Basic White Bread

2 pkg. active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 cup milk
3 tbs. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. salt
3 tbs. butter
5 cups unbleached all-purpose flour or bread flour
egg glaze: 1 egg white beaten with 1 tbs. water

Sprinkle yeast into warm water and let stand until dissolved.
Heat milk and pour into a large mixing bowl containing sugar, salt, and butter.
Cool to lukewarm.
Stir in dissolved yeast.

Add 3 cups flour and beat 5 minutes.
Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead until smooth/no longer stick, about 10 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl and butter top of dough lightly.
Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 1/2 hrs

Punch dough down. Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead gently a minute or two.
Divide in half and shape into loaves.
Place in two 9x5 inch loaf pans
Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
Brush tops with egg glaze.
Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes, or until brown and loaves sound hollow when thumped.

Variation:
Cinnamon Swirl bread can be made when you are dividing the dough in half (after the second kneading)

Roll into 15x7 inch rectangles.
Spread each one with 1 tbs soft butter.
Combine 6 tbs. sugar with 2 tps. cinnamon.
Spread half of mixture on each rectangle.
Roll tightly as you would a jelly roll.
Place in pans to rise in a warm place until almost doubled in size, about 35 minutes.
Bake at 375 for 40 minutes.

*I tried both of these a few nights ago and they were delicious!!

From Bread Baking by Lou Seibert Pappas

Laura's Wedding Cake

1 cup crisco (yellow)
1 stick margerine
3 cups sugar

Cream in mixer.

6 eggs
Beat in 1 at a time thoroughly before adding the next.

3 cups plain flour (white lily)
(sift three times before measuring)
Last sifting put 1/4 tsp of baking powder

Mix together:
1 cup milk
1 tbs vanilla

Start with flour and end with flour, alternating liquid and dry ingredients

Grease cake pans with shortening and flour. Pour in cake and place in cold oven.
Set to 325 and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
Check after 1 hour

Punch Bowl Cake

1 package yellow cake mix
20 oz. cool whip
1 lg. pak. instant french vanilla pudding
2 2o oz. pack frozen whole strawberries

Bake cake
Mix pudding as directed
then add cool whip to pudding
layer pudding mix then cake then pudding then strawberries then cake pudding-straberries.
refrigerate over night.

8 or 9 inch Two-Crust Pie

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup plus 2 tbs shortening or lard
4 to 5 tbs cold water

Measure flour and salt into bowl.
Cut in shortening thoroughly.
Sprinkle in water, 1 tbs at a time, until all flour is moistened.

Gather dough into ball; shape until flattened round on lightly floured cloth-covered board.

For baked pie shell prick bottom and side thoroughly with fork.
Bake at 475 for 8 to 10 minutes.

(for one pie crust:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup plus1 tbs shortening or 1/3 cup lard
2 to 3 tbs cold water)

From Betty Crocker Cookbook

Banana Nut Bread

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 bananas
2 cup sifted flour
1 tsp soda
1 cup chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugar.
Add beaten eggs.
Cream banana until light and fluffy.
Add to the sugar mixture alternating with the dry ingredients.
Add chopped nuts.
Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Apple Cheese Pleasers

3/4 cup flour
2/3 cup butter (soft)
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup oatmeal
1 cup shredded cheese
3/4 cup raisins
1 cup chopped apples

Ungreased cookie sheet
Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes
Makes 2 dozen.

From the Gordon's

Dad's Famous Homemade Pancakes

1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 tbs shortening or salad oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tbs sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

Beat egg; add other ingredients in order and beat.

From "Daddy" (Mark Wells)

Pumpkin Bread or Banana Bread

3 cups sugar
1 cup salad oil
4 eggs, beaten
1 can pumpkin mix (16 oz.)
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. soda
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
2/3 cup water

Cream sugar and oil together.
Add eggs and pumpkin. Mix well.
Sift dry ingredients and add.
Alternately add water.
Pour into well greased and floured 9x5" loaf pans.
Bake at 350 for about 1 hr. or until test done.
Let stand 10 minutes then remove from pan to cool.
Makes 2 loaves.

Corn Souffle

1 can cream corn
1 can whole corn
1 box jiffy corn bread mix
1/4 stick butter
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs

Mix together in order
Grease 13X9 pan
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

From Mary Carnes

Poppy Seed Chicken

4 chicken breast
1 can cream of chicken
8 oz. sour cream
set aside

1 box rice a roni
cook according to directions (leave a little soupy)
grease bottom of casserole dish with butter
cover bottom with rice.
Top with chicken topping.

Topping:
1 roll of ritz crackers
1 tbs. poppy seed
1/4 cup melted butter

From Grandmother Wells