Candied Sweet Potatoes

1 1/2 to 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 lb butter (2 sticks) oleo may be substituted
12 - 15 full size marshmallows
2 Tablespoons cream (or canned milk)
dash salt
2-3 cans sweet potatoes

Melt together in heavy skillet, stirring frequently. Drain sweet potatoes and add to syrup mixture.

[Handwritten, but not in Ada's handwriting. On the back it reads: Marcy Radosevich, 10919 W. 596h Pl., Arvada, 421-6939. Perhaps this is her handwriting.]

Potatoes

8 large boiled potatoes, cooled & cubed
1 can cream of celery soup
1 pint sour cream
1/4 cup melted margarine
1 1/2 cups grated cheese
1/4 cup chopped green onions with tops
potato chips
cornflakes

Mix together potatoes, soup, sour cream, margarine, cheese and onions. Place in a baking dish and sprinkle with potato chips and cornflakes. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

[Handwritten, not in Ada's handwriting. Clearly, this is an early prototype of funeral potatoes. You will have to figure out how much potato chips and cornflakes you want to use, and what size baking pan, though 9x13 is quite typical for this sort of thing.]

Beef & Barley Vegetable Soup

2 lbs soup bone, 1/2 meat
2 quarts water
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup barley
1/4 cup chopped onions
2 cups tomatoes, cooked or canned
1 cup peas, fresh or frozen
2 Tbsp fat
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp minced parsley
1 cup cubed carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery

Remove meat from bone. Cut and brown in hot fat. Place meat, soup bone, water, seasonings, and parsley in soup kettle. Cover and cook slowly for one hour. Add remaining vegetables (except peas) and cook 45 minutes. Add peas and cook 15 minutes.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting]

Clam Chowder

3 carrots
3 potatoes
1 med onion
1 can of clams (do not drain)
1 can mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can canned milk
1/2 can water
salt & pepper
Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco sauce

Saute the carrots, potatoes and onion in butter. Add clams, soups, milk, and water, and cook slow for 2 hours. Add salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco sauce to taste.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting. I am sure, though she did not mention it, that the vegetables should be diced before they are cooked.]

Ada's Creamed Broccoli Soup

2 cans cream of chicken soup
water
1 bay leaf
1 chopped onion
broccoli
2 stalks celery, diced small
1 carrot, diced small

Heat soup and water with the bay leaf and onion. In microwave, cook for 3 minutes on High cut-up broccoli and peeled stems with 1 Tbsp water and covered with Saran wrap over most of it. Do the same with celery and carrot. Add everything together for a quick delicious soup. Eat with cornbread or rice.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting. She added the notation "good."]

O Boy Oatmeal Cake

1 cup quick oatmeal
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cube margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp each cinnamon and salt
1 tsp soda

Soak oatmeal in boiling water for 20 minutes. Cream margarine with sugars until fluffy. Add beaten eggs, then flour and seasonings. Mix well, then add oatmeal. Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

Icing

1 cube margarine
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup coconut

Mix margarine, brown sugar and milk, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla, nuts, and coconut. Spread icing on the hot cake.

Delicious hot or cold; very moist.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting. Attributed to "Mrs. Grant Thompson of Yarnell"]

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 1/2 cups sifted white flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup fresh blueberries

Cream shortening and gradually beat in sugar. Beat in egg. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk to first mixture. Fold in berries. Pour batter into greased 9-inch-square pan. Bake in preheated oven (375 degrees) for 35 - 40 minutes. Serve hot with butter.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting. Credited to "p 1225 vol 8 in Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery"]

Apple Crisp

8 cups sliced apples
1/2 cup cold water
1 1/3 cup white sugar
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon soda
pinch salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Place apples, sugar, & water in a buttered baking dish. Melt butter with dry ingredients and sprinkle on top. Bake 45-60 minutes at 350 degrees.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting. Attributed to Donna Isaacson. Who is Donna Isaacson?]

Oatmeal Cake

1 1/4 cup boiling water
1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
1 stick margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 unbeaten eggs
1 1/3 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt

Pour boiling water over oatmeal and margarine; let stand for 20 minutes. Add sugar, brown sugar and eggs. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, and add to oatmeal mixture. Pour into 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

[Handwritten, but I do not recognize the handwriting.]

Apple Cake

1 1/2 cup corn oil
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 cups apples, sliced
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup nuts
3 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon

Beat together oil, sugar & eggs. Mix in other ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting. I don't know the pan size, but suspect a 9x13 could be about right.]

Quick Spanish Rice (meatless)

1/4 cup olive or peanut oil
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1/2 medium green pepper diced
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1 cup hot watr
1 tsp salt
pepper to taste
2 cans tomato sauce

Heato il, add onion green pepper and rice. Cook and stir over high heat until lightly browned. Add hot water, tomato sauce and seaonings. Mix well, bring to a boil, cover and simmer 20 minutes, stir occasionally.

[Handwritten by Ada]