BAKED FISH WITH MUSTARD & CREAM

This is another recipe from one of the old recipe books in my late mother's collection. I must get my love of recipes from her. She shoeboxes of recipe clippings. Most of which I don't ever remember her making.

EASY PUDDING PRALINES

1 pkg (4-serving size) vanilla flavored pudding mix

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
2 tbsp butter
1 1/2 cup pecan halves

In a medium saucepan combine the pudding mix, sugar, brown sugar, evaporated milk, and butter.  Cook mixture over low heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil.  Boil gently, stirring often, until the mixture reaches the soft ball stage (a drop of the mixture will form a soft ball when dropped into a cup of cold water or a candy thermometer reads 230 degrees.)  Remove from the heat.

Stir the pecans into the hot mixture and beat for 2 minutes.  Working quickly, drop by tablespoon onto waxed paper using back of spoon to make each praline about a 2-inch diameter.  Let stand until firm.

Yield: 2 dozen pralines

NOTE:  You can make chocolate pralines by substituting chocolate pudding mix for the vanilla.  If you are feeling real adventurous, try butterscotch pudding.  Yummy!

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JEWELED PINEAPPLE RINGS

This is another old recipe from my late mother's shoebox collection.

A CAKE RECIPE

Another old recipe I found in my late mother's recipe collection. She had looked up the scriptures and wrote the ingredients in.

HOMEMADE PUMPERNICKEL BREAD

3 pkgs active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm (105-115 degrees) water
1/2 cup molasses
3 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp solid shortening
2 tbsp caraway seed
2 3/4 cups rye flour
2 3/4 - 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
cornmeal

In a large mixing bowl dissolve the yeast in warm water.  When yeast is dissolved, stir in the molasses, salt, shortening, caraway seed, and rye flour.  Beat mixture until smooth.  Mix in enough of the all-purpose flour to make the dough easy to handle. 

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest 10 to 15 minutes.  Knead dough about 5 minutes until smooth.  Place dough in a greased bowl, turn once so the greased side is up.  Cover dough and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about an hour.  Punch down the dough; re-ball, cover, and let rise again until double.  This will take around 40 to 45 minutes.

Grease a baking sheet and sprinkle with cornmeal.  Punch down the dough again, then divide into two equal parts and shape into loaves.  Place loaves in the opposite corners of baking sheet.  Cover and let rise for 1 hour.

After about 45 minutes, heat the oven to 375 degrees.  Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until lightly browned.

Yield: 2 bread loaves.

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L.S. AYRES TEA ROOM DATE PUDDING

 This recipe is part of Indiana history. Back in the day when large department stores had tea rooms and the ladies dressed up for the occasion. The L.S. Ayers tearoom in Indianapolis was also enjoyed by families. This was one of the favorite desserts there. Closed in 1990, some of the famous recipes are still being handed down in Indianapolis.

DIXIE PEACHY PRALINE PIE

 I found this recipe in a clipping from my late mother's shoebox recipe collection. It was in an Electric Consumer newspaper-type mailer. It was from the early 1980s. Some of the amounts are hard to read so here they are in order: 3/4 cup, 3 T., 4 cups, 1 1/2 t,,1/3 cup, 1/4 cup, 3T., 1/2 cup

GREAT NORTHERN BEANS SOUP

1 lb Great Northern beans, soak overnight in 8 qts water; rinse and drain

1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1 cup finely chopped carrots
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 to 3/4 lb diced ham
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon basil
freshly ground black pepper

Add 6 cups water to the beans and add the remaining ingredients.  Cover and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to simmer and cook 1 to 2 hours until the beans are tender.  Add more water during cooking, if needed.

CRANBERRY WALNUT STREUSEL MUFFINS

     An old recipe a coworker gave me many years ago. She used to bring these into work in the Fall.

OLD KENTUCKY PECAN CAKE

As the name implies, this is an old, very old, Kentucky recipe. Many who didn't like the traditional "fruitcake" made these cakes instead. 1 pound sugar (2 cups) 1 pound chopped pecans 1 1/2 pounds seedless raisins 1 pound regular flour 1 cup butter 6 eggs 1 pint wine Line a 3-quart tube pan with greased, heavy brown paper. Cream together the butter nd sugar. Add the egg yolks and combine thoroughly. Add the flour alternately with the wine. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites, the nuts, and raisins last. Bake 4 hours at 300 degrees. When cold pour more wine over the cake. If you prick the surface with a long pin the wine will penetrate the cake better. Pour wine over the cake each day for three days. Store away. Ready to serve in a month.

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