Category: Recipe

Muggy Pruitt’s Macaroni & Cheese

2 ½ cups macaroni, uncooked

1 lb. Cheddar cheese, grated

4 eggs

milk

margarine

salt & pepper

Cook the macaroni in boiling water until just tender.  Layer the macaroni and cheese in a casserole dish.  Beat eggs and add a little milk and the salt and pepper to them.  Pour over macaroni and cheese.  Then add as much milk as you need to in order to bring it to the top of the macaroni.  Put pats of margarine all over top.  Bake at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Laura Brown gave me this recipe of her mother’s.  It’s really good.

Mushrooms Florentine

Cook 2 pkgs. (10-oz. Size) frozen chopped spinach according to package directions.  Drain well and squeeze out excess liquid.

Spoon spinach evenly into bottom of shallow casserole (9 x 13 works well).  Sprinkle with ½ tsp. Salt, ¼ cup very finely chopped onion, 2 tbsp. Melted butter, andd ½ cup grated cheddar cheese.

Rinse and dry 1 lb. Fresh mushrooms.  Cut in halves and sssaute in 4 tbsp. Butter until just crisp-tender.  Spoon mushrooms over cheese layer in casserole dish.  Sprinkle lightly with ¼ tsp. Garlic powder and top with ½ cup grated cheddar cheese.

Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly.

Makes 6 servings.

Neiman Marcus Cookies

2 cups butter

2 tsp. Baking soda

5 cups blended oatmeall ( measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder)

2 cups brown sugar

1 8 oz. Hershey bar, grated

2 tsp. Baking soda

2 tsp. Vanilla

4 cups flour

2 cups sugar

24 oz. Chocolate chips

1 tsp. Salt

4 eggs

3 cups chopped pecans

Cream the butter and both sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda.  Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts.  Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.  Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.  Makes approximately 112 cookies.  Recipe may be halved.

Oatmeal Cake

1 stick margarine

1 cup Quick Cooking oatmeal

1 ¼ cups boiling water

2 eggs

1 1/3 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

Put margarine and oatmeal in a bowl or saucepan with boiling water.  Let it sit for 20 minutes.  Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well.  Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan.  Bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

Topping:

½ cup brown sugar

6 Tbsp. margarine

¼ cup milk

Oatmeal Crispies

½ cup chopped pecans

1 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs, well beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

3 cup quick-cooking oatmeal

Thoroughly cream shortening and sugars; add eggs and vanilla; beat well.  Add sifted dry ingredients.  Add oatmeal and pecans; mix well.  Shape in rolls; wrap in wax paper and chill well.  Slice ¼ inch thick; bake on ungreased cookie sheet in 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.  Makes about 5 dozen.

This recipe was given to me by Patty Burrows in 1964.

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

Mix in larger mixer bowl:

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 ½ tsp. cinnamon

Add:

2 cups Quick Cooking oatmeal

¾ cup brown sugar

¼ cup granulated sugar

1 cup cooking oil

2 eggs

1/3 cup milk (buttermilk preferred)

1 tsp. vanilla

Beat on No. 4 speed until blended – about 2 minutes.  Scrape bowl while beating and scrape beaters.

Add:

1 cup raisins or chopped dates

¾ cup chopped pecans

Beat until blended.  Drop by teaspoonsful on prepared cookie sheet.  Bake in 375 degree oven for about 12 minutes.  Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Kitty Upton gave me this recipe and my family has always loved it.  Our first Schnauzer (Pepper) loved it, too.  He used to sit by the oven and beg when they were baking.

Opal’s Cheese Dip

8 oz. Pkg. Cream Cheese, softened

1 jar Kraft Old English Cheese Spread

1 jar Kraft Pimiento Cheese Spread

1 jar Kraft Roka Cheese Spread

Mix all ingredients well.  Serve with your favorite crackers.

This recipe was given to me by Opal Fleck.  Everyone loves it.

Orange Balls

16 oz. vanilla wafers, crushed

1 ½ cups chopped pecans

6 oz. Can frozen orange juice

1 lb. Box powdered sugar

1 stick margarine, melted

1 can Eagle Brand milk

Mix all ingredients.  Form into balls and roll in additional powdered sugar.

Orange Roughy

Orange Roughy fillets or any other firm, white fish fillets

Greek seasoning

1 pkg. Fresh mushrooms

6 or 8 fresh green onions

½ stick margarine

Season fish fillets with greek seasoning.  Slice mushrooms and chop green onions.  Melt margarine in skillet.  Saute fish in margarine until done.  When you take the fish out of the skillet, put the mushrooms and green onions in the skillet and saute them until done, adding a little of the greek seasoning to them also.  Put mushrooms and green onions over the fish fillets to serve.  If you want to get a little fancier sometime, you can add small, cooked shrimp and some crab meat while you’re sauteing the mushrooms and onions.  It’s really good.

Oriental Salad Dressing

1 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Sugar

1 tsp. Aji-no-moto (MSG)

1 tsp. Sesame Oil

4 tsp. Oyster Sauce

4 tsp. Soy Sauce

4 tsp. Cooking Oil

4 tsp. Sherry

4 Tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar (Mirin)

Mix all ingredients well.  This is especially good on grilled chicken salad.