Pico De Gallo

Ingredients
· 1 1/2 cups seeded, diced tomatoes
· 1/4 cup diced red onion
· 1 tablespoon diced jalapenos (optional)
· 1 tablespoon minced garlic
· Juice of 1 lime (or slightly less, to taste)
· 2 tablespoons cilantro, plus extra for garnish
· Salt and pepper

Directions
In a bowl combine all ingredients.

Mom's Peach Cobbler

Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar
1 T cornstarch
1/4 t. ground cinnamon
4 cups sliced peaches (abt 6 medium)
(I'm sure I used canned peaches, just add the cornstarch and the cinnamon to the juice)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3 T shortening
1 cup flour
1 T sugar (or more)
1 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 cup milk

 

Directions:

Heat oven to 400. Mix 1/2 cup sugar, the cornstarch and cinnamon in 2-quart saucepan. Stir in peaches and lemon juice. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole. Cut shortening into flour, 1 T. sugar, the baking powder and salt until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in milk. Drop dough by 6 spoonfuls onto hot peach mixture.

Bake until topping is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm with ice-cream or whipped cream or Cinnamon Whipped Cream.

Cinnamon Whipped Cream: Beat 1 cup chilled whipping cream, 3 T granulated or powdered sugar and 1/2 t ground cinnamon in chilled bowl until stiff.

Thai Masaman Curry

1 lb pork  (sliced very thin, if it is partly frozen it is easier to cut )

1-2 Tbls Masaman curry paste
1 can coconut milk
1/2 cup chicken broth (can use chicken bouillon)
½ cup raw peanuts
2-3 smaller potatoes (red or white are best)
2 Tbls sugar
a little salt
fresh lime juice (or bottled)
red onions sliced thin
carrots cut in small slivers
cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves (a dash of each)

Coconut milk, chicken broth, curry paste, pork.  Simmer ½ hour.  Add the rest of the ingredients.  Simmer ½ hour more.

Strawberry Wafer Dessert

Vanilla wafers (crushed)

1 cube butter

¾ lb. powdered sugar

2 eggs separated

2 boxes strawberries, topped and cut in large pieces

1 pt whipping cream

Beat butter with sugar, mix in egg yolks

Beat egg whites, fold into above

Spread crushed wafers on the bottom of a pan

Spread butter mixture onto wafers, press in strawberries

Whip cream (add sugar and vanilla), spread on top

Cover with vanilla wafers

Sugar Cookies

6 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 cups butter

1 ¾ cup sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

4 Tbls milk

lemon flavoring

Bake 375 degrees.  12 minutes.  

Grandma Taylor used to make these every year for Halloween and Christmas.  All of the girls, frosted and decorated them.  Yum!

Snickerdoodles

1 cup shortening

1 ½ cups sugar

2 eggs

2 ¾ cups flour

2 tsp cm of tartar

1 tsp soda

¼ tsp salt

Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs.  Mix in flour, cm of tartar, soda and salt.  Roll into balls and roll in sugar and cinnamon mixture.  Smash with a cup.

Bake @ 375 degrees  8-10 minutes.

Christmas Spiced Nuts

2 egg whites

2 tsp cold water

4 cups almonds

½ cup white sugar

½ cup brown sugar

½ tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.  Beat whites and water until frothy add nuts and stir.  Mix other ingredients and pour over nuts.  Spread on pan.  Bake 1 hour.  Store in airtight container.  

Grandpa Taylor makes these every year at Christmas time.