Grandma Dot's Recipes


Grandma's diet, at one point in her life, consisted of bread, milk, chocolate, and peanut butter, things she loved all her life.  At the end, she could no longer have chocolate, but peanut butter was still okay.

If you have another of her recipes I don't, please send it to me, and I'll include it too.


Cowboy Cookies
2 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. baking powder
1 c. margarine
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
2 c. rolled oats
8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder, and set aside.
Blend margarine and sugars until fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time, and vanilla.
Add flour mixture and mix well.  Add rolled oats and chocolate chips by hand.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
These also store well in the refrigerator or freezer.


Corn Flake Cookies
1 c. corn syrup
1 c. sugar
2 c. peanut butter
6 c. corn flakes, slightly crushed

Bring corn syrup and sugar to active boil for 1 minute.  
Remove from heat and add peanut butter, mixing well.
Pour over corn flakes and mix.
Drop teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper and cool.


Quick Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
1/2 c. water
3 T. cocoa powder
1/2 c. butter
2 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. peanut butter
3 c. quick oats

Bring water, butter, sugar, and cocoa powder to active boil for 3 minutes.
Turn down heat and add vanilla, salt and peanut butter, stirring until melted.
Add to oats and mix.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper and cool.


Ginger Cookies
5 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 T. baking soda
1 t. salt
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
2 1/2 t. ground ginger
1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1 c. margarine
1 scant c. hot water
1 c. molasses

Mix dry ingredients together with margarine until like pie-crust.
Bring water to boil and add molasses.  Pour in dry mixture, mixing on low until blended.
Roll cookies out.  You may need to knead lightly with a little flour before rolling.
This makes a large recipe and can be used for gingerbread houses or sandwich cookies with 7-minute icing inside.
Bake at 350 degrees until puffy and golden.


Sour Cream Cookies
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 c. sour cream (not low fat)
2 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 c. chocolate chips

Mix sugar and eggs, then sour cream and flour and soda.  Add chocolate chips last.
Bake at 350 degrees until done.


Fingers
1 egg
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. margarine
1 c. flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
1 c. oatmeal
1/2 t. vanilla
1/3 c. peanut butter
1 c. chocolate chips
1 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. peanut butter
3 T. evaporated milk

Mix egg, sugars, margarine, flour, soda, salt, oatmeal, vanilla and 1/3 c. peanut butter together.
Spread out in 9 x 13" pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
While hot out of the oven, sprinkle with chocolate chips.  
When melted, spread with mixture of powdered sugar, 1/2 c. peanut butter and milk.


Pumpkin Bread
1 c. oil
4 c. sugar
3 c. cooked and mashed pumpkin
5 c. flour
4 t. baking soda
1/2 T. cloves
1/2 T. cinnamon
2 c. nuts
2 c. raisins or dates

Mix together oil and sugar.  Add pumpkin and blend.  Add mixture of flour, soda, and spices and blend well.
Optionally, add nuts and raisins or dates.
Pour into 4 small greased loaf pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 75 minutes.


Peach Crisp
6 c. sliced peaches
2/3 c. sugar
2 eggs
4 T. flour
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. margarine
1 1/2 c. flour

Mix together peaches, sugar, eggs and 4 T. flour, and pour into 9 x 13" pan.
Cover with mixture of brown sugar, margarine and 1 1/2 c. flour.
Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.


Apple Cheese Crisp
4 large apples
1/2 c. sugar
1 t. cinnamon
2 T. water
1 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. melted butter
1 c. grated cheese

Slice apples as for pie and mix with 1/2 c. sugar, cinnamon and water.
Place in 9 x 9" pan and top with flour, sugar, salt, butter and cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.


Monkey Bread
4 tubes refrigerated biscuits
2/3 c. sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 T. cinnamon

Cut biscuits into quarters and shake in a bag with sugar and 1 t. cinnamon.
Put in greased bundt pan.
In saucepan, bring to boil butter, brown sugar and 1 T. cinnamon.  Pour over biscuits.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, and turn on to platter immediately.


Maid Service Pancakes
6 eggs
4 c. buttermilk
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 c. cream
1 pkg. dry yeast
4 c. flour
2 T. baking bowder
2 T. baking soda
2 T. sugar
1 t. salt

Beat eggs.  Add buttermilk, oil, cream and yeast.  Stir, then add remaining ingredients, and stir throroughly.
Set in refrigerator overnight.  Remove from refrigerator when needed.  Bake on hot griddle.
Batter will keep no longer than 2 weeks.  Use as needed.


Peanut Butter Sauce
1/3 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. corn syrup
1 T. butter
2 1/2 T. beanut butter
1/4 c. light cream.

Put brown sugar and corn syrup into a saucepan with butter and simmer 5 minutes.
Add peanut butter and cream.  Stir until smooth.  Store in covered jar.  Makes about 1 cup.


Chocolate Sauce
6 oz. chocolate chips
6 oz. evaporated milk
1 pint marshmallow creme

Mix chips and milk and heat until melted.  Mix in marshmallow creme.


Peppermint Salad
1 large carton Cool Whip
1 pkg. miniature marshmallows
1/3 c. crushed peppermint sticks
graham crackers

Line bottom of 9 x 13" pan with crushed graham crackers.
Mix together Cool Whip, marshmallows, and peppermint.
Spread in pan and top with more crushed graham crackers.


Quick Yummy Cookies
26 graham crackers
1 1/2 c. miniature marshmallows
1/2 c. margarine
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1 egg
1 T. cocoa
1/2 T. vanilla
bittersweet chocolate

Break graham crackers in chunks and mix with mini marshmallows in bowl.
Bring margarine, sugar, salt, egg, and cocoa to active boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and add vanilla.  Pour over graham cracker mixture and press down in pan lightly.
Sprinkle with grated bittersweet chocolate.