Cereal Treat

This is one of my favorite Grandma White treat memories!

8 Cups Cereal (Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Golden Grahams, non-frosted Shredded Wheat)
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Karo Syrup
1 Cup Peanut Butter

Cook sugar and Karo syrup until sugar is completely dissolved. ADd the peanut butter. Pour over the cereal and mix thoroughly. Pour out onto a cookie sheet to cool.

*I used 4 cups Reese's Puffs, 2 cups Rice Chex and 2 cups Cheerios and it was the yummiest combo! I also remember Grandma pressing this into a 9 x 13 pan and then cutting into squares. I like it a little looser when cooled onto a cookie sheet so you can just pick at it. Great late night snack! Enjoy!

Barbershop Dessert

Written in Grandma White format :-)

Crust: Combine 1 cup flour, 1 cup chopped nuts and 1 1/2 squares maragine (I'm going to guess that's 3/4 cup?) Press into a 9 x 13 pan and bake at 340 degrees for 15 minutes. Let cool completely.

2nd Layer: 1 8oz cream cheese (room temp), 1 cup powdered sugar. Mix and carefully spread over cooled crust.

3rd Layer: 1 small pkg chocolate instant pudding, 1 small pkg vanilla pudding. Mix as per package directions. 1/2 container of Cool-Whip, fold into the combined pudding.

4th Layer: Spread the rest of the Cool-Whip on the top. Grate a chocolate candy bar on the top of the Cool-Whip. Chill

Best when allowed to sit for several hours or overnight.

This is another one of those funny family recipes. Tyler's family makes this but they call it "Sheri's Special Dessert" because they think their aunt Shari made it up. I've made it before with homemade whipped cream instead of cool-whip and it's delicious! And for the nuts, you can use pecans, walnuts or a mixture. Best if you throw the nuts into a food processor to chop!

"Macagdoches Cake"

Like a true recipe blog, we need a long ridiculous story before the actual recipe. Mom and I were curious about where the name of this cake came from and why sometimes it's called Texas Sheet cake. We compared several family recipes to see if there was a difference but they all end up being about the same. Well it turns out there is a town in Texas called Nacagdoches. So the cake is named after the town, or called Texas Sheet cake, but somehow over years of recipe telephone, it ended up with an "M" instead of the original "N" of Nacagdoches. If you try to find it anywhere online now, it will only be referred to at Texas Sheet Cake. Maybe some neighbors stabbed each other over the M vs N and they decided to leave it as Texas Sheet Cake. Reminds me of that authentic, delicious french cookie recipe that was passed down to Pheobe ;-) Another note, I'm going to write as Grandma had it written down, so don't shoot the messenger. Ok, onto the cake!

1 Cube margarine
1/2 Cup vegetable oil
1 Cup water
Pinch of salt
3 Tbs cocoa Power
1 tsp vanilla
2 Cups sugar
2 Cups flour
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 Cup buttermilk

Combine margaine, oil, water, salt and cocoa powder in a pot and bring to a boil. Add all other ingredients and mix. Pour into a greased and floured jelly roll pan. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 15 minutes. While baking, prepare the frosting.

1/4 Cup margarine
3 1/2 Tbs cocoa powder
1 Cup walnuts
5 Tbs milk
1 pkg powdered sugar (for the younger folks, that's 1 lb)
1/2 tsp vinegar

Melt margarine and cocoa together. Add all other ingredients and pour onto cake while still hot.

Cheesy Potatoes

Cheesy Potatoes

Mix in a large bowl:

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

1 c. Sour Cream

1/2 c. Butter, melted

3 T. Onion, minced or dried 

1/2 t. Salt

32 oz. Hashbrowns

2 1/2 c. Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Place in 9x13 pan

Mix 2 1/2 c. crushed Corn Flakes, and 1/4 c. melted butter. Sprinkle over potatoes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes. 

Enjoy!

Italian Cream Cake

I found this picture the other day and thought it was just so precious! I miss my cute little grandma! One year for her birthday I made her an Italian Cream Cake. This cake is scrumptious...

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups white sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 5 egg whites
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round cake pans.
2. Beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
3. In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup margarine and shortening till light. Add white sugar, and beat till fluffy. Beat in egg yolks. Stir together flour and baking soda, and add alternately with buttermilk into the creamed mixture; mix well after each addition. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla, coconut, and 1 cup pecans. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Spoon into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 25 to 40 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
5. Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup margarine, confectioners' sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in mixer bowl. Beat till smooth. Add coconut if desired. Frost the cooled cake. The remaining 1/2 cup pecans can be stirred into frosting or sprinkled onto the cake after it is frosted.

Grandma White's Ginger Cream Cookies

1/4 c. shortening or margarine
1 small egg
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. molasses
Mix thoroughly then add:
1/2 c. water
2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
1 t. ginger
1/2 t. soda
1/2 t. nutmeg
1/2 t. cloves
1/2 t. cinnamon

Chill dough for 3-4 hours.  Drop by teaspoons about 2" apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 400 degrees for about 8 minutes.  When cooled, frost with butter cream frosting. (I love penuche frosting on them, but that's just me!!  Cream cheese frosting would be good too!)

"These cookies filled the house with the smell of the holidays.  Most times we could smell them before we entered the house." KayeLynn