - Easy

Refrigerator Sweet Roll Dough

1 c milk
1/3 c butter
2 pkg yeast
3/4 c warm water (110)
3 TBS sugar
1 tsp salt
3 eggs
7 - 7 1/2 c flour

In a pan,heat the milk and butter, stirring until butter melts. Cool to 110. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, dissolve the yeast in the water. Stir in the cooled milk mixture, sugar, salt, and eggs. Add 3 1/2 c of the flour and beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for 5 minutes, scraping bowl often.
With a heavy-duty mixer or a wooden spoon, gradually beat in enough of the remaining flour (3 to 3 1/2 c) to form a soft dough that is not too sticky to knead. Knead on a floured board, adding flour as needed to prevent it from sticking, until dough is smooth.
Divide dough in half to make a pan each of the streusel-layered and orange-coconut rolls. Or make two pans of either rolls, doubling the filling proportions. (Or turn dough over in a well-greased bowl, cover, and chill up to 24 hours. Punch dough down before shaping.)

Streusel-layered Rolls. Stir together 2/3 c sugar, 1 c chopped nuts, 1 tsp nutmeg, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Melt 1/2 c butter. Use about 1 1/2 TBS of the butter to coat bottom and sides of a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
Divide a half-portion of the dough in half. On a floured board, roll one half into a 9 x 13 rectangle and fit into pan. Push and stretch cough into corners; if it's too springy, chill briefly. Brush top with about 2 TBS of the melted butter. Sprinkle evenly with half of the sugar mixture.
Roll out remaining dough into another 9 x 13 rectangle and place over streusel;stretch slightly to fit edges, pressing edges to seal. Dip blade of a sharp knife into melted butter and cut dough in half lengthwise, then make 8 crosswise cuts. Brush top and drizzle cuts with remaining butter. Sprinkle remaining streusel over top.
Cover lightly and let rise until almost doubled, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Bake in a 350 oven 25 to 30 minutes or until browned. Let cool in pan about 5 minutes, then remove from pan. Serve warm. To freeze, cool thoroughly on a rack, then wrap well. Makes 18.

Orange-Coconut Spiral Rolls. On a floured board, roll a half-portion of the dough into a 12 x 18 rectangle. Mix 1/2 c sugar with 1 1/2 tsp grated orange peel. Brush 2 TBS melted butter over dough. Sprinkle evenly with sugar mixture and 1 1/2 c sweetened shredded coconut.
Starting with a long side, roll up jelly-roll fashion; cut into 1 inch slices and arrange, cut side up, in a well-greased 9 x 13 pan.
Cover lightly and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Bake in a 350 oven 30 to 35 minutes or until browned. Let cool in pan about 5 minutes, then remove from pan using a wide spatula, if needed.
Stir together 3 TBS unsifted powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp grated orange peel, and 1 to 2 tsp hot water until smooth. Brush over hot rolls. Serve warm. To freeze, cool thoroughly on a rack, then wrap airtight. Makes 18.

Priscilla

Navajo Fry Bread

5 c flour
1/2 c powdered milk
3 TBS baking powder
2 tsp salt
2 c water or enough to make a soft dough

Mix dry ingredients. Add water.
Refrigerate overnight or let set at room temperature 2 hours for best results.
Fry in 1/4 inch (or more ) oil.
5 servings

Although it doesn't say - you divide into 5 balls. Then roll or pat into approx 8 inch circles.
They puff up in spots as they are frying. Flip to cook both sides. Drain on paper towels.
1. Eat them hot and plain.
2. Top with taco stuff for "Navajo Tacos".
3. Put honey or cinnamon sugar on top.
They are a little tricky to get the hang of, but really good. Let me know if you try them and how they turn out.

Tara Donovan November 22 at 8:29pm
Okay, I can help with this! What I do is put a little olive oil on my hands and then pull a piece of dough and form it into a ball. Then dip the ball in a bowl with flour covering the ball and shaking the excess off and then press the ball dough into a disc with your hands. Next begin stretching it out a bit keeping it as circular as possible and then you can pat it back and forth between your hands. If you find the dough sticking just pat the disc with flour on both sides and begin working it more. To make a nice round disc you can also work the dough by pinching the edges with you fingers pressing it outwards to make the circle bigger until it's easier to flip between your hands.

One more tip, if you make your dough ahead of time, refridgerate it for 4-24 hours and the dough will come together more making it smoother because it is a sticky dough. Just take it out about an hour before you make it so it's close to room temp. That should help a lot!

