Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Garlic cheddar cheese and parsley biscuits

 3 cups of Martha white flour or the flour of your choice

Enough buttermilk to make a dough ( I don't measure the liquid; I just eyeball it),

1 stick of butter, cold and cut into small pieces

In a large bowl, mix up your dough with the ingredients above and add 1 cup of cheese,

a tsp or two of garlic. When it's all mixed up, place the dough on a floured surface and roll out about 1/2 inch and cut out the biscuits

Melt some butter, sprinkle a tbls of parsley in the melted butter, and pour over biscuits. Bake at 375 degrees until๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”


golden brown

Freezer Blueberry jam

 Ingredients

4 cups of blueberries

1 cup of sugar and 1 tbs lemon juice

Place all the above into a pot and crush the berries 

Place on the stove and cook, stirring often.

Cook for 10 or 15 minutes until it thickens 

Store it in the fridge.

I put mine in jelly jars

Strawberry pie

 Ingredients

4 cups fresh strawberries, put into a baked pie crust

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup water

1/4 tsp cream of tartar

1Tbsp light corn syrup

A dash of salt

1 baked pie crust

Directions

Step 1: Wash the strawberries and remove the green leaves on top

In a small cooker, put in the sugar, water, corn syrup, cream of tartar, and salt.

Step 2: Cook on medium heat until it comes to a boil, stirring occasionally so it won't burn.

Cook for about 5 minutes, then pour over the strawberries

Step 3: Let cool and top with whipped cream 

Friday, July 17, 2026

Jiffy yellow cake mix and yogurt cookies

 

Oven at 350 degrees;

1 box of Jiffy  yellow cake mix

1/2 cup plain yogurt, I used 

vanilla yogurt, and it was just fine....If too thick, add just a small amount of yogurt

Stir the batter really well

Scoop dough onto a well-greased cookie sheet, or on parchment paper

Bake 20-25 minutes.

Makes 8-10 cookies














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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Scottish Rumbledethump

Sautรฉ 2 chopped onions and a cup of small pieces of ham. Place them in a pot and add the vegetables listed below: ๐Ÿ‘‡⇙

Add a 1/2 head of shredded cabbage, 4 diced potatoes, a cup of small pieces of ham into the pot, and cover with water to boil 

When cooked, tender drain and place back into the kettle, and place 1and1/2stick of butter and mash roughly. It doesn`t have to be smooth

Salt and pepper to taste. Place in a baking dish (8" square). Cover the vegetables with 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese                                           

Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown on top


Scottish Clapshot

 1 large baking potato or 2 regular-sized potatoes, peeled and cubed

1 cup of peeled and cubed turnips

1 cup peeled and cubed carrots

1 tsp salt

2 Tbsp butter, cubed

3 Tbsp heavy cream


In a kettle, place the potatoes, carrots, and turnips

Fill with water until it covers the vegetables

Boil over high heat to a rolling boil and then reduce the heat to medium-high

Boil for 20 -25 minutes or until tender

Drain and mash the vegetables

Place in a serving dish and top with the butter, and drizzle with the heavy cream


Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Yum Yum SAUCE

1 cup mayo

1Tbsp ketchup 

1 Tbsp melted butter

 1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp paprika

1Tbsp sugar

1 tsp onion powder

 1 Tbsp water

 Mix all ingredients and place in a jar with a lid or a container with a top, and refrigerate until you want to use it. 

It lasts about two weeks


Cucumber sandwich

 8oz. cream cheese, softened

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 tablespoon lemon juice

 I tablespoon dill, chopped

A dash of salt, pepper, and garlic

2or three cucumbers sliced 

Place the cream spread on the bread, and then place the cucumbers on top 

3 ingredient Peanut butter cookies


 1 cup white granulated sugar

1 egg

 1 cup peanut butter

Mix all together

exsert into balls

Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, press flat with a fork, and bake at 350 degrees for about 7 to 10 minutes

Note: I sometimes add a tsp of vanilla.

Monday, July 13, 2026

Baked chicken

 

Place about 6 chicken parts in a baking dish, and pour in a small can of chicken broth and one pack of cream cheese 

Pour in a pack of Ranch dressing .

 Bake for about 2 to 3 hours or until tender. 

Oven 400 degrees

Cast iron skillet corn bread


 Two cups of cornmeal, I use self-rising 

One cup of SR flour

One large egg

Enough whole milk or buttermilk to make a batter ( not too thick and not too thin 

Stir all together and pour into a hot, greased skillet and bake at 400 degrees until golden brown on the top and around the sides.

Make sure you preheat the oven.

note;

Sometimes I add a 1/4 cup of butter to the batter to make sure it doesn't crumble so much.


Chicken casserole

 

In a casserole dish, place 4 or 5 pieces of chicken, any part of the chicken, in the dish.

Pour one cup of ranch dressing over the chicken

 Pour in one can of Cream of chicken soup {do not add a can of water}. Pour in a can of mixed vegetables, drained. You can use fresh or frozen. Dust a pack of dry onion soup over the mixture and bake at 400 degrees for 2 to 3 hours, or crock pot it for around 5 hours.

