Carol Webster's Sliced Baked Potatoes

Mary Roth, thank you so much for sharing this family recipe

Ingredients 

4 large	Potatoes		1/2 tsp	Salt
2 Cloves	Minced Garlic		1/2 tsp	Thyme
1/4 Cup	Butter - melted		to taste	Pepper
1/4 Cup	Salad Oil

Directions 

Preheat oven to 400, cut unpeeled potatoes into 1/4 thick slices.  Place overlapping in a greased casserole dish.  In a small bowl combine butter, oil and brush the potatoes, pour the rest over the potatoes.  Sprinkle with the garlic, salt and thyme.  Bake 25-30 minutes or until they are browned and tender.  

Serves 4-5

Lemon Lush

Thank you Aunt Mary Roth (My Dad's sister(

Ingredients 

1 1/2 sticks	Margarine - Softened		1 Cup	Cool Whip
1 1/2 Cup	Flour		2 3 oz	Instant Lemon Pudding
8 oz	Cream Cheese - Softened		1 tsp	Lemon Juice
1 Cup	Powdered Sugar		3 Cup	MIlk

Directions 

Mix the softened margarine with flour and pat into a 9 by 13 inch pan. Bake at 375 for 15 min.     Mix together cream cheese (softened) and powdered sugar, add 1 cup of  cool whip, spread on cooled crust.  Mix the instant lemon pudding, lemon juice, and milk, beat as directed on package.  Spread on 2nd layer, top with remaining cool whip.  Refrigerate.  

This recipe was from Lilly Robarge, Grandma Irene's best friend,and  Gary's Sunday School teacher.  

Uncle Jerry Orton's Taco Soup

Thank you Mary Roth for preserving and sharing this recipe with me

Ingredients 

1 Pound	Ground Beef		1 Can	Whole Kernel Corn
1 Can	Pinto Beans		1 Can	Cream Style Corn
1 Can	Ranch Style Beans		1 Can	Rotel - diced
1 Envelope	Taco Seasoning		1 Pkg	Ranch Dressing Mix

Directions 

Brown ground beef, then drain.  In a large pot add ground beef, pinto beans, ranch style beans, whole kernel corn, cream style corn, can of rotel  diced tomatoes and a couple of cans of water.  Stir well. Add an envelope of taco seasoning and the ranch dressing mix.  Bring to a boil and simmer 30 min.

Karen Webster's Nutty Cheese Bars

Thank you Mary Roth for preserving and forwarding this recipe.  

Ingredients 

1 Pkg	Duncan HInes Moist Deluxe Butter Cake Mix		2 8 oz Pkgs	Cream Cheese
3/4 Cup	Walnuts		1 Cup	Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup	Melted Butter		3/4 Cup	Walnuts

Directions 

Preheat oven to 350, grease and flour a 9x13 pan.  Combine Cake mix, walnuts, and butter.  Press into bottom of pan.  Combine cream cheese and brown sugar, spread evenly over crust and sprinkle with  chopped walnuts.  Bake 25-30 min until edges brown and cheese sets.  Cool. 

Raw Apple Cake

Courtesy of Mary Roth (My Dad's Sister)

Ingredients 

2 Cup	Sugar		3 Cups	Flour
2 tsp	Cinnamon		2	Eggs
1/2 tsp	Salt		4 Cups	Choped Apples
2 tsp	Baking Soda		1 tsp	Vanilla
1/2 Cup	Oil
Frosting
4 Tbsp	Butter (Softened)		2 tsp	Vanilla
8 oz	Cream Cheese (Softened)		1 1/2 Cup	Powdered Sugar

Directions 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease a 9 by 13 inch pan.  Mix sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and flour.  Add the eggs and chopped apples. Stir in the vanilla and cooking oil.  Bake 1 hr at 350 degrees.

 Frosting  Combine the butter, cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar, beat well.  Frost cake when it has cooled completely.  

Butter Horn Puffs

Courtesy of my Aunt Mary Roth ( My Dad's Sister)

Ingredients 

1/2 lb	Butter - Softened
1 lb	Cottage Cheese
1/2 tsp	Salt
2 Cups	Flour
Frosting
4 1/2 Tbsp	Sugar
2 Tbsp	Water
2 1/2 Cup	Powdered Sugar
2/3 Cup	Butter (Softened)
1	Egg
1 Tbsp	Vanilla

Directions 

Mix the butter, cottage cheese, salt and flour well, chill over night.  Divide dough into 3 parts, roll out like pie crust.  Cut each round into 12 triangles.  Roll from large to small end.  Bake on greased cookie sheet 20-25 min. at 375 degrees.

Frosting:  Boil the sugar and water together then cool, Beat powdered sugar, softened butter, egg and vanilla then add to cooled sugar mixture.  and beat 2-3 min. more.  Frost puffs

My best friend won a baking contest with this recipe

Almond Bars

Thank you Aunt Mary Roth ( My Dad's Sister)

Ingredients 

Crust
2 Cup	Flour
1/2 Cup	Powdered Sugar
1 Cup	Butter - Softened

Filling
8 Oz	Cream Cheese - softened
1/2 Cup	Sugar
2	Eggs
1 tsp	Almond Extract

Frosting
2 Cup	Powdered Sugar
1/4 Cup	Butter - Softened
2 Tbsp	Milki
1 tsp	Almond Extract

Directions 

Crust Combine the flour, powdered sugar and butter, blend and pat into a 9 by 13 pan bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. 

