Sunday, March 29, 2026

Sweet Potatoes

 

From Stephanie Frederick

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes (canned)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 T vanilla
½ cup melted butter
Mix, then pour into a 1 quart pan.

Add topping:
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup flour
1 cup chopped nuts (pecans or almonds)
1/3 cup butter (don’t melt)
Mix with fork then sprinkle crumbs on top of potatoes.

Bake @ 350 for 30 minutes

Double for a 9x13 pan. Enjoy!

Incredible Hulk Cake

 

1 white cake mix
Small box pistachio pudding mix
3 eggs
½ cup sugar
½ cup oil
1 cup water

Mix it up

Remove 1 ½ cups batter and combine with one tiny can (5 oz) Hershey’s chocolate syrup.

Grease and flour a Bundt pan
Pour green batter into Bundt pan. Carefully pour chocolate batter on top.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

Pork Schnitzel

 

From Naomi Hays

¼ cup flour
¼ tsp pepper
5 pork fillets or chops (2 pounds)

2 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1 clove garlic crushed
1 pint light cream
3 TBL butter, melted
3 cups parsleyed rice

Combine flour and seasonings. Coat fillets with flour. Brown with garlic on both sides in butter, about 10 minutes. Remove meat from pan, keep hot. Blend 2 TBL of drippings with 3 TBL left over seasoned flour. Stir in cream and cook, stirring until smooth and slightly thick. Return meat to pain, cover and simmer 30 minutes. Serve over rice.

 

To prepare rice: combine 3 cups hot cooked rice, 2 Tbl butter and 2 Tbl chopped parsley.  

Coconut Diamond Bars

 

Mix and put into a 9x13 pan:
½ cup softened margarine or butter
½ cup brown sugar
½ tsp salt

1 cup flour

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 – 15 minutes.

Pour the following ingredients on top of above:
1 cup brown sugar
2 Tbl flour
½ tsp salt
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 ¼ cups coconut 

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool and slice into desired shapes.

Hello Dollys

 From Aunt Priscilla

½ cup melted butter

1 ½ cup graham cracker crumbs

1 c chocolate chips

1 ½ c flaked coconut

1 can eagle brand milk
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup miniature marshmallows

9x13 pan – melt butter in pan. Sprinkle crumbs over butter; sprinkle nuts over crumbs, then chocolate chips over nuts. Sprinkle coconut over chips, then marshmallows over the chocolate chips. Drizzle milk on top (still milk first if needed). Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool 15 minutes then cut into squares.


Apple Sauce Cake

 

From Naomi Hays

2 cups hot applesauce
½ cups shortening (or cooking oil—use less)

Sift together

2 cups flour
2 cup sugar
2 TBL cocoa
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cloves
chopped nuts & raisins, as desired

 Mix well. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 ½ hours or 350 for 1 hour.

Glaze:
¼ cup butter, softened (not melted)
1/3 cup milk
powdered sugar

Caramel Chews

 

From Permans

36 light-colored caramels
3 TB light cream

Put in top of double boiler and stir until melted.

1 cup cornflakes

1 cup rice Krispies

1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped nuts

 

Toss together, pour caramel over all. Mix with a buttered spoon (and buttered hands) and drop on wax paper. Stores well.