Tag: family recipes
Great-Grandma’s Sour Cream Cocoa Cake
I love old recipes. One really needs to have some baking and cooking experience before trying many of them. I have read family recipes that state, “Add a handful of flour” or “Mix in shortening the size of an egg.” These recipes are definitely not for the novice baker. Since I have been fixating on…
Grammy’s Banana Fritters
I guess I am on a nostalgic kick this week. Again, here is a recipe from Grammy (my great grandmother). My uncle LOVED these and we would usually make them when he visited us (the morning after pizza night). Banana Fritters 1 c. flour 1 t. salt 1/2 t. baking powder 2 T. sugar or…
Grammy’s Grape Pudding
When I quizzed my mother as to what was her favorite dish growing up, she immediately brought up Grammy’s Grape Pudding. I was not fortunate enough to have known “Grammy,” my great grandmother, so I relied on my mother’s memory for this recipe. (It didn’t take us long to locate it in the family-compiled recipe book.) …
Wild Grape Jelly
A true pioneer recipe
My recipe albums
Remembering back to a few more family recipes.
My Aunt’s Red Velvet Cake
The big Red Scare! Red Velvet Cake Recipe
My Favorite Uncle’s Pickles
An easy, spicy pickle recipe
Grandmother’s Ice Cream
I have a small ice cream maker, the kind that has the frozen bowl. It works really well and makes creating new gelatos, sherbets and ice cream super easy. My grandmother had a large, hidously loud ice cream maker. I remember her making this ice cream, packing the ice around the container, adding freezer salt,…
Grandma–again with the mashed potatoes?
I was perusing through the family recipe book (compiled from all the recipe cards, newspaper clippings, and envelopes with scribbled recipes that we found stashed away in her house), and I came across her “Everlasting Bread Recipe.” Again, just like in her potato salad recipe, she used leftover mashed potatoes. You might think the family…