Cherry Salad

1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 can cherry pie filling
1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple - undrained
1/2-1 cup nuts (use your favorite variety)
16-20 oz container cool whip

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Chill and serve.


This recipe was given to me by Carol Harvey who is the mother-in-law of my neice, Lindsey Smith Harvey.

Old Fashioned Rice Pudding

Here is Gag's famous rice pudding recipe in her own handwriting, this is surely a treasure!

1/2 cup uncooked regular rice (no instant or converted rice)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup salted water
1 qt. whole milk
1/2 stick butter
3 eggs
1 cup plump raisins (optional)
1 tsp vanilla
2 TB. sugar
1 TB. cinnamon

Pour rice slowly into rapidly boiling salted water in 3 qt. pot. Cover tightly and cook about 7 minutes until all water has evaporated and the rice will be underdone. Add milk and butter, stir a little. Bring to a boil, cover and cook slowly over a low flame for one hour. Meanwhile, beat eggs, turn off heat. Add sugar, then eggs, slowly until mixture starts to thicken. Add vanilla and raisins. Pour into a dish and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixture.

Good Luck!!

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Raisin Scones

1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
2 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. cold butter, cut into bits
or room temperature
3/4 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Whisk egg & milk together in one bowl and the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in another bowl.
Drop the butter into the flour mixture using your fingers and mix & rub until mixture is pebbly. Pour into the milk & egg. Mix with fork until the dough is evenly moist.
Add the raisins and give the very stcky dough a few more stirs.
Spoon 1 dozen mounds of dough onto a foil-lined baking sheet and bake for 20-22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for a few minutes.
Serve warm with butter & jam.
Makes 12 servings.
(per scone: 170 calories, 26g carbs, 3 grams protein, 7 grams fat)

These were scrumpcious! They came out like a biscuit. We decided that next time we might roll each scone and form it into a square shape to see if they come out a little more evenly shaped.
YUM!

Banana Bread

1/2 Cup sugar
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
5 Tbsp. butter
1 1/3 Cup mashed ripe bananas
1 egg
2 egg whites
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup walnuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray pan half way up with Pam. Beat sugars and butter until light and fluffy. Add bananas, egg & egg whites. Sift flour, baking soda & salt in a bowl. Add banana mixture. Stir in walnuts. Bake 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes.

( I think I checked mine at 50 minutes with a toothpick and it was clean-you may want to check yours before the full 1 hour cooking time is up)

Strawberry Jello Pretzel Salad

Crust

3/4 cup melted butter

2 cups crushed pretzels

1/2 cup sugar

Mix together. Press into a 9"x 13" pan, (spray generously with Pam). Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool.

Filling
8 oz. cream cheese softened

1/4 cup sugar

12 oz. carton of Cool Whip

Mix all together, spread over the cooled crust. Chill for two hours.

Topping

2 cups hot water

6 oz. strawberry jello

16 oz. pkg strawberries

Dissolve jello in water, refrigerate until slightly set. Pour over cream cheese layer.

Cut strawberries into slices and sprinkle over the top.

Challah

2 pkgs dry yeast
1/2 c. warm water
2 tsp sugar

Dissolve yeast and sugar in the water and set aside

7 - 8 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp salt
4 - 5 eggs (lightly beaten)
1/3 cup veg. oil (peanut is best)
1 1/2 - 2 cups water



Sift 4 cups flour with sugar and salt into large bowl. Make a well in the center, add beaten eggs, yeast, water and oil to flour. Stir, keep adding flour until a good consistency. You may need to add more flour or water depending upon if it is too sticky or too dry. Knead 5-10 minutes. Rub oil over dough, place back in bowl and allow to rise until double in size. Punch down and knead again 5-10 minutes. Let rise again until double in size.Divide dough to make 2 large loaves. Each loaf needs to be rolled out and braided. Place on baking sheets - parchment paper works great if you have it. Let set for 15 minutes.

Brush with egg wash - 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tsp water and 1 tsp sugar. You can add sesame or poppy seeds if desired.

Bake for 35 minutes in 350 degree oven.