Sweet Treats

Grandma B's Bread Pudding

-Because I cannot, under penalty of death, give you her sweet potato pie recipe. This recipe is a little unusual because Grandma put peaches in her bread pudding. I honestly cannot eat bread pudding any other way. Enjoy!

1 loaf bread - broken up

1 1/2 cups sugar

6 eggs

1 can sweetened, condensed milk

1 can evaporated milk

1 large can peaches, diced

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp butter

Preheat oven to 375. mix all ingredients, don't be afraid to use your hands to do this - it keeps the bread from mushing up. If the mixture looks dry, add about 1/2 cup milk. Set mixture aside.

Melt the butter in the bottom of oblong pan, just enough to coat the bottom. Pour mixture in and bake until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

Snow Ball Cookies

-They have another name too, but we keep this family friendly here. Mom makes these for Christmas and the kids eat them all up!

1 cup Swan Cake flour

1 cup finely chopped pecans, slightly roasted

2-3 tbsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 stick butter, softened to room temp - real butter y'all

pinch of salt, optional

Powdered Sugar to coat

Preheat oven to 300 and grab a large cookie sheet. Cream butter, add cake flour a little at a time until all is in the bowl. Add vanilla, salt, sugar and pecans. Mix until well mixed. Form the dough into balls using a 1/3 of a teaspoon measuring spoon. place on cookie sheet so sides do not touch. Bake for 35 minutes. Sift the powder and slide cookies into a bowl. Coat the cookies and shake off excess. Space out cookies on a plate. Sift flour and recoat cookies again.

Santa's Forgotten Cookies

-This is Hubby's family's favorite - Grandma made them at Christmas and it just wasn't Christmas without them.

2 egg whites

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup chocolate chips (mini)

1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350. Beat eggs until stiff and add sugar gradually, beating until mixture is smooth. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts. Line cookie sheet with foil. Drop by teaspoon. Put in oven and immediately turn the oven off. Leave overnight or until oven is cold (about 6-8 hours).

GG's handwritten recipe

Blueberry Cobbler

1 stick margarine

1 qt blue berries

1 cup sugar

¼ tsp salt

1 cup flour

2 tbsp flour

2 tsp baking powder

⅔ cup milk

Melt butter in pan and add blueberries. Combine sugar, salt, flour, baking powder and milk and add on top of berries. Cook at 350 for 45 minutes.