Thursday, March 27, 2025

Hannah's Quilt


Fabric: Garden Gatherings by Primitive Gatherings

Pattern:  Star Crossed from Chelsi Stratton Designs

Quilted by:  Jenise Waltz
 

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Cream Cheese Pound Cake


 Cream together:

1 Block softened Cream Cheese
3 Sticks of soften Butter
3 Cups of Sugar

Add

6 Eggs one at a time

Scape sides of bowl and add

2 tsp of vanilla
1/4 tsp of almond flavoring

Scrape sides of bowl and add

3 Cups of Cake Flour

Cook 1 and a half hours at 325

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Devil's Food Cake with Seven Minute (Miracle) Frostiong

1 1/2 C Sugar
1/4 tsp Cream of Tartar
1/4 tsp Salt
Whisk together is a heat proof bowl. Add: 
2 TSP Lite Corn Syrup 
4 Egg Whites 

Using a hand mixer, mix on low speed until blended well. 
Place bowl on top of large pot of bowling water to make a double boiler. 
On high speed beat for SEVEN MINUTES 

Take off heat and add: 
1-2 tsp of vanilla. 
Beat off the heat for 2 minutes or until you have stiff peaks. 

Last 24 hours. Does not need refrigerating.

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Mama's Homemade Cinnomon Rolls


 

Erin's Chocolate Chip Cookies



1 cup crisco
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar
Mix well
Add 2 eggs beat well
2 1/4 cup AP Flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
Add semi-sweet choc chips
Cook 14 mins at 350


Oakies


Chocolate Oatmeal "No Bake" Cookies

1 Stick of Butter

2 Cups Sugar

4 TBSP Cocoa

1/2 Cup of Milk

In a large pot, bring ingrediants to a boil stirring continuously.  Let boil for 1 minute.

Immediately remove from heat and add:

1 tsp vanilla

2 Cups of Instant Oats

1 Cup of Peanut Butter

Spoon onto a cookie sheet or parchment paper and let cool.


Not every recipe has significance but this one certainly does.  Growing up my mama made these at least once a week.  We would eat them before they could cool.  Sometimes mama would put them in a china coffee cup and we would eat them with a spoon.  Delicious!


 

The Farmer’s Wife 1920s