Emert Family Recipes
curated by Susan Emert
My family recipe book. Designed with the Echo Show 5 in mind.
Main Dishes

  • Roast
  • 1 lg onion sliced
  • 5 Potatoes chunked
  • 2 pkg brown gravy mixes
  • 1 lb carrots chunked
  • 2 pkg mushroom mixes
  • 1 bag celery chopped
  • 3 cups water

Season roast with salt, garlic pepper and head country.

Add vegs.

Mix gravy mixes with water.

Pour over roast.

Cover.

Bake at 325ᵒ for about 3 to 4 hrs.

  • 1 lb ground meat
  • 1 sm can tomato sauce
  • ½ onion diced
  • ¼ cup crackers crumbled
  • 1 egg
  • salt, pepper and garlic powder

Mix together.

Put in loaf pan.

Bake 350ᵒ for about 1 to 1 ½ hrs.

  • 1 can salmon
  • ½ cup flour
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup cornmeal
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Combine ingredients, using fork to break up salmon.

Spoon into hot grease.

Fry until golden brown.

  • 1 lb ground meat
  • 1-12 oz cottage cheese
  • 1 jar spaghetti sauce
  • lasagna noodles cooked
  • Cheddar or Colby & mozzarella cheese

Brown meat, drain.

Add cottage cheese and spaghetti sauce.

Layer noodles, sauce, and cheeses.

Bake at 350ᵒ for about 15 to 30 minutes.

  • 2 lb ground meat
  • 2 cans enchilada sauce
  • 1 onion
  • salt, pepper, & garlic powder
  • Oil
  • Cheese
  • Corn tortillas

Brown meat and onion add seasoning, drain.

Soften tortillas in oil.

Roll meat and cheese in tortilla.

Top with remaining meat, sauce, and cheese.

Bake at 350ᵒ until bubble about 15 minutes.

  • 2 lb ground meat
  • 1 sm can green chilies chopped
  • ½ onion
  • 1 can refried beans
  • 1 sm can olives sliced
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 sm can mushrooms sliced
  • 1 can green chili sauce
  • Salt, pepper, and garlic powder
  • corn tortillas
  • Cheese
  • oil

Brown meat, onions and add seasonings, drain.

Add olives, mushrooms, soup, beans, chilies, and chili sauce.

Soften tortillas in oil.

Layer.

Bake at 350ᵒ until bubbly about 20 minutes.

Soups

  • 1 stewed chicken

In large pan add chicken and enough water to cover.

Simmer until tender about 1 hour.

Remove chicken from broth.

Remove meat from bones.

Add water to broth to make 4 cups.

Stir in ¼ cup flour to cup of broth to thicken.

Return chicken to broth and make dumplings.


Dumplings:
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ tea paprika
  • 3 tea baking powder
  • 2 Tbs shortening
  • 1 tea salt
  • 1 cup milk

Combine flour, baking powder, salt and paprika.

Cut in shortening.

Stir in milk just until mixture is moist (dough will be soft.)

Drop by teaspoons on top of hot chicken broth.

Cook covered for 20 min.

Veggies

  • 4 to 5 medium potatoes cooked
  • 1 Tbs mustard
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs chopped
  • ½ medium onion chopped
  • 1 cup salad dressing
  • ½ cup chopped bread and butter pickles

Combine ingredients.

Chill.

  • 2 cans green beans
  • 1/8 tea pepper
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 can french fried onions divided

Combine all ingredients.

Bake at 350ᵒ 30 mins.

5 minutes before it’s done top with remaining onions.

Finish baking.

Breads

  • 2 pkgs yeast
  • 2-½ teas salt
  • 8 cups flour
  • 8 Tbs oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2-3 cups warm water

Dissolve yeast in ½ cup warm water.

In large mixing bowl mix flour, sugar, and salt.

Make depression in flour mixture. Put in dissolved yeast and add oil.

Mix dough by adding as much water as needed to make dough medium stiff.

Cover and let rise about 1 ½ hours or until double.

Make into rolls.

