Pete's Sugar Cookies

Another recipe from KK's friend Pete.

Ingredients
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups flour
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, well beaten
1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar. 
2. Add eggs and vanilla and mix. 
3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder.
4. Add flour mixture to the egg mixture and stir to mix well. 
5. Chill dough completely. 
6. When ready to use, preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
7. Roll dough out on a lightly floured board until the dough is 1/8 " thick. 
8. Cut dough as desired.
9. Place on lightly greased baking sheet.
10. Bake for 10 minutes in the oven.
11. Decorate as desired or sprinkle with sugar.

Macaroni Pudding? This is an egg rich Mac and Cheese!

 It's nearly the end of January and I am committed to renewing my blog by revising Hi-Ho's ancient recipe box.


















This deserves a picture of this beast, which bears a book mark barely into it - see the "Breads, cookies, cakes, pies, casseroles" on the right hand side?
 

























That is as far as I made it through it and it is almost symbolic of this time of year, just past Hi-Ho's birthday but several weeks before the anniversary of her death. Maybe I can knock a good dent in it in the time remaining.

Sadly, this recipe was the first I pulled out and it really almost makes my stomach turn. It is credited to "Pete" which means that this recipe card came from KK, a horrible cook, but maybe this one was worth making? I bet the kids will love it because it really just sounds like baked Mac and Cheese, so why call it pudding? Perhaps because it has so many eggs.

Ingredients
 1 quart of milk
2 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste
2 cups chopped cheese
4 eggs - slightly beaten
1 and 3/4 cup macaroni (why not call it 2?)

Directions

1. Cook Macaroni according to directions for al dente. Drain and put into a buttered baking dish.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
3. Heat milk, butter, salt and pepper. 
4. Add cheese and stir until melted.
5. Remove from heat and add beaten eggs.
6. Add milk and cheese mixture to the macaroni in baking dish. 
7. Bake in over until firm and slightly brown.

Chocolate Ice Box Cake

This recipe card is written in my paternal grandmother KK's handwriting. I never remember her baking a cake such as this. By the time I visited, cooking amounted to seasoned oyster crackers and dessert would be my choice of a little Debbie cake. *** This recipe needs to be made in an 8 inch spring form pan 

*** Ingredients 

3 cakes Bakers German Sweet Chocolate

4.5 Tablespoons milk 

4.5 Tablespoons sugar 

6 eggs separated 

1/2 pint heavy or whipping cream 

2 packages lady fingers (16 whole, 32 split) 

 

 Process

1. Arrange split lady fingers up and down the sides of the pan with round side of finger toward the pan.
2. Put remainder in the bottom, breaking up those left to fill spaces.
3. Melt chocolate in a double boiler.
4. Add beaten egg yolks to chocolate.
5. Add milk and sugar and stir constantly until smooth and thick (about 5 minutes)
6. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and pour into mold.
7. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
8. When ready to serve, whip the cream and will in the cake with it.
9. Release spring form ring, and leave cake on bottom part, placing it on a plate to serve.