Orange Salad or Dessert

1 large cottage cheese (small curd)
1 large orange jello
1 small can crushed pineapple (drained)
1 small can mandarin oranges (drained)
8 oz cool whip

Mix jello with cottage cheese about 5 minutes, add the container of cool whip and last add the drained fruit.

Irish Gingerbread

2 1/2 cup sifted flour
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
1/2 cup melted shortening
1/2 cup molasses

Sift flour, soda, salt & spices into mixing bowl. Add sugar. Combine eggs, buttermilk, shortening and molasses. Add liquids into dry ingredients all at once. Beat 3 min. Pour into 9x9x2 pan well greased and floured. Bake 350 for 35-40 min.

Mincemeat Eggnog Pie

2 cups prepared mincemeat
1- 9" pasty shell, baked and cooled
1- 3oz pk instant vanilla pudding mix
2 C. light cream
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Spoon mincemeat into bottom of baked pie shell. Prepare pudding mix according to directions on pk, sing light cream and nutmeg in place of milk. Pour over mincemeat lined pastry shell. Chill several hours. Serve, sprinkle with nutmeg and garnish with more mincemeat.

Banana Mallow Pie

Crust:
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1/3 cup margarine, melted
Press into 9" pie plate, bake at 375 for 8 min

1 3oz pkg vanilla pie filling using 1 3/4 cup milk, cover & chill. Fold in 1 3/4 c. miniature marshmallows, 1 cup whipped cream. Slice 2 bananas into crust, pour filling over bananas. Chill several hours or overnight.

Lemon Dessert

Dissolve 1 3oz pkg lemon jello in 1 cup boiling water & chill until partially set. Cream 8oz cream cheese until soft. 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla & blend well, add this to the jello. Beat 1 can evaporated milk (put in freezer for 1 hour to chill first). Fold into lemon mixture. 

Graham cracker crust

2 c. fine graham cracker crumbs

2 tsp sugar

1/2 c. soft butter or marg.

spread 2/3 of crumb mixture on bottom of 9x13 pan

pour jello mixture over crumbs

remaining crumbs go on top

serves 12

Banana Cake

2/3 c. butter
1 1/4 c. sugar
2 whole eggs
4 T. sour milk or buttermilk
2 c. sifted flour
1/2 t. soda
1 t. baking powder
1 c. mashed bananas
vanilla, nuts

No baking instructions are written on the card. 

Bread Crumb Cake

3 egg yolk
1 c. sugar
3 T. cold water
3/4 c. chopped walnuts
1 c. bread crumbs
2 t. baking powder
1 T. melted shortening
1 t. vanilla
3 egg whites

Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored. Add sugar and water. Add the nuts, bread crumbs, baking powder, and shortening. mix well. Add vanilla and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in 2 greased layer cake pans in a hot oven (400) 15-20 minutes. When cool, spread whipped cream between layers and on top of cake.

Apple Holiday Pudding

Cream 1 cup sugar, 1/4 c. marg. and 1 egg.
Add 2 c. peeled, chopped apples.
Add 1 c. flour
  1 t. soda
  1 t. cinnamon, 1/2 t. nutmeg
  1/4 t. salt
  1/2 c. nuts

Bake at 350 for 40 min in 8x8 pan. Serves 6.

Frozen Cheesecake

1 large cream cheese
1 c. whipping cream
3 eggs, seperated
1 tsp vanilla
1 small can crushed pineapple
1 c. sugar
24 graham crackers, crushed

Whip cream, beat egg whites. Cream sugar and cheese. Add yolks, salt to taste and vanilla. Add whipped cream and pineapple. Fold in egg whites. Put in 13x9. tops with graham cracker. Freeze 5 hours at least.

