Grandma's Vintage Recipes

Prep Essentials® Cold Cut Keeper (Online Exclusive)

2013-05-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

This piece of Tupperware is one of my very favorites. I still have my late mother's original one that was all white with the soft bottom. Love the improved version even more. This particular color scheme is discontinued and is being offered as an online exclusive at a discount price. If you like this color you can save big time as you can see below:

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ARISTOCRATS RECIPE CLIPPING

2013-05-21T08:42:00.001-07:00

This is a recipe my late mother clipped from her local newspaper many, many years ago. My guess is that this is from the 1960s. To enlarge for easier reading, click on the picture.

COFFEE-GLAZED BAKED HAM

2013-05-17T06:30:00.002-07:00

1 (8 to 10 lb) bone-in, fully cooked smoked half ham
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 cups freshly brewed coffee

If ham has skin, remove the skin. Trim fat to about 1/4-inch thickness.

Place ham in lightly greased broiler pan.

Combine the brown sugar and coffee in a medium-size bowl; stir until sugar dissolves.

Pour the sugar-coffee mixture over the ham.

Place ham in oven and bake at 350 degrees for about 2 1/2 hours until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest portion reads 140 degrees.

Transfer to serving platter, cool for a few minutes, slice and serve.

Yield: 10 to 12 servings

OLD RECIPE CLIPPING OF WAYS TO USE GRAPES

2013-05-16T18:31:00.002-07:00

Another old clipping from my late mother's recipe box. Click on picture to enlarge for easier reading.

OLD RECIPE CLIPPING FOR CHICKEN CASSEROLE

2013-05-13T20:33:00.001-07:00

This is another old recipe clipping from my late mother's shoe box recipe file. Click on picture to enlarge for easier reading.

BROWNSTONE CAKE AND ICING

2013-05-08T08:00:00.000-07:00

The above is another of the old clippings my mother collected from her local newspaper in the 1960s. This cake was supposedly very popular on the Women's Club circuit.

Click on the picture for easier reading.

Note: I have never made this cake.

OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FOR CINNAMON CANDY

2013-04-26T10:41:00.003-07:00

This is another of the old clippings from my late mother's box of 1960s recipes. I remember this candy and used to love it.

Click on the picture to enlarge for easy reading.

CORNFLAKE COCONUT COOKIES

2013-04-24T07:24:00.001-07:00

This is another of the old newspaper clippings from my late mom's 1960s recipe clippings box.

Click on the picture to enlarge for easier reading.

AELA'S CORNBREAD

2013-04-20T14:07:00.001-07:00

This is another recipe from my 1955 Marshall Township Cookbook. This cornbread recipe was submitted by teacher and school mother Aela Younger.

1/2 cup meal
1/2 cup flour
2 level tbsp. sugar
2/3 cup sweet milk
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 egg

Mix well and pour into pie pan in which 2 level tbsp. of shortening has been melted. Bake in hot oven until brown.

OLD RECIPE CLIPPING CHO-O-DATE DESSERT

2013-04-11T07:17:00.000-07:00

This is a recipe from an old local column in my late mother's hometown newspaper in Southern Indiana.

RASPBERRY FUDGE BALLS

2013-04-09T18:17:00.001-07:00

1 brick (8-oz) cream cheese, softened

1 pkg (6-oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

3/4 cup vanilla wafer crumbs

1/4 cup seedless raspberry preserves

finely chopped almonds or pecans, for rolling

cocoa powder, for rolling

powdered sugar, for rolling

In a bowl combine the softened cream cheese and the melted chocolate until well blended. Stir in the vanilla wafer crumbs and the raspberry preserves. Chill mixture several hours up to overnight. Remove from 'fridge and roll mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll the balls in the toppings listed above.

Yield: Approximately 3 dozen

SWEET POTATO RING

2013-04-09T17:49:00.002-07:00

I had a friend in Indiana around 35 years ago that cooked for the VFW. This is a VFW recipe.

6 sweet potatoes, unpeeled but scrubbed well
1 stick butter or margarine
2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups water
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup marshmallows
1/2 cup nuts, chopped

Boil sweet potatoes with the skin on until tender. Peel and mash; add sugar, salt and butter to taste.
Place in a baking dish around edges only, leaving a space in center for sauce. In a skillet, melt butter and brown sugar over low heat. Allow to caramelize, then add 1 cup of water and cook until sugar is melted. Remove from heat and add a thickening of cornstarch in the remaining 1/2 cup of water. Pour in center of potatoes. Sprinkle chopped nuts and marshmallows over sauce. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until heated through.

OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING RECIPE FOR LEMON CHEESE CHIFFON

2013-03-31T15:09:00.001-07:00

This is another of the old recipe clippings from a shoebox full found in my late mother's kitchen. I am sure it is from her local Southern Indiana newspaper or her rural electric co-op magazine. The page appears to be a faded green so it was probably from a holiday section.

OLD FASHION OATMEAL COOKIES

2013-03-30T18:39:00.000-07:00

This is another recipe from my old Marshall Township School PTA cookbook. This recipe is typed as written and it was submitted by Mrs. Critt Gilbert. Do any of you Needmore School folks know who she was/is? I don't recognize the name but this book was printed when I was in 2nd grade.

Set oven at 375 degrees. Grease lightly 2 large cookie sheets. Sift together; 2 cups sifted all purpose flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. salt.

