Sour Milk:½ cup milk½ teaspoon vinegar 1 ¾ cups flour½ teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon baking powder½ teaspoon salt ½ cup shortening1 ¼ cups sugar2 eggs3/8 cup cocoa1 teaspoon vanilla extract Heat oven to 350°. Stir together the milk and vinegar. Set aside. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a… Continue reading Chocolate Drop Cookies
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Pumpkin Bread
2/3 cup shortening2 2/3 cups sugar4 eggs1 can (16 ounces) pumpkin2/3 cup water 3 1/3 cups flour2 teaspoons baking soda1 ½ teaspoons salt½ teaspoon baking powderor3 ½ cups self-rising flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 teaspoon ground cloves2/3 cup coarsely-chopped nuts2/3 cup raisins Heat oven to 350°. Grease two loaf pans, 9" x 5" x 3",… Continue reading Pumpkin Bread
Chocolate Drop Cookies
The texture of the finished confection is less like a crunchy cookie and more like that of a cake. Sour Milk:½ cup milk½ teaspoon white vinegar 1 ¾ cups flour½ teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon baking powder½ teaspoon salt ½ cup shortening1 ¼ cups sugar2 eggs3/8 cup cocoa1 teaspoon vanilla extract Heat oven to 350°. Stir… Continue reading Chocolate Drop Cookies
Orange Kiss Me Cake
While my sister and I were growing up, Mom packed lunches for us that contained as little junk food as it was possible to contain. I remember this story from when I was in first grade. Back then, I might have envied someone who had a serving of potato chips in a waxed-paper bag, or… Continue reading Orange Kiss Me Cake
Barbara’s Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup margarine, softened1 cup brown sugar1 tablespoon salt1 tablespoon baking soda 1 cup raisins1 cup white sugar2 eggs1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 ½ cups sifted flour3 cups uncooked rolled oats1 cup chopped nuts Heat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix together margarine, brown sugar, salt, and baking soda. Add raisins, white sugar,… Continue reading Barbara’s Oatmeal Cookies
Cocoa Bundt Cake
1 2/3 cups flour1 ½ cup sugar½ cup cocoa½ teaspoons baking soda½ teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon salt2 eggs½ cup shortening1 ½ cups buttermilk or sour milk*1 teaspoon vanilla extract Heat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 12 cup Bundt pan. Blend flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder, and salt; add remaining ingredients.… Continue reading Cocoa Bundt Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
You could always use a package of lemon pie filling, but there is nothing so tart and lemony as a filling you made yourself out of fresh lemon juice. 1 cup sugar3 tablespoons cornstarch1 ½ cups cold water3 egg yolks, slightly beatengrated rind of one lemon¼ cup lemon juice1 tablespoon corn oil margarine1 baked 9… Continue reading Lemon Meringue Pie
2 Dozen Cupcakes
Another old family recipe here. There are three variations written down. Marked on the recipe card after the title, with a different pen and handwriting: “(1 ½, really)”. With that warning in mind, we begin. 1 ½ cups flour1 cup sugar2 teaspoons baking powder1 tablespoon orange extract½ teaspoon vanilla extract½ teaspoon salt2/3 cup milk1/3 cup Crisco1… Continue reading 2 Dozen Cupcakes
Devil’s Food Strawberry-Cream Cake
There are a lot of steps to complete this recipe. In the physical recipe-box, it takes up both sides of three 3" x 5" cards. Sad to say, we have never attempted it. For cake:2 cups sugar1 ¾ cups cake flour, not self-rising1 cup unsweetened cocoa, sifted1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon baking powder3 ounces bittersweet… Continue reading Devil’s Food Strawberry-Cream Cake
Chocolate Nut Cake
This is another of those expert recipes. Much was left out, but experience tells me that one should use a blender to grind together the almonds and chocolate; and fold the egg whites into the batter just before pouring it into the pan. In only one way this recipe is like the King James Bible,… Continue reading Chocolate Nut Cake
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