Karen

Popover Pancake

3 beaten eggs 3 small apples, cored and thinly sliced
1 c flour 3 TBS butter
1 c milk 1/4 c sugar
2 TBS toasted wheat germ 1/2 c shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp cinnamon Dash salt
1/8 tsp nutmeg

Preheat oven to 450.
Mix together eggs, flour, milk, wheat germ, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Beat until smooth. Pour into a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish. Bake 15 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 350 and bake 15 minutes longer or until pancake is puffed and golden.
Meanwhile in medium skillet cook apples in butter for 2 - 3 minutes, 'til tender, sprinkle apples with sugar.
Cut pancakes into squares. Top serving with apples and cheese.
Makes 6 servings.

Pumpkin Oat Cakes

1 c buttermilk 1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c rolled oats 1/2 c white flour
1 egg white 1 TBS sugar
1/2 c pumpkin puree 1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/3 c milk 2 TBS wheat germ
1 TBS oil 1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda

Combine milk, oats in large bowl. Let stand 15 minutes.
Add egg, oil, pumpkin into oat/milk mixture. Blend well.
Combine whole-wheat, all purpose flour, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder, soda, cinnamon.
Stir into batter.
Drop by 3 tablespoonfuls on greased griddle.

Cranberry Bread

2 eggs, beaten slightly 4 1/2 c flour
4 TBS cooking oil 1 tsp soda
4 TBS warm water 1 tsp baking powder
1 c orange juice 1 tsp salt
2 c sugar 1 c black walnuts
1 TBS grated orange peel 2 1/2 c raw cranberries

Bake in greased and floured loaf pan. Bake 1 hour at 350. Cover with wet towel and leave overnight.
Makes 2 loaves.

Carrot Spice Muffins

1 1/2 c flour 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 c bran 2/3 c orange juice
1 tsp salt 1/2 c raisins
3/4 tsp soda 1 c carrots
1/4 tsp allspice 1/4 c oil
1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 brown sugar
1 egg



Mix - let stand 5 minutes.
Cook - 20-25 minutes
Temp???????

Oatmeal Muffins

1 c oatmeal 1/2 tsp soda
1 c buttermilk 1 tsp baking powder
1 egg 1/2 c oil
1/2 c brown sugar
1 c flour
1/2 tsp salt

Soak oatmeal in buttermilk.
Add egg and sugar.
Add dry ingredients.
Last oil.

For apple muffins, add 3 apples, peeled and thinly sliced.

350 for 10-15 minutes. Makes 12

Dennehotso recipe

Sopapillas

2 c flour 1 TBS shortening
1 TBS baking powder 2/3 c lukewarm water
1/2 tsp salt

Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Cut in shortening until resembles cornmeal.
Gradually add water, stirring with fork. (Dough will be crumbly)
On floured board, knead into smooth ball. Divide into 2 balls - let stand 10 minutes.
Roll each half to 12 1/2 x 10 rectangle.
Cut into 2 1/2 inch squares.
Fry in deep fat.

Party Bread Sticks

4 to 4 1/2 c flour, unsifted 1/4 c oil
1 TBS sugar 1 1/4 c hot water
1 tsp salt 1 egg white, beaten with 1 TBS H2O
2 pkg yeast Coarse salt, sesame seed, poppy seed

In large bowl stir together 1 c flour, sugar, salt, yeast. Add oil, then gradually stir in hot water. Beat 2 minutes.
Add 1/2 c flour and beat at high speed 2 minutes. Stir in 1 1/2 - 2 c flour to make soft dough.

Turn dough out - work into smooth ball. With sharp knife, cut into 20 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a rope - 16" long. Arrange about 1 inch apart on oiled baking dish, roll to grease on all sides. Set in warm place, cover, let rise till puffy. Brush with egg white, sprinkle with seeds. Bake 375, 15-20 minutes.

Sally

Whole Wheat Bread


5 c hot tap water 2 TBS salt
2/3 c honey 3 TBS yeast
2/3 c oil 12-14 c freshly ground whole wheat flour ( YOU CAN USE A ROCK, HA!)


Combine hot water, honey, oil, salt, yeast and 9 c flour. Mix on low speed and add flour at same time until dough begins to clean sides of bowl. Flour amount will vary. Knead 10 minutes (low).
Oil hands, remove dough 1/4 at a time.
Place in pans greased with oil. Cover and let rise 30 minutes or until almost doubled.
Bake 350, 30 minutes.

