Grandma Walters Coffee Cake

Grandma Walters Coffee Cake

Blend together with pastry blender:
1 1/2 cup oleo
1 1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
4 1/2 cup flour
(Reserve 1 1/2 cup aside for topping)

Add to remaining mixture:
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 Tbsp vanilla
Pour mixture into greased jelly roll pan

Add to set aside topping mixture:
1/3 cup oleo
1 1/2 TBSP cinnamon
3/4 cups brown sugar
Sprinkle topping mixture evenly over cake mixture.

Bake in 375 degree oven for 30 minutes

Taste best if made a day before needed.  Can be frozen.

No Bake Cookies

3T Cocoa 1/2 cup butter 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup milk Cook on stove until butter has melted and slightly boiling Add: 1/2 cup peanut butter 3 cups oatmeal 1/8 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla

Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Cream Cheese Cupcakes

3 8 oz pkg cream cheese – softened

5 eggs

1 cup sugar

½ tsp vanilla

mix cream cheese and eggs together.  Add sugar and vanilla

Beat until smooth

Pour into 24 paper cups in tin a little less than ¾ full.

Bake at 300 for 35 to 40 minutes.  Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes.  A well will form in the center of each one.  Fill center with topping made of:

1 cup sour cream

¼ cup sugar

¼ tsp vanilla

then place a small spoonful of cherry pie filling on each and return to oven for 5 minutes more.  Chill and serve.

Cheesy Potato Soup

This recipe is from Wendy Farrar in Indianapolis. She makes this every year for the annual ladies Christmas party she hosts and there's never a bite that remains. I served it last year in Columbia City for a ladies Christmas party and it went over just as well. Easy to add some cubed ham or cut up chicken or turkey if you want to make it more of a rounded meal. Super creamy and yummy. 

5 med potatoes, 
1lb. velveeta cheese, 
2 can crm chick soup, 
2 stalks celery, 
1/2 med onion, 3 carrots, 
4 chick bouillon cubes. 

Wendy's directives:
I usually use a few more potatoes than that, and I usually double the recipe...depends how many you expect. Cook the potatoes,carrots, onion, celery together with bouillon cubes, while cheese and soup are melting together in crock pot. When veggies cooked, drain and add to crock pot! Heat together for a little bit and your ready!

Salisbury Steak

1 egg, slightly beaten
1 lb. ground beef
Salt & pepper to taste
1/2 cup flour
1 sm. can mushroom slices (I omit this)
1-2 jars beef gravy

Mix together in order shown above (except gravy). Form into patties. In a
skillet, brown over medium heat on both sides. Reduce heat to mediumlow,
turning over with a spatula until crunchy-crisp on outside, and meat is
done on inside. Heat gravy separately; serve over meat.

Soft taco shells

In our home, we love taco night and while tortillas aren't incredibly expensive, these are a yummy and easy way to cut it down more.

6 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
10 tbsp shortening
2 1/2 cups warm water

Mix then knead and form into 20 balls of dough. Roll as thinly as possible and cook for about 2 minutes on each side in a skillet warmed to med/med high. Don't use anything like cooking spray on the pan or you'll end up frying the tortilla. Yummy served warm or freeze in an air tight ziplock or container. Will also store in fridge, but I don't really know for how long.

Simply Lasagna

Simply Lasagna
Preheat Oven to 350
 Mix together:
     16 oz cottage cheese
     1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
     1/4 Parmesan cheese
     1/4 cup parsley
     1 beaten egg
Brown: 1 lb ground beef, drain.
Add: 26 oz jar spaghetti sauce

Layer in 13 x 9 pan (3 times)
     1 cup meat sauce
     3 lasagna noodles
      1/3 of the cheese mixture
ending with 3 noodles and remaining sauce
Sprinkle with 1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Cover tightly w/ greased foil for 45 minutes and without foil for additional 15 minutes
Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting.