RECIPES
Compiled by Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Grandview, Indiana
1955
Barbecue Burgers
Legacy of Rae Turner
Grandview, Indiana
1 lb hamburger
1\4 cup barbecue sauce
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
½ cup catsup
1 small onion, chopped fine
salt and pepper to taste
Place hamburger and onion in frying pan over medium heat. With potato masher or fork, stir meat, keeping it in small particles. Do not fry hard.
Add other ingredients and simmer awhile before serving.
Serve on heated buns.
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Barbecued Franks
Legacy of Helen Kirk
Grandview, Indiana
8 to 10 weiners
¼ cup chopped onion
2 tsp. Sugar
¾ tsp. Dry mustard
¼ tsp. Salt
1/8 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Paprika
3 tsp vinegar
6 Tbsp. Catsup
2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
½ cup water
Split franks lengthwise and place, cut side down, in baking dish. Pour over the barbecue sauce.
Cook onion in hot fat until golden brown. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer 15 min.
Baste frequently.
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Brownies
Legacy of Margaret Biedenkopf
Grandview, Indiana
Melt together:
¼ lb. Margarine
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
Stir into Mixture:
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
½ cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup nuts
Pour into ungreased pan and bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
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Coconut Macaroons
Legacy of Mildred Tremper
Grandview, Indiana
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup melted shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sifted flour
2 eggs, well beaten
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda
4 cups rolled oats
Mix in order given. Shape into small balls with hand. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake in 375 degree oven.
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Sour Cream Cookies
Legacy of Helen Held
Grandview, Indiana
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 beaten eggs
2 scant tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
Pinch salt
Flour
Cream shortening and sugar.
Add beaten eggs, sour cream into which soda has been added.
Use enough flour to make a soft dough.
Drop from spoon.
Bake at 375 degrees 10-12 minutes.
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Molasses Cookies
Legacy of Elma Dawson
Grandview, Indiana
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup sour milk
2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Cinnamon
½ tsp. Ginger
½ cup sorghum
½ tsp. Soda
½ cup shortening
1 tsp. Allspice
Pinch salt
Flour enough to roll out.
Cut and bake on greased cookie sheet.
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Sugar Cookies
Legacy of Helen Kirk
Grandview, Indiana
2 cups sugar
2 cups shortening (butter, lard or Crisco)
1 cup sour milk
1 teaspoon soda
2 eggs
Flavor to taste.
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Peanut Butter Cookies
Legacy of Helen Kirk
Grandview, Indiana
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs well beaten
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Soda
2 ½ cups flour
Cream together butter and sugar.
Add well beaten eggs, peanut butter and vanilla.
Sift flour and soda together, add to mixture and mix well.
Drop by teaspoonfuls on an oiled baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
Press into shape with a fork for decoration.
Bake at 375 degrees.
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Butterscotch Cookies
Legacy of Helen Kirk
Grandview, Indiana
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 tsp. Soda
1 tsp. Cream of tartar
2 ½ cups flour
1 cup nuts
1 cup dates or raisins
Mix in a loaf, let stand overnight. Slice and Bake.
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Ice Box Cookies
Legacy of Mrs Lydia Herron
Grandview, Indiana
2 cups brown sugar
½ cup lard or butter
2 eggs
3 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup nuts
Cream sugar and shortening. Add beaten eggs, then half the flour, then soda and baking powder and nuts, then remaining flour. Roll in two rolls. Put in ice box over night, then cut thin and bake on cookie sheet or pan in 400 degree oven.
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Gumdrop Bars
Legacy of Mrs Robert Wead
Grandview, Indiana
2 cups cake flour
¼ tsp. salt
1 tsp. Cinnamon
3 eggs
2 cups brown sugar
¼ cup evaporated milk
1 cup soft gumdrops, cut in pieces. (omit licorice.)
½ cup chopped nut meats
Sift flour, salt and cinnamon together.
Beat eggs until light and beat in sifted sugar and milk gradually.
Add flour mixture in thirds, beating until smooth after each addition.
Add gumdrops and nuts.
Spread in greased pan and bake at 325 degrees for 35 min.
Cut into bars and frost.
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Ice Box Cookies
Legacy of Julia Byrne
Grandview, Indiana
1 lb. Butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 whole eggs, well beaten
1 teaspoon baking powder
5 cups all purpose flour
1 cup chopped nuts
Shape into rolls and chill.
Slice and bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 400 to 425 degrees.
Makes about 5 rolls 12 to 15” long by 1 ½” in circumference.
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Oatmeal Cookies
Legacy of Julia Byrne
Grandview, Indiana
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup Crisco
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 cups corn flakes
2 cups oatmeal
½ cup coconut
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
Vanilla
Cream Crisco and sugar.
Add eggs. Beat well.
Combine flour, corn flakes, oatmeal, coconut, baking powder and soda.
Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet
Bake at 400 degree.
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Oatmeal Cookies
Legacy of Vivian Dawson
Grandview, Indiana
1 cup sugar
¾ cup butter
2 eggs
4 tablespoons sweet milk
½ tsp. Soda
1 tsp. Cinnamon
2 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal
½ cup raisins
1 cup coconut
1 cup nuts
Drop by teaspoonfuls on buttered tin. Make very tiny.
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Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies
Legacy of Vivian Dawson
Grandview, Indiana
2 cups brown sugar
½ cup Spry to which a little salt has been added.
2 eggs
3 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup nuts
Make into rolls and slice before baking.
Bake at 375 degrees about 20 minutes.
You can put in icebox for overnight or about 2 hours before you slice and bake.
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Jeweled Cookies
Legacy of Willmoth Roberts
Grandview, Indiana
4 eggs
2 cups brown sugar
1 tablespoon cold water
2 cups sifted flour
½ cup nut meats
1 tsp. Orange extract
1 cup shredded gum drops (assorted colors)
Beat eggs and sugar until foamy.
Add cold water, flavoring, flour, nuts and gumdrops.
Spread thinly in a shallow greased and floured pan.
Bake in a slow oven (325 degrees) for 30 minutes.
Ice while hot with 2 tbsp. Butter, 1 tbsp. Grated orange rind, mixed with enough powdered sugar to make a thin icing.
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Pineapple Nut Cookies
Legacy of Vivian Dawson
Grandview, Indiana
½ cup shortening
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
2 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup crushed pineapple
2/3 cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Cream shortening and sugars together.
Sift dry ingredients together and add with well drained pineapple, nuts and lemon juice.
Drop from teaspoon onto a well-greased cookie sheet.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes at 375 degrees.
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