Filling Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, eggs and almond extract, pour over cooked crust, bake another 25 minutes at 350 degrees

Frosting Beat together the powdered sugar, softened butter, milk and almond extract.  Wait for the bars to completely cool before frosting.  

Oatmeal Cookie

Thank you Aunt Mary Roth ( My Dad's Sister)

Ingredients 

1 Cup	Margarine		Pinch	Salt
1/2 Cup	Brown Sugar		1 Tbsp	Vanilla
1/2 Cup	White Sugar		1 Cup	Flour
1/2 tsp	Baking Soda		3 Cup	Quick Oatmeal
1/4 Cup	Hot Water		1 Cup	Raisins, Nuts, or Chocolate Chips (OPT)

Directions 

Cream:the margarine, firmly packed brown sugar, and white sugar.  Dissolve baking soda in hot water, add to creamed mixture with a pinch of salt, Stir in the vanilla, flour and quick oats.  Gently stir in raisins, nuts or chocolate chips. .  Drop by teaspoons onto l of greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 325-350 degrees for about 11 minutes, makes about 60 small party size cookies

Grandpa's Favorite Cake

Thank you Mary Roth ( My Dad's sister)

Ingredients 

Cake
1 1/2 Cup	Boiling water		1 1/2 Cup	Flour
1 Cup	Quick Oatmeal		1 Tbsp	Baking soda
2	Eggs		1/2 tsp	Salt
1/2 Cup	Margarine		1 Cup	White sugar
1 Cup	Brown Sugar
Frosting
6 Tbsp	Butter - softened		1 Cup	Coconut
1/4 Cup	Evaported Milk		1/2 Cup	Chopped Nuts
3/4 Cup	Brown Sugar

Directions 

Pour boiling water over quick oatmeal.  Let stand 15 min.  Add eggs. In a separate bowl cream together the margarine, and both sugars. . Sift in another bowl the flour, soda, and salt.  Add alternately flour, oatmeal mixture with sugar/margarine mixture.  Bake 30-40 min.at 350 degrees.

Frosting: in a bowl mix the butter, evaporated milk, brown sugar, coconut and chopped nuts.  Pour frosting over hot cake and brown under broiler.  WATCH closely it burns easily.  

My father as skinny as could be would finish his breakfast with a large hunk of his favorite cake.

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Pecan Tarts

Thank you Mary Roth (My Dad's Sister)

Ingredients 

Crust
3 oz	Cream Cheese (Softened)
1/2 Cup	Butter or Margarine
1 Cup	Flour
Filling
1	Egg
3/4 Cup	Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp	Vanilla
1 Tbsp	Butter - softened
2/3 Cup	Chopped Pecans

Directions 

Preheat oven to 325 degrees and prepare pastry tin.  Mix the cream cheese, butter and flour and roll into 24 balls for crust.   Press into small tins to for pastry.

Filling:  Mix the egg, brown sugar, vanilla, softened butter and pecans. Pour filling mix into tins.  Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.  Remove from tins and cool, I take a butter knife and run it around the crust to remove from tins easily.  

This is one of the favorites in our family for Christmas

Miniature Cheesecakes

Thank you Mary Roth (My Dad's Sister) 

Ingredients 

24	Vanilla Wafers
2 8 oz	Cream Cheese
3/4 Cup	Sugar
2	Eggs
1 Tbsp	Lemon Juice
1 tsp	Vanilla

Direction

Place 24 cupcake liners into a muffin pan( I like the aluminum foil ones) , and a wafer in the bottom of each liner.  In a bowl beat the softened cream cheese, sugar, eggs lemon juice and vanilla until they are light and fluffy.   Fill the linerrs 3/4 full with cheesecake mixture.  Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 min or until set, cool.  Top each with a spoonful of cherry or blueberry pie filling.  Chill before serving.

Judy, your dad loved these with blueberry topping.

White Sugar Cookies

Thank you Mary Roth (My Dad's sister) 

Ingredients 

1 Cup	Butter
1 Cup	Vegetable Oil
1 Cup	White Sugar
1 Cup	Powdered Sugar
2	Eggs
1 tsp	Vanilla
1 tsp	Salt
1 tsp	Baking Soda
1 tsp	Cream of Tartar
4 Cups plus 5 Tbsp	Flour

Directions 

.  Cream the butter, vegetable oil, white sugar and powdered sugar together, Then mix the eggs, vanilla, salt and baking soda and cream of tartar into the batter.   together and then add the flour, mix well.  .  Drop by spoonsful on baking sheet.  Flatten with glass dipped in sugar( I use colored sugar for different holidays or events) Bake at 375, will freeze and keep very well.