Turn over in greased pan so tops are greased too.

Let rise 1 hr. or until double.

Cook at 400ᵒ (until brown.)

Can be frozen.

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 ½ tea salt
  • 2 pkgs yeast
  • 6 cups flour
  • 1 cup warm water (110ᵒ)

Pour boiling water over shortening, sugar and salt.

Blend & cool; add beaten eggs.

Sprinkle yeast in warm water and dissolve.

Add to cooled mixture. Add flour; knead.

Refrigerate for at least 4 hour (over night is best).

About 3 hours before using roll into desired shapes.

Place in greased pan and allow to rise at room temperature for 3 to 4 hrs or until doubled in size.

Bake 12 to 15 mins at 425ᵒ.

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 yeast cake or pkg
  • 2 Tbs sugar
  • ⅛ tea soda
  • ¼ cup shortening
  • 1 tea salt
  • ¼ cup mashed potatoes

Scald milk.

Add sugar, shortening and potatoes; let cool.

Add yeast cake, which has been soaked in ⅛-cup water.

Add soda and salt.

Add enough flour for stiff dough.

  • 8 to 8 ½ cups whole-wheat flour
  • 1 ½ cups milk
  • 2 pkg. active dry or rapid rise yeast
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2-½ tea salt
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 1 ½ cups water

In large bowl, combine 3 ½ cups flour, undissolved yeast, and salt.

Heat water, milk, honey, and oil until very warm (120ᵒ to 130ᵒ).

Gradually add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally.

With spoon, stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough.

Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes.

Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.

Cover; let rise until doubled in size, about 45 to 60 minutes.

(With Rapid Rise Yeast, cover kneaded dough and let rest in floured surface 10 minutes. Proceed with recipe.)


Punch dough down. Remove dough to lightly floured surface; divide dough in half.

Roll each half to 12x7 inch rectangle.

Place, seam sides down, in 2 greased 8 ½ x4 ½ inch loaf pans.

Cover; let rise until doubled in size about 30 to 60 minutes.

Bake at 375ᵒ for 35 to 45 minutes or until down.

Remove from pans; let cool on wire racks.

  • 1 cup flour
  • ¾ tea salt
  • 1-cup cornmeal
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tbs sugar
  • 1-cup milk
  • 4 teas baking powder
  • ¼ cup oil or melted shortening

Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Add eggs, milk, and oil.

Beat just till smooth (don’t overbeat.)

Pour into a greased pan.

Bake in 425ᵒ oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

Makes 8 or 9 servings.

  • ¾ cup cornmeal
  • 1 sm. onion
  • ¼ cup flour
  • ½ cup peppers
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tea baking powder
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ tea garlic salt

Mix all ingredients together.

Fry

  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 2 Tbs sugar
  • ¼ cup warm water (105ᵒ to 115ᵒ F)
  • ½ tea baking powder
  • 1 pkg. active dry yeast
  • ½ tea salt
  • ¾ cup warm buttermilk (105ᵒ to 115ᵒ F)

In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

With fork cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, set aside.

Place warm water in bowl. Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved.

Add yeast mixture and warm buttermilk to dry ingredients; blend well.

Remove dough to floured surface.

Knead dough 10 to 15 times; form into ball.

Roll dough to ¾-inch thickness.

Cut into 2 ½ inch circles.

Place on ungreased baking sheet.

Cover; let rise until doubled about 30 to 45 minutes.

Bake at 400ᵒ for 15 minutes.

TIP: To make buttermilk you add 3-tea lemon juice to your milk

  • 1 pkg yeast
  • 2 Tbs sugar
  • 2 Tbs warm water
  • 1 ½ tea salt
  • 5 cups flour
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 tea soda
  • 2 cup buttermilk
  • 3 tea baking powder

In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, sugar and salt.

With fork cut in shortening, set aside.

Place warm water in cup.

Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved.

Add yeast and warm buttermilk to dry ingredients; blend well.

Knead. Cut into biscuits.

Place on baking sheet.

Let rise at least 30 minutes.