Onion Boards

1 pkg yeast 3/4 c instant minced onion, water
2 c warm water 1 egg yolk, beaten with 1 TBS water
2 TBS sugar
2 tsp salt
5 1/2 - 6 c flour

Dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, salt, and about 2 c flour. Beat (ed, skat:in) 2 or 3 more c flour - stiff dough. Knead until smooth and satiny. Cover, let rise until double.
Punch down, knead slightly, divide into 6 equal parts, cover let rest 5-10 minutes.
Soak onions 5-10 minutes - then squeeze out.
Roll and stretch each piece into 7-11 inch rectangle. Brush with yolk. Put on baking sheet. Spread with onions.
Bake 375, 20-25 minutes.

Great with catfish or beans

Hush Puppies

1 c cornmeal 1 egg, beaten
1/2 c flour (wheat) 1 c milk
1 1/2 tsp baking powder Oil to fry
1/2 tsp salt

Sift dry ingredients. Add rest. Stir well. Let stand 5 minutes. Drop by spoonsful in hot oil.

Very Yummy

I decided to start with some of Mom's bread recipes since she was always baking bread. She and I would eat the "scraps" of dough when I was little and others were in school. "Noisty" was horrified and told me that the dough would "riz up in your stomach", go into my throat and choke me to death. Mom thought that was so funny and said it was surprising it hadn't already happened.

Remember, I'm putting these as Mom has them. I've never used a "cake" of yeast so I'm not sure what "until liquid" means. I'm sure you could just use a package of yeast and mix - at least I'm pretty sure.

Butterhorn Rolls

1 cake yeast 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 c sugar 1 c milk

3 eggs About 4 c flour

1/2 c butter

Stir yeast with 1 tsp sugar until liquid. Add remaining sugar and beaten eggs. Then add butter (melted). Add flour and salt alternately with milk. Set aside overnight. In morning, knead lightly on slightly floured board. (Handle about like pie crust). Roll into two circles about 1/2 inch thick. Brush lightly with butter. Begin at large end and roll into rolls, tucking ends underneath. Bake at 350 about 10 or 15 minutes.

By request

By request

People have asked for copies of Mom's recipes so I thought this would be the easiest way to give people access to them. I know some of these recipes she got from some family members or you may already have. Some of them are pretty well-worn so even if I don't recognize them, I'll put them up. The recipes are really too worn out to scan or copy with any success so I'll get them up as quickly as possible. Let me know what you think.

Six Week Muffins

In large bowl combine:

2 C all bran

2 C boiling water

Add to above:

1 C melted shortening

3 C sugar or 2 ½ C sugar & ½ honey

Mix together:

1 qt buttermilk 5 Tsp soda

5 C flour 4 eggs, beaten

3 Tsp salt 4 C raisin bran

Mix together well. Mixture will thicken. Store covered in refrigerator. Bake @ 350.

DISCLAIMER, DISCLAIMER!

Here's a problem recipe. Mom made this often, but the directions stop where I end "and". I'm assuming it was bake @350, but you're on your own if you want to give it a try. It is really good. I think it's interesting that on Mom's old recipes it says "walnut meats" instead of just "walnuts" so I put it as Mom had it. Also, " butter" is then referred to as "shortening". I'm doing the recipes as Mom had them.

Date Nut Loaf

3 c sifted flour 3 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp salt 1 c dates, cut

1 c walnut meats 1 c milk

1 egg, well beaten 3/4 c sugar

4 TB butter

Sift flour, measure, add baking powder, salt, and sift again. Add sugar and mix well. Add walnuts, dates. Combine eggs, milk, and shortening. Add to flour mixture and ????????

Swedish Cardamom Twisters

Twisters

1 pkg yeast 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 c warm water 1 c sugar

2 1/2 c milk, scalded and cooled 1 1/2 tsp ground cardamom

3/4 c buttter, melted and cooled About 7 c regular flour

1 egg

In large bowl, blend yeast and water; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in the milk, melted butter, egg, salt, sugar, and cardamom until blended. With heavy spoon, stir in 7 cups flour to form a stiff dough. Turn dough onto a floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Place in a greased bowl; turn dough over to grease top; cover and let rise (about 1 1/2 - 2 hours). Divide into 6 equal portions. Then roll each to form ropes about 24 in long. Place 3 ropes on lightly floured board; pinch tops together, and loosely braid. Form braid into a ring, place on cookie sheet, cover and let rise until almost double ( about 40 minutes). Makes 2 wreaths

Bake at 350 degrees about 35-40 minutes.

Decorate with cherries after drizzling with with icing ( or freeze and ice and cherries when thawed).

Sugar icing: Beat 1 c unsifted powdered sugar, 2 TBSP milk, and 1/2 tsp lemon extract. (For each wreath)