Herself's Recipes » Grandmother’s Recipes

Grandmother’s Hoosier Peanut Bars

ljmacphee — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:00:00 +0000

1/2 cup butter
1/c cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1 6oz package chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanuts chopped
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 brown sugar

add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well
mix dry ingredients and stir into butter mixture
press into a 9×13 pan

sprinkle chocolate chips over top
sprinkle 1/2 cup peanuts

beat 2 egg whites until firm
add 1 cup brown sugar, beat until stiff

spread over top

sprinkle with rest of peanuts

bake at 325 35 – 40 minutes

Grandma’s Lemon Meringue Pie

ljmacphee — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Grandma’s Lemon Pie

2 cups milk
2 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp cornstarch
pinch salt
juice from 1 lemon

Mix milk, sugar, salt and egg yolks and simmer over very low heat until warm

Add in cornstarch and milk and cook until thick

Remove from heat, add lemon

Beat eqq whites until stiff

Pour lemon mix into pie shell

Top with meringue (egg whites)

Bake at 350 until set and meringue just beginning to brown

This was a hand written recipe I found in a recipe box of my Grandmother’s.

Lemon meringue pie has been popular in the US since the 1800s especially in the southern part of the country. It is believed to have originated in Philly in the shops of Elizabeth Coane Goodfellow.

Italian Cookies

ljmacphee — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Mix:
5 cups flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
5 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Add to dry ingredients then mix:
9 Tbsp shortening
1 cup milk
4 eggs (save 2 egg whites for frosting)
1/2 tsp anise
1/2 tsp lemon juice

Make little patties and roll in flour, bake about 10 minutes at 450′ (hot oven)
Dip in icing after baking

icing
2 egg whites
1/2 box confectionery sugar
beat until smooth and creamy and brush on tops of cookies while still hot.