Peach Pie

Mix ½ cup flour, ½ cup brown sugar and 1 stick butter.  Put this mixture (saving part of it) into an unbaked pie shell.  Then add 1 large can of sliced peaches.  Then add the rest of the mixture on top of the peaches.  Bake 375 degrees for 30- 35 minutes.

Coffee Cookies

2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

(1 cup lard – then use 3 cups flour)

(1 cup shortening – then use 5 – 5 ½ cups flour)

1 cup lukewarm strong coffee

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ teaspoon salt

Drop by spoonful on a cookie sheet.  Bake about 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.

For peanut butter cookies, use the same recipe only use ½ cup peanut butter and omit ¾ cup of flour.

Rock Crystal Candy

2 cups sugar

½ cup water

¾ cups Karo syrup

Cook to 300 degrees or hard crack stage.  Remove from fire and stir in ½ teaspoon coloring and ½ teaspoon flavoring (oil extract).  Pour into buttered pan.  Cut and put into powdered sugar.

Cinnamon -  red

Rum  yellow

Chocolate – brown

Orange – orange

Lemon – no color

Cloves –Marins blue and ¼ tsp. Red stripe

Cherry – cherry

Grape – purple

Brandy – red – stripe

Licorice - black

Sweet Rolls

5 – 6 cups flour

2/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 package yeast

½ cup warm water

1 cup scalded milk

2/3 cups shortening

2 eggs

2 cups mashed potatoes

Sift flour, sugar and salt.  Make a hole in the center and pour in the yeast mixture.

[Yeast mixture- yeast dissolved in the warm water and then added to the warm water and milk.]

Stir all together, then add the melted shortening, eggs and mashed potatoes.  Blend and take out onto a lightly floured board.  Knead well and put back into a bowl, cover and let rise.  Preheat oven.  Roll out and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.  Roll up and cup into rolls.  Bake at 350 degrees for 15 – 20 minutes.