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Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon. Combine
pumpkin, sugar, milk, and eggs. Add dry ingredients and butter. Mix until well
blended. Spread in loaf plan. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45 - 50 minutes or
until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Makes one loaf. Bread may be
frozen.
Dissolve yeast and set aside. Heat mixture of salt, shortening, sugar, and
milk almost to boiling point but do not boil. Add potatoes and then cool. When
cool, add dissolved yeast, eggs, and flour and mix well.
One hour before meal time, take out enough dough for meal - kneed, roll out,
and cut. Dip 1/2 of each round into melted butter, fold and place into pan. Let
rise. Bake at 425 degrees until brown.
FRUITED SWEET POTATOES -- Juanita
Henry
| 1 21-oz. can cherry pie filling, |
1/2 cup orange juice |
| 1/4 cup butter or margarine |
1/4 tsp. salt |
| 4 medium sweet potatoes, cooked |
|
Combine cherry pie filling, orange juice, bitter (or margerine), and salt in
saucepan and cook slowly 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pare cooked sweet
potatoes, cut in halves or quarters and place into 1 1/2-qt. baking dish. Pour
cherry sauce over potayoes. Bake in slow oven (325 degrees) for 20 minutes or
until heated through. Makes 8 servings.
ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE --
Ginger Jarrett
| 1 lb. ground beef |
3 1/2 cans water |
| 2 large onions, chopped |
1 can tomatoes |
| 1 small piece garlic, chopped, |
2 bay leaves |
| 2 cans Italian tomato paste |
1/4 cup sugar (or less) |
| salt to taste |
|
Fry ground beef and onions until brown, add tomato paste, water, tomatoes,
garlic, bay leaves, sugar, and salt. Simmer over low heat for one hour.
MEATBALLS -- Beverly Parrott
| 1 1/4 lb. ground beef |
4 slices rye bread |
| 1 tsp. salt |
1/2 tsp. MSG |
| 2 tbsp. catsup |
3 tbsp. butter |
| 2 tbsp. flour |
1/2 tsp. celery salt |
| 1 can beef consommé |
1 tsp. dill weed |
Mix meat, bread (crumbled), salt,MSG, and catsup. Form into balls and brown
in butter. Remove meatballs; blend flour, celery, salt, and dill weed into
butter sauce. Add consume. Return meatballs. Serve in a chaffing dish.
CHILI CON CARNE PIE -- Ann A. Dodd
| 1/2 cup chopped onion |
1 1-lb. can diced tomatoes |
| 1 clove garlic, minced |
1 20-oz. can kidney beans, drained |
| 1 1/2 lb. ground beef |
1 tbsp. chili powder |
| 1 8-oz. can tomato sauce |
1 tsp. salt |
Cook onion, garlic, and beef until beef is browned. Stir in tomato sauce,
tomatoes, beans, chili powder, and salt. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
Topping:
| 3/4 cup cornmeal |
1/2 cup milk |
| 1/4 cup sifted flour |
1/4 cup soft shortening |
| 1/2 tsp. salt |
1 tbsp. chopped parsley |
| 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder |
1/4 cup parmesan cheese |
| 1 egg |
|
Sift together cornmeal, flour, salt, and baking powder. Add egg, milk, and
shortening. Beat by hand until smooth -- about 1 minute. Stir in parsley.
Place hot filling in shallow, 2-qt. baking dish; sprinkle with parmesan
cheese, spoon cornbread topping around edges. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 - 18
minutes.
BARBEQUE CHICKEN CASSEROLE --
Hilde Henry, Springfield, VA
| 3 1/2 - 4 lb. frying chicken, cut up |
1/2 cup flour, seasoned w/salt and pepper |
| 1/2 cup cooking oil or Crisco |
1 1/4 cups catsup |
| 1 medium onion, sliced |
3 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce |
| 1 1/4 cups water |
3 tbsp. light brown sugar |
| 3 tbsp. wine vinegar |
1 small can ripe olives, drained (optional) |
| 1 pkg. frozen artichoke hearts, optional |
|
Dust chicken pieces with flour and fry quickly in oil or Crisco until golden
brown. Remove from skillet and place into deep 3-qt. casserole dish. Leave 1
tbsp. oil in skillet and sauté onion until golden. Add catsup, water,
Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar and blend. Let simmer 3 to 5
minutes. Pour sauce over chicken, cover. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake
chicken, still covered, for 1 1/4 hours. If desired, add frozen artichoke hearts
and olives 20 to 30minutes before the end of baking time.
Recipe can be prepared up to a week ahead and kept in refrigerator until
baking time. Also freezes beautifully. Serves 4 to 6
CHICKEN CASSEROLE -- Leslie Williams
| 1 box Escort crackers (Waverly) |
1 stick oleo |
| 1 can cream of chicken soup |
1 can cream of mushroom soup |
| 1 can water chestnuts, sliced |
1/2 pt. sour cream |
| 3 or 4 chicken breasts (or 1 chicken) |
|
Cook and remove chicken from the bone. Cut into small pieces, crush crackers
and mix with oleo. Place 3/4 cracker mixture into casserole dish, place chicken
on top. Mix soup, sour cream, chestnuts and a little water, pour over chicken.
