Mom's Baked Yams

Mom's Baked Yams this was always served at Christmas! 

 2 17 oz canned yams, drained (not sweet potatoes) 

 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 

 1/4 cup butter 

 2 cups small marshmallows 

 combine all ingredients expect marshmallows in 1 1/2 qt casserole dish, dot with extra butter, cover, bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 min. Sprinkle with the marshmallows, broil lightly.

I think I would like to try it by adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of vanilla.

Moms' Pie Crust

Moms' Pie Crust
makes 3 single or 1 9 x 13 crust
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups shortening
1 egg
1/2 baking powder
5 tablespoons water
mix well, round out for pies.

Mama's Peach cobbler

Mama's Peach cobbler

sliced fresh peaches to fill 9 by 13 baking glass pan. (about 6 pounds)
flour to thicken juices (maybe about 3 tablespoons)
1 1/2 to 2 cups sugar, sprinkled over top of peaches.
1 teaspoon cinn.

dot with 3 tablespoons butter, put crust on it, cut slices into crust, dot with butter again, sprinkle with sugar (about 1 tablespoon) bake at 350 for one hour.

My Mom's Oxtail Soup

My Mom's Oxtail Soup
another recipe from the 1950's!

2 # oxtails flour 3 T oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 large clove of garlic pressed or minced
2 cups rich beef stock
4 cups water
1 teaspoon leaf oregano
1/2 teaspoon leaf thyme
salt pepper to taste
1 can tomatoes (med size)
2 cups diced carrots and potatoes
1/2 large bell pepper, seeded, cored and chopped
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley.
1 1/2 cups shredded cabbage.

1. roll the tails in the flour and brown in the oil with the
garlic and onions.

2. Add broth, water, thyme, oregano, salt and pepper. boil.

3. reduce heat, simmer, covered until tails are tender about 2
1/2 hours.

4. Break up tomatoes, add with rest of ingredients, simmer,
covered for 30 min. Serves 5 to 6.

Barbecued Chicken

Barbecued Chicken

2 to 3 # chicken 2 T fat
1 onion chopped ½ cup water 1 t salt
3 T vinegar 2 T brown sugar
1 t prepared mustard 1 t worchestershire sauce
1 can tomato sauce

Quarter chicken, brown in hot fat, remove to baking pan, brown onion in fat, add remaing ingredients. Simmer 30 min. pour over chicken, bake uncoved in slow over (325) one hour, service with barbecue sauce from pan. You can use this sauce for spareribs, hamburgers, other meats. Serves 4.

Liver & Onions

Liver & Onions

3/4 # liver 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sliced onions
3 T butter 1 can tomatoe sauce

cut liver in cubes, brown with onions in butter, add sauce and water, summer 20 minutes. services 4.

This must be a very early one, because the one I remember didn't have tomatoe sauce in it.

Oven Beef Stew

Oven Beef Stew
2# lean beef 3 tablespoons fat
4 T flour salt, pepper, paprika
2 bay leaves 2 cups hot water
6 whole carrots 4 med potatoes
1 cup green peas
1 8 oz. can tomatoe sauce

cut up meat, shake in paper bag with seasonings and flour, heat fat and brown meat in roaster. Mix tomatoe sauce, and water, add to meat, cover, boke in oven at 325 for 1 and 1/2 hours. uncover, add veggies, bake 1 hour more, or until done. Thicken for gravy.

This again is from the 1940 or early 1950's

Shrimp Creole

another one from the late 1940's.

Shrimp Creole

4 T fat
1/2 c chopped green pepper
1 t salt
1/2 c water
1/4 t pepper
1/2 chopped onion
1 clove garlic
1/4 t chili powder
1 can tomato sauce (8 oz)
1 cup cooked shrimp

Melt fat, add onion, green pepper, and garlic, cook over med heat in skillet 10 min. add salt, pepper, chili powder, sauce, and water, simmer 10 minutes more, add shrimp. When heated, serve over rice. services 4.

Veal Cutlets

This recipe is from the 1940's, somewhere around 45 to 49.

Veal Cutlets

4 veal cutlets salt and pepper to taste
about 1/2 cup cracker crumbs
4 tablespoons fat
2 teaspoons parsley
2 teaspoons chives
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
2 cans (8oz) tomato sauce


wipe cutlets with damp cloth, sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover with crumbs, brown in 2 tablespoons fat. remove cutlets, add rest of fat, tomato sauce, chives, parsley, lemon juice, blend well, bake cutlets in sauce 325f oven for 30 minutes until done.

Serves 4.

My Mom's Recipes

My Mom's Recipe
My mom died in 1995, and all her life she was a great cook. My brothers and sister didn't get some of her great ones, but I did. Below is one.

Mom's Bourbon Balls

1 cup Vanilla wafers, crushed.
1 cup powered sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
2 tablespoons cocoa
1/4 cup bourbon
1 1/2 tablespoons white corn syrup

Mix all well together, form in 1 inch balls, roll in the powered sugar, and wrap foil.
Store in covered jar about four weeks, then serve.