My mom had a handwritten cookbook that I remember as a child. When she passed, I made sure to get it. Some of the recipes came from my grandmother, but I don’t know any stories behind any of them, sorry. They were just always there.
Her handwriting was good, but spelling not so much, so sorry.
The cabbage rolls look like a microwave recipe, but she always baked them. We got a microwave in 1978, and it was super powered, so take the cook time with caution.
by tsionnan
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Her capital S’s are beautiful.
Oh your mother and mine would be good friends…whole wheat flour and bran in a cake…crunchy hippie moms unite!
The cranberry pork chops look amazing. Thank you so so much.
(Our first microwave was something a caterer friend gave us in the mid 80s I think? That thing was a HOSS and so strong 🤣$
Thank you for sharing! Will have to try some of these.
Must try that peanut butter cake! 😍
Our family had a recipe we called “coconut islands” that is the (exact?) same as your uncooked chocolate cookies. We even dropped them onto wax paper — fun times, had to work fast before the mix cooled too much!
The pork chops with cranberries is intriguing. I never had ‘real’ cranberries growing up. But I love them and am keeping your mom’s recipe for a future meal. Thank you!
I love her handwriting.
thank you for sharing! I’m so glad you got the recipes before they were gone.
I really want to try the bean with bacon soup. that seems simple. comfort type food
Definitely might try the pork chops. I need to do something else with them than the slow cooker recipe I have used for years.
Love handwritten recipes. So special to have that memory of something they loved and touched. On the cranberries? Are those raw cranberries?
My mom makes those unbaked cookies a lot.. she brought some today when we went for a drive
Yum thanks for sharing!
Thank you! The unbaked cookies brought back wonderful memories, and I am going to make them again.
I love this. What a wonderful memory.
That peanut butter cake looks amazing.
thank you 🙂
Cabbage rolls are one of my favorite meals. Did your mom blanch the cabbage leaves? Mine did and it’s so putzy. If I didn’t have to blanch and got the same result, I’d make them weekly.
Gonna try a few of these. Thanks for sharing!
I’m reading her recipes and my immediate thought with Peanut butter picnic was “holy shit that would make a great drink” (im a bartender) so now I’m trying to figure out how to take some of your mom’s elements and transfer them (can I steal that name though, please?)