Creamy spread for Bagels

 In a bowl, mix cream cheese, 1 cup sour cream, everything bagel, and garlic salt

 Cream all together and spread on a bagel

3 ingredient Martha White biscuits


In a large bowl, place 

2 cups self-rising Martha White flour

1/4 cup Crisco lard 

1 cup whole milk or buttermilk

First, mix the lard and flour until crumbly

Add the milk to get a dough, then roll out on a floured surface and knead the dough 5 or 6 times. Roll out and cut out the biscuits and place them in a greased baking pan or cast-iron skillet

Pour melted butter over them after they are golden brown and taken out of the oven.

Bake at 375 to 400 degrees F

 

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Easy Fruit Kuchen

 One and a half cups of Martha White Self-rising flour

1cup sugar, divided, 1 half cup in cold butter

1 half cup water

1 half cup whole milk, 1 large egg

3 cups fruit of your choice, fresh, canned, or frozen

1half tsps cinnimon

3tbls melted butter

Heat oven to 375 degrees

Combine flour and half a cup of sugar in a large bowl, and cut in  cold butter

In a small bowl, whisk egg and milk, and add to the dry ingredients; it needs to be moist.

Pour into a non-stick cooking spray pan

 Place the fruit on top of the dough. Mix the cinnamon with the other half cup of sugar and sprinkle on top.

Drizzle with melted butter and bake 28 to 35 minutes

makes 8 to 10 servings

Martha`s self risen Biscuits


 Heat the oven to 450 Degrees

2 cups Martha White self-rising flour

1/4 cup vegetable shortening

3/4 cup whole milk or buttermilk

Place flour in a large bowl 

Cut in shortening with two knives or a pastry blender until crumbs are the size of peas.

Add milk, stirring with a fork until soft dough forms.

Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead 5 or 6 times just until smooth.

Roll the dough to a half-inch thickness.

Cut with a floured 2-inch round cutter,

Arrange on a baking sheet with sides touching.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm

Makes 10 to 12 biscuits

Note: you can use a larger cutter for bigger biscuits 

Monday, July 6, 2026

Buffy’s biscuits



Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. In a large bowl, place these ingredients;

2 cups Self-rising White Lily flour 
Add more flour as needed
2 to 3 tablespoons lard
Stir in enough whole buttermilk to make a dough, and add one-half cup of heavy whipping cream
Stir well and knead a little in the bowl with your hands. Add flour as needed until the dough sticks together and is not sticky
Place on a floured counter or parchment paper, 
press out with your hands, to about 1 half an inch, or you can use a rolling pin. Dip your biscuit cutter into flour and cut the dough straight down, cut out, and place in a slightly greased iron skillet or pan.
Melt some butter and pour it over the biscuits, and bake 10 to 13 minutes (oven varies) or until the tops and bottoms are a golden brown 
When done, pour more butter over them.
Do not over-bake, for they may be too dry





Sunday, March 22, 2026

Cinnamon sweet bread

1/2 cup of softened butter 

1 cup sugar 

2 eggs 

1 tablespoon sugar 1tsp cinnamon

1 cup of buttermilk and 

1/2 box vanilla pudding 

2 cups flour/all-purpose

1 tablespoon soda 

Mix butter and sugar together, and add the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla.

Mix flour, soda powder, and add to the wet ingredients 


Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 4 tablespoons cinnamon, set aside. 

Grease a loaf pan and pour half the batter into the pan then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture on the batter swirl it around in the batter then pour the rest of the batter over that and sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon and sugar mixture over the top 

Bake at 350 degrees oven for 45-55 minutes 



Ranch baked Pork Chops

Rub how many pork chops that you need with dried ranch dressing.Bake in oven on 400 degrees for about 40 to 50 minute’s,in Air Fryer for 15 minutes on each side on 400 degrees…………15 minutes on one side and turn over to the other side and bake another 15 minutes.

Friday, March 20, 2026

Air fryer pork chops

Rub your pork chops well with dried Ranch Dressing 

Place in the air fryer at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, then turn the other side over and bake another 10 to 15 minutes.

If you don`t have an air fryer, you can bake them in the oven for about 30 minutes . 

English Scones

2 cups all-purpose flour

4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup sugar

6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened 

2/3 cup whole milk

1 lg. egg

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F

In a medium bowl, mix all the dry ingredients 

In another bowl, mix all wet ingredients, then combine them with the rest of the ingredients to make a dough.

Place the dough on a floured surface and knead it about 10 times until smooth. Roll the dough out and cut scones. Place in a lightly greased baking pan 

Bake 13 - 15 minutes. 

note;

You can use a biscuit cutter or a knife and cut into pizza-like slices

Note: You can put fruit, raisins, chocolate chips, or shredded cheese in the dough while mixing


Thursday, March 19, 2026

Spinach Dip

1 8 oz cream cheese

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 box chopped frozen spinach

1 med. tomato chopped

1 sm onion chopped

Place all ingredients in a microwave bowl and microwave 20 minutes at a time until all is melted and smooth, stir well. Serve with tortilla chips or crusty bread.


