Aunt Janice’s Mincemeat recipe

Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:04:57 -0800

Aunt Janice’s mincemeat (about 8 qts)

Ingredients for mincemeat:

ground meat [cooked, e.g. from a roast]: 5 C

ground apples: 10 C

molasses: 2 C

vinegar (apple cider): 2 C

cider (apple): 2 C

ground suet: 2 C

raisins: 4 C

pie cherries [pitted, canned, packed in water, tart]: 1 qt.

cinnamon: 4 and 1/2 t

nutmeg: 4 t

cloves: 2 t

salt: 2 and 1/2 t

grated rind of lemons [also use the juice]: 3 lemons

sugar (granulated): 6 C

Instructions for mincemeat: Cook (bake) meat, and allow to cool. Meat suet and apples should then be ground. Add ingrediants above to large pot. Simmer for 1 hour. Stir frequently to prevent burning. Put in sterilized Mason jars - seal and process 30 minutes counting time. May add 1 qt of commercially made mincemeat [e.g. Borden None Such Classic Original Mincemeat w/ Apples and Raisins (27 oz. glass jar)] to above. Reference 1 gives instructions for canning process (see “CANNNING AND FREEZING” section).

May use apple sauce instead of ground apples.

References:

1. “Betty Crocker’s Cookbook New and Revised Edition”, 1978

Grandma Clara’s Bread recipe

Sat, 18 Feb 2017 15:17:20 -0800

Grandma Clara’s bread recipe [per Wayne’s recorded notes]

Ingrediants for yeast mixture:

active dry yeast: 1 package

granulated sugar: 1/2 t

warm water: 1/2 C

Ingredients for bread dough:

milk: 1 C (scalded and cooled to luke warm)

warm water: 1 C

sifted bread flour: 6 C

granulated sugar: 2 T

shortening (soft): 2 T

iodized salt: 2 t

Instructions for yeast mixture: Add 1 package of active dry yeast to 1/2 C of warm water; add 1/2 t of granulated sugar. Let set until gets foamy (about 1/2 hour)

Instructions for bread: Place 1 C of milk (scalded and cooled to luke warm) in container; add 1 C of warm water. Add 2 T of granulated sugar and 2 T of soft shortening. Add 2 t of iodized salt.

Place 3 C of sifted bread flour into bowl. Add milk, warm water, sugar, shortening, to the flour; mix well with fork. Add yeast mixture per instructions above, and mix with fork.

Add 2 C of sifted bread flour (will add remaiining flour as needed (as stated below)).

Have 1 C of sifted bread flour ready.

Knead dough in large bowl. If too sticky, gradually add flour, and continue to knead dough (should take 15 to 20 minutes). Place on bread board and knead bread. In mean time, clean original bowl and grease with shortening.

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