Home-made & Old Fashioned Recipe's
Hi, I'm Lisa Marie and I enjoy cooking and baking. When I was growing up the smell of home-baked goods in the kitchen, and the cozy feeling sitting at the table in front of a good home-cooked meal was something I always looked forward to, my mother and grandmother busily moving about the kitchen in harmony, not a burden to feed their family but a joy.This is something the American family rarely see's anymore, but I have brought this with me from that time to now and have collected many wonderful recipe's from the best cooks in the world, so enjoy them and remember, serving your family a nice hot meal is not a chore, it's a honor and a joy.
New Table of Contents
- A little love in cooking goes a long way, so don't forget to add some.
- Old fashioned Pancakes
- Easy Make Biscuits
- Basic Yeast Rolls
- Sopapillas
- Tortillas
- Potatoe Latkes
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Red Chilie
- Tater Tot Casserole
- Green chili enchiladas casserole
- Baked Salmon - WOW!
- Shabbat Challah
- Fruit Dip
- Dirt Cake
- Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies
- Hamantashen
- Banana Muffins
- Easy Make Doughnuts!
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A little love in cooking goes a long way, so don't forget to add some.
Old fashioned Pancakes
2 c. Flour4 tsp. Baking Powder
2 T. Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
2 Sprinkles of Cinnamon
(mix dry ingredients)
ADD:
1 Egg
1/3 c. Oil
1/4 tsp. Vanilla
Add Milk to texture
Mix well. Fry rounds on hot griddle, turning once when edges begin to brown.
Easy Make Biscuits
2 c. Flour1 tsp. Salt
1 T. Baking Powder
(Mix dry ingredients well)
Add:
1/3 c. Butter (softened)
3/4 c. Milk
Preheat oven to 425
Mix all ingredients together, knead dough on floured surface, roll out to 1/2 in. thick. Cut out with glass rim and put onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 min.
Basic Yeast Rolls
1 Pkg. Active dry yeast1/4 c. Warm water
1 c. Milk scalded
1/4 c. Sugar
1/4 c. shortening
1 tsp. Salt
3 1/2 c. Sifted All-Purpose flour
1 Egg
Directions
Soften yeast in the warm water.
Combine Milk, Sugar, Shortening, and Salt.
Cool to luke warm, add 1 1/2 c. of Flour, beat well.
Beat in Yeast and Egg.
Gradually add remaining flour to form soft dough, beating well.
Place in greased bowl turning once to grease surface.
Cover and let rise till double (1 1/2- 2 hrs.)
turn out on lightly floured surface and shape as desired. Cover and let rise in greased pans
(30-45 min.)Preheat oven to 400 and bake 12-15 min.
Sopapillas
6 c. Flour1 T. Salt
1 tsp. Sugar
2 Level T. Baking powder
6 Heaping T. Crisco
1 Egg
Directions
Mix all dry ingredients. Add Crisco, add Egg and warm water (as much as needed, not runny)Oil hands and knead dough. Roll with rolling pin and cut into triangles. Put into hot oil and deep-fry until fluffed up and golden brown. Serve with powdered sugar or honey.
Tortillas
4 c. Flour1 tsp. Baking powder
1.5 tsp. Salt
3/4 c. Shortening
Mix together flour, baking powder, salt. Add shortening mixing well until mix looks crumbly. Add warm water to mix, (do not put to much, it should not be runny) mix well kneading for about 3-5 min. make little round balls, roll out dough on slightly flowered surface with rolling pin, cook on med-high heated griddle flipping when one side is cooked, serve and enjoy.
Potatoe Latkes

shred potatoes (as many as needed)
onion- finely chopped (according to desired tatse)
mix together with shredded potatoes, add 1 egg per 4 potatoes, add flour to mix to create a patty.
heat frying-pan with oil and fry adding salt for flavor, cook on one side until golden brown turn over and repeat,Serve and enjoy.
Scalloped Potatoes
Slice potatoes thin, butter dish, layer potatoes adding salt,pepper, dry parsley,dot with butter in between layers and sprinkle with flour, continue to layer.Pour 1/3 C. Milk on top in pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1.5 hrs.
Red Chilie
2 Tbsp. Red chili powder5 c. Water
(Mix together in separate bowl)
In Med. pot- put in oil and flour (according to desired thickness ) and stir on med./low heat ( texture should look pasty and smooth) stir in chili mix, bring to a boil stirring constantly. Season with salt and garlic powder to taste.
Add meat if desired.
Tater Tot Casserole
Bake tots in oven, cook 1 lb. of hamburgar in med. pot, add 1 can of cream of mushroom and 1c. milk (or water) to hamburgar, mix well. Heat together,add salt to taste. ( you can add diced green chilie to mix for better flavor) Pour over tots, cover with cheddar cheese (grated) and bake for an additional 8 min. or until cheese is melted. Serve and enjoy! Green chili enchiladas casserole
Boil chicken (desired amount) cook well, shred when done cooking, set aside.shred medium cheddar cheese (desired amount) set aside.
1-2 cans of cream of chicken
1-2 C. milk
diced green chili (desired amount)
in medium sauce pan place cream of chicken. 1 can of cream of chicken to 1 can of milk.Stir until creamy and bring to a simmer. Add green chili and salt to flavor.
