Swedish Cinnamon Coffee Cake

[made for G&P birthday coffee '72]

Place in this order in mixing bowl:
1 packet active dry yeast
2 cups Occident or King Midas flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1/4 cup butter (melted or soft)*
2/3 cup hot milk

Directions:
Beat at speed 3 for 3 minutes (Batter will climb beaters, just push down with rubber spatula). Spread in well-greased 13x9-inch pan.

Topping:
Combine 1/2 cup sugar, 2 Tablespoons butter, 1/4 cup chopped nuts, if desired, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Sprinkle over the batter. Cover. Let rise in warm place for 30 minutes, or until light.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown. Frost warm, if desired, with vanilla frosting.

*Place butter in milke to melt when milk is heated.

Peach Cobbler

2 eggs beaten well
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
butter the size of a walnut melted and added to the above
put in a 9x9 pan
spread in pan and cut peaches over the dough

bake 350 degrees for 35 minutes

Feather Bed Rolls

1 cake yeast
2 1/2 cups milk, scalded
2 T sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 tsp. salt
5 cups flour

Make into a sponge first, using part of the flour. Put into muffin tins. Raise and bake.

Olive Dip

6 ounce cream cheese
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup salad olives
a little pepper
2 Tbsp olive juice

Mix and serve with crackers

Cherry Cream Pie

[3/4/58]

Bake a pie shell and cool it
Soften an 8-ounce package of Philadelphia cream cheese and when smooth add 1 tsp. vanilla and 1 cup powdered sugar. Then add a cup of whipped cream and blend it in.

Pour into pie shell and ad a can of ready prepared red cherries over the top. Be sure to use the thickened type canned cherries.

[Rog Larson's favorite from his mother's file.]
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Sauce for Apple Dumplings

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons flour
add some water to this mixture
salt
vanilla

Kram (Swedish Pudding)

Makes 4 to 6 servings
2 T cornstarch or 4 T flour
2 T sugar
2 T water
2 C fruit juice, heated

Make paste of cornstarch, sugar and water. Slowly stir in hot fruit juice. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until mixture is clear and thick.

Serve cold, with or without whipped cream.

Dumplings for Stew

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 Tablespoons shortening
3/4 cup of milk

Miriam's Grape Wedding Punch

7 cups grape juice
1 1/2 pints lime sherbet
1 1/2 pints soft vanilla ice cream
3 cups Ginger Ale
(sherbet and ice cream can be put in a blender)

• Serves 24

100 servings
3 quarts vanilla ice cream
3 quarts lime sherbet
8 small cans grape juice and water (or 4 large cans)
4 quarts Ginger Ale

No Fuss Corn Chowder

• Cook 1/2 cup chopped onion in 2 Tablespoons butter (or oleo) until tender
• Stir in 1 can cream of potato soup
• 1 16-ounce can whole kernel corn undrained
• and 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 Tablespoon freeze dried chives
• dash of pepper

Cook until hot. Makes about 4 cups.

Cheese Ball

[Bethel Library]
[Wanda Holms]

2 8-ounce packages of cream cheese
1 small can drained crushed pineapple
2 Tablespoons minced onion
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped nuts

• use 1/2 cup nuts inside and roll in the other 1/2 cup (chill before rolling)

Graham Cracker Bars

24 graham crackers, crushed
1 can sweetened evaporated milk
1 package chocolate chips
1 package coconut flakes

Put in a 9x9 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes

Quick Hot Dish

1 can tuna
1 can mushroom soup
1 can peas

Heat above and pour 1 package chow mein noodles into the mix.
Mix
Serve

Butter Cookies

1 c sugar (or brown sugar ground up)
1 c shortening
2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 c nuts
3 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

Mix together
Drop on tin and flatten with a fork

Creamy Apple Squares

1 yellow cake mix
1/2 c butter, softened
1/4 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Combine brown sugar and cinnamon together. Set aside 2/3 c of brown sugar/cinnamon mixture aside for later.

Combine and mix the rest of the brown sugar/winnathe above ingredients until crumbly

Oatmeal Bars from Camp Arrowhead

4 c quick oatmeal
2/3 c melted butter
1 c brown sugar
1 c dark Karo syrup

Mix and put in a loaf pan (9x13)
Bake for 20 minutes

1 c chocolate chips
add 3/4 c peanut butter, crunchy style

Melt the chocolate chips over hot water and spread over the top of the first mixture in the pan.

