Spaghetti Sauce

Grandma Scurlock's Spaghetti Sauce

This makes A LOT.

20 oz. Can Tomato Paste + 2 cans water

20 oz. Can Tomato Sauce + 2 cans water

20 oz. Can Tomato Purée + 2 cans water (more or less to your desired consistency)

Large onion, chopped

4-5 Stalks of Celery, chopped

5-6 bay leaves (do not eat these alone-grandma's words exactly)

Oregano, Salt, and Pepper to taste

1 C. Sugar

Bring to a boil then simmer with lid on for 4-6 hours, remove lid for last hour to thicken. Stir and pay close attention so it doesn't burn!

Grandma's Cheeseball

Grandma Scurlock's Cheeseball

Everyone's favorite cheeseball, she's asked for the recipe everywhere we take it!

2 - 8oz. pks philadelphia cream cheese, room temperature

½ C black olives, chopped

2-3 green onions, chopped

1 C dry cottage cheese...or 1 C small curd cottage cheese, rinsed and squeezed until the moisture is out of it(much cheaper)

3 pks Dried Beef, chipped...1½ pk mixed in cheeseball mixture, 1½ pk to roll the finished cheeseball in.

1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

2 -4 dashes of hot sauce (Grandma used Texas Pete's)

Chop olives, green onions, and dried beef all seperately in a food processor

Mix all ingredients except 1½ pk dried beef, form cheeseball- it will be gooey and soft, refrigerate until cold and workable so you can roll cheeseball in chipped dried beef.

Refrigerate, Serve with Sociables, Club, or Wheatable crackers

Cakes I've made! :)

I dabble in baking/cake decorating when someone I know needs a birthday cake...store bought cakes get old after a while and they always seem to look the same! I enjoy baking and getting creative, but lack a lot of knowledge in the area! if anyone has any helpful tips for how to better my cakes, feel free to comment, I love input and appreciate any help!

       

Oreo Truffles

Oreo Truffles

1 package Double Stuffed oreo cookies (I used great value brand!)

1 8oz. package cream cheese (softened)

2-3 packages white chocolate(Melting chips work the best) 

½ package milk chocolate chips(or colored melting chocolates)

Directions:
Crush cookies(cream filling as well) in a food processor and stir in softened cream cheese.  Roll the mixture into 1″ balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet. (Freeze) Melt white chocolate as directed on the package and then place one at a time into chocolate and lift out with 2 forks-allowing excess chocolate to drip through prongs. Place on wax paper covered cookie sheet to dry. Melt milk chocolate chips and pipe or drizzle design on top! Enjoy!
Makes about 40 truffles.(Recipe doubles easily)

Notes:
Store in refrigerator as they do contain Cream Cheese.
May require re-freezing during the dipping process, as you go along some of them will soften before you get to dip them. If the first coat doesn't cover well, freeze and then dip again.(I always dip mine twice) Also, if you have extra chocolate you can always make a few chocolate covered pretzels or strawberries or bananas!

Grandma Scurlock's Pecan Dainties

Grandma Scurlock's Pecan Dainties

1 Cup margarine (or butter)

½ Cup Sugar

2 Cups Sifted Flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 Tablespoon water

1 Cup finely chopped pecans

Cream sugar and margarine in mixer, add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Chill. Shape into 1 inch balls on cookie sheet. Top each ball with a pecan half. (We cut them in half-not long ways) press pecan half down in middle of ball.  Bake at 325° for 20 min. Yields 6 to 8 dozen. Store in airtight container.

Pumpkin Rolls

                                          

Pumpkin Rolls

(Recipe Compliments of Sheila Wheeler)

3 Eggs

1 C. Sugar

2/3 C. Pumpkin (1 Large can of Pumpkin yields 5 pumpkin rolls)

1 tsp. Lemon Juice

¾ C. Flour

1 tsp. Baking Powder

1 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Nutmeg

2 tsp. Cinnamon

1/8 tsp. Ground Cloves

¼ tsp. Allspice

Preheat oven to 325º. Put waxed paper on cookie sheet. Butter/spray lightly.

(I measure out all of the dry ingredients-except for the sugar- in one bowl to dump in all at once while mixing-makes things go more smoothly and you don’t forget what you’ve added or not while you’re mixing!) It is best to use a mixer on a stand. Beat eggs 5 minutes at high speed. Add sugar, beat well. Add remaining ingredients, blend well.

Pour onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven and loosen edges w/spatula all the way around. Roll up(with the wax paper included) and wrap a dish towel around it and let set to cool @ room temp.

While cooling, clean mixer and make the filling:

Mix the following together well:

1 C. Confectioner Sugar

1 8oz. Cream Cheese

¼ C. margarine

½ tsp. vanilla

When pumpkin rolls have cooled, unwrap/unroll, fill, roll back up(Without the wax paper) and chill seam side down, sprinkle powdered sugar on top if desired.

