OLD GROCERY STORE GIVEAWAY FOR BANANA POUND CAKE

This recipe is part of a 1972 grocery store recipe giveaway sheet from Duncan Hines.  Click on the picture to enlarge for easier reading.

ARISTOCRATS RECIPE CLIPPING

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.

OLD RECIPE CLIPPING FOR CHICKEN CASSEROLE

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

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.

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Note: I have never made this cake.

OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FOR CINNAMON CANDY

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.

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CORNFLAKE COCONUT COOKIES

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

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OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING RECIPE FOR LEMON CHEESE CHIFFON

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

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

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

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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