Mrs. Field's Cookies

2 cups brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
2 cups butter
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

mix well

2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
4 cups flour

mix well

Mix all together

Then add 5 cups quick oats
20 oz choc chips

Bake 400 for 6 minutes, will be soft.

1/2 inch at most deep in sheet pan.

Jello Shamrock Cookies

Original:
3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 pkg 3 oz lime jello (mom revised to 6 oz jello)
1 cup shortening (mom revised to 1/2 cup)
3 eggs
1-2 tbsp milk

Add shortening to dry, then eggs, then roll out and cut into shapes. bake 350F for 8 minutes

Notes: better with lime extract added

3/13/2021: I made the original recipe using lard instead of shortening and 1 tbsp milk. I added a tsp of lime extract which boosted the lime flavor quite a bit and was very nice.

3/17/2024: By weight, three cups flour is not enough (i.e. 360 grams). Do cups by volume next time, or use 154 grams per cup rather than 120 grams.

Picnic Cake

This is copied from an email my mom sent me 7/8/2010.

FANNY'S PICNIC CAKE Nana (Fanny Miller Strand) served this cake on the 4th of July.

1. Combine and cool

• 1 cup finely chopped dates 
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 tsp. soda

2. In mixing bowl cream together

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine

3. Add and beat well

• 2 eggs, beaten

4. Add to creamed mixture

• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

5. Combine in a separate bowl

• 1 1/2 cups plus 3 Tbsp. flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt (Nana deleted the salt)

6. Add cooled date mixture alternately with dry ingredients to creamed mixture.

7. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan. (Nana used a 14 x 11)

8. Sprinkle over cake mixture (Nana used 1/2 cup instead of 3/4 cup of each of the following)

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup chopped nuts

9. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes

YIELD: 1 9x13-inch cake. Cut into 20 pieces 2"x3" (255 calories per serving).

This recipe was published and distributed by Mountain Fuel Supply Company (now Questar Gas).

Candied White Fruit Cake

Candied White Fruit Cake

6 cups sifted all purpose flour  (mom never sifted it)

6 teaspoons baking powder

1 ½ teaspoons salt

2 ½ cups (1 lb.) coarsely chopped candied pineapple

2 cups (1 lb.) whole candied cherries

3 ½ cups (1 ¼ lb.) pitted dates. Cut coarsely.

12 eggs

1 ounce of rum extract or 1 ounce of vanilla (2 Tablespoons)

3 cups sugar of 2 ½ cups granulated fructose

8 cups (2 lbs.) Pecan halves or chopped

Sift flour with baking powder and salt. (Mom just mixed)

Add fruits and mix well with hands to coat thoroughly each piece of fruit

Beat eggs until frothy (keep separate)

Gradually beat in sugar into eggs

With hands, mix nuts into egg mixture.

Pour egg mixture over floured fruit. Mix with hands. (Reach down and turn from the bottom up. All flour needs to be contacting egg mixture.)

Grease 2   10 inch angel foodcake pans. Or 2   9inch springform pans.

 Line with unglazed brown paper and grease again. (Mom didn’t do this. She wants a crust.)

Divide dough between pans. Press mixture down firmly with fingers.

Bake in preheated slow oven 275 degrees F. For 1 ¼ hours. (Mom says she baked it 1 ½ hours at Canyon Park.) Poke in toothpick to check if cooked.

Let stand in pans for five minutes. Take a sharp knife, run it around the sides. Flip upside down on cooling rack. Take sides off. Leave cone in until cooled, if desired.

Wrap with ceran wrap tightly with two or more layers. Put in cool place. (Mom put in storage room outside)

Makes 11  2 ¼ by 5 inch loaves. Or 7 one pound loaves baked 55 -60 minutes.

Side Note: You can use dried pineapple. Put one cup water over it in a pan. Bring it to a boil and turn it off.

Soak dried papaya in 1 cup of water for a couple of hours. 

Mom’s Cheesecake Bar Cookies

Mom’s Cheesecake  Bar Cookies

1/3 cup butter

1/3 cup brown sugar packed

1 cup flour

1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts

Cream butter with brown sugar.  Add flour and walnuts to make a crumb mixture. Reserve 1 cup for toppings and press the remainder into the bottom of an 8 inch square pan. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned.

¼ cup sugar

8 oz cream cheese

1 egg

2 T milk

1 T lemon juice

½ teaspoon vanilla

Blend sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Add egg, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla. Beat well. Spread over baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake 350 for 25 minutes. Cool and cut into squares.

Mom’s Christmas Raspberry Bars

Mom’s Christmas Raspberry Bars

½ cup butter softened

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 ½ cup all purposed flour

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 ½ cups quick cooking rolled oats

1 teaspoon lemon juice

2/3 cup raspberry jam

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Cream butter and sugar until fluffy

Stir together flour, salt, and soda.

Add to creamed mixture.

Add oats and ¼ cup water.

Mix till crumbly

Firmly pat half of the crumbly mixture into a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.

Stir lemon juice into the jam and spread over the base.

Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

Mom's Lemon Bars

Lemon Bars 

1 Cup all purpose flour (mom uses unbleached flour)

¼ cup sifted powdered sugar (mom never sifted it)

½ cup butter

2 eggs

¾ cup granulated sugar

4 Tablespoons lemon juice

2 Tablespoons all purpose flour

¼ teaspoon baking powder

Powdered sugar

Stir flour and ¼ cup powdered sugar together. Cut in butter until mixture clings together. Pat into an ungreased 8x8x2 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Beat eggs. Add granulated sugar and lemon juice. Beat until slightly thick and smooth.

Stir together 2 T flour and baking powder. Add to egg mixture. Blend until all is moistened. Pour over baked layer. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Sift powdered sugar over the top. Cool and cut into bars.

Pineapple Carrot Cake

Pineapple Carrot Cake (Combined from Aunt Marianne and Nana's versions)

2 c sugar
1/2 c oil
add 4 eggs 1 at a time. Beat at High speed
Sift and add to above:
2 c flour
2 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt

Add 2 c shredded carrots
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c crushed pineapple with juice (not drained)

Bake in 9x13 or 10x13 pan. Oven 375 F. Bake 35-50 min. Batter is wet

Frosting
Cream together:
1 8oz pkg cream cheese or neufshatel
1 lb powdered sugar
1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
1 tsp vanilla

Variants:
Nana's Frosting, add 1 cup walnuts to frosting.
Aunt Marianne's cake:
3 c carrots (instead of 2)
1/2 c drained crushed pineapple (instead of 1 1/2 c undrained)
1/2 c walnuts in cake itself.