Banana Cake

Banana Cake

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup flour
4 ripe bananas (mash until fluffly)
1 egg
3 tbs sour milk
1 tsp soda
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
Walnuts if desired

Mix all together blending well. Bake 30 min. at 325 Alice Bowler Porter (grandmother)

Soda Cookies

5 cups of flour
1 cup lard
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp soda
pinch salt

Mix all the above together like pie crust. Make a little well in ingredients and pour in

1 1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 tbs vanilla or lemon

Stir mixing liquid ingredients with dry makes aoft dough. Roll out and Bake. This recip is good for children. Soft and not to sweet. Alice Bowler Porter (my mothers mothers)


Cake Doughnuts

1 cup sugar
2 tbs melted shortening
2 eggs
1 cup milk
Pinch salt
Nutmeg to tast
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp salt

Add enough Flour to make a soft dough. Roll out quite thin, Cut with doughnut cutter and drop into deep fat. Great Grandmother Mary Maud Porter (my mother's grandmother)

Sundown Cobbler

1 cup of flour 1/2 tsp salt
1 cup of sugar 1 egg (if you have plenty)
1 cup milk 1/2 cup melted butter
1 tsp baking powder 1 qt fruit

Put butter into pan and let melt in oven. Pour bater into pan after mixing in order above. Use fruit or berries, canned or fresh and sweetened. Pour this fruit over the batter. Bake in a moderate oven (about 375) until nicely browned and batter is done. About 30 to 45 min. In baking the batter will come to the top. Alice Despain (my grandmother)

Cowboy Cookies

1 cup butter 1 tsp ginger
1 cup sugar 1 tsp cinnomon
1 cup molasses 1/2 tsp salt

Mix above ingredients and add 4 1/2 cup flour. Sift flour before measuring. Dissolve 2 tsp soda in 1 cup boiling water and add to mixture. After you have mixed in flour. Beat up one egg and add last. Drop by tsp on cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for about 10 t0 12 min. Alice Despain (Grandmother, my fathers mother)

Vinegar Pudding

3/4 cup vinegar
4 cup water
1 1/2 cup sugar or to taste
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. allspice
1/4 tsp salt

Thicken with cornstarch and drop baking powder biscuits on top. Bake 375 for 45 min. Alice Despain (Grandmother, my fathers mother) This recipe my grandmother made many, many times. I am sure that she made this when times were hard. It became a Thanksgiving favorite.