Monday, March 16, 2026

Two ingredient biscuits

3 cups SR White Lily flour

Enough heavy whipping cream to make a soft dough 

Dust a place with flour and roll out the flour dough.

Cut out biscuits and place on a greased pan, and bake at 375 degrees

for 10 or 15 minutes, or until brown on top

I always butter the tops after I remove them from the oven

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Japanese mayo sauce

1 cup mayo

3 tablespoons white sugar

3 tablespoons rice vinegar

2 tablespoons melted butter

3/4 tsp pepeika 

dash of garlic powder.

Stir all ingredients together well

I use it on my stie fried veggies or on the rice 

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Ginger Bread

11/4 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup shortening- 2 eggs

1tsp vinegar

1 cup milk

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp cinnamon

3/4 tsp salt

11/2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp nutmeg

Cream sugar and shortening. Beat eggs into the mixture

Combine vi negar and milk

 Sift dry ingredients together

Stir the dry mixture and the wet mixture together until

 All ingredients are mixed.

Pour into a greased 8x8pan

Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour, or until done.


 

Pecan Sweet Bread

1 cup chopped pecans 

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 cup oil

11/2 cups all-purpose flour 

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla

dash of salt

Mix dry and then wet ingredients and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean..

Friday, March 13, 2026

Golden scratch cake

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter

4 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

3 cups all-purpose flour 

3 tsp baking power

1 tsp vanilla

dash of salt

Cream sugar, add egg yolks

Sift flour and baking powder, and add the milk 

Add vanilla and salt

Fold in stiff beaten egg whites.

Bake 350 until golden on top

Makes 3 layers

 frost with your favorite frosting

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French Dressing

One-half cup of vinegar

1 Tbls catup

1 tsp salt

 1 clove of garlic, grated 

1 cup oil

one half cup of sugar

dash of pepper

1 large onion, grated

Mix all ingredients and let stand for 24 hours

Keep leftovers in the fridge

Mamaw Marthas cornbread




Put 1/4 cup of lard in a nine-inch skillet  (don`t exceed) a half cup

place in a 400 degreese oven, let heat for a few minutes, until the grease sizzles

1 cup SR flour

One and a fourth cup of water (may take a little more )

Two cups of SR cornmeal

One cup of buttermilk. Mix all ingredients together and pour into the hot skillet.

Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake until golden brown on top


Mamaw Marthas Pimento Cheese

2 Lbs cold Velveeta cheese, grated

1and 1/2 cups  grated cheddar cheese 

1 cup mayonnaise

One   good squirt of yellow mustard

Salt and pepper

One and a half cups of mozzarella cheese, grated

1 large jar of pimientos.

1 cup Miracle Whip


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Old fashion recipe for lemon sauce

2 pints of white sugar

One-half of a  pint of water 

Three eggs

Beat eggs well

Butter the size of a walnut

2 tablespoons of cornstarch 

Juice of two lemons; rind from one lemon

Cook in a double broiler until thick

can be used for filling a tart or for a layer cake

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Dried Apple Cake

1cup dried apples

1cup molasses

1cup sugar 1/2 cup butter or lard

1 cup sugar

1 egg 

1 cup whole milk

1tsp baking soda

1tsp cloves

1tsp cinnamon

dash of nutmeg

plain flour

Soak apples overnight

Drain, chop fine, and cover with molasses.

Cook slowly until preserved

Mix cake ingredients, adding enough flour to make it as thick as usual fruit cake.

Add the apple mixture.

Raisins or nuts may also be added.

Bake as you would a fruit cake


Simple pound cake

2sticks butter

3 cups sugar

6 eggs

1tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

1/2 pint whipping cream (don't whip) 

Put butter and sugar into an electric mixer and blend well.

Add eggs, one at a time, and mix well.

Add flour and whipping cream.

Place in a cold oven at 325 degrees.

Bake 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Bake in a Bundt cake pan. 

Serve with strawberries or your favorite fruit


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Spoon Rolls

4 cups SR flour and 1egg 

sugar opt. 

1Tablespoon dried yeast

2 and 1/half cups lukewarm water

2/3 cup nargaring or butter

2tablespoons cornmeal

Add yeast to warm water and stir

Mix beaten egg with melted butter, and then add to the flour and meal

Mix all and pour into a greased muffing pan

Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees 

Some ovens may vary 

The dough is even better the next day if kept in the fridge 

Orange fluff

1 orange Jell-O, 1 vanilla pudding. Make the jello as directed on the box. Place in the fridge for about 15 minutes. Pour pudding into the Jello-bowl,  mix 1 cup of pineapples, and then mix in 1sm. can mandarin oranges. Add marshmallows and nuts if desired. Add a container of whipping cream and stir all together, and put into the fridge to cool

Baked chicken

6 or more chicken thighs or legs, breast in a casserole dish or crock pot.     Rub chicken with butter and dry ranch dressing. Pour about a cup of water into the bottom, cover with foil, and bake at 375 degrees. If using a crock pot, do the same but cook on high for 3 or 4 hours.  

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