My Grandma has a birthday today! So, even though you are no longer with us, I will sing a chorus of 'Happy Birthday' for you and remember your stories, your smile, your cooking.
And, from our Taylor Cookbook, a few of Grandma's recipes:
Toffee and Coffee Cake:
1 egg
½ C. milk
½ C. sugar
2 C. flour
½ t. salt
3 t. baking powder
½ C. salad oil
Bake 20-30 minutes at 375 degrees
Toffee:
4 T. butter
4 T. flour
1 C. brown sugar
Mix until crumbly and spread on coffee cake before baking
Raisin Pudding:
All
the kids loved this pudding.
Syrup--1/2 C. brown sugar
2 C. water
½ C.
raisins
1 T. butter
Cook slowly for 5 minutes
Batter--1 T. butter
¼ C. white
sugar
1 T. baking
powder
1 C. flour
½ C. milk
Drop batter by spoonfuls onto a baking dish, pour hot raisin
syrup over and bake until brown (30 minutes).
Brown Betty:
Layer of bread crumbs into buttered baking dish. Dot with
small pieces of butter, then layer of sliced apples, covered with this
mixture--
1 C. sugar
nutmeg
cinnamon
Repeat layers until full. Add ½ C. water.
Bake in 350 degree oven
Love you.
3 comments:
Happy birthday, grandma.
The first (the only) full set of dishes I ever bought was blue and white because I loved the blue and white dishes that Grandma Taylor had in her kitchen cupboards. I think hers were of Chinese scenes and mine are of English scenes, but I still use these dishes all the time and think of her often.
I'm also proud that we share a middle name, although I went through some years of reluctance at telling people that my middle name was Ethel. Then I went through a brief time of thinking about using Ethel as my primary name. Now I'm just glad that Grandma is my partner in The Ethel Club.
I still remember her voice. I wish I could talk to her now, when I can think of so many more things I'd like to ask her than I could when I was little.
Happy Birthday, Grandma, from all of us who are alive because of you.
Happy Birthday, Aunt Ethel!
Pat, thanks for sharing these old-fashion recipes. I can't wait to try them out. They remind me of my grandmaother's cooking, although she did not cook with a recipe, so I do not have any of hers to try.
Evelyn
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