A poem

Once upon a time I planned to be
An artist of celebrity.
A song I thought to write one day,
And all the world would homage pay.

I longed to write a noted book
But what I did was ---learn to cook.
For life with simple tasks is filled,
And I have done, not what I willed,
Yet when I see my girl's hungry eyes
I'm glad I make good apple pie!

-----------Elizabeth Thomas

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Friday, June 4, 2010

My Grandmother's Recipes

More family recipes:

Info: Grandmother's recipes were written as she explained how to make my childhood favorites. This is my paternal grandmother, Louise Parsons Blankenship's exact words as given to me over the phone after I was married and missing her delicacies. I added some measurements (my experiment) as she sometimes forgot to give them to me...She passed away a few years ago and I miss her very much.

Grandmother's Ice Box Rolls

1 package yeast
1 tsp sugar
1/2 cup warm water

Dissolve until bubbly


1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups warm water
1 1/4 tsp salt
5-6 cups all purpose flour

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add warm water and salt. Add yeast mixture and add flour to right thickness. Roll out on floured surface. Divide into balls and place in refrigerator.

Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.


Grandmother's Fried Apple or Peach Pies

Need: all purpose four, wax paper, biscuit dough and wash pan full of apples or peaches

Stew wash pan full of peeled and cored peaches or apples in water adding 1 cup sugar and 1 TBS cinnamon
Roll out biscuit dough on floured surface. Cut into squares 4 inches by 4 inches or so. Stuff biscuit dough with filling and fold over, closing with fork. Fry in hot oil using cast iron skillet. Top with powdered sugar.

Grandmother's Tea Cakes

2 1/4 c all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 c sugar
1 fresh egg
3/4 c butter
3 tsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and sugar together first and add egg, salt and vanilla. Sift together flour and baking powder separately and add to butter and sugar mixture a little at a time. Add milk as needed and roll into one inch thickness. Bake at 350 degrees until done.


Grandmother's Pie Crust

1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 c cold water
1/2 c crisco or butter

Mix together and roll out on floured surface.

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