Cookie Fruit Tart

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Have some dessert :)

Mrs. Lapes's Orange Bread

1/3 cup butter & 1 cup sugar blended together

1 egg

2 cups flour

3/4 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/3 cup orange juice

1 T orange rind, grated

1 cup chopped apples

-Mix everything together

-Bake in a loaf pan at 350 degrees for 1 hr

Quiche Lorraine

Everyone's grandmother seems to have a variation of this recipe. Here's Grammy Gertie's:

Quiche Lorraine

1 9"pie crust

2 pieces bacon, cooked and crumbled

1 spanish onion, diced and sauteed

1 1/2 cup grated American cheese

3/4 cup Romano cheese

2 eggs

1 1/2 cans evaporated milk

dash of cinnamon

-Mix all of the above ingredients and pour into pie crust.

-Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes until set.

Tomato Burgers

This sounds like the making of a vegetarian recipe, but NO! No it is not! There was no such thing as a vegetarianism in the 1950's!

Tomato Burgers

1 TB butter

1 lb ground beef

1/2 cup onion, chopped

1/2 cup celery, chopped

1 ts chili powder

1/2 ts salt & pepper

1 can tomato soup

-Cook beef, onion, celery, chili powder until meat is browned.

-Add salt & pepper

-Add 1 tomato soup and simmer for a few minutes

-Serve sloppy joe style on toasted hamburger buns

Mayonnaise

Despite the ongoing Hellmans's vs. Miracle Whip debate at the Treat household, Grammy also has a recipe for homemade mayonnaise:

Home Mayonnaise

1 egg

1 TB mustard

juice of 1 lemon

1 cup vegetable oil

salt to taste

- mix the egg, mustard and lemon juice together.

-slowly add the vegetable oil and continue to mix.

-add salt.

Mom's Oatmeal Cookies

It's Friday -- and for some reason I always lean towards posting a dessert recipe on Friday. I think the "Mom" referred to here is (Great) Grandma Beal. She has another oatmeal cookie recipe in the box, but that one has coconut in it.

Mom's Oatmeal Cookies

2/3 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 ts baking soda

1 ts baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup rolled oats

1 1/2 cup flour

1 cup nuts

1/2 cup dates or raisins

1 tsp vanilla

-mix ingredients together. bake at 325 degrees for 10 min.

Grated Carrot Salad

This "salad" I definitely remember from almost every summer lunch we had at Grammy's. It's very sweet, almost like the dessert before dessert.

In fact, here's the lunch menu on a typical Saturday lunch at Grammy's:

a plate of cold cuts (including liverwurst -- served with stone ground mustard and Hellmann's mayonnaise), baked beans, sliced tomato, corn on the cob, grated carrot salad, potato salad, and milk in a skinny green glass. Follow with cake or pie, and whipped cream.

Grated Carrot Salad

carrots, grated

crushed pineapple

white raisins/ sultanas

mayonnaise

small marshmallows (optional)

apples, chopped (optional)

celery, chopped (optional)

-basically, just mix everything together and serve!

Butterscotch Pecan Rolls

This recipe is a little too detailed to retype. I suggest double clicking on the image to enlarge it:

Whittelsey Supper

I'm not sure what the origin of this recipe is or whom it might be referring to... it almost sounds like a stew.

"Brown sausage links then

cook some sage, celery, green pepper & onions chopped up in tomato juice till veg are done.

Cook noodles - mix all above together."

Wilted Lettuce

Another dish that sounds healthy... until you check the ingredients!

Wilted Lettuce

Lettuce

4 slices bacon, cooked and cubed

onion, sliced

Sauce:

2 TB flour, browned in bacon fat.

1/2 cup vinegar

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

Cut leaf lettuce in large dish.

Mix in cubed 4 slices of bacon and sliced onion.

Pour sauce over.

Triple Citrus Cheesecake

Happy Friday! Have some cheesecake over the weekend!

Triple Citrus Cheesecake

4 pkg cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

2 TB flour

1 tsp vanilla

1 TB each lemon juice, lime juice, orange juice

1 tsp each lemon zest, lime zest, orange zest

4 eggs

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup butter

-Mix graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and butter.

-Press mixture into 9" springform pan to form crust.

-Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes.

-Mix cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla until well blended.

