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Mom Otteson's Fudge Nut Bars
By gwenmerrill
Melt together chocolate, milk, and butter
- 6 oz. chocolate chips
- 2 eggs
- 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¾ cup chopped nuts
- ¾ cups oats
- 1 cup margarine
- 2 cups brown sugar
Mom Otteson's Oreos
By gwenmerrill
Mix and form small balls. Put 1 rack close to the top and 1 close to the bottom of the oven
- Cookies:
- 1 chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup shortening
- Frosting:
- ½ square butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Super Simple Shortening Sugar Cookies
By gwenmerrill
Mom Otteson/ Carolyn Robertson
- ¾ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 ½ cup flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
Apple Crisp
By gwenmerrill
Slice apples in greased cake pan
- Apples
- 2 cups brown sugar
- ½ cup flour
- 2 cups oatmeal
- ½ cup melted butter
Mom Merrill's Rhubarb Crisp
By gwenmerrill
Mix rhubarb, sugar, flour, and salt
- 2 ½ cups cut rhubarb
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup sugar
- ¾ cup flour
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1 cup oats
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¾ cup margarine, melted
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3 tsp. water
Mom Otteson's Swedish Meat Balls
By gwenmerrill
Mix meatball ingredients thoroughly and form into walnut-sized balls
- Meatballs
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 lbs. ground beef
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- ¼ cup grated onion
- 2 tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- Sauce
- 2 Tbsp. flour
- 2 cans mushroom soup
- 2 cans water
Mom Otteson's Sweet and Sour Meatballs
By gwenmerrill
Mix and form into 24 balls
- 1 egg
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 ½ lbs. ground beef
- ¼ cup minced onion
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. celery seed
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ¼ tsp. sage
- 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- Sauce:
- 1 can pineapple tidbits drained (reserve syrup)
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp. corn starch
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup chopped green pepper
Mom Otteson's Pie Crust
By gwenmerrill
Mix flour, salt, and baking powder
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tsp. vinegar
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
Mom Otteson's Apple Crumb Pie
By gwenmerrill
Peel and slice apples and arrange in a 9” pastry lined pie pan
- Sliced apples to fill pie pan
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ cup sugar
- ¾ cup flour
- 1/3 cup butter
Potatoes Au Gratin
By gwenmerrill
Cook potatoes. Cool and grate with a coarse grater
- 6 or 7 large potatoes
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 pt. sour cream
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup