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Recipes: Methodist Church, Grandview, Indiana 1955 – 9

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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 11:34am by Harlady

RECIPES

Compiled by Women’s Society of Christian Service

Methodist Church

Grandview, Indiana

1955

 

Peach Ice Cream

Legacy of Mabel K Scifres

Grandview, Indiana

 

2 cups canned peaches (mashed)

1 cup milk

19 marshmallows

1 ½ cups whipping cream

 

Put milk in double boiler. Add marshmallows and allow to heat. When they are melted and dissolved and mixture has cooled, add peaches and whipped cream.

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Lemon Sherbet

Legacy of Margaret Biedenkopf

Grandview, Indiana

 

½ cup lemon juice

grated lemon rind

1 cup and 2 Tablespoons sugar

2 cups milk

 

Mix and pit in tray and freeze until mushy. Take out and beat well and return to tray and freeze until ready to serve.

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Frozen Fruit Salad

Legacy of Agnes Cummings

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 ½ cups crushed pineapple

4 tablespoons powdered sugar

1 cup cream cheese, run through sieve

1 cup cooked mayonnaise

1 cup whipping cream

1 small bottle maraschino cherries

 

Mix pineapple and sugar together and chill for one hour. Then drain all liquid off.

Take cream cheese and add to mayonnaise dressing. Fold in whipped cream.

Cut cherries in small pieces and add to pineapple and cream mixture.

Mix all well together. Freeze for three hours.

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Raspberry Whip

Legacy of Helen Kirk

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 cup raspberries

1 cup powdered sugar

1 egg white

 

Beat together with rotary egg beater until stiff (about 20 minutes).

Makes 6 servings.

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Brown Betty

Legacy of Helen Kirk

Grandview, Indiana

 

2 cups toasted bread crumbs

¼ cup melted butter

4 pared and sliced apples

½ cup sugar (brown or white)

Cinnamon to taste

½ cup hot water or little more

 

Alternate layers of apples, crumbs and sugar in baking dish.

Serve with sauce or whipped cream.

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Grape Nuts Pudding

Legacy of Helen Kirk

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 cup sugar

1 cup Grape Nuts

1 cup chopped nuts

3 tablespoons flour

2 eggs

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup milk

 

Put in double boiler and cook 1 hour.

Serve with whipped cream.

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Raspberry Sherbet

Legacy of Mrs H. W. Claycamp

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 cup sugar

1 quart raspberries

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

1 egg white

 

Add sugar to raspberries and let stand in refrigerator for 2 hours.

If the mixture does not seem sweet enough, more sugar may be added.

Add lemon juice and beaten egg white and freeze.

Serve in glasses garnished with whipped cream.

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Date Roll Pudding

Mrs Lydia Herron

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 cup dates

16 graham crackers

16 marshmallows

½ cup nuts

Enough sweet milk to mix good.

 

Mix all together. Roll in rolled graham crackers.

Cut in slices. Serve with whipped cream.

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Tasty Cobbler

Legacy of Rae Turner

Grandview, Indiana

 

Melt ½ cup butter in pan in which cobbler is to be baked.

Mix:

1 cup sugar

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

 

Pour this mixture over butter, then pour sweetened fruit over batter.

Bake at 350 degrees.

If fresh fruit is used, be sure to cook and sweeten before adding.

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Mixed Fruit Pinch

Legacy of Mrs. H. W. Claycamp

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 ½ cups water

1 ½ cups sugar

1 quart grape juice

2 quarts chilled water

Juice of 6 lemons

Juice of 6 oranges

1 pint of tea

1 pint grated pineapple

 

Boil water and sugar 10 minutes.

Cool and all other ingredients and let stand 1 hour.

Add chilled water and serve with chipped ice.

This will serve twenty-five people.

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Fruit Punch

Legacy of Mrs. Wm H. Forsythe

Grandview, Indiana

 

3 cups sugar syrup (1 cup sugar and 2 cup water. Boil 6 or 7 minutes. Let cool.)

3 cups boiling water (Pour over ¼ cup tea leaves. Let cool.)

Then add:

3 cups orange juice

1 cup lemon juice

3 cups pineapple juice

1 quart gingerale (Add when ready to serve.)

 

This recipe makes 2 gallons.

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Ice Cream Dessert Salad

Legacy of Alma Banks

Grandview,Indiana

 

Dissolve . . . 1 Package lemon flavor gelatin in 1 cup boiling water.

Chill until partially set.

Add . . . . . . . 1 cup (No. 2 can) crushed pineapple, drained.

1 pint soft vanilla ice cream

½ cup chopped pecans

¼ cup diced maraschino cherries

 

Mix well and quickly pour into paper lined muffin tins.

This is attractive served in the vari-colored cup cake paper liners.

 

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Frozen Salad

Legacy of Alma Banks

Grandview,Indiana

 

Blend:

1 cake Philadelphia cream cheese

¼ cup Mayonnaise

 

Add:

½ cup crushed pineapple (drained)

 

Whip:

1 cup heavy cream with

¼ cup confectioners sugar

 

Add:

12 maraschino cherries, diced

 

Mix all together and freeze.