-Blend in juices, zest. Add eggs one at a time, mixing on low speed.

-Pour over crust.

-Bake at 325 for 1 hour. Remove from springform pan. Refrigerate for 4 hours.

Hawaiian Drop Cookies

Double click on this recipe to inspect the picture -- it has that great 1960's, Blue Hawaii vibe to it.

Hawaiian Drop Cookies

2 cups all purpose flour, sifted

2 ts baking powder

1/2 ts salt

2/3 cup butter

1 1/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 ts vanilla extract

1/2 ts almond extract

3/4 cup crushed pineapple, well drained

1/2 cup coconut, shredded

-Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.

-Cream butter, sugar and extracts. Beat in egg until fluffy.

-Blend in pineapple, and dry ingredient mixture.

-Drop by teaspoons on ungreased cookie sheet.

-Sprinkle with coconut.

-Bake 325 degrees for 20 minutes.

Salad Dressing with Blue Cheese

Salad Dressing

1 small onion, cut up

1 cup mayonnaise

1/3 cup salad oil

1/4 cup ketchup

2 TB sugar

2TB vinegar

1 tsp mustard

1/2 tsp paprika

1/4 tsp celery salt

dash of pepper

1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled

-put all ingredients in blender, blend until smooth

-yield 2 1/2 cups

Chicken Lasagna Parmesan

I've no witty comment to add here -- this one sounds delicious!

Shirley's Chicken Lasagna Parmesan

6 chicken breasts, boneless + skinless

1 sliced onion

1 clove garlic

parsley

1 bay leaf

2 cups chicken broth

1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/3 cup butter

1 lb can whole tomatoes & juice

1/2 lb fresh mushrooms

1/2 tsp tarragon

1/2 tsp basil

1/2 tsp sugar

3 TB flour

1 cup light cream

1/3 cup dry white wine

2 cup shredded mozzarella

cooked lasagna noodles

(And... shoot. No cooking instructions. I will ask Grammy what to do with all these wonderful ingredients and update this. Just a guess though:

bread the chicken in herby flour and saute it up. Make a tomato sauce out of the chicken drippings, onions, mushrooms, wine and later add the cream, tomatoes and juice. Layer sauce, chicken, noodles, cheese, sauce, chicken, noodles, cheese, etc., in a baking dish. Bake in oven as you would regular lasagna

Broccoli & Red Onion Salad

This recipe sounds extremely healthy... until closer inspection!

Broccoli & Red Onion Salad

2 heads broccoli, chopped

1 red onion, sliced

1 lb bacon, cooked-drained-crumbled

1-2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

-Toss the above ingredients. Dress with the mixture below:

1 cup mayo

1/2 cup sugar

2 TB red wine vinegar

Lemon Angel Pie

This recipe came from Family Circle magazine, but was part of Grammy's collection. No copyright infringement intended.

Indiana Lemon Angel Pie

3 egg whites

1/4 ts cream of tartar

1 cup sugar

5 egg yolks

2/3 cup sugar

1 TB grated lemon rind

1/3 cup lemon juice

1 cup heavy cream, whipped

-To make the Meringue shell: Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy white. Beat in 1 cup sugar a tablespoon at a time until meringue forms stiff peaks. Butter 9" pie plate. Spoon meringue over bottom and up sides to form shell.

-Bake shell at 275 degrees for 1 hr. Cool.

-To make Lemon filling: Beat egg yolks in double boiler until frothy. Beat 2/3 cup sugar in until mixture is thick. Stir in lemon rind and juice. Cook over hot -not boiling- for 13 minutes. Stir constantly. Cool.

-Spoon filling into meringue shell. Refrigerate for 12 hours. Top with whipped cream. Decorate with orange and lemon slices and mint.

Marinated Mushrooms

Marinated Mushrooms

3lb mushrooms

2 TB salt

Pinch of red pepper

1/4 tsp pepper

1.2 tsp white pepper

pinch oregano

1 TB sugar

1 TB accent

1 TB chopped onions

1/2 tsp chopped garlic

1 cup wine vinegar

1/2 cup oil

-Mix everything together in bowl and soak mushrooms for 2+ hours.

-Roast, bake or pan fry mushrooms to your liking.

French Dressing

It's been wicked warm in New England these past few days. Kinda makes you want to eat a cool crisp salad... right?