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.)