In pan of hot oil quick fry corn tortillas (on med.high heat), place first layer of corn tortillas in cake pan and sprinkle with cheese, repeat until you have reached desired layers. Pour cream of chicken sauce over entire casserole, cover top with cheese and bake at 250 degrees for 10 min. Serve and Enjoy!
Baked Salmon - WOW!
finely chopped fresh garlic ( about 1 Tbsp.)
1/2 Tomato
1 jalapeno pepper sliced thin
sliced onion ( desired amount)
1 Tbsp. olive oil
Lay fillet in baking pan on foil (large piece so that you can make a pocket out of it to bake fish in)
cut small slits into fish, stuff garlic into them . rub with oil, and lay tomato, onion and peppers on top. Lightly salt top. Bring remaining foil over fish folding edges, and forming a pocket. Try not to touch foil to top of fish.
Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 min. unfold and enjoy!
Shabbat Challah
1.5 c. Water1/4 c. Sugar or Honey
3 tsp. Salt
1/3 c. Butter or Margarine
2 Envelopes Active dry yeast
3 Eggs
7.5 c. All-purpose Flour (unbleached)
1 Tbsp. Water
1/2 c. Very warm water
Combine water, sugar (or honey), salt and butter (or margarine) in small sauce pan. Heat slowly until butter melts; cool to lukewarm. Beat eggs in a small bowl. reserve 2 Tbsp. for later. Sprinkle yeast into very warm water in large bowl. Stir until the yeast dissolves, then stir in the water mixture and the eggs. Beat in 4 c. flour until smooth. Beat in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface.Knead until smooth and elastic ( about 5 min.), using only as much flour as needed to keep dough from sticking. Place in a greased large bowl, turn to coat all over with shortening; cover with a clean towel.
Let rise in a warm place, away from drafts, 1.5 hours or until dough doubles in size.
Punch down. Let rise for 30 min. or until almost double in size. Punch dough down again, and turn out onto floured surface, knead a few times; divide dough into 6 even pieces. Roll out each piece into a rope about 15 inches long. Place 3 ropes onto one greased cookie sheet and 3 on another. Braid the ropes and turn under and fasten securely at each end. Let rise again in a warm place 1 hr. or until doubled in size. combine the reserved 2 Tbsp. of egg and the 1 Tbsp. of water, brush over the bread; Bake in moderate oven 350 degrees for 30 min. or until braids are golden and sound hollow when tapped. Place Challahs on wire racks to cool.
Fruit Dip
1 Jar Marshmallow Cream1 (8 oz.) pkg. Cream cheese (softened)
Mix well. add food coloring to dip for a pretty party dish.
goes great with strawberries, apples and bananas.
Dirt Cake
1/2 Stick of butter (softened)1- 8 oz. pkg. Cream cheese
1 C. Powdered sugar
1 Sm. Box of instant vanilla pudding
1.5 C. Milk
1 -12oz. ctn.Cool Whip
1-1lb. Bag Oreo Cookies
Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar;Set aside.
In separate bowl, beat together the pudding mix and milk. Fold in cool whip, a small amount at a time.Blend into cream cheese mixture, starting and ending with crushed cookies.
Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies
1 C. Margarine or Butter (softened)1 C. Firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 C. Granulated sugar
2 Eggs
1tsp. Vanilla
1.5 C. All purpose flour
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
3 C. Oats (uncooked)
1 C. Raisins
Set oven to 350 degrees. Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy, add eggs and Vanilla, beating well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; Mix well.Stir in oats and raisins (mixing well). Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet with spoon. Bake 10-12 min. or until golden brown.
Serve and enjoy!
Hamantashen
2/3 C. Margarine soft1/2 C.Sugar
1/4 C.Orange juice
1 C. White flour
1 C. Wheat flour
( Pie filling)
Blend together sugar and butter thoroughly
Add Flour and Orange juice (Alternating)
Refrigerate for about 3-4 Hrs.
Roll out dough thin
Cut out circles with top of glass 3-4 in. each
put 1 Tbsp. filling in middle of circle and fold up sides to make a triangle, filling should show in the middle.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 min.
Banana Muffins

3/4 C. of Flour
1/2 C. of Sugar
1/2 Tsp. Baking Soda
2 Ripe Bananas, (mashed with fork)
1 Egg
1/4 C. of Butter (melted)
Pre-heat oven to 400 and grease muffin pan.
Combine flou,sugar,and baking soda in a large bowl with a wisk.
Mix mashed bananas,egg, and melted butter together, with a spoon.
Add to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
Fill the muffin pan with batter and bake for 13-15 min.
Easy Make Doughnuts!
Doughnuts
Add 1 C. milk, Pinch of Salt, 2 Tsp. Baking Powder. ( set aside)
2 C. flour, 1/2 Tsp. of Ginger, and 1/4 Tsp. nutmeg (Mix together)
Topping (Powdered sugar)
Combine all ingredients mixing well, roll out using extra flour to surface until dough forms.
Roll out about 1/4 in. thick and cut out. Fry in hot oil on (med.-med. high heat) when a shade darker than golden brown, remove and set aside,(aprox. 10 min.) when cooled, turn in powdered sugar or frost and enjoy!
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