Butter Dips

This dish was a favorite for breakfast in my house. It's basically a biscuit dough that you cut into strips instead of rounds and bake in--you guessed it--butter (yum)! They come out nice and crispy. I like to dip them in my fried egg yolk till it's gone and then eat the rest with jam. In Matthew's family they had the same recipe but ate them like bread sticks to go with dinner, so you can choose what you like. Bottom line is they are good.

1/3 c butter or margarine

2 1/4 c sifted flour

1 T sugar

4 t baking powder

1 t salt

1 c milk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cut up butter into pieces and put in 9x13; put pan in oven to melt butter.

Sift dry ingredients into bowl. Add milk. Stir slowly with a fork until dough just clings together. Turn dough out onto a well floured board. Knead lightly 10 times. Roll out into a rectangle just a little less than 1/2 inch thick. Cut in half lengthwise, then into strips.

The butter should be melted by now so remove pan from oven. Dip each strip in butter, coating all sides and line up in pan. Bake 18 mins or until browned.

Cherry Surprise Dessert

14 oz pkg marshmallows

1 1/4 cup milk

1 1/2 cup cream

20 graham crackers

1/3 cup melted butter

3 Tbsp Sugar

1 can cherry pie filling or 1 can of sour cherries sweetened and thickened

Dissolve marshmallows and milk in a double broiler. Cool until beginning to congeal stirring many times.

Whip cream and fold into marshmallow mixture. Crush graham crackers and mix with butter and sugar.

Pack into 9x13 pan, saving part of the crumb mixture for top of dessert. Pour half of marshmallow mixture over crumbs. Add cherry pie filling for second layer and top with remaining marshmallow mixture. Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top.

Fudge

2 1/4 cups sugar

3/4 cup canned milk

Bring to a boil, boil 5 minutes (4 min high altitude) stirring constantly using a rubber spatula.

1 1/2 cups milk choc chips

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 square of butter

1 cup miniature marshmallows

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Put these ingredients in a large bowl and pour hot syrup over it. Beat until blended well with wooden spoon. Pour in buttered pan.

Saucy Little Meatloaves

I just made these last night and I would have taken a picture but we already ate all of them! This is a recipe that I got from my Aunt Carolyn. My dad says it's the way his mom has always made meatloaf and it's Matthew's and my favorite. It is super easy and tastes great!

1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
3/4 c. Quaker Oats
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. diced onion
1 egg, beaten
3/4 c. milk
1/4 tsp. pepper

For meat loaves, combine all ingredients thoroughly. Shape into 6 individual meat loaves in shallow baking pan.

1/3 c. catsup
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tbsp. prepared mustard

Combine all ingredients; spread over top of each loaf. Bake 350 degrees about 35 minutes.

*You can also top them with sharp cheddar cheese. It's kind of like a cheeseburger then, but it still tastes great.

Banana Split Dessert

2 or 3 bananas, sliced
1 c chopped walnuts
½ c marg
1 c evap milk
1 pt whipping cream
½ gal Neapolitan ice cream
1 pkg choc chips
2 c powdered sugar
1 t vanilla
Vanilla wafers or graham cracker crumbs

Line a pan 15x11 with crumbs. Spread a layer of sliced bananas. Cover with ice cream. Cut in ½” slices. Sprinkle nuts over and freeze until firm. Melt marg and chips and all but 4 Tbs of sugar and milk. Cook over med heat stiring constantly utnil it thickens. Cool. Add vanilla and pour over frozen dessert. Whip cream, add sugar and pour over top. Put crumbs on top if desired. Store in freezer. Will keep for several weeks. Serves 25 or more.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

1 ½ c sifted flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 c shortening
¾ c brown sugar
¾ c white sugar
1 t vanilla
2 eggs
1 t hot water
½ -1 c chopped nuts
2 c oatmeal

Sift flour, measure, add soda, salt and sift. Cream fat until fluffy. Add sugars, cream well. Beat in eggs, add hot water, add sifted ingredients. Add nuts, chocolate chips and oatmeal. Mix well. Add vanilla. Drop on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees 10-12 mins.

Chiffon Pumpkin Pie

1 ½ c milk
1 6oz jello instant vanilla pudding
1 c canned pumpkin
1 t pumpkin pie spice (or 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ t ginger, ¼ t nutmeg, ¼ t clove)
1 c whip cream or cool whip

Beat all ingredients on low speed until smooth. Put in already cooked pie shell. Chill for at least 3 hours.

Frog-Eyed Salad

¼ pd acini de pepe cooked until tender
1 egg
½ c sugar
¼ t salt
1 T flour
1 can 15 ¼oz pineapple juice drained, reserve juice
1 16oz can fruit cocktail drained, reserve juice
1 cup min marshmallows
1 8oz cool whip

Cook pepe as package directs, drain. In heavy saucepan, beat egg with wire whisk until foamy. Stir in sugar, flour, salt and 1 c of reserved juice. Over low heat, cook until thickened and bubbly.

In a large bowl, combine pepe with egg mixture. Cool over night. Stir in fruit, fold in cool whip and chill thoroughly.

Holiday Jello

2 pkg lime jello
1 pkg lemon jello
2 pkg cherry or orange jello
1 c crushed pineapple
½ lb marshmallows
1 (3oz) cream cheese
1 c whipping cream

Dissolve lime jello in 4 c hot water. Pour in large pot and set. Drain pineapple, set aside. Add enough water to pineapple juice to make 2 cups. Heat to boiling and stir in the lemon jello. Add marshmallows; let partially set. Mix cream cheese with pineapple; fold whip cream into lemon mixture. Then spread over green jello until firm. Dissolve cherry jello into 4 c hot water. Let partially set then put on other mixture.