Bake at 400ᵒ for 15 minutes.

  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 4 tea baking powder
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • ½ tea salt

Mix dry ingredients; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Add milk all at once stir until dough follows fork around bowl.

Turn out on lightly floured surface knead gently with heel of hand about 20 strokes.

Roll dough to ¾ inch thickness.

Dip 2-inch biscuit cutter in flour cut straight no twisting.

Place on lightly greased baking pan.

Bake at 425ᵒ for 10 to 15 minutes.

  • 1 pan corn bread
  • 5 biscuits
  • ½ cup onion use tops too
  • ½ cup celery
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tea poultry seasoning
  • 1 tea sage

Salute in butter until done.

Break in small pieces and pour water over bread; add celery, onion, eggs, poultry seasoning, and sage.

  • 1 pan corn bread crumbled
  • sage to taste
  • 3 or 4 boiled eggs
  • salt to taste
  • 1 pkg celery
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 large onion
  • chicken broth

Chop celery and onions.

In sauce pan cover with water and cook until soft.

And onions, celery and water that they were cooked in.

Add remaining ingredients.

Bake at 350ᵒ for 1 hour.

  • 1 ¼ cups flour
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbs sugar
  • 1-cup milk
  • 2-tea baking powder
  • 1 Tbs oil
  • ½ tea salt

Stir together until blended but slightly lumpy.

Pour onto a hot lightly greased skillet.

Cook until golden brown on medium heat.

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tea sugar
  • ¼ cup milk
  • shake of cinnamon
  • 4 slices bread

Mix egg, milk, sugar, and cinnamon together.

Dip bread into mixture turning once to coat both sides.

Cook in hot skillet on both sides until golden brown.

  • 1 pkg. active dry yeast
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup warm water (105ᵒ-115ᵒ)
  • 2 to 2 ½ cups flour
  • 3 Tbs Sugar
  • melted margarine
  • 2 Tbs softened margarine
  • ½ tea salt
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 tea cinnamon

Dissolve yeast in warm water.

Beat in 3-tbs. sugar, salt, 2-tbs. margarine, egg and 1 cup flour.

Stir in enough additional flour to make soft dough.

Turn out onto floured board; knead about 2 minutes, until smooth.

Roll to 18x9. Brush with margarine.

Sprinkle with sugar, and cinnamon.

Roll up. Seal sides firmly.

Cut into 12 equal pieces.

Arrange, cut side down in greased 8 inch round pan.

On the center rack of cold oven pour boiling water into a large baking pan.

Place rolls on wire rack over pan in water.

Cover. Let rise 30 minutes.

Uncover rolls; remove rack and pan of water.

Turn oven to 375ᵒ. Bake 30 to 35 minutes.

Frost.


Frosting:
  • 1 cup shifted powder sugar
  • ½ tsp.vanilla
  • ? milk

Mix together. Add enough milk to make drizzling

  • 5 to 5 ½ cups flour
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • ¾ cups butter
  • 2 pkg. yeast (rapid rise)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tea salt
  • 1 ½ Tbs cinnamon
  • ½ cup water

In large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, ½ cup sugar, undissolved yeast, and salt.

Heat water, milk and ½ cup butter until very warm (120ᵒ to 130ᵒ); butter does not need to melt.

Stir into dry ingredients.

Stir in eggs and enough remaining flour to make soft dough.

Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 4 to 6 minutes.

Cover; let rest on floured surface 10 minutes.


Roll dough to 22 x 10-inch rectangle.

Melt remaining butter; brush on dough.

Evenly sprinkle with remaining sugar, cinnamon.

Beginning at long end, roll up tightly. Pinch seam to seal.

With thread cut roll into 15 pieces.

Place, cut sides up in greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan.

Cover; let rise in warm draft-free place until doubled in size about 30 to 60 minutes.


Bake at 375ᵒ for 30 minutes or until done.


