Frugt Suppa (Fruit Soup)

Dec. 1966

1/2 pound prunes
1/4 pound dried apricots
1 cup seeded raisins
4 Tablespoons tapioca
1 cup sugar
1 stick cinnamon
2 cups dried apples
1 sliced lemon
1 sliced orange
1/4 cup maraschino cherries
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 quarts water

Soak dried fruits overnight.

Combine all ingredients except cherries in two quarts water and cook until fruit is soft.

Add cherries.

Serve either hot or cold.

Golden Pancake Syrup

In a saucepan, heat 1 cup water to boiling
Lower heat
add 2 1/3 cups firmly packed (1 pound) brown sugar
Stir over the lowest heat until sugar is dissolved (no boiling necessary)
Add maple flavoring if desired
Pour into syrup pitcher or storage jar and cover
Makes 2 cups

Syrup

2 cups brown sugar
4 cups white sugar
4 cups water
boil for 1/2 minute

Easy Coffee Cake

Cut Rhodes frozen bread loaves into 10 or 12 pieces (2 loaves or 24 rolls put in pieces in 9x13 inch pan or bundt pan greased

Mix:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup soft butter
1 small package vanilla pudding, dry (regular)
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Sprinkle 3/4 of this on bottom of pan.
Lay pecans here and there and place slices of dough over that
Add remaining topping over the dough

set in refrigerator overnight before baking, if possible

if not, let stand at least 10 minutes

Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes

Turn out on a cookie sheet

Crab Meat Pizza

12 oz cream cheese
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 Tablespoons salad dressing
1 small onion

Mix the above together and spread on a nice pizza plate

Top with 1/2 bottle chili sauce
Add broken crab meat
Garnish with fresh or dried parsley

Serve with crackers such as Ritz, Triscuit or Hi Ho

Caramel Brownie

1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons melted shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 well-beaten eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts

350 degrees
Bake 40 minutes

Cream Sponge Cake

3 egg yolks, beaten
add 1 cup sugar and beat again
sift 1 1/2 cups flour, pinch of salt, and 1 teaspoon baking powder about four times
Add 1/2 cup boiling water before adding flour
Vanilla
fold in 3 egg whites

Do not grease pan
Turn pan upside down when done