Chocolate Layer Cake For the Icing: 3 cups sugar 3 ½ blocks of unsweetened baking chocolate 2 5oz. cans evaporated milk ½ cup of butter 1 tsp vanilla (I add a little more sugar and a bit of cocoa powder to make it extra chocolate for a friend who just can’t ever get enough chocolate….
Chicken and Dumplings Instructions: Prepare Biscuit Dough: Make a tough biscuit dough with less Crisco. Knead for a while. Need to be dry, not sticky. Roll out super thin on floured surface. I use half plain flour and half self-rising. Cook Chicken: Chicken. I use boneless skinless thighs and breasts. Add a stick of butter….
Peanut Butter Roll🎄 Ingredients: 2 sticks margarine, melted 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 tablespoons milk Confectioner’s sugar (4-5 lbs for mixing and rolling out each roll) Peanut butter (18 oz approx.) Instructions: Melt margarine. Add vanilla. Begin adding powdered sugar. Add milk. Continue to add confectioner’s sugar until dough is ready to be rolled. Use confectioner’s…
No-Fail Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Strawberry Rhubarb Pie recipe I swear……G’ma Hull’s stove bakes the most beautiful pies! Strawberry rhubarb pie completely from scratch, baked in an 83 year old Chambers Stove that belonged to my paternal grandmother. I inherited it in 1992 when she passed away – she had told me and my dad that…
Upside Down Candied Pecan Pineapple Cake Just came out of the oven… Upside Down Candied Pecan Pineapple Cake. Ingredients: Cake mix (yellow), prepared (doubled) 1/4 cup butter 1.5 cups brown sugar 2 cups pecans Pineapple slices Maraschino cherries Instructions: Heat oven @ 325. Prepare cake mix. (I doubled the cake mix). I used box cake…
Chicken Cheese Macaroni Bake — Easy Comfort Food Looking for an easy Chicken Cheese Macaroni Bake recipe? This creamy, cheesy baked pasta is perfect for family dinners and sure to please everyone at the table. It’s simple to make but full of comforting, rich flavor that makes it a true crowd-pleaser. My grown-up daughter made…
Old-Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie Recipe There’s nothing like an old fashioned coconut cream pie, the first pie my grandma ever taught me how to cook! Ingredients: Deep Dish Pie Crust- Bake per directions/recipe if homemade 1 ¼ Cup Sugar 3 ½ Tablespoon Self-Rising Flour Pinch of salt 3 egg yolks (save whites for meringue) 2…
Traditional Southern Cornbread (From a Woodstove Cookbook) If Your Granny Had a Woodstove, This Cornbread Was on It Now, I don’t like to start family debates, but cornbread can be controversial — sweet or no sweet, skillet or baking dish, crumbly or cakey? Around here, we keep it simple and Southern, just like the American…
Cathead Biscuits Recipe – Old Fashioned Lard Biscuits Big, Fluffy Southern Biscuits Just Like Grandma Made Introduction If you’ve never had a true cathead biscuit, you’ve missed out on one of the best treasures of Southern comfort food! Cathead biscuits get their name because they’re as big as a cat’s head (no tiny hockey pucks…
Creamy Smoked Macaroni & Cheese with Bacon Ingredients: 8-10 pieces of thin sliced bacon 12 Oz of elbow macaroni (al dente) 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups of heavy cream 1 pound of extra sharp cheddar 1/2 pound of Monterey Jack (shredded) Salt, pepper and garlic (to taste – a tsp or so…