Frosting:
  • 1 cup shifted powder sugar
  • ½ tsp.vanilla
  • ? milk

Mix together. Add enough milk to make drizzling

  • ¼ cup warm water
  • 1 tea salt
  • 1 pkg. yeast (active dry)
  • 3 ¾ to 4 ½ cups flour
  • ½ cup warm milk (105ᵒ to 115ᵒ)
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ⅓ cup mashed potatoes
  • 3 Tbs butter softened
  • oil for frying

Place water in large warm bowl.

Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved.

Add milk, sugar, butter, salt, and 1 ½ cups flour; blend well.

Stir in eggs, potatoes, and enough remaining flour to make soft dough.

Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes.

Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.

Cover; let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.


Punch dough down.

Remove dough to floured surface; roll to ½ inch thickness.

Cut; place on greased baking sheets.

Cover; let rise, until doubled about 1 hour.

Fry in 1 to 2 inches of oil.

Drain and glaze.

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tea baking soda
  • 1 cup salad oil
  • 2 tea pumpkin pie spice
  • ½ tea salt
  • 2 cups canned pumpkin

Mix all ingredients together.

Grease 2 loaf pans.

Bake at 350ᵒ for 55 minutes.

Cool in pan 10 minutes

  • 1 ¾ cups flour
  • ⅓ cup shortening
  • 1 ¼ tea baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tea baking soda
  • 2 Tbs milk
  • ¾ tea salt
  • 1 cup mashed ripe banana
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup chopped nuts

Stir together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.

Set aside.

Beat sugar and shortening with mixer till light, scraping sides of bowl often.

Add eggs one at a time, and the milk beating till smooth after each addition.

Add flour mixture and banana alternately to creamed mixture, beating till smooth after each.

Fold in nuts.

Place batter into a lightly greased loaf pan.

Bake at 350ᵒ for 60 to 65 minutes.

Cool in pan 10 minutes.

  • 3 cup flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tea baking soda
  • 1 ¼ cup oil
  • 1 tea salt
  • 2 cups sliced strawberries, if frozen thaw
  • 1 Tbs cinnamon
  • 1 ¼ cup chopped nuts
  • 2 cup sugar

Combine dry ingredients.

Add eggs, oil, strawberries, and nuts.

Stir until moistened.

Spoon into 2 greased loaf pans.

Bake 60 to 70 minutes at 350ᵒ.

Cool in pans 5 minutes and remove to wire racks to cool.

Snacks

  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ tea salt
  • 3 tea baking powder
  • 1 cup cheese grated
  • 2 tea sugar
  • 2 pound sausage

Mix together.

Add enough milk to make dough.

Bake at 325ᵒ for 25 to 30 mins.

  • 1 lb. peppers
  • 1-8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
  • 1 lb. bacon

Cut peppers in half and seed.

Put in cheese and wrap in bacon.

Cook in oven or on grill.

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 tea head country
  • 3 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
  • 6 cups rice chex
  • 2 tea roasted garlic
  • 6 cups corn chex
  • 1 tea cayenne
  • 4 cups cheerios
  • ½ tea chili powder
  • 2 cups pretzels
  • 1 tea cajun
  • 2 cups nuts

Melt butter.

Add Worcestershire and seasons.

Pour over cereal mixture.

Bake 1 hour at 250ᵒ stirring every 15 mins.

  • 1 box chex cereal
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 pkg. chocolate chips
  • 1 cup peanut butter

Melt chips and butter.

Add peanut butter.

Stir; add cereal.

Place in bag; add 2 cups powder sugar.

Shake till well mixed.

Cakes

  • 2 ½ cups cake flour
  • ½ cup Milk
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 tea Vanilla
  • 2 ½ tea Baking Powder
  • ½ cup strawberry puree
  • ½ tea salt
  • 4 large egg whites
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1-2 cups blueberries (optional)

To make strawberry puree: I buy frozen whole strawberries and put into a blender until smooth.

Preheat oven to 350. Grease cake pans.

Stir together cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Add the butter, milk and vanilla.

Mix well with an electric mixer about 1-2 mins.

Add the strawberries and egg whites. Beat another 1-2 mins.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until done.

