Grandma & Grandpa's Specialties

BRINE:

8 cups (2 quarts) water

1 small can frozen apple juice

1 tsp rosemary

1tsp thyme

cup white sugar

cup brown sugar

1 cup salt

(Depending on size of turkey, may need to prepare 3 to 4 batches of brine).

1. Soak turkey in brine at least 12 hours. Remove from brine and very lightly rinse outside of turkey.

2.  Place turkey in smoker and smoke with apple chips for 1 to two hours (two full pans if you are using a Luhr Jensen smoker).

3. Remove from smoker and place (upside down so juices flow into white meat while baking) in covered baking pan. Smoking will dry out the turkey, so you will need to pour 1and ½ cups of water into baking pan. 

4. Stuff with extra moist (i.e. extra butter) corn bread stuffing.

5. Bake turkey at 325 degrees (usually about 1 hour per three pounds of bird). Baste with honey during last half hour of baking.

6. Remove turkey from oven. Bird will be ugly, but delicious. You will need to post an armed guard beside turkey (tempting smell will draw attention of family, guests and possible strangers) if you intend to actually serve the turkey at the dinner table. 

7. Any leftover meat is very tasty with dinner rolls and butter.

© John M. Walker 1981

3 eggs

1/4 C Warm water

1/4 lb Margarine (1 cube)

½ C Sugar

1 C Scalded milk

5 C Flour

1 Tbs Yeast

½ tsp Salt

melted margarine

Dissolve yeast in water with just a little sugar added. Melt margarine and milk in a small saucepan, just until very warm. Do not let milk boil. Beat eggs, add sugar and cream together. Add milk mixture to eggs and sugar a little at a time so it does not cooks the egg. Mix in 2 C. Of flour to cool the mixture so it won’t kill the yeast. Yeast mixture should be bubbly. Add it to the flour mixture. Add the rest of the flour (3 C.) And mix well. Makes a very soft dough. Do not add more flour! Let set in bowl covered with a damp towel for 4 hours. (You can let it raise for less time but the rolls will not be as fluffy and light.) Punch dough down. *Butter muffin pans. Make small balls of dough about the size of a walnut shell. Place two in each section of the muffin tin. Brush tops with melted butter. Let rise 45-60 minutes. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes. Just until the tops start to turn light brown.  YIELD: 24 rolls

*Instead of buttering the tins and brushing tops with butter you can roll each ball in melted butter and place in the tins. 

Mix and simmer in large pan the following ingredients:

2 to 3 pounds of buffalo burger or antelope sausage, well drained

2 quarts tomatoes (drained)

1 can black beans (drained)

2 cans great northern beans (drained)

1 can kidney beans (drained)

1 large can chile beans

Diced jalapeño to taste

Chili pepper to taste

Cayenne paper to taste

Slowly bring to boil. Let simmer for 15 minutes.

Gently warm in sauce pan: 

1 cube margarine

2 cups sugar

1/3 cup milk

When ingredients are melted bring to full boil and boil for 40 seconds, then remove from heat.

Stir in:

3 cups Oates

½ cup peanut butter

1 Tbsp vanilla

Spoon onto aluminum foil and let sit until hardened.

Mix in a small bowl and let rise 

½ C warm water 

1 tsp honey 

1 Tbs yeast

In a separate bowl, mix the following:

½ C honey  

3 tsp salt 

1/3 C potato flakes (dry)

2 Tbs cooking oil  

1/3 C powdered milk  

1 ½ C boiling water 

Add 3/4 C cold water to mixture to cool and then add the yeast mixture. 

Then Add:

3 C white flour   

3 C whole wheat flour

Mix and knead well. Rise, covered with damp towel until double. Divide into 4 parts. Knead and shape. You can bake in regular bread pans but Gramps liked to bake the bread in large greased cans (such as pineapple juice comes in). Cover cans with saran wrap or moist towel while rising. Bake on lowest oven rack at 350 for 50 to 60 minutes. You can also use canape tube pans. If tube pans are used the recipe will need to be divided into more than 4 parts. Possibly 6-8 loafs. Fill tube pans only 1/3-1/2 full. This dough rises a lot and will overflow tube pans if they are filled too full. If using tube pans place them on their sides for baking. You will not need to lower oven rack for baking in a tube or regular loaf pan.

2 1/3 C water, divided 

1 ½ tsp salt 

1 C quick oats 

2 pkg (1/4 oz each) yeast,(roughly 4 ½ tsp)

2/3 C brown sugar  

5-5 3/4 C white flour OR substitute 2 C wheat flour for some of the white

3 Tbs butter 

Boil 2 cups of water and stir in the oats. Reduce heat, then add brown sugar, butter, salt, & remaining water. Transfer to a bowl & let cool to warm. Stir in yeast. Add 3 cups flour & beat well. Add more flour to form a soft dough. Knead on counter 6-8 minutes until dough is smooth & elastic (this is Katie's favorite part). Place dough in greased bowl and turn to grease top. Cover & let rise until doubled. Punch down. Shape into 24 rolls. Put on greased baking sheets. Or place two walnut sized balls in each section of a muffin tin. Let rise until doubled; about 30 minutes. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. YUM!!!

6 eggs 

½ C water

1 teaspoon salt  

1 ½ tsp vanilla

4 tablespoons sugar  

2 1/3 C flour

2 ½ cups milk

4 tablespoons melted butter

Place all ingredients except melted butter in blender jar. Mix on low speed for approximately 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the jar. Add the melted butter and mix until all ingredients are well blended. Cover and let stand for approximately 1 hour at room temperature.   Makes 20-25 crepes

Filling: 

8 oz pkg. cream cheese, softened 

3/4 C confectioners’ sugar

½ tsp vanilla 

3 C sliced fresh strawberries

Beat the cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread down the center of each crepe; top with strawberries. Fold crepe over filling.

*A few crushed berries can be whipped into the cream cheese mixture.

**Filling can also be jams, pie fillings or puddings. Of course any filling is better with lots of whipped cream. 

Tuna Patties:

1 can tuna (drained) 

1 egg 

5 soda crackers (crumbled) 

Smidge of salt and pepper

Mix ingredients and form into patties. Fry up the patties.

Noodles and cheese:

Boil the noodles until they are ready. Drain the noodles and mix in butter and shredded cheese.

Grilled Cheese:

Put sliced cheese between two slices of bread. Butter outside of bread and fry sandwich. Dip in tomato soup. Difficult recipe.

French Toast:

Find a Frenchman. Hit him on the head and take his toast. Or:

3 eggs ½ cup milk Smidge salt and pepper

Mix ingredients and dip bread in mix and fry up with butter. Serve with powdered sugar.