Erica’s cranberries

 3 cups ground cranberries

3/4 lb mini marshmallows 

1 cup sugar 

8-12 Oz cooo whip 

8 Oz drained crushed pineapple

1. Combine ground cranberries and sugar (let sit overnight in fridge) 

2. Add pineapple next day and mix

3. Add cool whip and marshmallows 

4. Let sit in fridge for 2+ hours 

The kids especially love this. It’s pink and it looks good!

Mashed Potatoes

5# potatoes, cooked and mashed
1 pkg cream cheese
1/2 to 1 1/2 c sour cream
salt & pepper

whip or beat and put in greased 9 x 13 pan.
refrig or freeze until you need them.
This makes about 12 - 15 servings.

Oyster Dressing

Make 1 day ahead

1 quart of oysters

3 packs (sleeves) of Krispy (saltine) crackers, crumbled

Butter

3 eggs

1 pint ½ & ½

Spray casserole with Pam.

Layer: (3 times)

            crumbled crackers

           oysters

            small pats of butter

 Top with one more layer of crumbled crackers

Beat the 3 eggs, combine with the ½ & ½  Pour over the casserole, as much as the pan will allow. You will not use all the liquid…save it for the next day.

Refrigerate.  The next morning, look at see if there is liquid on the bottom.  If not, put the rest of the mixture in, or if you don’t have any mixture left, pour just some ½ & ½. 

Bake at 365 for 45 minutes.  It should puff up like a soufflé, and be brown on the top.

Wild rice

½ lb wild rice (pure, not mixed)

2 pints of sliced mushrooms, combined regular and portobellas

2 sticks of butter

Put the rice in a colander, boil water and rinse the rice with the boiling water several times, until rice kernels pop open.  This can take quite a while.

Sauté the mushrooms in one stick of the butter until they are just done (when the juice comes out)

Combine sautéed mushrooms and the rice with the other stick of butter (melted) into a casserole.  May need to add some water before cooking.

Salt, pepper, garlic salt as needed

Cover and cook at 350 for an hour.

Mom's Dressing (Loretta)

 

This recipe is from Nora and she said

"I've made this dressing for the past 10 years and rely alot on the smell for the correct amount of poultry seasoning and sage. "

1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup chopped onion
3 1/2 cup chopped celery (1 stalk + 2 pieces)

Sautee

In Large Mixing Bowl combine:

1/2 loaf of bread, broken into pieces
1/2 load of bread, toasted, broken into pieces
2 tsp. poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp. sage
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. peppter
Add 7 or 8 crushed saltine crackers

Add:

2 cups of milk
1 cup of chicken broth
3 beaten eggs, plus spash of water

Add Sauteed mixture, place in 9 by 13 pan.

Bake at 350 covered for 1 hour, uncover and bake at 275 for one hour.

Grandma DeCoursey's Rolls, Cinnamon or Parker House

In Mixing bowl
2 c boiling water
1/3 c Crisco
1/2 c sugar
1 ts salt
mix and wait for mixture to cool a bit. (leave you finger
in for a minute..can't be hot. must mean its close to body temp!)

in small bowl add
1 ts sugar
5-6 ts. Active dry yeast
1/4 c lukewarm water ( barely warm)

beat 3 large eggs and add to yeast mixture.

Add yeast mixture to cooled water mixture.
I use Kitchen aide mixer to add in 8 1/4 cups flour.
I use reagular beater for 1st 5 c. flour, then
switch to kneading attachment for last 3 1/4 cups. don't over knead!

When it forms a ball I cover it and put it in the fridge
overnight.  Or leave out to rise quicker, must double in size.

Roll the dough out any way you want.
I do lots of little sections, fold them in half and
put them in a pile until they're all rolled out.


For Cinnamon Rolls
 I melt 1 stick of butter, add 1 c sugar to it and 4 heaping
ts. of cinnamon. Spread this mixture on each section, roll up  and then cut into
rolls about 1/2 inch thick. I have to make 2 of the cinnamon mixtures,
I do not double it because it gets too hard.  Its better if I just make it twice.

I put rolls in pan right next to each other, let rise at least 1 hr.,and then bake at 405 until I see them,
starting to turn brown...just barely...about 7 mins. or more.

I make icing in blender and pour over rolls at any time..hot or cold.

For Parker House Rolls
Just cut rolled dough into small circles,
dip in melted butter and fold in half.  Bake the same way.