and a few men!

Sibyl Wright's Favorite Coconut Cake

1 pkg. butter cream cake mix

Substitute milk for water: bake as directed: makes three layers

Juice of 2 oranges

1/2 cup sugar

Mix well: pour on once over each layer as you begin to stack the cake.

Icing

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 pint sour cream

1 1/2 pkgs. frozen coconut 12 oz size

Mix ingredients listed above and spread over each layer, top and side of the cake...

Delicious!

 

 Christmas Green Congealed  Salad

• 2 boxes of lime jello

• 1 box of lemon jello

• 6 oz. creme cheese

• 1 cup miniature marshmellows

• 1 cup chopped pecans

Mash up cream cheese in a pyrex dish, sprinkle jello mix over the cream cheese, pour 3 cups of boiling water and mix well, then put in the miniature marshmellows when it begins to jell a little put in the pecans.. Cool in the refrigerator until completely jelled..

Southern Pecan Pie

Mix ingredients listed above well pour into an unbaked pastry pie shell and bake in 350°oven for 45 to 50 minutes. Cool and top it with whipped cream or ice cream. We like it hot without ice cream. With a glass of iced tea or a cup of coffee.

Mississippi Mud Cake

• 2 sticks butter
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1- 1/2 cups flour
• 1- 1/2 cups chopped nuts

• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 lb. powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Melt butter and cocoa. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar and beaten eggs. Add flour, salt, nuts and vanilla. Mix well. Spoon batter into greased pan, 13x9x2- inch. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes. Sprinkle marshmellows on top of warm cake and then cover with frosting. Combine sugar, milk, cocoa and butter. Mix well and spread on cake.

Ina Jo

 

Easy Peach Cobbler

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1 can peaches
• 1 cup sweet milk ( for non-Southerners this is Whole milk)

Crust: Melt butter in saucepan. Set aside. Mix 1 cup sugar, flour and milk. Pour over butter. Do not stir. Mix peaches and 1 cup sugar in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Pour over crust mixture. Do not stir or mix. Place in oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until brown...

Loraine N.

(this is my Dad's favorite dessert)

Southern Cream Cookies

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 well beaten eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 5 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. soda
• 1- 1/2 cup broken pecans
• 3 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon

Cream shortening and 2 cups sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and sour cream. Mix well. Sift flour with baking powder, salt and soda; add to creamed mixture. Add nuts. Drop from teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Grease bottom of small glass; dip into mixed sugar and cinnamon; press cookie flat. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Makes 6 dozen cookies.

Walterine M.

Recipe Title -FUDGE HEAVEN CAKE

INGREDIENTS

You must make the frosting first!

FROSTING:

2 1/2 cups milk

1 1/2 cups sugar

6 squares (1 oz. each) unsweetened chocolate

1/4 cup cornstarch

2 tablespoons water

3 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

CAKE:

4 squares (1 oz. each) unsweetened chocolate

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup shortening

1 1/2 cups milk

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

Frosting: Scald milk in heavy sauce-pan. Add sugar and chocolate. Dissolve cornstarch in water; stir into milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat; stir in butter or margarine and vanilla. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, then cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 3 hours.

Cake: Grease and flour three 8 - inch round cake pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt chocolate over hot, not boiling water. In a large mixer bowl combine dry ingredients. Add shortening and 3/4 cup milk. Blend on low speed of mixer, then increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes. Add remaining milk, eggs, vanilla and melted chocolate. Beat 2 more minutes. Spoon batter evenly into pans. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until center springs back when pressed lightly with fingertip. Cool in pans 5 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Fill and frost with Chocolate Frosting. Store leftover cake in refrigerator. Makes 8 to 10 servings, about 780 calories per 8 and 640 per 10.

 

 

 

Asparagus Casserole

• 2 cans asparagus
• 1/4 cup of milk or less
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup grated Cheddar Cheese
• 2 sleeves of saltine crackers

Layer crumbled crackers, then layer one can of asparagus, a layer of mushroom soup (half the can), then 1/2 cup cheese, grated. Repeat and add milk, if needed, for moisture. Cook at 350° until it bubbles. Serves 6 to 8.

Annie

GrandMama's Spanish Rice

• 1 lb. ground chuck
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1 medium size bell pepper
• garlic salt or chopped garlic button
• dash of Worchestershire sauce
• 1 stalk celery, chopped (optional)
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt

• Brown meat in skillet. Add other ingredients and add water to the top of the mixture.
• Cook on simmer for 30 minutes. Must stir occasionally to keep from burning. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
• Annie

Miss Velma's Meat Loaf

• 1 1/2 lb. ground chuck
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 cup tomato juice
• 1/2 cup ketchup (to pour over)

Mix all ingredients well in large bowl. Form in loaf pan. Pour ketchup over top. Bake at 400° for 1 1/2 hours

Sherry M.

This is not contributed by a Southern Lady.. thought it might be interesting to include it..

The $250.00 Neiman-Marcus Cookie

2 cups butter

4 cups flour

2 tsp. soda

2 cups sugar

5 cups blended oatmeal**

24 oz. chocolate chips

2 cups brown sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)

4 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

2 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.

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