Old Fashioned Recipes

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• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 4 cup milk
• 2 Tb. butter or margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• dash mace
• 1 lemon rind, grated (optional)

Soak rice in 2 cups milk for 2 hours.  Add remaining milk to rice & cook over low heat 20-30 minutes or until tender.  Set aside to cool.   Start oven at 350 degrees.  Butter 2 quart casserole.  Work butter or margarine until soft, then work in sugar thoroughly.  Beat eggs until frothy, add sugar mixture & rice.  Flavor with cinnamon, mace & lemon rind.  Pour into casserole, bake 45 minutes.  Serve warm or cold, plain or with cream and sugar.   Serves 6-8.

Boiled Cookies

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 cups milk
• 1/4 cups cocoa. 

Mix and boil for 1 and 1/2 minutes.  Remove and add:  2 1/2 cups oatmeal 1/2 cup peanut butter;  1 tsp. vanilla.  Beat, blend & drop by the spoonful on was paper.   No need to bake 'cause they'll harden by themselves.

Johnny Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup water

• 2 eggs

• 3/4 cup milk

• 2 tablespoons lard

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 3 teaspoons sugar

• 2 cups cornmeal

Beat the eggs and melt the lard before mixing them with the milk, salt, cornmeal & sugar.  Drop a heaping dollop  into a hot, greased skillet and fry each side until they are brown.  Serve with molasses, syrup, powdered sugar or fruit toppings & butter.

Mock Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 12 Soda Crackers

• 1 cup cold water

• 1 cup sugar

• 1 lemon

• nutmeg

• cinnamon

Break soda crackers into a bowl and and water, sugar, juice of one lemon and a little nutmeg or cinnamon.  Pour into unbaked pie shell.  Dot with butter; cover with top with pie crust
and bake in a moderate oven for around 30 minutes or to a golden brown color.

Brown Sugar Candy

Ingredients

Boil until it forms a soft lump when dropped into cold water, remove from fire. Beat until it begins to thicken, then add 1 cup chopped walnuts and vanilla. Pour into buttered dish.

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