Danish Potato Dumplings

Peel and boil potatoes (6 medium size for large kettle of soup). Salt and cook until tender, drain and mash.  Beat in 1 egg and small amount of cream, add  flour until mixture leaves pan,  add to boiling soup 5 minutes before serving.

McGinties ~ A Recipe of the Pioneers

1 lb. of dried apples


1 1/2 cups of brown sugar

Butter

1 1/2 Tbs cinnamon

1/8 tsp salt

! 1/2 recipe of plain pastry



Wash apples and cover with water allowing to soak overnight.  Cook in same water used for soaking until very tender, adding more water if necessary.  Press through a collander, add sugar, salt and cinnamon.  Cook til thick, stirring constantly near the last to prevent burning.  Line the bottom and half way up the sides of a dripping pan with pastry. Dot generously with butter, cover with pastry which has been pierced to allow steam to escape, press the edges together and bake in a hot oven (450 degrees F) for 10 minutes; then reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake till crust is done ~~ about 20 to 25 minutes.  Cut in squares and serve either hot or cold.

Pig Hocks With White Cabbage ~

Pig Hocks With White Cabbage ~ Simmer 3 lbs of pig hocks for about 3 hours or till not quite tender.  Add one medium sized cabbage cut in eighths, season with salt and pepper and cook til tender.  Serve with boiled potatoes.  Will serve six.




Pork Pot Roast ~

3 lbs pork roast

2 onions, sliced

1 Tbs of fat

Salt and Pepper

1 pint of boiling water

1 bay leaf and flour



Season the pork and sprinkle with flour.  Fry onions in fat til light brown, add the roast and brown on all sides, add the water and bay leaf and simmer until tender, about 2 1/2 hours.  Add water if necessary.  Gravy can be thickened with flour.

Old~Fashioned PopCorn

GERMAN PANCAKES

Hamilton Cherry Crunch

One of my favorite memories of Hamilton Elementary was the delicious Cherry Crunch with Caramel Sauce.  Alice, my mother in law, worked for school lunch for several years.  This came from her recipe album. And so now I share it with you:

1 1/2 Cups of Flour

1 1/2 Cups of Oatmeal

! Cup of brown sugar

1 square of margarine

1/2 tsp of salt

1/2 tsp of soda



Mix dry ingredients together with melted butter.



Sweeten and thicken 1 quart of cherries

Add almond flavoring and coloring to suit your own taste.

Put of the crumbly mixture on the bottom of a casserole dish.

Then put the thickened cherry mixture on top of the bottom crumbs.

Put the other half of the crumbly mixture on top of the cherry mixture.



Bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees.

Serve with whipped cream and the following sauce.



1 Cup of hot water

2 cups of sugar

1//4 cup of Margarine

4 cups of instant dry milk

Combine hot water and sugar and heat until the sugar is dissolved.  Then add the margarine.

Place in a blender and add instant dry milk, gradually blending until smooth.  Makes the equivalent of two cans (14 ozs each) of commercial sweetened condensed milk.

ENJOY!

Old-time Yeast from Alice Hafen's Recipe collection

Cook a medium-sized potato in 1 quart of water.

Mash fine and add enough water to make 3 pints. 

Put into a quart jar.

Dissolve 2 packages of any quick yeast in 1/2 cup of lukewarm water.

Add to the jar with 2 tsp sugar and 1/4 tsp salt.

Soon it will start to work and foam.

Use two cups of this starter and follow your favorite recipe, deducting 2 cups of water from the recipe for the water used in the starter.

The remaining starter in the jar should be covered and put in a cool place or refrigerated to be used the next time.

Next baking, add warm potato water, sugar and salt and proceed as before. Always keep the jar in a pan of good warm water while it is working.

A half package of yeast may be added every month or so, but it may be used for many months without.

Pioneer Candy Recipes

Quick Danish Soup

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Carrot Cookies - - - Alice Hafen

Alice frosts these with cream cheese frosting

HONEY CANDY RECIPE

2 cups of honey
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of cream

Cook to hard ball. Pour on a buttered platter.
Cool. Cut into 1 inch pieces.

Note: Do not make candy in stormy weather,
as it may not set up like it should.

Alice Peel Hafen

One Peach Pie Filling - - - Alice Hafen

MINCE MEAT

Pioneer Home Remedies - - - Canker Medicine, Corn Medicine

Cure for Goiter - - - Burdock Root

This was found at the Relic Home. We are not sure of the age - the year - or the effectiveness of the so-called cure. And so we kindly ask that you do not hold us responsible or liable for any adverse effects.