Family Recipes

Per a request for my brown sugar pound cake, I've decided to post a few of our family's family recipes. These recipes are handed down from past generations. Enjoy!

Brown Sugar Pound Cake
By: Aunt Carole

2 sticks of unsalted butter
1/2 c crisco
5 cups brown sugar
5 whole fresh eggs
3 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt or 1/4 tsp
1 c milk
1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter, crisco and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Sift together all dry ingredients. Add alternately the dry ingredients and milk, starting and ending with flour. Beat fast and hard. Add vanilla. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake for approximately 1 1/2 hours at 325 degrees.
Note: It will need to sit in the cake pan on a rack for about 20 minutes before you flip it to cool. If you flip too early it will separate. This particular cake will be dark brown if you use dark brown sugar.

Topping

You can top this cake with simple powdered sugar or a pecan/vanilla topping as follows:

1/2 c butter
1 tsp vanilla
3 TBS milk
1 cup chopped pecans
3/4 c powdered sugar

Mix together well and pour on top of hot cake.


Holt House Monday Night Meat Loaf
by: Aunt Carole

1 or 2 lbs of extra lean ground beef or bison
1 TBS garlic salt
1 onion chopped
2 TBS worcestershire sauce
1 chopped large red bell pepper
12 to 15 saltines processed or chrushed
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp thyme

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and mix with large spatula or the old fashioned way by hand. Place in a loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Cover with ketchup or other preferred sauce.

Granny's Cheesecake

Crust:
1 1/2 to 2 cups graham crackers
1 stick of butter
1 TBS cinnamon
1/4 sugar

Cake:

2 16 oz Philly Cream Cheese boxes softened
1/2 cup half and half
1/2 cup whipping cream
3/4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 whole eggs
2 egg yolks

To make crust: melt butter and combine in a large bowl all ingredients. Press into 9 x 13 pyrex dish. Chill in refrigerator for 15 minutes.

Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix softened cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add half and half and whipping cream. Increase speed, adding sugar and vanilla. Beat eggs separately and add add to cream cheese mixture. Pour into chilled crust. Bake for 50 minutes. Let cake sit for 20 minutes before serving.

MeMaw's Banana Pudding
Large Batch

4 or 5 ripe bananas
1 large box Nilla Wafers
1 large container Cool Whip
1 large box instant vanilla pudding
1 16 oz sour cream
3 cups cold milk

In an extra large bowl layer bananas and wafers, filling bowl at least 1/2 full. In a mixing bowl, prepare vanilla pudding as box directs. Fold in sour cream and mix well. Remove from mixer and add cool whip, mixing by hand until thoroughly combined. Pour over bananas and wafers. Place inside fridge until ready to serve.