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Nana's Cherry Squares
By sarascharft
Base: Blend well & put into 8 x 8 pain
- Base:
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1 cup Flour
- 2 tsp Icing Sugar
- Topping:
- 2 Eggs
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tbsp Flour
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1/4 cup Walnuts
- 1/2 cup cut up Maraschino Cherries
Nana's Rhubarb Crisp
By sarascharft
Combine ingredients for topping & set aside
- 3 cups cut up Rhubarb
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tbsp Flour
- 1/4 tsp Mace
- Topping:
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 2/3 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 1/3 cups Flour
Nana's Butter Tarts
By sarascharft
Mix ingredients together. Pour into pastry shells
- 4 Eggs
- 2 cups Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 2 tsp Butter
- 3 cups Raisins (wash & cook for 1 minute)
- 1 pinch of salt
Nana's Pastry aka Bachelor's Pie Crust
By sarascharft
Cut the lard into the dry ingredients
- 1 tbsp Vinegar
- Cold Water
- 1 lb Lard
- 4 cups Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 Egg
Papa's Jumbo Raisin Cookies
By sarascharft
Boil raisins in water for 5 minutes
- First:
- 2 cups Raisins
- 1 cup Water
- Second:
- 1 cup Shortening
- 2 cups Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- Third:
- 4 cups Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1-1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Allspice
Papa's Peanut Butter Cookies
By sarascharft
Sift together first set of ingredients
- First:
- 2-1/2 cups Flour
- 1-1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Second:
- 1 cup Shortening
- 2 cup Peanut Butter
- 2 cup White Sugar
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 well beaten Eggs
Nana's Shortbread
By sarascharft
Cream butter & combine dry ingredients
- 4 cups Flour
- 1 cup Icing Sugar
- 4 tbsp Corn Starch
- 1 pound Butter
- Pinch of Baking Soda
Gum's Whipped Shortbread
By sarascharft
Combine all ingredients. Beat well until it is like whipped cream
- 1 pound softened butter
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cups icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Dad's Cream Puffs
By sarascharft
In a medium saucepan, combine the water, butter, sugar, and salt
- 1 cup water
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- 1 egg yolk
Gum's Old Fashioned Rice Pudding
By sarascharft
Cook Rice with water & salt in a pot with lid on until rice is fluffy
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup of long grain rice
- 2 cups Boiling water
- 2 cups of milk
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/4 tsp of nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1 cup of raisins
- 1 tsp Vanilla