Great Grandma (Emmy) Fitzpatrick's Homemade Noodles

My Grandmother's Mother taught her how to make these noodles and my Grandmother finally taught me!

To make Noodles

4 C. Flour

6 Large Eggs

3/4 C. Milk

Salt (to taste)

In a large bowl measure out flour, dig a "well" in the middle and place eggs, milk, and salt in the middle of the well. Flour hands and mix flour into the middle and knead the dough until stiff.

Divide dough into 3 or 4 pieces (easier to work with) flour surface and roll dough out thin(re-dust surface with flour as needed, it will not hurt the dough). Allow dough to rest for 30 minutes rolled out. Cut noodles to desired size (some people roll the dough up into a log and cut the noodles that way-others keep it flat and use a pizza cutter) Place noodles on a large cookie sheet lined with wax paper-allow to dry out overnight.(I let mine dry out overnight and all the way until dinnertime the next day)

To Cook Noodles

2- 48oz + 1- 14oz can of chicken broth (or if you boil your own chicken and make broth you can use that)

8-16oz water

Chicken(optional)

Bring broth/water mixture(salt/pepper/garlic powder/onion powder to taste) to a boil and boil noodles(on med. high or slightly lower so it doesn't boil over) 10 minutes with lid on, 10 minutes with lid off. If they are not tender enough boil another 10 minutes, it depends on the thickness of your noodles! :)

*I know some people cook a whole chicken and tear it up and put it in, I only had 2 packages of thin sliced chicken breasts and they worked just as well, I boiled them until cooked in the chicken broth before I cooked the noodles, then strained the broth(to get out all the yuck) and place it back in the pan and added water to boil the noodles-tore up the chicken and threw it in with the noodles!

S'mores Brownies

S'mores Brownies

1 box brownie mix

1 bag mini marshmallows

1 package Honey Graham Crackers(1 package out of the box)

As many milk chocolate chips as you want!

Line the bottom of a 9x13 pan with graham crackers. Mix brownie batter as instructed on Brownie Mix box, pour mixture over graham crackers, bake as directed by Brownie instructions/until toothpick comes out clean when inserted in middle.

Remove from oven when finished, set oven to Broil. Cover brownies with marshmallows and sprinkle milk chocolate chips and graham cracker crumbs on top. Place under broiler and watch for 2 minutes or so until marshmallows "toast". (Do not walk away-keep a close eye-the marshmallows will burn fast!)

Let cool for 15min. before cutting.(You can cut them before that, but it will be a gooey mess!)

Taco Pizza

(Picture is before toppings)

1-2lbs Shredded Chicken or Ground Beef (I cooked chicken until it fell apart/shredded easily in the crockpot with water and a little bit of taco seasoning!)
1/2 packet of taco seasoning
Boboli-or any brand Prepared Pizza Crust (2 pack normal size or 3 small personal pizza crusts)
1 can regular size tomato sauce (not the big one, not the tiny one)
1 can regular size refried beans
1 package fiesta blend shredded cheese (grab the big bag if you're a cheese lover, but you'll probably have leftover cheese)
Toppings: Doritos, Sour Cream, Lettuce, Black olives


Cook/shred chicken or brown ground beef, season to taste-salt/pepper/onion powder/taco seasoning if desired. Brush pizza crusts with small amount of olive oil(as directed on package) in small saucepan combine tomato sauce and refried beans, heat and stir until mixed well. Spread sauce mixture on pizza crust, next cover with a layer of chicken/or beef and top with cheese. Place in oven according to pizza crust package.
Remove from oven and top with desired toppings, Sour Cream, Lettuce, and our personal favorite crushed up doritos.

Easter Egg Rice Krispy Treats

Rice Krispie Easter Eggs

4 Tbsp butter

1 10 oz bag marshmallows

6 C crispy rice cereal

3 colors of food coloring

Melt the butter on the stovetop.

Melt the marshmallows with the butter.

When the marshmallows are melted, have ready 3 bowls big enough for room to stir 2 C rice cereal in with 1/3 of the marshmallow cream. Also have the food coloring ready. Add 1/3 of the melted marshmallow to each bowl, add in desired amount of coloring and stir. Mix 2 C of rice cereal into each bowl until fully combined.

When the cereal and marshmallow is fully mixed and cool enough to handle, take about 1/3-cup of the mixture and stuff into a small to medium plastic easter egg for shape, remove and Set eggs aside to cool, not touching each other, on wax paper or a cookie sheet. (Tip: if your hands get to sticky, wet them slightly or rub small amount of crisco on hands while handling the mixture)

Serve these in an Easter basket or on a deviled egg plate!
Makes about 24 eggs