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Aunt Amylynn Baird

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Almond Joy Cookies Ingredients 1 cup butter 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 4 eggs 3 teaspoons vanilla 4 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 5 cups chocolate chips 2 cups sweetened coconut 2 cups chopped almonds Directions Pre-heat oven to 375. Lightly grease cookie sheets Combine dry ingredients, set aside In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, stir in the vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients until well mixed then stir in the chocolate chips, coconut and almonds. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.   Chicken and Rice   1 cube of butter melted 2 cans cream of mushroom soup 1 can cream of chicken soup   Add 1 1/2 cups non instant rice pour into buttered baking dish Put raw chicken on top Cover and bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours

Aunt Cheryl Ruth (Ruthie) Allred

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Ruthie's Sugar Cookies 1/2 Cup white sugar                               2 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup soften butter                               1/2 salt 2 Eggs       Mix all of these with a wire whisk until well blended.  Add to mixture: 2 and a half cups flour,  Use hands to add last of flour if needed.  Place in bowl and refrigerate for a hour.   Then roll to 1/4 inch and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 mins, cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.   This recipe will yield about 25 cookies, so I like to double it.  Cream cheese frosting 1 package cream cheese softened       1 Tablespoon milk 3 Teaspoons of vanilla                            3-4 cups of powder sugar 1/2 stick butter softened Combine all ingredients but start with 2-3 cups powdered sugar, and add to taste and texture. Add food color and candy to make more decorative. Frost and enjoy!  YUM!!!! 3-Ingredient White Chocolate Oreo Truffles Yie

Aunt Kenya Roberts (Adam)

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BREAKFAST CASSEROLE Grease a 9 X 13 pan.   Take 6 slices of white bread.   Cut off the crusts and cut each slice in half.   Place in bottom of pan.   Then brown 1 lb. of ground sausage (Jimmy Dean Maple flavored, is really, really good).   Once browned, spoon the sausage over the bread slices.   Cover the bread and sausage with 8 oz. of cheddar cheese.   In a bowl, whisk together 8 large eggs, 2 cups milk, 1 tsp. dry mustard, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. black pepper.   Pour the egg/milk mixture over the bread, sausage, and cheese.   Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. SLOW COOKER TACO SOUP 1 pound of ground beef 1 small diced onion 1 finely diced green pepper 1 (16 oz) can (drained) kidney beans 1 (16 oz.) can (drained) chili beans, 1 can whole kernel corn (drained), 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce, 2 cups of water, 2 (14 oz) cans of diced tomatoes, 1 (4 oz) can diced green chilies, 1 package of taco seasoning mix Directions Brown 1 poun

Grandma Rebecca Bastian Roberts

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Grandpa Sam preparing to serve a mission, Rebecca 2 or 3 years after Art died in a car accident, Sherry about 5. One of my memories about Sam's mother, Rebecca Roberts, was that every day she would take her lunch hour while teaching elementary school, and run home to make roll dough that would rise while she went back to school for the afternoon, and then run home to shape the dough into rolls that she would serve that evening to four young men who were boarding at her home, while they attended BYU.    Rebecca was widowed at the young age of 38 and had four children to raise.    She often worked three jobs to make ends meet--one full time job and two part-time jobs.      I remember her teaching elementary school, caring for the room and board of the four "Y" students, and then working in the evening at J.C. Penney's.    And, let me just add, for many of those years, she cared for her aging Mother, Lettie.      I do not have her roll recipe, but I share a very

Aunt Melisa Roberts (Greg)

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Winter Chubbening

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Picnic Date Foods

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  Southern Buttermilk Fried Chicken            Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins, plus marinating time | Makes: 4 servings                       Anyone who resides south of the Mason-Dixon Line can tell you the hallmarks of properly prepared Southern fried chicken: The skin needs to be well-seasoned and crispy, and the meat inside moist and tender. These fried drumsticks coated in a buttermilk batter meet the criteria, and would be perfect served alongside macaroni salad at your next picnic. Special equipment: Although not necessary, a candy/fat thermometer is handy for this recipe. Game plan: If you cook the chicken just before leaving on your picnic, transport it warm, uncovered, in a basket lined with paper towels and foil. If you make it a day ahead, let it cool, then refrigerate it overnight. Pack the cold chicken in a covered plastic container lined with parchment paper. In

Power and Influence

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Dear Children, Most of the important and vital work of women is done in the private and personal confines of the home. Those times when mother has the most power and influence are generally quiet and without much fan fare. Family meal times for instance are one of the most important things we can do to insure the success of our children and protect them from evil. This blog is a dedication to that work and hopefully will help you in your efforts to create family meal times that bring your family together around your family table. Love Mom https://www.lds.org/ensign/2017/06/latter-day-saint-voices/christlike-mothering?lanhg=eng

Grandma Ruth Arena Crawford Smith

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"Though [my grandson] will retain pleasant but fleeting memories of my father, he will have no memory of my mother, who passed away before his birth. Not one of my children has any recollection of my grandparents. If I want my children and grandchildren to know those who still live in my memory, then I must build the bridge between them." —Dennis B. Neuenschwander, "Bridges and Eternal Keepsakes" Here's to building bridges through food! Green Beans the secret to Mother's green beans are fresh beans from the garden and salt pork and salt to taste Blackberry Pie Pie Crust Ingredients 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 3/4 cups shortening 3 tablespoons white sugar 2

Grandma Katie Grover Stevens

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Katie made Divinity that simply melted in your mouth.    I have never tasted better, or any that even came close.    One big piece of advice.    Never, never attempt to make divinity in rainy, humid weather.    As with any candy making, use a heavy duty saucepan, a good candy thermometer, and a fairly large, good wooden spoon.  Divinity 3 cups of sugar 3/4 cup of Karo syrup 1 cup hot water 4 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla 2/3 cup of chopped nuts In the saucepan, put 3 cups of sugar; 3/4 cup of Karo syrup; and 1 cup hot water.    Using a candy thermometer, cook over medium heat until the syrup reaches hard ball stage (about 252 on candy thermometer).    While syrup is cooking, (you do not need to stir), beat 4 egg whites (make sure no yolk in those whites)--beat them until they are very stiff.    Be sure and use a free-standing mixer to do this--as you will need your hands later pour the syrup into the egg mixture.    Once the egg whites are beaten, and the s