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This is my Grandma and her life long friend Pat Norton on the wintery streets of Calgary Alberta with two of my sisters, Birdie and Heather. For those wintery days Grandma may make: Rolled Cookies Recipe from Bud’s Mothers (thats Grandpa's mom) 1 Cup Butter 2 Cups Brown Sugar 2 Eggs 2 ½ Teaspoon Vanilla ¼ Cup Sweet Milk 1 Teaspoon Soda 2 Teaspoons Cream of Tartar 5 Cups Flour Mix together Butter, brown sugar, Eggs and vanilla, add rest of ingredients and mix. Bake in quick oven at 425. You will notice her recipes are short and sweet. She figured everyone should know to roll out the dough after all they are not called rolled cookies for nothing. She wasn't a lady for wasteing time or paper alot of these recipes are on scraps of paper she put in a scrap book. That scrap book is my most prized possession.
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Now on to the harvest. She did so love to garden and always had a huge vegetable garden. Could feed an army and when we all got together it was almost like feeding an army.
Mums Salad Dressing (This is Grandma Beth's Mom's recipe) Great for Potato Salad ½ Cup Vinegar ½ Cup Water Lump of Butter 1 scant tablespoon mustard ¼ Cup Sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg Put Vinegar, water and butter in a sauce pan and heat while you mix the rest of the ingrediates. Pour in to hot vinigar mixture. If needed thin with cream or canned milk. |
This was a very exciting time for my family. This picture is of 5 Generations. My great grandfather Frank Milne, my grandma Beth, my father Dick, my older sister Beth and her first child, my nephew Steven. Often on these special occasions my Grandma would make one of my dad's favorite desserts. He still requests it on his Birthday each year. Banana Ring Cake Preheat oven to 385 Bananas 1/3 cup butter 1cup brown sugar Maraschino cherries 1/3 cup shortening ¼ cup sugar 2 beaten eggs 1 ½ cups flour ½ tsp baking powder ¾ tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt 1 ½ cups mashed bananas ½ cup sour milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup sweetened whip cream Preparation of Pan Banana Ring Cake. Grease sides of pan. Cream together 1/3 cup butter, 1cup Brown sugar, spread over bottom of pan. Place slice Bananas in this mixture dot with maraschino cherries. Recipe for cake batter. Cream together 1/3 cup shortening ¼ cup sugar Add 2 beaten eggs Sift together 1 ½ cups flour ½ tsp. Baking Powder ¾ tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt. Add alternately to mixture- 1 cup mashed bananas ½ cup sour milk add 1 tsp. vanilla Pour into prepared pan. Bake in moderate oven 385 for 50 minutes turn out on cake rack to cool. Before serving fill the center with 1 cup stiffly beaten sweetened whip cream mixed with ½ cup mashed bananas. |
