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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Caution

when making this pie!  Make sure you use a deep dish crust or make two!!  It will spill over and make a mess in your oven.  I had never made a pecan pie until last year.  My sister-in-law always made the best pecan pie I had ever eaten and was the one who always brought them to family get dinners.  My husband wanted me to try to make one so I started looking for recipes and found this one.  It makes a great pie and I have shared it with several friends and they suggested that I post it here.  Pecan pie is a holiday favorite and I hope you and your family enjoy it as much as we do.

Southern Pecan Pie

SOUTHERN PECAN PIE
1/4 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. dark Karo syrup
3 eggs (beaten)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. pecan halves
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add next 4 ingredients. Sprinkle pecans on bottom of pie shell. Pour the filling over pecans. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake 35 minutes longer. Outer edge of filling should be set, center slightly soft or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Chocolate Gravy

Chocolate gravy was one of the things that my Mom was most popular for making.  It was the greatest sweet treat that a kid could have.  If you've never had it you don't know what you've missed!  It's thick and when it's hot and you put it over butter biscuits, OH MY!!!! 
CHOCOLATE GRAVY
1 tbsp. Hershey's cocoa
1 extra lg. tbsp. flour
1 c. sugar
2 c. water
Mix dry ingredients until it's all chocolate and no white is showing. Add water. Stir until all liquid and no clumps. Boil in saucepan. Simmer. Will thicken as simmering. Approximately cooking time: 10 minutes. Bake biscuits and pour chocolate gravy over biscuits

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The great thing

about this punch recipe is that you can change the color to match the occasion.  We use orange or green for Halloween, cherry for Christmas and Valentine's Day.  You can add sherbet if you like, but it's great without.  Have fun with it!!

My Favorite Punch

KOOL-AID SHERBET PUNCH 
2 pkgs. Kool-Aid, any flavor
2 qts. water
1 c. sugar
1 (46 oz.) can pineapple juice
1 qt. 7-Up or ginger ale
1 qt. sherbet
Mix Kool-Aid, sugar and water. Add juice and stir. Put in 15-20 ice cubes in punch bowl. Pour Kool-Aid mixture over ice. Add 7-Up. Spoon in sherbet.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Pear Preserves

Ya'll pear preserves are not my forte'!! I have made two batches, neither of which turned out quite right.  The first batch turned out a bit like syrup, then when you put it in  the refrigerator it gets more like jelly or thick honey.  The second batch, roflmao!!!  The recipe said to cook it for an hour and a half, yeah right!! You can't even stick a fork in it.  I don't even know how I'll get it out of the jars.  I did have a little fun with it though.  I ask my husband to hold his hand out then I turned the jar upside down in his hand.  He thought he had a handful of jelly for just a moment.  Well any way, back to the drawing board on the preserves!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Pear Bread

We have several pear trees in our food plots, so I decided that I would make some pear preservers and some pear bread.  I started out with the preserves which turned into some really good syrup!!  After you put it in the fridge it has the jam or honey consistency but taste really good.  The bread what a laugh!  I jotted the recipe down off the internet and made some adjustments on it to accommodate the items I had on hand.  But somehow I missed the line that read this MAKES TWO.  So therefore I had dough bubbling out of my pan and running all in my oven!  The bread turned out great!  Oven a mess but bread awesome.  I'll share with you the recipe as I made it but please make yourself a note that it makes two loafs or one loaf and some cupcakes, or prepare to clean your oven.

Pear Bread

3  cups self rising flour
3  eggs
3/4 cup oil
2  cups sugar
2  cups chopped pears
1  cup chopped pecans(optional)
2  teaspoons vanilla
1  tablespoon cinnamon

Combine ingredients and pour into loaf pan (remember It makes two) and bake at 325 degree's for 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Getting Ready fo Christmas

When my children were growing up every Christmas we made paper chains and lots of other stuff.  Several years at school the kids made ornaments and I still have most of those.  This year I want to help my grandchildren make some ornament for my tree as well as there parents.  So when I go to visit in a couple of weeks we are going to make dough ornaments and I thought I would share the recipe we are going to use with you.  I hope you make some memories with your family.  I know that I am going to have fun and make some memories that they will recall when they are grown. Maybe they will treasure their ornaments as much as I will.

DOUGH CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS


 
1/2 c. salt
2 c. flour
1 c. water
Combine all ingredients. Knead 7-10 minutes until smooth and putty-like. Roll out about 1/4 inch thick and cut in shapes or use cookie cutters. Bake on cookie sheet at 325 degrees until brown or let air dry overnight. When cool or dried varnish to protect them or paint.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Pinch Cake

Ahhh Pinch Cake!  Some people call this Monkey Bread but no matter what you call it, it's good!  We got this recipe from my sister.  It is one of those things that when you start eating it you can't stop til it's gone.  My mom usually made it at Christmas, then it became my oldest son's favorite cake so she would make him one for his birthday.  Even since my mom passed away someone in the family makes him one for his birthday.  This year I passed the recipe on to his wife who surprised him with one.

4  cans of biscuits
1/2 cup of sugar
cinnamon
1  stick of butter
1  cup of sugar

Start by putting 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl and add cinnamon to taste(we like a lot) . Open one can of biscuits and cut them in1/4 pieces, drop them in a larger bowl and drizzle a couple of spoons of the cinnamon mix over and stir them until coated.  Repeat until all four cans are done, and of the cinnamon mix that's left, pour over and stir until biscuits are coated.  Put in a lightly oiled bunt pan and place in fridge.  Melt butter over med heat and add sugar, stir until melted.  Pour over biscuits.  Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until the biscuits closest to the tube is done.  Here's the tricky part.  Place a pan or dish over the top of the bunt pan and flip over.  Do this over the sink, if you spill it in the floor it is a sticky, sticky mess.  Hope you enjoy!