Chicken and Dumplin's Print
Main Dishes

I used to watch Ma-maw make these, and made a big effort to memorize how she did it - because they were SO GOOD! I’ve never measured anything when I make them (Ma-maw didn't, either), so all the measurements here are estimates. They always seem to turn out the same way, though, so I think the ingredient amounts must be hard to mess up. The cooking of the dumplings seems to matter more than the amount of flour, shortening, etc.

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Peanut Butter & Syrup Print
Main Dishes

Didn't really know how to classify this one. It could be a dessert... or a condiment... but for Barbara Ann Branstetter Hall Cromwell and family it's pretty much been a main dish for many years. I can remember Pa-paw Earl Branstetter going to the store before breakfast, even in cold weather, to buy peanut butter or syrup for Barb when the cupboard was bare....

  • Peanut butter
  • Syrup (Karo's light corn syrup)

Mix well. Serve on hot biscuits or hot rolls. Yummmm!

 
Faye's Stuffed Peppers Print
Main Dishes

The best stuffed peppers Vicki and Peter have ever eaten, courtesy of Faye Chellman of Nashville (who ought to write a cookbook)!

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Copper Pennies Salad Print
Salads
This recipe is from Vicki and Peter's friend Faye Chellman. An easy and unusual marinated salad using carrots and tomato soup...
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Thai Noodle Salad Print
Salads
This one comes from Peter's sister-in-law Dawn, who lives in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. Down Under down-home cooking!  
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Low Fat Cheesecake Print
Desserts
This is a surprisingly good cheesecake if you're watching your weight (or even if you aren't)! Vicki's been making this one for several years...
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Lemon Delight Print
Desserts

This one's been around for a while, but still tastes great! Can be made with either lemon or chocolate pudding. From Linda Yenglin...

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Quick Cobbler Print
Desserts

There was nothing better on a summer day than a dish of Ma-maw Della's hot blackberry cobbler topped with Mayfield vanilla ice cream! This recipe also works with blueberries and even canned peaches...

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