Whit's Baked Beans

Whit's Baked Beans

½ lb. diced bacon
½ lb ground beef
1 16oz can kidney beans, drained
1 16oz can por and beans, undrained
1 15oz can butter beans, drained
3/4 C packed brown sugar
1/2 C ketchup
1 medium onion chopped
1 T prepared mustard
1 T vinegar
2 T molasses

Cook bacon, drain. Brown beef with onion (you can cook the beef/onion in the same pan you fry the bacon in for added flavor/fat!).

Combine all in crockpot. Mix well. Cook one hour on high, then turn to "keep warm" until time to eat!

Whit's Cornucopia

Click HERE the cornucopia recipe (on a recipe site).

Raisin Cream Pie

Raisin Cream Pie
(Lion House Christmas)

1 C seedless raisins
1½ C water
3/4 C sugar
3 T cornstarch
¼ t salt
1 t vanilla
1 T butter
1 C light cream
double pie crust

Preheat oven to 400°

Rinse and dry raisins, then add water and boil slowly over medium for 10 minutes.

Blend sugar, cornstarch and salt in small bowl and add to mixture. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture is clear and thick.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, butter and cream. Allow to cool. Pour into pie crust and cover with second crust. Bake 30 minutes until light brown.

French Silk Pie

French Silk Pie

1 C REAL unsalted butter
3 heaping T cocoa
1 C sugar
1 t REAL vanilla

Blend butter, cocoa and sugar. When well blended ad ONE egg. Beat for five minutes. Add second egg. Beat for five minutes. Add third egg. Beat for five minutes.

Pour into pre-baked pie shell. Chill as long as you can wait (prefereably overnight).

Batter Rolls (aka Maddox Rolls)

Batter Rolls
(aka Maddox Rolls)

1 T active dry yeast
¼ C warm water
¼ C sugar
1/3 C shortening
1 t salt
3/4 C scalded milk
½ C cold water
2 eggs, beaten
3½ C flour

Dissolve yeast in ¼ C warm water. Combine with sugar, shortening and salt. Add scalded milk, cold water and beaten eggs. Stir in dissolved yeast. Add flour. Mix well. Batter will be soft! Cover and let rise in warm place 45-60 minutes. Stir down. Spoon into greased muffin tins, filling half full. Cover and let rise 45-60 minutes.

Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes 18 rolls.