 

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Lemon Meringue Pie

Legacy of Jamie Billingsley

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 baked 8-inch pie shell (pastry or crumb)

1 (15 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk-Eagle Brand or any other brand

½ cup lemon juice

2 eggs separated

¼ teaspoon cream tartar

4 tablespoons sugar

 

Blend sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and egg yolks. Pour into pie shell.

Add cream of tartar to egg whites; beat until almost stiff enough to hold a peak. Add sugar gradually, beating until stiff nut not dry.

Pile lightly on filling.

Bake in a slow oven (325 degrees) 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

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Pineapple Sherbert

Legacy of Jamie Billingsley

Grandview, Indiana

 

Juice from 1 lemon

Juice from 1 Orange

Drain juice from 1 small can of crushed pineapple

Add ¾ cups sugar and ½ cup water to these and cook over medium hear until sugar dissolves and juice comes to a boil. Remove from heat and cool. Add crushed pineapple and 2 ½ cups sweet milk gradually while stirring. Pour into tray in automatic freezer. When this has frozen about 2 inches around edge of pan stir and add the well beaten whites of 2 eggs to which has been added 4 tablespoons of sugar. After it freezes the second time, stir again and return to freezer. This makes about a quart.

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Fresh Peach Ice Cream

Legacy of Maude Armstrong

Grandview, Indiana

 

2 cups peach pulp

¾ cup sugar

½ teaspoon almond flavoring

juice of 1 lemon

2 whole eggs

2 tablespoons sugar

½ pint cream

 

Select soft peaches. Mash thoroughly and run through sieve. Add sugar and lemon juice and dissolve. When thoroughly dissolved, pour into tray and freeze to a mush. Beat egg whites, adding the 2 tablespoons sugar, then add egg yolks and mix. Whip cream to a thick custard consistency and combine this with the beaten eggs. Add frozen peach pulp and mix lightly. Return to super freezer and continue to freeze.

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Butterscotch Pie

Legacy of Margaret Biedenkopf

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

6 tablespoons flour

¼ teaspoon salt

2 ½ cup milk

2 eggs, slightly beaten

3 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 baked 9 inch pie crust

 

Combine brown sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler. Add milk and egg yolks, mixing thoroughly. Place over rapidly boiling water and cook only 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from boiling water and add butter and vanilla. Cool, turn into pie shell. Top with meringue.

 

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Raisin Pie

Legacy of Flossie Sauter

Grandview, Indiana

 

1 cup raisins, boiled tender

1 cup cold water

1 egg

Pinch of salt

1 cup sugar]2 tablespoons flour]2 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoons vinegar

 

Boil all together until thick.

Let cool before putting in crust.

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Rhubarb and Banana Pie

Legacy of Flossie Sauter

Grandview, Indiana

 

2 cups finely cut rhubarb

2 bananas thinly sliced

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour

 

Mix sugar and flour and combine with fruit. Put into a deep tin lined with a rich crust. Cover with top crust and bake in a hot oven, 425 degrees, 15 minutes then at a more moderate heat, 350 degrees.

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Pecan Pie

Legacy of Idah Byrne

Grandview, Indiana

 

2 cups sugar

1 cup pecans

1 cup raisins

½ cup butter

½ cup cream

½ teaspoon nutmeg

Yolks of 3 eggs

 

Mix all together and last add the beaten egg whites. Fold in and bake in crust.

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Cherry Pie

Legacy of Lucy Porter

Grandview, Indiana

 

Combine:

2 ½ teaspoons Minute Tapioca

1 cup sugar

½ teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon melted butter

2 ½ cups drained canned cherries

1 cup cherry juice

 

Let stand 15 minutes.

Line 9 inch pie pan with pastry; fill with cherry mixture; cover with top crust.

Bake 45 minutes.

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Pineapple Chiffon Pie

Legacy of Grace Samuels

Grandview, Indiana

 

Make a pie shell.

Bring to a boil:

1 ¼ cups crushed pineapple

 

Stir in until dissolved:

1 package lemon juice

 

Mix in ¾ to 1 cap sugar

Cool until stiff.

 

Chill large can Pet milk. Whip until stiff. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice.

Pour on top of jello mixture and beat in slowly.

Pour into pie shell and chill.

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Pecan Pie

Legacy of Mildred D. Tremper

Grandview, Indiana

 

½ cup sugar

2 tablespoons butter

2 eggs, beaten

2 tablespoons flour

¼ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon almond extract

½ teaspoon vanilla

1 cup Karo syrup

1 cup chopped pecans

 

Cream butter; add sugar and beat eggs, then salt, extracts and syrup. Add flour and beat well. Add pecans, pour into pie shell and bake ½ hour in moderate oven.

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Marie’s Pineapple Pie

Legacy of Maria McCoy

Grandview, Indiana

 

¼ cup corn starch

2/3 cup sugar

2 cups scalded milk

¼ teaspoon salt

3 slightly beaten egg yolks

2 teaspoons butter

½ teaspoon vanilla

½ cup crushed pineapple, drained

 

Mix corn starch, sugar, salt. Gradually add milk. Cook in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly. Then slowly add small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks and stir into remaining hot mixture. Cook 5 minutes. Cool a little and add butter and vanilla. Then stir into well drained pineapple and pour into cooled pie shell. Cover with whipped cream or meringue. For variety add banana or coconut.

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