Nana Fisher’s Recipes from Kathy’s Cookbook
5 pounds hamburg
3 eggs
2 pounds ground pork
2 large onions, chopped
salt
pepper
nutmeg
Combine hamburg, eggs, ground pork, onions, salt and pepper
to taste and nutmeg. Mix completely and form into meatballs. Cook in pan until
brown. Remove from pan and set aside. With the drippings in the pan, add water
and flour and thicken very little. Put meatballs back into gravy and simmer for
about 1 hour on very low heat. Serve.
2 cups sugar
2/3 cups evaporated milk
1 tablespoon Karo syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons peanut butter
1 tablespoon marshmallow fluff
In a large heavy saucepan boil sugar, milk and Karo syrup
over medium to medium-high heat. Heat until 234 - 235 degrees on candy
thermometer stirring the whole time. Take off heat and add vanilla, peanut
butter and marshmallow and nuts if desired. Beat with wired wisk and pour into
greased 8X8 pan. Recipe doubles well.
1 quart milk
3/4 stick of butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup flour
2 or 3 teaspoons vanilla
Mix sugar and flour and set aside. Warm milk with margarine.
Add sugar and flour mixture to warm milk and cook until thickened. Remove from
heat and add vanilla. Good on top of
bread pudding, pound cake etc. Makes 1 1/2 quarts.
1 cup milk
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine milk and flour in a saucepan; cook until thick.
Cover and refrigerate. In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and
vanilla until creamy. Add chilled milk/flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes.
Frost cooled cake. Will frost 1- 9 inch cake.
1- 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell
1 1/4 cups can pumpkin
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
dash of salt
1 cup evaporated milk
Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, mixing until well
blended. Add egg; mix well. Spread onto
bottom of pastry shell. Combine remaining ingredients; mix well. Carefully pour
over cream cheese mixture. Bake at 350 degrees. 1 hour and 5 minutes. Cool.
Brush with maple syrup and garnish with nuts, if desired.
1 3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
2 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla.
1 bag Hershey chocolate kisses
1/2 cup peanut butter
Mix all ingredients until dough forms. Shape dough into
balls using a rounded teaspoonful each. Roll balls into sugar and place on
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Do not
overcook. Press cookie with a chocolate candy kiss until cookie cracks. Makes
50 cookies.
3 oz. package strawberry jello
1 small package frozen strawberries or 1 1/2 cup sliced
fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon sugar
pinch of salt
1/2 - 10 oz. angel food cake torn in pieces
1/2 pint whipping cream - whipped
Dissolve jello in 1 1/4 cup boiling water. Stir in fresh or
thawed strawberries. Add sugar and salt and mix well. Chill until mixture
starts to thicken. Fold in whipped cream. Cover bottom 9 x 13 pan with half of
angel food cake. Pour half of cream mixture over cake. Add the remaining angel
food cake pieces and pour the rest of the cream mixture; spread evenly and
chill for 1 or 2 hours. Makes 6 – 8 servings.
6 to 8 apples
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 1/2 stick melted butter
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 egg
Fill greased 9 inch pie plate 2/3 full with pared sliced
apples. Sprinkle apples with 1 tablespoon of sugar and cinnamon. Mix together
flour, sugar, butter egg, and walnuts. Pour over apples and bake at 350 degrees
for 45 minutes. It is quick and good with cream or cool whip.
1 large container cool whip
1 box of vanilla instant pudding
1 can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
Mix cool whip, pudding mix, pineapple and marshmallows
thoroughly. Put in bowl and chill for 1 hour. Makes 6 servings.