Herself's Recipes

Grandma’s Easy Cheese Pie

7 slices white bread crusts removed
2 Tbsp butter
4 slices cheddar cheese
2 eggs, slightly beated
1 1/4 cups milk
1 tsp worcestershire
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp paprika

Spread bread with butter

Cut bread into two triangles

Place 6 triangles butter side down in greased 9″ pie plate covering bottom of pie pan loosely

Cut cheese into 4 strips each and lay over bread in bottom of pan

Beat together remaining ingredients and pour over cheese

Arrange remaining triangles butter side up around sides of plate

Refrigerate about two hours

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Bake cheese pie 45 minutes

Remove and let stand 10 minutes before serving

This is one of many handwritten recipes I found in an old recipe box of my Grandmothers.

The earliest pies were of meat and cheese and only later did fruit and sweet pies come into favor.

Grandma’s Cheese Pudding

1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
3 eggs
6 slices bread
1/4 cup butter
2 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp salt

Trim bread and slice into quarters.
Alternate layers of bread and cheese in buttered baking dish ending with cheese.
Combine eggs and milk and salt.
Pour egg-milk-salt combination over the bread and the cheese.
Bake at 325′ for 35 mins.

Puddings were originally meat puddings. These slowly gave way to the sweeter thicker puddings that are common today. Cheese pudding is usually a side dish at breakfast.

This was a handwritten recipe I found in an old recipe box of my Grandmothers.