Christmas Pudding

2 Cups:
Flour
Sugar
Raisins
Grated Carrots
Grated Potatoes
Chopped Walnuts
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp Allspice
1/3 cup melted margarine

Sift together dry ingredients. Mix in Raisins, vegetables, nuts and butter. (This is where the directions get weird, so I will do my best to make sense of it.... Mom and her cursive and 'dash of this' method!!)

Pour into #10 can. Place into baking dish and fill dish with water. Cover with foil tent and bake... I don't know, let's just say 350°... for 1 hour.

Apple Crisp

1 cube margarine/butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups oatmeal
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 qt. applesauce

Cream margarine and sugar. Add flour and other dry ingredients. Mix well. Will be crumbly. Spread applesauce in bottom of baking dish. Spread crumb topping evenly over the applesauce. Bake at 350° until golden brown.

Ice Cream from Mavis Rivera

Dissolve 4 1/2 cups sugar in 8 1/2 cups milk. Combine with 6 TBL lemon juice concentrate. Add 1 1/2 pints whipping cream, 3 tsp vanilla, 1 large can crushed pineapple (with juice) and 3 packages frozen strawberries.

Freeze in electric freezer. Makes 6 qts.

So, obviously this is for a large crowd. But it sure sounds yummy!!!

Yeast Rolls

2 cups scalded milk
1/4 cup shortening/butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 packages (or 2 TBL) Yeast
1/4 cup lukewarm water
5-6 cups flour

Combine milk, shortening, sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Soften Yeast in lukewarm water. Combine with milk mixture. Add half of the flour. Beat well. Add more flour to make soft dough. Turn out onto lightly floured board and knead for 10 minutes. Place dough in well-greased bowl. Let rise in warm place approximately 2 hours.

Shape into rolls. Let rise 45 minutes. Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes.

Lemon Loaf

3/4 cup Margarine
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup buttermilk
rind of lemon, grated

Mix ingredients. Bake at 350° for 1 hour in greased and floured loaf pan(s).

Glaze:

Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup sugar

Dissolve sugar into juice. Drizzle over hot loaves. Makes 1 large or 4 mini loaves.

Chocolate Bon Bons

1/8 lb. butter
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 can Eagle brand milk
1 cup chopped coconut
1 package choco. chips
1/8 lb. paraffin

Melt butter. Pour over chopped nuts. Slowly beat in sugar, adding milk as needed. Add coconut and mix thoroughly. Roll in small balls about the size of a marble. Put on wax paper-- not touching the others.

Melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Add to the paraffin. Stir well to mix thoroughly. Leave mixture in the boiler. Using a nut pick, pick up the balls and dip into the chocolate. Set on wax paper and allow to harden.

Coconut Bread

"I remember when I was about 9 years old I snuck into the kitchen while the rest of the family was in another room to 'smell' the coconut bread. All that sweet, sticky goodness was just too tempting. I thought I could get away with sneaking a bite off the top of one loaf... after all the tops are the best... before anyone came into the kitchen. Well, temptation got the best of me and I snuck the tops off ALL the loaves of coconut bread that were awaiting foil wrapping and delivery to friends for Christmas. Mom was so mad at me!! (But it was so worth it!!!)" ~ Hope Stephanie Payne Holcomb

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 tsp coconut flavoring
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp each: salt, baking soda & baking powder
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup unsweetened coconut
1 cup chopped pecans

Add eggs, sugar, oil, flavoring. Beat until fluffy. Add seasonings and flour with buttermilk - alternating. Add coconut and nuts. Pour into greased and floured bread pans. Bake at 325° for approximately 1 hour. (Less time if making mini loaves.)

Glaze~

1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup Light Karo
1/4 cup water
3 tbsp margarine/butter
1/2 tsp. Coconut flavoring

Combine all ingredients EXCEPT flavoring. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat then add flavoring. Let set 5 minutes. Pour over bread as soon as it comes out of the oven. Do not cut bread for at least 4 hours... or at least try not to!!