Tutti Fruit Lemon

8 3/4oz grated pineapple
11oz mandarin orange
17oz fruit cocktail
1/2 c. flaked coconut
2 T. lemon juice
1 small box lemon pudding
2 bananas
frozen dessert whip

Combine first 3 with coconut and lemon. Sprinkle with lemon pudding over fruit mixture, toss lightly. Chill. Just before serving add sliced bananas. Serve with frozen dessert whip.

Zucchini Cake

2 c. zucchini
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1 c. oil or 3/4 c.
3 T. vanilla
3 t. cinnamon
1 t. baking powder
2 t. soda
1 t. salt
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. nuts

Bake at 325.

No cook time is given on the card. 

Pumpkin Pie Cake

1 large can pumpkin
13 oz can milk
4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
3 eggs
1 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt

Combine and pour in 13x9 pan. Sprinkle yellow cake mix on top. Drizzle 1 1/2 cube butter and bake in 350 for 35-45 minutes.

Easy Pineapple Parfait

2 c. fruit cocktail, chilled, well drained
6 oz can frozen pineapple juice concentrate
1 qt. vanilla ice cream

Combine fruit cocktail and pineapple juice. Alternate layers of ice cream and fruit mixture in chilled parfait glasses. Garnish with pineapple chunks and maraschino cherries. Makes 16 servings.

Cherry Heart Salad

1 pk cherry jello (6oz)
1/2 c. cinnamon candies (red hot hearts)
1 1/2 c. crushed pineapple, drained
2 c. grated apples

Dissolve jello in 1 1/2 c boiling water, dissolve candies in 2 c boiling water. Combine and cool, then add pineapple and apple. Place in a 9x13 cake pan and refrigerate at least 12 hours.

Strawberry Dessert

18 graham crackers
1/4 c. melted margarine
1/4 c. brown sugar
Mix and press on 9x13 pan

Mix
3oz cream cheese
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Blend well

Whip 1 C. whipping cream, add to cheese mixture, put on top of graham cracker mixture.

Mix Danish Dessert-2 C. water, let cool. Add 2-3 C. Strawberries, cut up. Put on top of cream mixture.

You can substitute white cake in place of g. crackers.

Rhubarb Pie

1 1/3 c. sugar
1 egg
2 T. flour
3 c. rhubarb in 1" pieces
3 drops red food coloring
2 crust pie

Bake 400 for 45 min.

Grape-Nut Pudding

1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. sugar
2 T. flour
1 c. milk
2 egg yolks, well beaten
3 T. lemon juice
1/4 c. grape nuts
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Cream lemon rind and butter together until well blended; add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and beat well. Add lemon juice, flour, grape nuts and milk; mix well. Mixture will look curdled but the will not affect finished pudding. Fold in egg whites. Turn into greased baking dish and place in a pan of hot water. Bake in slow oven (325) 1 hour & 15 minutes. When done, pudding has a cake-like layer on top with custard below. Serve warm or cold with plain whipped cream.
Makes 6 servings, best when warm
Note: if desired, 1/2 c. honey may be substituted for the sugar.

How to Make Whipped Cream Hold It's Shape

Soak 1 tsp of unflavored gelatin in 1 tbsp of cold water for 5 minutes. Beat whipping cream until it forms small peaks. Add above mixture while beating. A tablespoon of powdered sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla  and a few grains of salt may be added to sweeten.

Marshmallow Icing

3/4 C. sugar
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
2/3 C. cold water
1 C. light corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla

Blend sugar & gelatin in sauce pan. Stir in water. Place over low heat stirring until disolved. Pour corn syrup in a large bowl (3 to 4 qt) add vanilla, gelatin & sugar mixture, and beat 15 minutes or until mixture becomes thick of a marshmallow consistency.

Fresh Peach Pie

2 pk. peach Jello
1 1/2 C. sugar
2 T. heaping cornstarch
4 C. water

Boil the above for 5 minutes. Let partly cool & set, then add sliced peaches into mixture and spoon in baked graham cracker crust. Let finish setting until firm. Top with whipped cream.