Sour Cream Cookies

Yum.  These cookies are the best.  They have a cake like texture and you can't eat just one.  They are dangerous to have around and oh so easy to make!  They are out of Chris's grandma's cookbook. 

Ingredients:
3 Cups Sifted Flour (I have never shifted flour in my life, but feel free to do so if you would like :)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter (the recipe said oleo but...)
2 Eggs

1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

Sift (or in my case mix :)  together the first found ingrediants.  Set aside.
Beat together the sugar and butter until creamy.  Add the eggs to the sugar misture and beat.  Add the sour cream and vanilla and beat.  Slowly add in the flour mixtrue and beat until smooth.  Refrigerate 2 hours or longer (I have made the w/out doin this step and it still works :).  Drop by tablespoon of dought.  Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet.  Sprinkle with topping (1/2 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon mixed together).  Bake at 375 for 10-12 min.  Enjoy :)

No Fail Sugar Cookies

My mom's always used a 'No Fail Sugar Cookie' recipe that is very close to this.  I found several recipes online that were very similar, but chose to use this one.  They turned out delish.  We used a powder sugar glaze and sprinkles.  What a fun afternoon with the girls, my mom, my grandma and Laura and Brody.  As my favorite coffee cup says "Life is Good"!

A very sturdy sugar cookie that is great for using intricate cookie cutters. Dough keeps its shape when baked.

• 6 cups flour
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 2 cups butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract or desired flavoring (I like almond myself)
• 1 tsp. salt

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Mix dry ingredients and add a little at a time to butter mixture. Mix until flour is completely incorporated and the dough comes together.
• Chill for 1 to 2 hours (or see Hint below)
• Roll to desired thickness and cut into desired shapes. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until just beginning to turn brown around the edges.

http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/573087-No-Fail-Sugar-Cookies

Grandma's Wheat Bread

This bread is delish with cream cheese and strawberry jelly.  Yum... just writing this makes me want to make some.  My grandma used to make us a couple of loaves each time we went camping with my mom, brother, aunt and cousins.  My mom and aunt would feed us cereal and send us away to play and THEN pull out the homemade bread... we eventually caught on.  The bread didn't last as long after that!!!

This Recipe makes 2 loaves.

Ingredients:
1 pkg yeast
1/4 cup luke warm water + 1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 cup dark molasses
1/4 cup honey
1 TBS salt  (??? I really think that this should be tps, but I have to check)
2 TBS shortening (oil preferred)
2 cups hot milk
3 cups waterground whole wheat flour
3 cups plain flour, shifted

Directions:
Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water and sugar.  Set aside.  Combine molasses, honey, salt shortening and milk, mixing well.  When cool, add the yeast mixture.  Beat well.  Work into flour to make rather firm dough and knead on a lightly floured board until satiny.  Put into greased bowl, turning dought over to grease top.  Cover and set in warm place to rise until doubled, about 2 hours.
Work on floured board, then divide and shape each half into a loaf.  Put into well-greased bread pans (2).  Grease tops and cover.  Allow to rise until doubled.  Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until brown and crusty, then remove to rack to cool.

Fruit Cocktail Cake

Growing up, Grandma always had this dessert at every picnic!  It was a staple.  It is so yummy!  I love it.

Ingredients:
Cake:
2 eggs
2 cups drained fruit cocktail
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
brown sugar
chopped walnuts

Butter Sauce:
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup butter
1 cup evaporated milk

Directions:
Cake:
Mix eggs, flour, fruit cocktail, sugar, baking soda and salt.   Pour in greased 13 x 9 inch pan and sprinkle with brown sugar and nuts.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.  Serve w/ Butter Sauce.
Butter Sauce:
Bring sugar, butter and evaporated milk to boil.  Spoon over each serving of cake as you serve.  (Don't do ahead of time.)

Chili Sauce

My Grandma canned this when my mom was a kid. My Grandparents would serve it as a condiment to compliment there dinner. My mom used to make this when she was first married and when we were very young kids. She would brown some ground beef and mix it with the Chili Sauce and server over a baked potato. (We like to have a lot of Sauce to beef ratio.) I honestly don't really remember eating it as a kid, but last year when I was looking through a bunch of my mom's recipes, this stood out. Why, I don' t know, but it is delish! I love the vinegary (if that is a word) tang that it has. I really like it over mashed potatos. Last year I split a batch with my mom... This year I want to have at least a batch in my freezer! I think that I will have a batch and a half! It is a great way to use up any tomatoes that you may have left in your garden or it is easy to make if you have as many farm markets as we do around here! Can or freeze it and it is great year long!

1/2 bushel tomatoes
1 peck onions
2 green peppers
2 red peppers
1 1/2 teaspoon allspice
4 cups vinegar
4 cups brown sugar
7 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons cloves
2 teaspoons black pepper

Peel tomatoes. Rought chop the tomatoes, onions and peppers. Place all ingrediants in a hugh pot on the stove and simmer for a Long Time. (I don't have any exact times, but think in the amount of hours. You want it to cook down and the vinegar, sugar and spices to penitrate all of the veggies and the juices have cooked down. ) Can or freeze. Yum.