Rhubarb Rolls

 2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3-4 tablespoons sugar

1/4 cups crisco

3/4 cups milk

3 cups diced thubarb

2 cups sugar

Mix together diced rhubarb and sugar. Set aside

Mix remaining ingredients. Roll out into a large rectangle. Spread rhubarb/sugar mixture over the dough. Roll up jelly roll style. Cut into 12 pieces and place in great baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees (350 degrees for glass pan) for 30-40 minutes.

Boiled Cookies (aka No Bakes)

 1/2 cup butter

1 3/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/3 cup cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

2/3 cup peanut butter

3 cups oatmeal

Start out by measuring the peanut butter and oatmeal and set aside.

Melt together butter, sugar, milk and cocoa powder. 

Bring to a rolling boil. 

Boil for 1 1/2 minutes. 

Immediately remove from heat and stif in vanilla, peanut butter and oatmeal.

Place by spoonful onto parchment paper and let cool.

Pasty Crust

 1 cup boiling water

1 cup vegetable shortening

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

Combine boiling water and shortening, stir until shortening metals. Cool for several hours until shortening hardens on top. Add flour & salt, mix with fork. Divide into 10-12 pieces. Roll each out and add filling.  Top filling with one teaspoon of margarine and seal edges. Make a slit on the top to let steam escape. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Calico Beans

1 pound ground beef, browned

1/2 pound bacon, cooked and cut up into small pieces

1 cup chopped onion

1 1/2 cup ketchup

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons vinegar

1 teaspoon dry mustard

2 teaspoons salt

5 16 ounce cans of beans, drained (butter, kidney, lima, pork & beans, etc)

Mix all ingredients together in either a crock pot (if cooking it that way) or a large bowl (if canning is the process you are using)

If cooking in crock pot, use high heat for a couple hours until the onions are cooked and flavors are well blended.

If canning pressure, use meat times.

If water bath canning, process three hours.

Note: The beans taste better the next day after the flavors have been able to blend, so I usually can the beans. 

Jalepeno Cheddar Bread

Place ingredients in machine in this order

1 cup lukewarm water

1 small can chopped jalapenos w/ juice

4 ounces cubed chopped sharp cheddar cheese

3 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 tablespoons gluten

1 1/2 tablespoons cubed margarine

1 1/2 tablespoons powdered milk

1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Set bread machine at 1 1/2  pound loaf and let machine do it's magic.

Hamburger Steaks & Gravy

 

For the Hamburger Steak Patties

• 2 large eggs

• 1/2 cup bread crumbs

• One 2.5 ounce package real bacon bits 

• 1 teaspoon of seasoned salt (must be seasoned salt) 

• 1-1/2 pounds ground beef

• 1 large onion  very finely diced

• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1/2 teaspoons fresh black pepper

• 3 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 cup all purpose flour

For the Brown Onion Mushroom Gravy:

• 1 large onion chopped

• 1 cup of beef broth

• 1 cup of water

• 1/4 cup of all purpose flour

• 1/4 teaspoon seasoning salt

• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

• 1/2 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce

• 1 Tablespoon Kitchen Bouquet browning & seasoning sauce

• 2 cups of freshly sliced mushrooms

Instructions

In a Large bowl combine all the patty ingredients EXCEPT for the flour and olive oil & mix well. Shape into 4 to 6 hamburger patties - all the same size. In your flour you set aside, dip each patty so both sides are well coated. In a large- semi-deep cooking skillet, on medium heat heat the olive oil and place each of the patties in the pan. 

Cook until browned on both sides, remove and set aside--reserving all the pan drippings for the gravy. In the pan with the drippings, add in the sliced onions to the skillet, add a tablespoon of water, and cook over medium heat until lightly caramelized, stirring frequently. 

In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk together the beef broth, water, 1/4 cup of flour, seasoning salt, pepper, Worcestershire and gravy master,until well combined. Pour this mixture into the skillet with the onions and stir constantly, until mixture begins to thicken. Return your cooked hamburger steaks to the skillet, flipping a few times to coat each side with the gravy, you want to make sure they absorb the gravy on each side. Add in your sliced mushrooms, then reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook, covered, for about 20 minutes longer being sure to flip them every 5 minutes to keep them coated well..

Please note this is MY version of the original recipe found here: https://myincrediblerecipes.com/southern-hamburger-steaks-with-onion-mushroom-gravy/

Bonnie's Chicken & Rice Casserole

 I remember Mom making this for when we’d have the speaker over after the meeting on Sundays. We’d come home from the Kingdom Hall and the house would smell so good. 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Salt and pepper three pounds of cut up chicken. 

Dust with flour.

Fry in oil.

In a roaster pan combine:

• 1 cup uncooked rice

• 1 envelope onion soup mix

• 1 can cream of mushroom soup

• 2 cans water

Mix well, lay fried chicken pieces in mixture. 

Cover the roaster pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the rice is done & chicken is tender.