Cool completely before frosting.

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¼ cup strawberry puree
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

To make strawberry puree: I buy frozen whole strawberries and put into a blender until smooth.

Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.

Add powdered sugar and vanilla.

Mix in strawberry puree a little at a time until you get the right constancy.

  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 tea baking soda
  • 1 cup water or coffee
  • 1 tea vanilla

In large bowl, combine flour, and sugar.

In heavy saucepan, combine butter, shortening, water and cocoa.

Stir and heat to boiling.

Pour boiling mixture over the flour mixture.

Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Mix well.

Pour into greased 13x9 baking pan.

Bake at 400ᵒ for 20 minutes.

TIP: Buttermilk- Use ½ cup milk add 2 tea vinegar or lemon juice.


Frosting:
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter
  • 3 ½ cups unsifted powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbs cocoa
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • ¼ cup milk

In saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa, and milk.

Heat to boiling.

Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla until frosting is smooth.

Pour warm frosting over brownies as soon as you take them out of the oven.

  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • ⅓ cups cocoa
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • ¼ tsp soda
  • 2 tsp vanilla

In bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, and salt.

Blend well. Add remaining ingredients.

Beat 8 minutes.

Bake at 350ᵒ for 65 minutes.

Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.

Ice with chocolate glaze.


Chocolate Glaze:
  • 2 Tbs butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 Tbs milk
  • ¼ cup pecans, chopped (optional)
  • 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar

In pan bring to boil butter and milk.

Stir in remaining ingredients.

  • 2 sticks butter softened
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 Tbs lemon extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tea vanilla

Cream butter and sugar.

Alternate flour and eggs.

Add lemon and vanilla.

Pour into greased bunt pan.

Bake at 300ᵒ for 1 hour.

  • 2 ¾ cups flour
  • 1 ¾ cups sugar
  • 2 ½ tea baking powder
  • 1 ½ tea vanilla
  • 1 tea salt
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 ¼ cups milk

Preheat oven to 375ᵒ.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt set aside.

Beat butter about 30 seconds.

Add sugar and vanilla; beat till well combined.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each.

Add dry ingredients and milk alternately to beaten mixture, beating after each addition.

Pour into greased and floured pans.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes.

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 cup flour
  • 2 tea vanilla
  • 2 tea baking powder
  • ¼ tea salt
  • ⅓ cup dry milk

Cream shortening, eggs, and sugar.

Add other ingredients.

Bake at 325ᵒ for in bunt pan or 2 round pans at 350ᵒ for 25 minutes.

  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • ¾ cup oil
  • 1 pkg. Jell-O
  • 4 eggs
  • ¾ cup water
  • 1 tea butter flavoring

Glaze:
  • 6 Tbs lemon juice
  • 1 tea butter flavoring
  • 1 ½ cup powdered sugar

Pour on cake while still hot.

  • 1 8-oz. Can pineapple slices
  • ¼ tea salt
  • 2 Tbs butter
  • ⅓ cup shortening
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1 egg
  • 2 ½ tea baking powder
  • 1 ½ tea vanilla

Drain pineapple; reserve liquid.

Halve slices.

Melt butter in 9x1-½ inch round baking pan.

Stir in brown sugar and 1 Tbs reserved pineapple liquid.

Add water to remaining liquid to make ⅔ cup.

Arrange pineapple in pan.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt.

Beat shortening about 30 seconds.

Add egg and vanilla; beat till well combined.

Add egg and vanilla; beat 1 minute.

Add dry ingredients and the ⅔-cup liquid alternately to beaten mixture, beating after each addition.

Spread in pan.

Bake in a 350ᵒ oven 40 minutes.

Cool 5 minutes; invert onto a plate. Serve warm.

  • ½ cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tbs cocoa
  • ¾ cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ tea baking powder
  • 1 cup nuts
  • 1 tea vanilla

Mix well. Bake at 300ᵒ for 20 minutes.

Top with marshmallows and place under broiler until melted.

Top with icing.


Icing:
  • 2 Tbs butter
  • 2 Tbs cocoa
  • 4 Tbs Milk
  • 2 cup shifted powdered sugar
  • ½ tea salt
  • 1 tea vanilla

Cook butter, milk, cocoa and salt for a minute or 2.

Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla.

  • ¾ cup butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ tea cinnamon
  • ½ tea nutmeg
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tea soda
  • ⅔-cup apricot, pineapple, or cherry preserves
  • 1 cup pecans
  • ½ tea vanilla

Cream together butter, eggs, and sugar.

Sift in flour with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Add to first mixture alternately with buttermilk and soda.

Fold in preserves.

Add pecans and vanilla.

  • 2 cup flour
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tea soda
  • 1 tea nutmeg
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • 1 tea cinnamon
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 Tbs cocoa
  • 1 cup water

Melt together shortening, butter, cocoa, and water.

Bring to boil.

Cool and remaining ingredients.


Icing:
  • 1 stick butter, melted
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • 6 Tbs half-and-half
  • 1 cup pecans
  • 1 box powdered sugar
  • 1-cup coconut

Mix and pour on cake while cake is hot.

  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 8-oz bottle 7-up
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 2 tea vanilla
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 tea almond extract
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 tea lemon extract
  • 3 cup flour

Cream sugar and shortening.

Add eggs one at a time.

Alternate flour and 7-up.

Add extracts, beat well.

Grease and flour bunt pan.

Bake at 350ᵒ for 1 hr and 15 minutes.

  • ¾ cup margarine
  • 2 ¼ cups flour
  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 1 ½ cup sugar
  • ½ tea salt
  • 1 ½ cups mashed bananas
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 ½ tea baking soda
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • 1 ½ tea baking powder

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at time.

Stir in bananas.

Add buttermilk alternately with shifted dry ingredients.

Fold in pecans.

Add vanilla.

Bake at 350ᵒ for 30 to 40 minutes.

  • ½ cup margarine
  • 1 Tbs cream or milk
  • 1 large banana mashed
  • 1-cup pecans (opt)
  • 1-lb box powder sugar
  • 1 tea vanilla

Cream butter.

Add powdered sugar, bananas, vanilla, and milk.

Beat until light and smooth.

Sprinkle pecans between layers and on top of cake.

  • 6 Tbs butter
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 4 ½ to 4 ¾ cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ tea vanilla

In small bowl beat butter till light and fluffy.

Gradually add about half of the powdered sugar, beating well.

Beat in the milk and the vanilla.

Gradually beat in remaining powdered sugar, then additional milk, if necessary, to make frosting of spreading consistency.

  • 3 cups powdered sugar, divided
  • 5 to 6 Tbs milk, divided
  • ½ cup cocoa
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter

In small bowl, beat 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa, butter, 2 Tbs milk and vanilla until creamy.

Gradually add remaining 2 cups sugar alternately with remaining 3 to 4 Tbs milk, beating until smooth.

Pies

  • 1 ¼ cups flour
  • ⅓ cup shortening
  • ½ tea salt
  • 3 to 4 Tbs cold water

In bowl stir together flour and salt.

Cut in shortening till pieces are the size of small peas.

Sprinkle 1 Tbs of water over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork.

Repeat till all is moistened.

Form dough into ball.

On a lightly floured surface roll dough to the size you want.

Prick bottom and sides with fork.

Bake 450ᵒ for 10 to 20 minutes.


Double Pie Crust:
  • 2 cups flour
  • ⅔ cup shortening
  • 1 tea salt
  • 6 to 7 Tbs cold water

Lattice top Pie:

Prepare pastry for double pie.

Line a 9-inch pie plate with half of pastry.

Fill.

Cut remaining crust into strips.

Place on top of pie.

  • 4 egg whites
  • ½ tea cream of tartar
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • ½ cup sugar

In small bowl beat the egg whites, vanilla and cream of tartar at medium speed for about 1 minute or till soft peaks form.

