“Alta got this from Mrs. Teeples up on Bowler Flat.  Alta’s used this recipe for 60 years.”

2 cups sugar
1 cup margarine
2 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tsp soda
4 cups flour
2 cups raisins
3 T molasses (will make it better)

Mix together and bake at 350 degrees.  For fruit cake, simply add fruit.

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Mix together:

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla

Bake in greased 9×13″ pan at 350 degrees until done.


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“Alta has used this recipe since 1952, when she got it from a friend.”

Mix and let stand 20 minutes:

1 pkg yeast
2 heaping T flour
1/2 cup warm water

Scald and cook until well done:

1 pint milk
3/4 cup cornmeal

Add:

3 tsp salt
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar

Let cook and add 2 well-beaten eggs and yeast mixture, then add enough flour to mix until you can handle the dough.  Placed in greased bowl and let rise 2 hours.  Mix down and make into rolls.  Grate rind of 1 orange and add juice of orange to 1 T water and 3/4 cup brown sugar.  Pour sauce over rolls and bake at 350 degrees until done.


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6 oz pkg orange jello
30 circus peanuts
1 can crushed pineapple
2 cups hot water
1 envelope Dream Whip

Dissolve jello in hot water.  Cut peanuts into this and dissolve.  Drain pineapple and add liquid to cold water; add to first mixture.  Allow to partially set.  Add whipped Dream Whip and crushed pineapple.  Let set.

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“Alta still has the recipe book she used in her home econ class at BHA.  She’s used this recipe for 65 years–all her married life.”

Mix and sift together:

2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Add 4 T butter or lard.

Work it in with a fork until it’s perfectly blended and the flour is flaky.  Make a well in the center of the flour and pour in 3/4 cup milk or water.  Start in the center and stir with a fork, in widening circles, until all the flour has been gathered in and the result is soft dough.  Turn the dough on the floured board and roll lightly about 1″ thick.  Cut with biscuit cutter.  Bake 12-15 minutes in hot oven.

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