Kellog's All bran Hermits

1 c. All Bran or 2 c Corn Flakes
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg
1/4 t ginger
1 c brown sugar
1/2 c shortening
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1/2 c nuts (peanuts)
1/ c seedless raisins

add milk to All Bran, let stand
drop by tsp

Bake 375 for 12 minutes

Mincemeat Cookies from the Bay City Times

2 C flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup mincemeat

drop
350 for 20 minutes
makes 4 dozen 2 inch cookies

Date Spice Cookies

1/2 c. shortening
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 T. hot water mixed and 1/4 t. soda
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. each of salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves & nutmeg
2/3 cup nuts
1 cup chopped dates

No temp or time.

Banana Cookies

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup shortening
1 egg
1 3/4 cup oakmeal
1 cup masked bananas
1/2 teaspoon basking soda
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 package chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts

Sorry no bake time or temperature on this recipe!

Toffee Cookies

Toffee Cookies
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar (part brown & part white)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 small Heath Bars crushed

drop by spoon
Bake at 325 for 10 minutes
makes 3 dozen cookies

Nut Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup oleo
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup mashed pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon allspice
2 cups chopped nuts

drop
375
12 minutes

Angel Cookies

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup oleo (2 sticks) aka butter
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
1 t. cream of tartar
2 1/4 cup flour
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Roll the size of walnuts
Roll in sugar
Bake at 350 for 8 min

Snickerdoodles

1 cup shortening, part butter add flavor

1 1/2 cup sugar

2 1/2 cups flour

2 eggs

1 t. baking soda

flavoring

2t. cream of tartar

roll in 3T Sugar & 3T Cinnamon

I am assuming you would bake these but alas, no temp or time.  

Toll House Cookies

2 1/4 (maybe more) flour
1t. bk soda
1t. salt
1C butter
3/4 C sugar
3/4 C br sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 pk (2 cups) semi sweet morsels
1 C. Chopped nuts

bake at 375 for 9 to 11 min

I just love how the flour is notated "maybe more" :)

Old Fashioned Ginger Creams -Adeline Eichhorn Parshal

3/4 C. shortening
1 C. sugar
1/4 C. molasses
1 egg
2 1/4 C. flour
1 t. soda
1/2 t salt
1 t. ginger
1 t. cinnamon

Mix as usual (gotta love this direction)
Roll into balls
Roll in sugar
place on sheet
bake at 375
do not over bake
will flatten out during baking and have crinkled tops.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 C shortening (2 sticks oleo)
3/4 C white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 Cups flour (try 2 1/2 or more)
1 pg choc cips
2 C nuts

Drop by t. Bake 8-10 min
Makes 100- 2" cookies.

Wow that seems like a lot of nuts:)  I think Grandma tried 2 cups flour and thought it needed more.  Enjoy!!!

Pan Lebkuchen (written as Pan Lefkuchen)

2 C. flour
1 T. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 t soda (thinking baking soda)
1 egg
2 T cooking oil
1/2 C brown sugar packed
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup dark molasses
1/2 C chopped almonds
1/2 C. candied fruit chopped finely

Spread into a greased 15X10 baking pan.  Bake at 350F 15-20 min or until done.  Immediately score in squares with a sharp knife. Brush on lemon glaze.

Gotta love Grandma B.  I'm assuming that you must mix the ingredients before you put them in the greased pan.  I'm thinking order doesn't matter much:)

Lebkuchen is a traditional German Christmas cookie somewhat like a gingerbread cookie.

Hershey's Rocky Road Brownies

So this recipe is a clipping from a magazine or newspaper that Grandma placed in her box.  Sounds yummy!!!

Ingredients
1 cup Hershey's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1-1/4 cups miniature marshmallows
1/2 cu chopped nuts
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions
1.  Heat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease 9-inch square baking pan.
2. Stir together chocolate chips, marshmallows and nuts; set aside.  Place butter in large microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until melted.  Add sugar, vanilla and eggs; beat with boon until well blended.  Add flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt stir until well blended.  Spread batter into prepared pan.
3.  Bake 22 minutes.  Sprinkle chocolate chip mixture over top.  Continue baking 5 minutes or until marshmallows have softened and puffed slightly.  Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Using wet knife, cut into squares.  Makes about 20 brownies.

Banana Bread

Banana Bread

3 mashed bananas
1 egg
1 C. sugar
1 t. salt
1 t. soda
1/4 C. melted oleo or oil
1 1/2 C. flour
2 t. Bk pwd (baking powder)
1 C. nuts

Mix all- put in loaf pan (2).  Bake 350 for 45 min.

Notes:
Aug 28 - got done before the 45 min- either pan was too large or oven was too hot.
Bake at 350/ 375 too hot.

Grandma's Recipe Box

My Grandmother's death has changed my life.  Two years ago I was working as a teacher in Brooklyn.  Although I was expecting my second child in a few months I was incredibly unhappy with my life.  I hated my dream job of teaching, living in New York and being so far away from my family.

My family traveled to Michigan to visit our family for Christmas.  Everyone met at my Grandmother's new apartment.  Grandma was doing well.  We had a pot luck style dinner and enjoyed each other's company.  Grandma enjoyed some time holding her youngest Great-grandchild.

We had just gotten back to New York from Michigan when I got the news.  I booked the next flight back to Michigan so I could attend the funeral.

On my way back to New York our flight was delayed.   Thankfully Rosa was so easy going.  A woman who was sitting close to me commented that she was going to miss her baby whom she had left at home with her husband.  We got to talking.  It was her who had convinced me that I should follow my heart and move back to Michigan where our family would be so much happier.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Today, I decided to go through a bag of things my grandmother had packed for me.  There is a blanket that needs to be finished and somehow I got Grandma's recipe cards.  Before I moved back to Michigan I didn't cook.  I hated it.  But having more time and patience it is something I enjoy quite a bit.  How ironic that somehow Grandma knew I would just love to have the recipes.  I'm so excited to have them that I'm going to share them with you:)

Time has had its way with some of them.  They are a little moldy and some of the ink has bled to the point where the recipe is not legible.  I would hate for the recipes to be lost forever.

So here is the first one in the box:

Salmon, peach and Noodle Casserole


cook 2 cups noodles
drain, combine and heat with
10 1/2 oz can of Mushroom soup
7 3/4 oz salmon (bones and skin removed)
8 1/2 oz can of peas
1 t. salt
1 t. accent  ** I have no idea what this is
1/8 t. pepper
Serves 4

I'm thinking I need to try this one out (minus the mushroom soup per hubby's allergies) and give you some more details...

I hope you enjoy.