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Blueberry Buckle

Monday, September 20th, 2010
Mix together:
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. soft shortening
1 egg
Add:
½ c. milk (I usually add more milk, as I think the batter is too stiff
with just ½ cup)
Stir in:
2 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
½ t. salt
Add:
2 c. blueberries
Spread in a 9 x 13 greased pan
Crumb topping:  Mix and sprinkle over top of batter
½ c. sugar
1/3 c. flour
½ t. cinnamon
1/4 c. butter
Bake at 350 for 45 – 50 minutes

Icing for Sour Cream Cookies

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

1/2 c melted butter

2 c confectioners’ sugar

1 t vanilla

4 t hot water

Mix butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla together. Add teaspoons of hot water until you reach your desired consistency for spreadable icing.

Old Fashioned Butter Cookies

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Cream together 1 c butter and 1 1/2 c sugar.

Add 2 beaten eggs, 1+ t. vanilla, 1/4 t. almond extract.

Dissolve 1/2 t. baking soda in 3 T sour cream.

Add 3 c flour

Roll 1/8″ thick on floured surface. Cut with floured circle.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes — NOT until brown.

Icing: Use “Icing for Sour Cream Cookies”

Grandma Balsley’s Rhubarb Pie

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

1 1/2 C Sugar
3 eggs
3 T flour
1/4 t salt
5 C diced rhubarb
nutmeg

Place rhubarb in 9 1/2″ unbaked pie shell – mix sugar, flour, salt and eggs together well and pour over rhubarb. Sprinkle with nutmeg and bake at 350 for 50-60 min

Done when toothpick comes out clean Serves 6.

(word for word taken straight from the index card grandma wrote it on)