Cheese Cakes

This recipe was often made by Todd's Grandma R. (Millie). She often frosted these very lightly with a lemon flavoured glaze.

Cheese Cakes

Line mini muffin tins with pastry.

Make Filling:

4 tbsp butter

4 tbsp sugar

1 egg

grated rind of one lemon

1 tsp lemon juice

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

In lined muffin tins put 1 ts of jam and cover with cake mixture. Bake.

Chili Sauce (Fruit)

This recipe is from Todd's Grandma A. (Pauline). The last little note was written to Todd's Mom, Joyce. See the tomato version of this recipe here.

Chili Sauce (Fruit)

30 ripe tomatoes

6 onions

6 pears, 6 peaches

a bag of whole mixed spice

3 green peppers

4 cups white sugar

4 tbsp pickling sauce (less)

1 pint vinegar (cider) I use

Chop all together. Boil for 2 hours until fairly thick. Do not put pears and peaches through grinder, just cut in small pieces.

"Joyce, when I don't have any pears I open a can of pears and use what I think is 6, but I have put less pears and peaches in. Also I make a chili sauce with this recipe and leave out the fruit, sometimes I put a couple stalks of cut up celery and less peppers. I think the whole sp8ice make it best. (Have fun.) It don't make a lot."

Chili Sauce

This recipe comes from Todd's Grandma A. (Pauline). See the fruit version here.

Chili Sauce

12 ripe tomatoes

2 onions

1 gr & 1 red pepper

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/8 tsp cloves

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp salt (less)

1/3 cup cider vinegar

celery or celery seed

Chop ingredients and cook all till thick.

Variation: Chili Sauce with Apples

12 tomatoes

4 gr peppers (I use 1 big)

2 large onions

4 medium apples

2 cups brown sugar (I use 1 white)

2 cups vinegar

2 tbsp salt (scant)

1 tbsp cinnamon

1 tsp dry mustard

1 tsp celery seed

1/2 tsp gr. cloves

1/2 tsp allspice

1/8 - 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Chop and cook till thick. I mash (with) potato masher when cooking.

Pumpkin Bread

This recipe was found written out on a scrap of paper slipped inside one of my Grandma M. (Doris's) cookbooks. My Mom and her sister remember that cans and pails were used for baking instead of baking tins. When the loaf came out, it would be cut into round slices.

Pumpkin Bread

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup shortening

2 beaten eggs

1 cup pumpkin

1 2/3 cup flour

1/3 cup nuts

1/3 cup water

1/4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp soda

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp nutmeg

Cream shortening. Add sugar, eggs and pumpkin. Mix thoroughly. Add flour and spices alternately with water, then nuts. Fill cans 1/2 full. Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until done. I use any size cans.

Cherry Pudding

This recipe comes from Todd's Grandma A. (Pauline). Todd's Mom remembers that they had a sour cherry tree right outside the door at home. "We had lots of cherry puddings while the cherries were in season."

Cherry Pudding

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 cups cherries (or other fruit)

Put batter into a greased pan.

Combine:

1 cup brown sugar

3 cups boiling water

1 tbsp butter

Pour over batter and bake - 1 hr.

Bran Muffins

This recipe comes from Todd's Grandma A. (Pauline).

Bran Muffins

1 egg

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup Crisco, lard or shortening

1 1/2 cups bran

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups sour milk

pinch of salt

Caramel Icing

This recipe is from Todd's Grandma A. (Pauline).

Caramel Icing

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp light cream

2 1/2 cup icing sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine butter, sugar and cream in saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, stir or beat in icing sugar and

vanilla.

Spread on warm cake. If frosting becomes too thick, add a small amount of water. (Goes good with banana cake.) You can half the recipe which is enough for a 9"x9" cake.