Kith's Family Recipes
Fruit Salad (from Kith's grandmother)

Pumpkin Pie

Baked Custard (from Winkie)

Blanc Mange

Meringues (from Kith's mother)

Funny Cake (from Kith's mother)

 

Fruit Salad - Grammy
4 T sugar

4 T vinegar

4 T butter

Boil together until smooth. Pour over 1 well-beaten egg, return to stove, heat briefly. Chill in refrigerator. Add 1 pint whipped cream.

Fold into this:

     4 apples, peeled and diced*

     4 bananas, ditto

     bunch of grapes, peeled and seeded

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* Put peeled apples in 2 qt. water (cold)

1 T vinegar

1 T salt to keep them from browning 

 

 Pumpkin Pie - Mother
Mix: 1-1/4 C strained pumpkin

        1/2 C sugar 

        1 T molasses

        1 T melted butter

        1/1-2 - 2  t ginger

        1/1-2 - 1  t cinnamon

          1/2 t salt

Add: 2 eggs, well-beaten

        1-1/2 C rich milk

Bake 10 minutes at 450 degrees, 25 to 35 minutes at 375 degrees

 

                              Baked Custard - Winkie
3 C scalded milk

6 egg yolks or 3 eggs (5 for large mold)

1/2 C sugar

1/4 t salt

1 t vanilla

Beat eggs slightly, add sugar and salt.  Pour scalded milk on slowly (or vice versa). Set in pan of hot water, and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) until firm.       To test: insert knife in custard; if knife comes out clean, custard is done.

 

Vanilla Blanc Mange from Grammy via Winkie
1 pt. milk (put in salt and butter and scald in a double boiler)

1 heaping T corn starch

1 heaping T flour

4 rounded T sugar

Mix dry ingredients and moisten with cold milk

Add to scalded milk

Flavor with 1 t vanilla

 

 

                              Meringues from Doris Ogden
6 egg whites - beat five minutes

Gradually add 2 C sugar - beat five minutes

Add: 1 T vinegar, pinch of salt, vanilla - beat five minutes

Bake on brown paper taped on cookie sheet at 275 or 300 degrees about 45 minutes

Test by lifting from paper with tip of knife. Will not stick when done.

 

                        Funny Cake from Doris Ogden
Note: ingredients at room temperature

Sift: 1 C flour

      1 C sugar

      1 t. baking powder

Put into a 1 C measuring cup:

      2 eggs

      2 T melted butter

Fill with milk.  Mix thoroughly.  Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 25 minutes