Muriel's Strawberry Dessert

Ingredients:

• Vanilla wafers, crushed
• 3/4 c butter
• 1 1/2 c powdered sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 pint of berries
• 1 envelope of gelatin

Directions:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add in beaten egg whites
• Spread butter, sugar, & egg white mixture over crushed vanilla wafers
• Put gelatin into juice and heated to soften
• Spread over the wafers/butter/sugar/egg mixture
• Spread whipped cream and nuts over all

Fresh Strawberry Pie

1 c sugar
1 c water
1 Tablespoon rounded corn starch
1/2 cup fresh strawberries

Mix together and let cook until the berries are done.
Fill a pie crust with fresh berries and pour the above mixture over it
Let it stand a couple of hours before using
Serve with whipped cream

Quiche Lorraine

[Made for Mosier Dec. 2001]

Crust:
1 1/2 c sifted flour
1 1/2 c sugar
1 tsp salt

• Mix together and sift into a pie plate.
• Add 1/2 c cooking oil and 2 Tablespoons milk (whipped together first) and pat into the pie pan

Filling:
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/2 c milk
8 oz. sliced sharp cheddar cheese (Cracker Barrel brand preferred)
3/4 c diced ham or Spam

• Alternate layers of cheese and ham/Spam
• Pour milk and eggs on top of the entire layered portion
• Bake 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes (in some ovens this will take up to an hour to bake)

Basic Cookie Recipe

This recipe is used to make cookie cakes

[Made for Jim's cookie]

Work in as for a pie:

• 4 c flour
• 1/2 pound butter

Beat:

• 4 egg yolks
• 1 c sugar
• after beating those together
• add 1/3 c sour cream (can use whip cream, too)
• 1/2 tsp soda

Next:

• Add flour to the butter mixture
• Refrigerate to bake the next day
• Roll out in a pan and bake 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes

Topping option:

• melt a bag of caramel chips with a little butter
• Stir until melted
• Cut with a crinkler into diamond shapes
• Put a spoon of caramel mixture over top top of each diamond and lay a pecan on top

or  

• cut into squares and put a chocolate star or a mint in the center and turn up the corners

Margaret's Coffee Shop Waffles

Ingredients:
2 eggs, separated
2 c flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 c milk
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons salt

Directions:

• Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with milk into beaten egg yolks.
• Add 6 Tablespoons melted shortening.
• Fold in beaten egg whites.

* at Bethel I did not beat eggs separately.

Tuna Casserole (or Turkey or Chicken)

1 can fried chow mein noodles
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can tuna
1/4 pounds of cashew nut pieces
1 c chopped celery
1/4 c chopped onions
1/2 c water

Directions:

• Stew celery in water and cover for about 5 minutes
• drain off the water and add more water to make 1 cup
• add mushroom soup, mix well
• add celery, salt, tuna and half of the noodles and nuts
• Cover with the rest of the noodles on top
• Bake 350 degrees for 1/2 hour

Coffee Bread

Ingredients:
2 c milk
1/2 c butter
1 c sugar
3 egg yolks, beaten (or 2 eggs whole, beaten)
10-12 whole cardamon
5-6 c flour
2 packages yeast
1 teaspoons salt

Directions:
Heat milk
Melt butter in milk
Stir in sugar and crushed cardamon
Let cool
Dissolve yeast in about 1/4 c lukewarm water
Add dissolved yeast to milk
Add the eggs and stir well
Add flour, just enough to form a soft, yet firm, ball of dough
Cover
Let rise in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours
Place dough on floured board and shape into a ball
Cut in half if making loaves
Shape into a rectangle with a rolling pin
Spread soft butter and a sugar and cinnamon mixture over the dough
Roll up and place on greased cookie sheet
Cut with scissors. Start from outer edge to center and place dough to opposite side. Snip at about 2-inch widths.
Let rise for about 20-30 minutes
Brush with egg whites and sprinkle sugar and nuts on top (or leave it plain)
Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes
Frost while warm with powdered sugar glaze

Swedish Hardtack

2 envelopes of dry yeast
2 tsp sugar
1 c warm water
1/2 c shortening
1/2 c sugar
1 c scalded milk
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp salt
6 c flour

Directions:

• Mix together yeast, 2 tsp sugar and the warm water. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• (In a separate pot) melt  shortening and 1/2 c sugar in scalded milk
• Let milk mixture cool
• Add salt and 2 c flour to the milk mixture
• Stir milk mixture and add the yeast mixture and the eggs while stirring
• Add the additional 4 c of flour (one at a time)
• Knead the dough and let rise for 1 hour
• Cut dough into 8 portions. Roll those portions out thin with a flatbread rolling pin
• Bake on a cookie sheet in a 400-degree oven for 3-4 minutes
• Turn with a spatula and bake until light brown
• Cool until crisp 
• Cut first

Sloppy Joes

Ingredients:
4 pounds ground beef, browned a little
4 small onions, chopped
2 c catsup
8 Tablespoons prepared mustard
4 cans of chicken gumbo soup
Salt
Pepper
4 teaspoons soy sauce

Directions:
Simmer all together for 20 minutes and stir until well done. Place between buns.

