Cranberry Salad

Recipe is from Phyllis.

1 cup gr. raw cranberries or 1 can whole cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 (3-oz) pkg. lemon Jello
1 cup hot water
1 cup pineapple syrup
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
½ cup nuts, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped

Combine cranberries and sugar. Dissolve jello in hot water. Add syrup, chill. Add cranberry mixture, pineapple, walnuts, and celery. Pour into oiled 9 x 12-inch pan. Refrigerate until firm. Cut in squares. Serve on crisp lettuce. Top with mayonnaise. Serves six.

Whipped Jello Salad

Recipe is from Phyllis.

1 pkg lemon or unflavored Jello
1 cup hot water

1 can fruit cocktail, drained (any size)
1 small carton cottage cheese
½ pint cream, whipped
½ cup sugar
½ cup nuts, chopped
2 small bottles maraschino cherries
12 marshmallows – cut up, or 1 cup miniature marshmallows

Dissolve Jell-O in hot water. Let set (for ½ hour), then whip.

Mix all ingredients together. Let set in refrigerator overnight or 4-6 hours.

Ice Cream

Recipe is from Phyllis.

6 egg yolks and whites
4 cups milk
2 cups sugar
½ tsp salt
4 cups cream
3 tsp vanilla

Scald the milk in a double boiler. Beat egg yolks with sugar and salt. Pour scalded milk over the egg yolk mixture. Return mixture to double boiler and cook about 10 minutes. Cool. Add beaten egg whites, cream, and flavoring to custard. Freeze in gallon size freezer. Serves 12.

Old Fashioned Fruit Cake

Recipe is from Phyllis.

1 lb pkg. raisins and fruit mix
1 lb seedless golden white raisins
3 cups (1 lb) dates, cut up or quartered
½ lb nuts (2 cups)
¼ cup honey or molasses
¼ cup dark fruit juice (prune)
1 cup butter
1 ¼ cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 cups sifted flour
¼ tsp soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp cloves
½ tsp mace

Mix the fruits, nuts, and honey or molasses together. Cream butter, gradually cream in sugar, then beast in eggs, one at a time, beating each in very thoroughly. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and add fruits, then sifted dry ingredients. Mix all together thoroughly. Bake in 2 medium loaf pans or 1 ½ quart casseroles or angel cake tube or other pans. Either should be greased and lined with waxed paper. Bake at 275 degrees for 2 ½ hours with pan of water on oven floor. Remove from pan to cool. Leave paper on cake.

Cheese Cake

Recipe is from Phyllis.

1 (8-oz) pkg cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 (3-oz) lemon Jello
1 cup boiling water
1 can canned milk
Lemon juice

Dissolve Jell-O in water and cool until it is syrupy. Add sugar, milk, and lemon juice. Mix well with cream cheese and pour into shell. Cover with cherry pie filling when cool.

Lemon Pie Filling

Recipe is from Phyllis.

1 cup sugar
Yolks of 3 eggs
3 TB flour
1 TB cornstarch
2 cups water
¼ tsp salt
Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons

Cook until thick, add 2 drops food coloring, cool, and turn into previously baked crust. Beat whites of eggs until stiff. Gradually beat in 6 TB sugar, ¼ tsp cream of tartar, 1/8 tsp salt. When it stands in peaks, pour over pie. Smooth out and brown in oven. Bake at 300 degrees 15-20 minutes. Or eliminate meringue and top pie with whipped cream.

Rhubarb Butter Crunch

Recipe is from Phyllis.

3 cups rhubarb, cut in pieces
1 cup sugar
3 TB flour

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup oatmeal
1 ½ cups flour
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup shortening

Combine first 3 ingredients, put in a buttered dish. Combine remaining ingredients, crumble over rhubarb mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Canned Trout

Recipe is from Phyllis Smith.

Trout
Salt
Vinegar or cooking oil

Wash and scale fish. Take off head, fins and tail up past ½ inch. Cut to fit pint or ½ pint jar. Add ½ tsp salt for a pint. Add 1 TB vinegar or 1 TB cooking oil. Pack tight. Put 4 cups water in small pressure cooker. Cook 90 minutes at 10 lbs.

Oatmeal Cookies

Recipe is from Phyllis Smith

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups old fashioned oatmeal
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 cup cooked raisins
8 TB water (use water the raisins were cooked in)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
½ cup nuts

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Raisin-Filled Drop Cookies

Recipe is from Phyllis Smith.

1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
4 cups flour
1 tsp soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup warm water
1 tsp vanilla

Filling (double this recipe):
1 cups dates or raisins, ground fine
½ cup sugar
2 TB flour
½ cup water
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup nuts

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs, and beat well. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with water. Drop by spoonsfuls on greased cookie sheet. Flatten dough with a dampened fork. Drop 1 tsp filling on each cookie and a small amount of batter on top. Top batter need not completely cover other part. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Filling: cook filling ingredients until thick. Cool. Add vanilla.

Root Beer

Recipe is from Phyllis Smith

1 tsp yeast
2 cups sugar
½ cup warm water
3 TB root beer extract

Dissolve in warm water and pour in a gallon jug. Fill jug to neck with warm water. Let stand in warm place for 4 hours. Refrigerate for 20 hours.