Nanny's Rainbow Salad

From the Kitchen of: Nanny

INGREDIENTS
1 cup marshmallows
1 cup coconut
1 can crushed pineapples, drained
2 cans mandarin oranges, drained
10 maraschino cherries cut in half
(pour some of the cherry juice into salad to color it!)
1 cup sour cream

INSTRUCTIONS
Mix all ingredients together and place in fridge for 12-24 hours before serving.

Grandma Lowe's Extravagant Cookies

From the Kitchen of: Grandma Lowe

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
2 cups flour
2 ½ cups oatmeal
8 oz chocolate chips
1 cup nuts (optional)
1 cup raisins (optional

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl combine butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat in brown sugar, white sugar, salt, baking powder, soda, flour and oatmeal. Mix well. Add chocolate chips, nuts and raisins. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes.

Grandma Lowe's Caramel Corn

From the Kitchen of: Grandma Lowe

INGREDIENTS
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup white sugar
½ cup Karo syrup
½ cup water
1 tsp white vinegar
½ tsp salt
1 cube butter
vanilla
7-8 cups of popped corn

INSTRUCTIONS
Combine brown sugar, white sugar, Karo syrup, water, vinegar and salt in a saucepan and cook to a soft ball. Add butter and vanilla. Pour over popped corn. Mix into balls or serve in bowl.

Grandma Long's Tatertot Casserole

From the Kitchen of: Grandma Long

INGREDIENTS
1 lb hamburger browned and drained
½ onion chopped
1 can cream of celery soup
2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
1 package frozen tatertots, thawed

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown hamburger and drain. Combine hamburger, onion, and celery soup with ½ can water in large saucepan. Warm through and mix with tatertots. Pour in casserole dish and top with cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 400 for about 1 hour or till heated.

Aunt Karen's Cream Wafers

From the Kitchen of: Karen Lowe

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
½ cup margarine
½ cup cream
2 cups flour
Filling:
¼ cup butter, softened
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
red and green food coloring (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
Mix well butter, margarine, cream and flour and chill for 30 minutes. Roll out dough on floured board until thin. Cut out into circles. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Bake 7-9 minutes at 350 degrees. Take cookies out of oven and cool. Put two cookies together with filling in the middle. For filling, combine butter, powdered sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and a little food coloring (if desired) in a medium bowl and mix well. These are a perfect Christmas Time cookie!

Aunt Shelly's Strawberry Pie

From the Kitchen of: Shelly Keisel

INGREDIENTS
Crust:
1 ¼ cups flour
2 tbsp sugar
¼ tsp salt
½ cup oil
2 tbsp milk
Filling:
1 Package fresh strawberries, cut up
Glaze:
1 cup sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup boiling water
4 tbsp strawberry jell-o

INSTRUCTIONS
Mix together ingredients for crust and press in pie pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Fill shell with strawberries. Boil sugar, cornstarch and water in saucepan and add strawberry jell-o. Pour cooled glaze over top of strawberries.

Aunt Sandy's Chocolate Chip Cookies

From the Kitchen of: Sandy Lowe

INGREDIENTS
1 lb butter
1 lb dark brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
6 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 bags of 12 oz chocolate chips
1-2 cups walnuts or pecans (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and salt in large bowl until well blended. Mix in chocolate chips and nuts. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.