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Showing posts with label Grandma Johnson recipe. Show all posts

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Grandma Johnson's Rolls

2 tbsp yeast
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup lukewarm water
Mix well, let set for 10 mins.

Add:
2 cups water
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp salt
9 cups flour

Mix well. Let raise 1 time. Knock down and put into rolls. Bake in greased pan 20 mins at 375°.

Grandma Johnson's Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

Ingredients:
5 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 1/3 cup smashed bananas
2/3 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup shortening
1 1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup nuts

In a small bowl, mix bananas, milk and vanilla. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix shortening, sugar and eggs. Sift flour, baking flour, baking soda and salt together. Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately to banana mix. Add chocolate chips and nuts. Bake on a greased cookie sheet 10 minutes at 350°.

Jenny's Salad

This is Grandma Johnson's recipe...

Crust ingredients:
2 cups graham crackers, crushed
½ cup melted margarine
6 tbsp sugar

Cream cheese filling ingredients:
8 oz pkg cream cheese
1 cup sugar
9 oz carton Cool Whip

Jell-O layer ingredients:
6 oz pkg strawberry Jell-O*
2 cups water/pineapple juice mix
10 oz pkg frozen strawberries**
1 sm can crushed pineapple, drained

Mix graham crackers, melted margarine and sugar. Spread in 9x13" pan. Cool in fridge.

In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and Cool Whip until smooth. Pour over crust and spread. Place back in fridge.

Bring water to a boil. Dissolve Jell-O. Add frozen fruit. Stir until thawed. Add crushed pineapple. Mix well. Pour over cream cheese mixture. Refridgerate 4 hours or until firm.

*Can also use raspberry Jell-O.

**Can also use raspberries. I've also tried this recipe with a package of frozen mixed berries and it was really good.