Happy Thanksgiving - Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

1 1/4 cup pumpkin
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
Baked 9" pie shell

Combine pumpkin, milk, salt, spices and half the sugar in a double boiler. Then add slightly beaten egg yolks. Return to heat and cook stirring until thick. Add gelatin dissolved in cold water and blend thoroughly. Cool the mixture to slightly above room temperature. Beat egg whites with remaining sugar until stiff and fold into the pie mixture. Turn into pie shell and chill. Garnish with whipped cream. Happy Thanksgiving!

Potato Chip Cookies

1/2 lb. butter
1/2 lb. margarine
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup sugar
1/2 lb. crushed potato chips (crush with rolling pin)

Cream butter and sugar. Add other ingredients. Drop by spoonful on ungreased baking sheet and bake 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees. Let stand a minute before removing from pan, cool on paper towel and dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Kisses

2 egg whites
1 cup granulated sugar (sifted)
pinch of salt
2 drops vinegar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Beat egg whites very stiff. Add sugar and salt and beat until very stiff again. Add vinegar and then vanilla. Drop from a spoon on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 250 degrees for 35 minutes. Optional: add chopped nuts.

A Brief Pause

I'm traveling this week. In Nashville right now on a layover then it's on to Philadelphia. I didn't bring the recipe box with me, so there will be a brief pause in the weekly posting of recipes.

On another note, saw the movie Julie & Julia last week. It was just delightful. Reminded me again how important food and cooking is in our lives. I highly recommend the movie.

More recipes to come...

Ice Box Rolls

1 cup hot milk
1/2 cup shortening
2 cakes yeast
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
4 cups flour

Add shortening to the hot milk. Allow to cool until lukewarm. Crumble in yeast and stir 'til dissolved. Add beaten eggs, sugar and salt. Beat thoroughly. Add flour and beat it all in. Cover and let stand until double in bulk. Punch down, place in a greased bowl, cover and place in refrigerator. Remove from refrigerator 3 hours before using letting it raise until double in bulk. Make into rolls. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown.

Butter Horns

1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 tsp. salt
1 cake compressed yeast
3 beaten eggs
4 1/2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Scald milk and add shortening, sugar and salt. Cool until lukewarm. Add crumbled yeast and stir 'til yeast is softened. Add beaten eggs. Mix in flour and beat until smooth. Place in a greased bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until at least double in bulk. Punch down and divide into three pieces. Bake for 15 minutes.

Graham Cracker Cake

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup cake flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup milk
1 tsp almond extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream shortening until fluffy. Beat in eggs. Sift flour, baking powder and salt 3 times and add alternately with graham cracker crumbs into creamed mix. Line a baking pan with wax paper. Bake 25 to 30 minutes.

Luncheon Dish

1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. ground pork
2 cups uncooked rice
2 cups chopped celery
2 cans concentrated mushroom soup
3 cans water
2 small bottles soy sauce

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix all ingredients, place in casserole and bake covered for 1/2 an hour. Remove cover and bake an additional hour. Serve with gravy.

Forgotten Cake

6 egg whites
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

Beat egg whites until frothy. Sprinkle salt and cream of tartar over top and beat until stiff. Gradually beat in sugar. Add vanilla flavoring and beat until it forms a peak. Pour into a well buttered 9" spring mold. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. As soon as pan is in the oven turn off heat and forget until morning.

Frosting

1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
2 egg whites
3 Tbs cold water

Mix all ingredients and stir with wooden spoon. Place over boiling water and beat 4 to 5 minutes. Add 1 tsp. vanilla.

Frozen Cookies

1 lb. butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs well beaten
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 lb. blanched almonds
7 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda

Mix all ingredients together with hands and knead well. Form into loaves and place in freezer overnight. Remove from freezer and slice cookies about 1/16 inch thick and bake at 350 degrees until done.

Yeast Angel Food Cake

2 cakes yeast
1/4 cup water
1 cup milk (scalded)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening
3 1/4 cups flour
1 egg
1/2 tsp. cardimum

Soften 2 cakes of yeast in 1/4 cup warm water. Scald milk and add sugar, salt, and shortening. Cool until luke warm. Add 1 cup flour, beaten egg and yeast. Beat thoroughly. Add remaining flour and cardimum and beat well. Let rise until double in bulk and bake 35-40 minutes at 375 degrees.

Topping: Blend 1/3 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon and 1/4 cup chopped nuts and sprinkle over the top.

Apple Sauce Cake

This one's a bit of fun because there's only ingredients and a cook time. You'll have to figure out how to put it all together yourself! (Shouldn't be too hard.)

1/2 cup butter or lard
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped nuts (your choice)
1 1/2 cups apple sauce
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. baking soda (dissolved in apple sauce)

Bake at 350 for about 1 hour - makes large cake.

Almond Honey Cookies

1/2 cup honey
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 eggs separated
6 cups uncrushed cornflakes
2 cups flour (sifted)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup melted shortening
1 tsp. almond extract
1 cup chopped almonds

Cook honey over direct heat until it changes color to a golden brown. Add sugar and water and bring to a full rolling boil. Do not stir. Remove from heat and beat hot liquid into egg whites which have been beaten stiff. Stir in cornflakes. Add flour sifted with soda and salt and blend lightly. Stir in the beaten egg yolks, shortening, flavoring and nuts. Do not crush the cornflakes more than is necessary. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes. Makes four dozen large cookies.

Apple Crisp

4 cups sliced apples
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup oleo

Put apples in a 10" x 6" baking dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon and salt. Add water. Mix flour, sugar and oleo together and crumble over the apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Anise Cookies

6 Eggs
1 lb. Powdered Sugar
4 cups Flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
5 drops Anise Oil
1/2 tsp. Bakers Ammonia

Beat eggs 45 minutes or until stiff. Add sugar and beat more. Add anise oil and baker's ammonia and last flour and salt. Blend to a stiff dough. Drop from a spoon on a cookie sheet and let stand overnight (do not grease the cookie sheet). Next morning bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Banana Cake

1/4 lb. butter
2 eggs (beaten separate)
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 tbsp. sour milk
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup mashed bananas

Bake 30-35 minutes at 375 degrees.

Welcome

Welcome to Elaine's Old Fashioned Recipes. Here I'll be sharing some of the best recipes collected over the years by my mother-in-law, Elaine Morello. This blog gives me a chance to pay tribute to Elaine who passed away in May of 2009 and to share recipes going back well over fifty years.

The recipes you'll find here are transcribed directly from Elaine's original recipe box. I've not updated them or recommended any new fangled substitutes that have come on the market in the last few decades. You get them as they were originally written. I hope you enjoy. My goal is to post at least one new recipe each week and hopefully much more often than that.

Bon Apetit!