Mix 1 cup soft shortening, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar. Beat until light. Add 2 unbeaten eggs, one at a time. Beat well. Stir in 2 tsp. vanilla and 2 tbsp. milk. Add 1/2 of flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Then mix in 2 cups oatmeal. drop by tsp. about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Bake on top rack of oven about 12 minutes or until brown. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

DOROTHY'S CHEESE STRAWS

2013-03-29T07:01:00.001-07:00

This recipe is from a famous Hoosier Cook, Dorothy Mengering aka David Letterman's mom. Dorothy said she got this recipe from her good friend Anna. This will make about 3 dozen straws.

2 cups all-purpose flour minus 2 tbsps
1 stick margarine
1 lb sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1/4 tsp Tabasco sauce
dash of salt

In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients. Knead using hands or put into a food processor until well blended. Pack the mixture into a cookie press with a star shaped tip. Push the dough through the press in strips to make straws. Straws should be pressed onto ungreased cookie sheet/sheets and be about 4-inches long.

Bake straws at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Remove straws from oven and allow to cool. Lower oven temperature to 200 degrees. Return to the oven and bake at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.

After straws are completely cooled they may be stored in a covered container.

Note: Straws can be frozen for later use.

VFW STEAK DIANE

2013-03-27T13:50:00.003-07:00

Sometimes you get recipes from the strangest places. Years ago my husband had a friend die and his body was donated to science. They held his memorial at a small VFW post. And so I acquired this recipe I call VFW Steak Diane!

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THE BEST OLD FASHION BBQ SAUCE

2013-03-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure exactly who decided this is the best bbq sauce except to say this recipe is from a hospital in Dallas, Texas.

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp horseradish
4 tbsp vinegar
5 tbsp catsup
1 tsp salt
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
3/4 tsp Tabasco sauce

In a saucepan, melt the butter with the lemon juice. Add the horseradish, vinegar, catsup, salt, Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces; stir to blend together well.

Heat just to a simmer, do not boil.

Excellent for chicken or pork cooked on a barbecue grill.

POTATO CHIP COOKIES

2013-03-22T19:51:00.001-07:00

I have an old cookbook from the Veteran's of Foreign Wars and this is one of the popular recipes in it.

EASY ENGLISH MUFFINS

2013-03-16T09:22:00.000-07:00

This is another of my late mother's old recipe clippings. According to her records this one for easy English muffins is from Zionsville, Indiana. Note: I have never made it as I don't eat much bread due to my diabetes.

1963 RECIPE FOR PASTEL COOKIES

2013-03-14T12:40:00.000-07:00

This recipe is from the backside of a fold-up flyer that came in a bag of Gold Medal Flour my mother bought in 1963. The first picture is the recipe, the second is the variations. You can click on the pictures to read them better.

CLEANING AND SEASONING A CAST IRON PAN FROM SOUTHERN MAMA

2013-03-11T15:18:00.001-07:00

Living the country life

I got a request for some advice on how to clean and season a cast iron pan so here it is ~~Southern Mama

1. Put about 4-5 heaping tablespoons of salt into the pan along with an equal amount of vegetable oil
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2 Using a paper towel spread the salt and oil mixture throughout the entire inside of the pan taking care to cover every part of the inside of the pan

3 Let the pan sit and soak in the mixture (we let ours sit for about five minutes). In the meantime let the oven heat up to 250 degrees F

4. Next wash the pan with hot water and soap, using your hands or a paper towel. Be sure to not use a brush or towel

5 After thoroughly drying the skillet…

6. Coat the inside of the skillet entirely with a thin coat of vegetable oil

7 After your oven has heated, place the skillet in the oven for half an hour at 250 degrees. After half an hour take the skillet out (it will be hot!) and re-coat the pan again with a thin layer of vegetable oil

8. Once the skillet has heated let it cool thoroughly and sop up extra oil with a paper towel

To ensure that your pan stays in tip-top shape be sure to not clean it with soap after each use. Typically you can get away with just rinsing your skillet well with hot water. If there are still leftover food on the skillet you can repeat this process with salt and oil again. Always dry the pan completely (over heat if possible) before storing it!See More

1963 YEAST COUPON

2013-03-07T08:05:00.000-08:00

An 8 cent coupon today wouldn't be worth much. But in 1963, this was quite a savings. Don't know why my late mother never used the coupon. This coupon was good during my Junior year of high school!

MILNOT CHOCOLATE CHAMP

2013-02-28T17:59:00.004-08:00

This recipe is from the back of an old MILNOT label. My mother used to make me the hot chocolate champ before I went to school on cold Indiana winter mornings. I've never been able to make it like she did!

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1972 DUNCAN HINES APPLE CINNAMON POUND CAKE

2013-02-27T08:28:00.000-08:00

As you can see, this recipe is from a free flyer from Duncan Hines in 1972.

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TEXAS JALAPENO SQUASH CASSEROLE

2013-02-26T17:49:00.001-08:00

One of the first things I learned after moving to Texas 31 years ago was that Texans love their jalapenos and their squash casserole. Combine the two and it is heaven on earth to a Texan. I have had this recipe since my early years in Texas. Don't know where it originated but it is good.

6 or 7 large squash, diced or sliced - your preference
1/2 cup chopped onion

Cook squash and onion in a little water until tender. Drain well and add:

3 tbsp butter
1 large jar CHEEZ-WHIZ
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 small can chopped green chilies (more if you like it hot)
2 eggs well beaten

Put into a buttered casserole dish and top with buttered bread crumbs. Bake at 300 degrees until set, approximately 40 minutes.

Yield: 6 servings.