Feeds 25.

Ham and Egg Brunch

Ingredients:
2 c chopped ham or cut up in small cubes
6 slices bread
2 c shredded cheddar cheese
6 eggs
2 1/4 c milk
1 teaspoon dry mustard

Directions:

• Beat eggs in milk and dry mustard.
• Butter a 9"x13" glass baking dish. Place bread slices on the bottom of the greased pan.
• Spread ham over the bread and sprinkle with the cheddar cheese.
• Pour egg mixture over and sprinkle with more cheese.
• Cover with handiwrap and refrigerate overnight.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes.

Pound Cake Dessert

Ingredients:
1 package yellow or white cake mix
1 package pudding (instant cream kind; strawberry cream is real good)
1 cup water
4 eggs unbeaten

Directions:
Beat together for 8 minutes. Bake for 350 degrees in an angel's food cake pan for 50 minutes.

* If you use lemon pudding, serve with lemon sauce.
* If you use chocolate pudding it makes German chocolate cake. Frost with German chocolate frosting.

Cool 25 minutes. Remove from pan and glaze.

Glaze
Blend 1 c confectioner's sugar with either 2 Tablespoons milk or 2 Tablespoons lemon juices. Drizzle over cake.

Spice cake with butterscotch pudding.

Rice Pudding

1/2 c raw rice - cook it
4-5 eggs
vanilla
1/2 c sugar
1 c half-and-half
3 c milk

Mix together in casserole dish and put the dish in a pan of hot water. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Ham Loaf

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds ham, ground
1/2 pound pork, ground
2/3 c milk
1 c corn flakes, crushed
1 egg
1 pinch ground cloves
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon minced onion
2 pounds of sweet spuds

Directions:

• Mix meats
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well
• Shape into a loaf
• Bake on a shallow baking pan in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 1 hour
• During the last 30 minutes of baking, boil sweet spuds in salted water until tender
• Drain, mash and season the potatoes
• Remove meat loaf from the over and frost with mashed sweet spuds
• Brush with melted butter and place under a broiler to brown
• Remove to platter
• Garnish with grilled halves of sliced pineapple and sweet pickles
• Makes 8 to 10 servings

Bar Cookies: Oatmeal Diamonds

Ingredients: 
1 beaten egg
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla or 1/2 tsp lemon
1/2 c sifted flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/3 c shortening, melted
1 c quick cooking rolled oats
1/2 c walnuts, chopped

Directions:

• Combine eggs, sugars and extract (vanilla) and beat well
• sift together dry ingredients and gradually add dry ingredients to egg mixture, beating well
• Stir in shortening, oatmeal, and nuts
• Chill dough about 1 hour
• Sprinkle 1/4-inch thick on a greased cookie sheet leaving 1 inch space around sheet
• Bake 350 degrees until golden brown and flat in the center (about 15 minutes)
• At once, cut in diamonds and remove from pan
• Let it cool
• Makes about 3 dozen

Baked Hot Dish

Directions:
Put down a layer of raw sliced potatoes
Sprinkle on finely chopped onion, a little salt, pepper and garlic powder
Next, spread hamburger or ground beef
On top of hamburger add a layer of baked beans (canned)
Then, add another layer of sliced potatoes

Pour a can of tomato juice over all
Bake at 350 degrees for 1.5 hours depending on size of casserole and how many layers you make

Chocolate Frosting

• Melt 1 5-ounce package of semisweet chocolate in a double boiler
• Stir in a pinch of salt and 1/2 c sour cream
• Blend until smooth and spread over an 8-inch cake (top and sides)

Brownie Top-Side-Down Cake

Ingredients:

1 c brown sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
2 c water
1 c chopped nuts
12 quartered marshmallows
1 package devil's food cake mix, white cake better

Directions:

• Arrange marshmallows and nuts in bottom of a greased 9"x13"baking pan.
• Combine sugar, cocoa, and water. Pour over nuts and marshmallows.
• Prepare cake mix and pour over mixture
• Bake 45-50 minutes
• 350 degrees
• Cut into squares. Serve warm or cold with whipped cream or ice cream.