Recipe 40

Feed well
They say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach
So my advice is to feed him
well and so keep him happy
and contented

Mrs. Rankin

english trifle

Recipe 39

English Trifle

1 lrg. can fruit cocktail, drained

1/4 c. sherry

1 pkg. french vanilla instant pudding

2 sliced bananas

1-2 pkg. frozen raspberries, drained

2 sm. pkgs. raspberry jello

1 small pound cake

whipped cream or cool whip

Slice cake in 1/2 " slices. Line bottom & halfway up sides of bowl with cake. Sprinkle cake with sherry. Spread cake with a layer of fruit cocktail, bananas & raspberries. Mix jello, according to instructions and pour over fruit and cake, covering all. Refrigerate until well set. Mix pudding per instructions and pour over jello mixture. When pudding is set, cover all with whipped cream. Serve!

Sonni Beranek

December 1980

This reminds me a lot of my Grandma. She loved her fruit and pudding. A trifle is something you can really make your own. Add want you want and have fun with it. How can you go wrong with anything that has pound cake in it!

love, krissy girl

stuffed tomatos

Recipe 38

Stuffed Tomato's

6 small tomato's

1 jar cheese spread

2 T. evaporated milk

2 hard cooked eggs, shelled

1/2 pimento

2 T. capers

lettuce cups

Peel tomato's and remove pulp leave opening in top as small as possible. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and invert. Let stand 1 hour. Mix cheese with milk and eggs chopped. Fill center of each tomato, cover top with mayo and garnish with pimento and capers. Serve in lettuce cups on large chop plate. 

Have I told you.....I love tomato's!! I can remember making tuna stuffed tomato's with my Mom and my Grandma. I also love egg salad, so this recipe is a must! I like the addition of bacon and asparagus sprinkled on top. Make it today!

love, krissy girl

pear pie

Recipe 37

Peach Pie

2 cans Bartlett pears

4 T. butter melted

3 T. flour

1/2 c. brown sugar

1/4 c. pear juice

1 t. lemon juice

dash cinnamon

Combine butter, flour, sugar syrup, lemon and cinnamon. Cook until thick and clear. Place pears in shell and cover with sauce. Top with whip cream.

I have not had a pear in such a long time. I used to love them out of the can growing up....so I would probably love this pie. It is a perfect pear pie!

One of the items I have of my Grandma's  is a wooden toothpick holder. Like her recipe box, and most of her things, it has been painted.....a few times! I love it! It's not something you see, and I don't use it, but I like to look at it. Below is a picture of my Grandma Bea.

love, krissy girl

oatmeal cookies

Recipe 36

Oatmeal Cookies

1 c. shortening

1 c. sugar

1 c. brown sugar

2 eggs

1 t. vanilla

1 1/2 c. flour

1 t. salt

1 t. baking soda

3 c. oats

1 c. chopped walnuts

Cream shortening and sugar. Mix eggs and vanilla. Sift flour salt and soda. Fold into creamed mixture. Stir in oats and nuts. Roll into small balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Flatten with fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or roll and refrig. 

I love the smell of warm oatmeal cookies!! Cozy up to a fire, or get under the covers and watch a good movie with your cookies. Perfect for a cold night. Crispy and chewy all at the same time.

This may sound weird, but I can still remember what my Grandma Bea smelled like. Even without perfume, everyone has a "scent", and I remember hers. I think I am one of those very sensitive smell people. I was in a movie theater over the weekend. I could smell someone sitting near me, and it grossed me out. It smelled like greasy hair. My sensitive nose is only good when there are good scents, otherwise it can literally make me ill!!

love, krissy girl

lace cookies

Recipe 35
Lace Cookies
1 c. sugar
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 c. melted butter
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
3 1/2 c. rolled oats

Sift sugar and baking powder together. Beat egg yolks lightly, add melted butter and vanilla, and blend with dry ingredients. Add rolled oats, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.

Drop batter in balls the size of a marble on a buttered cookie sheet. Flatten with finger tips which have been dipped in water. Bake in heated oven temp 425. Bake 6-8 mins.

Jimmie Jean Keithly



I have seen these cookies at many stores and bakeries, tasted these cookies, but never made these cookies. They taste really good, light and crispy, and seem easy to make. Usually I see them around the holidays, but really you could make them any time. I am putting them on my list of things to make. I have also seen them sandwiched together with frosting or cream.

A little known fact about my Grandma Bea is that she had 3 sisters and 1 brother. Her father was a Lutheran Pastor. I had the privilege of knowing her Dad, but not her Mother. He was a wonderful man and father. She admired and loved him so. Her brother was the last one to pass,  just over a year ago.

love, krissy girl

quick dessert

Recipe 34

Quick Dessert

Here's a quick dessert which make a delicious climax to a meal. Simply fold chilled canned apple slices into cool vanilla pudding, made from a mix. Place in sherbet glasses and top with macaroon crumbs.

Love this little recipe! And so true. If you mix vanilla pudding with anything, people usually love it. This recipe would taste like a mini apple pie. You could do a pumpkin, cherry, blueberry version of it using graham crackers crumbs! Yum!

The sherbet glasses reminded me of my grandma. She had beautiful glasses and dishes. She loved blue. I was lucky enough to get some of her blue glasses. I rarely use them, I just like to look at them, so many memories!

love, krissy girl