Old Fashioned Brown Betty (Baked Apple Slices)

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup water
1/8 teaspoon salt
Grated rind of 1 orange
1/4 cup melted shortening
3 cups bread crumbs
3 cups apples, sliced
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Combine sugar, water, salt, and orange rind and simmer 10 minutes... Mix melted vegetable shortening with bread crumbs. Place a layer in greased baking dish. Cover with a layer of apples. Alternate layers of crumbs and apples, finishing with crumbs. Add lemon juice to syrup. Pour syrup over apples and crumbs. Cover and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 45 minutes. Uncover during last 15 minutes to brown. Serve with cream. Serves 8.

Aggression Cookies - Quick and Easy! Tension Releasing!

3 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1. Gather ingredients. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Dump ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Mash it! Pound it! Knead it!
   
4. Roll into small balls.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

From my daughter when she was in 7th grade, tucked inside one of my favorite cookbooks!

Applesauce Crisp - Easy!

2 c applesauce
1 c Bisquick baking mix
1/2 c brown sugar (packed)
1/3 c granulated sugar
1/4 c raisins
3 Tbsp firm butter or margarine
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c chopped nuts (optional)

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix applesauce, brown sugar, raisins and cinnamon in ungreased round layer pan, 9 x 1 1/2 inch. Heat in oven 15 minutes. Combine baking mix, granulated sugar and butter; mix until crumbly. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle evenly over applesauce mixture. Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. 6 servings. Delicious served with ice cream.

Taking time to get to know each other...

I started out wanting to blog another recipe from my Grandma. I took the lid off the big container my parents stored her cookbooks and a few other books after she passed away. I picked up one of the books and began to page through it, reading her remarks, seeing her corrections, yes, she had been a schoolteacher! Tucked into the pages are many newspaper clippings, cards from her children, newsletters from church. All of a sudden, I really miss my Grandma. I wish I could talk to her. I wish I could ask her advice, or to tell me stories of her life. All of a sudden, I wish I had taken more time to get to know her...

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Did you know:

The Hidden Poor

Food insecurity affects many segments of the American population, including:

Children: According to the USDA, an estimated 12.4 million children lived in food-insecure households in 2005.⁵

Seniors: 6% of households with seniors (1.6 million households) were food insecure (low food security and very low food security).⁵ A study that examined the health and nutritional status of seniors found that food-insecure seniors had significantly lower intakes of vital nutrients in their diets when compared to their food-secure counterparts. In addition, food-insecure seniors were 2.33 times more likely to report fair/poor health status and had higher nutritional risk.⁶

Working Poor: In 2002, over 4 million non-elderly, low-income families reported using a food pantry in the past 12 months. ⁷ In 2002, nearly 2 million working parents with children turned to food pantries.⁷

Rural Poor: 16.6% of all rural households with children are food insecure (low food security and very low food security), an estimated 1 million children.⁵

I imagine recent events will make these figures even higher....

Devils Food Cake

Perfect! I was thinking 'cake', so many birthday's this time of year in our family. I was going through my grandmother's cookbooks again, looking for something good! I found this cake recipe tucked in the desserts section of one of her cookbooks.
Cake Recipe:
1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup soft shortening
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350" Grease and flour a pair of 8 in pans or an oblong 13 x 9 1/2 by 2 in pan. Sift flour, sugar, soda, salt, and cocoa together in bowl. Add shortening and 2/3 cup milk. Beat 2 minutes with mixer on medium speed or 300 vigorous strokes by hand. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl constantly. Add rest of milk, eggs and vanilla. Beat 2 more minutes, scraping bowl frequently.
Pour into prepared pans. Bake 8 in layers 35-40 minutes: 9 1/2 in. layers 30-35 minutes; oblong 45-50 minutes.
Ok... the icing... ingredients listed as powdered sugar, melted dark chocolate, butter and cream. And you're on your own!