Sprinkle rest of cracker mixture on top. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
ORIENTAL TUNA -- Camille Kivette
| 1 large can white tuna |
1 tbsp. soy sauce |
| 1 can mushroom soup |
Dash Worcestershire sauce |
| 1 large onion, chopped |
Cayenne pepper |
| 1 green pepper, chopped |
1 large pkg. noodles |
| 3 or 4 stalks celery, cross-cut, |
2 tbsp. Wesson oil |
| toasted almonds if desired |
Salt |
Saute onions, green peppers, celery, and almonds in Wesson oil. When onions
are transparent, add tuna (broken into small pieces), soy sauce, worcestershire
sauce, salt, pepper. Brown slightly and add soup with 1/2 can water. Let boil
stirring constantly for a few minutes. Pour over cooked noodles and serve.
CHICKEN PIE -- Voilet Martin
| 1 5-6 lb. roasting chicken |
1 bay leaf |
| few stalks celery (with leaves), |
6 tbsp. butter |
| few sprigs parsley |
6 tbsp. flour |
| 1 onion, sliced |
1/8 tsp. pepper |
| 1 1/2 tsp. salt |
biscuit dough |
Put chicken into pot with cold water to cover (about 2 qts.) Add celery,
parsley, onion, salt, and bay leaf. Simmer until meat is tender enough to fall
off the bone -- about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from broth, remove skin and bones from
meat. Keep meat in large pieces. Simmer skin and bones in broth for 1 hour.
Strain and cool broth; strain off all fat. Melt butter and blend in flour, add 3
cups broth; cook stirring until thick and smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Put chicken into hot gravy and pour into shallow 10-cup casserole dish. Cover
with biscuit dough rolled 1/4 in. thick, fitting it well around the edges,
slitting the top. Bake in very hot oven (450 degrees) until crust is brown.
Top with individual biscuits if you prefer. Use a mix or make the biscuits
yourself. Bisquick is good for crust.
PEACH COBBLER -- Agnes Cummings
| 3 cups sliced peaches |
3/4 cup sugar |
| 1 stick butter |
1/2 cup sugar |
| 3/4 cup flour |
2 tsp. baking powder |
| pinch salt |
3/4 cup milk |
Mix peaches and 3/4 cup sugar. Set oven at 350 degrees. Put butter in a very
deep baking dish and set into oven to melt. Stir up a batter of 1/2 cup sugar,
flour, baking powder, salt, and milk. Pour this over melted butter, but do not
stir. Put sugared peaches on top, but do not stir. Bake in moderate oven for 3/4
hour. The batter will rise to the top while baking and will be crisp and brown.
Serve with ice cream or more peaches for topping.
APPLE DUMPLINGS -- Myrtle Anderson
| 3/4 cup sugar |
2 cups water |
| 1/2 stick butter or margarine, |
1 can buttermilk biscuits |
Mix sugar, water, and butter in a deep pan. Heat oven to 325 degrees and set
pan in hot oven to heat mixture. Peel and cut tart apples into thin slices. Roll
each biscuit out and place into palm of hand, fill with apples, add one teaspoon
of sugar to the apples, and bring biscuit up around the apples -- pinching the
edges together. Set in pan of hot mixture. When all the dumplings are placed
into the pan, sprinkle 1 cup sugar over the top. Sprinkle with cinnamon and dot
with butter. Bake until golden brown -- about 1 hour. You may add a little hot
water if more liquid is needed.
PERSIMMON PUDDING -- Mrs. P. L.
Kivette
| 3 or 4 cups persimmon pulp, |
2 cups sugar |
| 1/2 cup melted butter |
1/2 canned milk |
| 2 cups plain flour |
4 tsp. vanilla |
| 1 tsp. soda |
1/2 tsp. baking powder |
| 1/2 cup buttermilk |
|
Mix soda and buttermilk together. Mix flour, sugar, and baking powder and add
soda/buttermilk mixture. Add milk, melted butter, persimmon pulp, and vanilla.
Bake 15 or 20 minutes at 350 degrees until set as shaky like pie.
Serve with whipped cream.
INSTANT PUDDING DESSERT -- Elda Walker
First layer: Mix 1 stick oleo melted, 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup nuts and
press into pan. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool.
Second layer: Mix 8 oz cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, and 1/2 9-oz container of
Cool Whip.
Third layer: Mix one 3 3/4-oz package instant chocolate pudding mix with 1
1/2 cup milk.
Forth layer: Mix one 3 3/4-oz package instant vanilla pudding mix with 1 1/2
cup milk.
Fifth layer: Top with remaining Cool Whip.