Gradually add sugar, about 1 Tbs at a time, beating at high speed until mixture forms stiff glossy peaks and sugar is dissolved.

Immediately spread meringue over pie carefully sealing to edge of pastry to prevent shrinkage.

Bake as directed in individual pie recipe.

  • 3 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups pecans
  • 1 cup light or dark corn syrup
  • 1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
  • 2 Tbs butter, melted

Preheat oven to 350ᵒ.

In Large bowl stir first 5 ingredients until well blended.

Stir in pecans.

Pour into pie crust.

Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean.

  • 1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
  • ½ tea salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tea cinnamon
  • 1 can pumpkin
  • 1 tea pumpkin pie spice
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk

Preheat oven to 425ᵒ.

Beat eggs lightly in large bowl.

Stir in remaining ingredients in order given.

Pour into pie crust.

Bake for 15 minutes at 425ᵒ.

Reduce temperature to 350ᵒ; bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

  • 2 16-oz cans pitted tart red cherries (water pack)
  • 1 Tbs butter
  • 3 or 4 drops almond extract
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 10 drops red food coloring (optional)
  • ⅔ cup flour
  • Pastry for double

Preheat oven to 375ᵒ.

Drain cherries; reserve 1 cup liquid.

In saucepan combine ¾ cup of the sugar, flour and dash salt.

Stir in reserved cherry liquid.

Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly.

Cook and stir 1 minute more.

Remove from heat.

Stir in remaining ¾ cup sugar, cherries, butter, and almond extract.

If desired, stir in red food coloring.

Let stand while preparing pastry.

Cover edge of pie with foil; bake for 25 minutes.

Remove foil; bake for 25 to 30 minutes more or till crust is golden.

  • 1 ¼ cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup flour
  • 3 Tbs butter
  • ¼ tea salt
  • 1 ½ tea vanilla
  • 7 Tbs cocoa
  • 1 baked pie crust
  • 3 cups milk meringue

Preheat oven to 350ᵒ.

For filling, In a medium saucepan combine sugar, flour, cocoa, and salt.

Gradually stir in milk.

Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.

Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes more.

Remove from heat.

Separate egg yolks from whites; set whites aside for meringue.

Beat egg yolks slightly.

Gradually stir 1 cup of the hot mixture into yolks.

Return egg mixture to saucepan; bring to a gentle boil.

Cook and stir 2 minutes more.

Remove from heat.

Stir in butter and vanilla.

Pour hot filling into baked pastry shell.

Spread meringue over hot filling; seal to edge.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or till golden.

Cool.

  • 1 graham cracker crust
  • 2 tea vanilla
  • 1 pkg. (8-oz.) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 8-oz whipped topping, thawed
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • Strawberries for garnish
  • 1 cup (½ pt.) sour cream

Beat cheese until smooth; gradually beat in sugar.

Blend in sour cream, and vanilla.

Fold in whipped topping, blending well.

Spoon into crust.

Chill until set, at least 4 hours.

Garnish with strawberries if desired.

  • 4 cups apple sliced
  • ¾ cup flour shifted
  • Cinnamon
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ tea salt
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • ¼ cup water

Place in 10x6x2 baking dish apples.

Sprinkle with cinnamon, salt, and water.

Stir together flour, sugar, and butter.

Drop mixture over apples.

Bake 350ᵒ for 40 minutes.

Cookies

  • ¾ cup crisco shortening stick
  • 1 ¾ cups flour
  • 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 tea salt
  • 2 Tbs Milk
  • ¾ tea baking soda
  • 1 Tbs vanilla
  • 2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 375ᵒ.

Combine crisco, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in large bowl.

Beat at medium speed until well blended.

Beat egg into creamed mixture.

Combine flour, salt, and baking soda.

Mix into creamed mixture just until blended.

Stir in chocolate chips and pecan pieces.

Drop teaspoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheet.

Bake one baking sheet at a time for 8 to 10 minutes.

  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup shortening stick
  • 1 ¾ cups flour
  • 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
  • ¾ tea salt
  • 3 Tbs milk
  • ¾ tea baking soda
  • 1 Tbs vanilla

Preheat oven to 375ᵒ.

Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl.

Beat at medium speed until well blended.

Add egg. Beat just until blended.

Combine flour, salt, and baking soda.

Add to creamed mixture at low speed.

Mix just until blended.

Drop teaspoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheet.

Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with fork.

Bake for 7 to 8 Minutes.

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 4 Tbs milk
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ¾ cup cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 cups flour
  • 2 tea baking powder
  • 1 tea cinnamon
  • 2 tea vanilla
  • 1 cup nuts (opt.)

Preheat oven to 350ᵒ.

Mix together all ingredients.

Make into balls.

Place on baking sheet.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes.

  • ⅓ cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tea baking powder
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • ¼ tea salt
  • 1 tea vanilla

Preheat oven to 350ᵒ.

Cream together shortening, peanut putter, and sugars until light and fluffy.

Add vanilla and eggs beat well.

Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt.

Stir only until blended.

Spread evenly on greased 13x9x2-inch pan.

Bake about 25 minutes.

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 tea vanilla
  • 6 Tbs cocoa
  • ¾ cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup nuts
  • 2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350ᵒ.

Grease an 8x8x2-inch-baking pan.

Melt butter and chocolate.

Remove from heat; stir in sugar.

Add eggs and vanilla; beat lightly just till combined (don’t overbeat or brownies will rise too high, then fall).

Stir in flour and nuts.

Spread batter in pan.

Bake for 30 minutes.

Cool.

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups flour
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 tea vanilla
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar

Beat butter for 30 seconds.

Add sugar and beat till fluffy.

Add vanilla and 2 tea water; beat well.

Stir in flour and pecans.

Shape into 1-inch balls.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 325ᵒ for 20 minutes.

Cool completely.

Gently shake a few cookies at a time in a bag with powdered sugar.

Other Desserts

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup pecans chopped
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 container cool whip
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1-8 oz cream cheese
  • 1-3 oz vanilla instant pudding
  • 1-3 oz chocolate instant pudding
  • 3 cups milk

Preheat oven to 350ᵒ.

Cut butter into flour until fairly fine.

Add pecans.

Pat into bottom of glass pan.

Bake 25 min.

Cool.



Mix together 1 cup cool whip, powdered sugar, and cream cheese.

Spread on crust.



Mix together instant pudding with milk.

Pour over top of cream cheese.

Spread remaining cool whip on top.

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 beaten egg yolks or 1 beaten egg
  • 4 Tbs. flour
  • 2 Tbs. butter
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1-½ tsp vanilla

In saucepan combine sugar, flour, and ¼ tsp salt.

Stir in milk.

Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly.

Cook and stir 2 minutes more.

Remove from heat.

Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into the egg.

Return all to mixture.

Cook and stir 2 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Stir in butter and vanilla till butter melts.

Pour into a bowl.

Chill.

  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 beaten egg yolks or 1 beaten egg
  • 4 Tbs flour
  • 2 Tbs butter
  • 6 Tbs cocoa
  • 1-½ tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups milk

In saucepan combine sugar, flour, cocoa, and ¼ tsp salt.

Stir in milk.

Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly.

Cook and stir 2 minutes more.

Remove from heat.

Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into the egg.

Return all of mixture.

Cook and stir 2 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Stir in butter and vanilla till butter melts.

Pour into a bowl.

Chill.

  • 4 eggs
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 Tbs vanilla
  • 1 sm pkg instant pudding
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1 cup whipping cream

In bowl beat eggs.

Add sugar slowly.

Add rest of the ingredients.

Mix well.

Pour into freezer.

Fill freezer to fill line with milk.

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1 ⅓ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 sm pkg instant pudding
  • 1 Tbs vanilla
  • 1 Tbs lemon juice
  • 1 can evaporated milk

In bowl beat eggs.

Add sugar slowly.

Add rest of the ingredients.

Mix well.

Pour into freezer.

Fill freezer to fill line with milk.