Krista's Steel Cut Oats

Krista and Patrick when Patrick got home from his mission and Krista surprised everyone by appearing at the airport.

1 C steel cut oats

4 1/2 C water

1/2 t. salt

1 t. vanilla

1 t. apple pie spice (or cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg)

1/2 C dried chopped fruit (raisins, apples)

2 T maple syrup

Cook in crock pot on low overnight (7-9 hrs.)                                            OR

Cook in rice cooker for abt an hour.

Mom's Prune Cake

"I have made this recipe since the early days of our marriage and it’s a favorite of Dad’s." - Tauna

1 C sugar                                   1/3 t. cloves

1 3/4 C flour                              7 1/2--8 oz. baby prunes

1 C oil                                            (3 jars)

2 t. baking powder                      2 eggs

1 t. soda                                     1/2 C nuts

1/2 t. salt  

                                                                    

Put dry ingredients in a bowl.  Make a well in center.  Pour in prunes, oil, and eggs, and mix well.  Add nuts and bake in 9x13 pan at 350 for 35-40 mins.

Mexican Red Rice

Tauna at Sundown Ranch in Northern Arizona 

This is Tauna's recipe.

1 1/2 T oil

1 1/2 C rice

1 C salsa

1 C chicken broth

salt

1 1/2 C frozen peas at end of cooking (opt.)

Brown rice in oil and then add with other ingreds. and cook in a rice cooker.

Martha Stewart's Meatloaf

This is Tauna's recipe.

2 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 C flat leaf parsley
1 T salt     
2 t. pepper           
2 t. dry mustard
2 cloves garlic
4 pieces bread
2 onions,minced
1/2 C catsup 
1-2 eggs

Form into a large loaf.  Top with barbecue sauce and bake at 375.

Kent Deaver's Little Smokies

Kent Deaver served in the Stake Presidency as one of Dad's counselors.  The Deaver family was in the Laurelwood ward for many years.  Susan Deaver used to bring this dish to our christmas party every year and they were a big hit.

Little Smokies sausages  (package from Costco)
Cut whole pound of bacon in half
Wrap sausages in bacon
Layer about a 1/2 inch of brown sugar on top of sausages

Bake 325 for 1 hr.  Turn half way thru baking.  Can be made ahead and then warmed up and served in crock pot

Jana's Cornbread

Stan and Cleo and kids.  Jana is the second from the left on the back row.

This is Jana Short's cornbread recipe.

Cream together:
     1 stick butter (soft)
     1 C sugar 
     2 eggs
Combine:
     1 C cornmeal                                    3/4 t. soda
     1 1/2 C flour                                     1/2 t. salt
     1 1/2--2 t. baking powder

1 1/2 C buttermilk

Alternately mix buttermilk and dry ingredients with creamed mixture.  (very lightly)  Bake 350 abt. 35 mins.

Nana's Strawberry Jello Salad

This was another Thanksgiving favorite.

1 lrg. pkg. strawberry Jello, dissolved in 3 C boiling water
1 pkg. frozen strawberries
3 mashed bananas
1 #2 can crushed pineapple

Mix all ingredients together.  Set 1/2 of jello mixture in the bottom of a 9x13’pan.  When set, spread with 1 lrg. carton (2 C) sour cream.  Pour remaining jello mixture over and set.

Krista's Stew

April, Krista, and Mom in Seattle at Pike's Place Market

2 Tbsp. butter or oil                        1 C carrots
2 onions chopped 1 C red Burgundy wine
1 lb. ground beef garlic
3 C (2 cans) beef stock 2 Tbsp. chopped parsley
6 C fresh tomatoes (or canned) 1/2 tsp. basil
2 C potatoes                                    1/4 tsp. thyme
1 C celery, diced 2 tsp. salt
1 C green beans (fresh or frozen)        1/2 tsp. pepper

Saute onion in oil.  Brown ground beef.  Add all ingredients except  potatoes, carrots, and green beans and cook for an hour.  Befor serving, add carrots, potatoes, and at the very end, the green beans.

Carrot Cake

(1) Sift into mixing bowl:
2 C flour
2 C sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
(2) Add and mix well:
1 1/2 C salad oil
4 eggs, beaten in one at a time
(3) Add:
2 C grated carrots
1 C drained, crushed pineapple
1 C coarsly chopped nuts


Bake 350 for 45 mins. in 9x13”pan. 

Frost with following:   1 cube butter
         1 small pkg. cream cheese
    1 box powdered sugar
    a little milk

Tauna's Baked Mostaccioli

"This is typical of Mom’s recipes---easy to make." - Tauna 

1 12-oz. pkg. Mostacciolli, cooked
1 lb. Italian sausage or lean ground beef, cooked and drained
(can use sweet or hot Italian sausage or 1/2 and 1/2 etc)
2 26-oz jars of Pasta Sauce (one with olive and mushroom, & one with tomato/basil)
4 C shredded mozzerella cheese
chopped parsley(opt.)

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, combine cooked mostacciolli, cooked meat, pasta sauce,  and 2 C cheese.  Mix well.  Bake in 13x9” covered casserole (greased), 45 mins.  Uncover and top with remaining 2 C cheese and parsley and bake 10 minutes longer.

Aunt Katie's Pineapple Butter Cake

Mom (Cleo) always thought Aunt Katie, Uncle Boyd’s wife,  was the best cook in the family.

4 eggs

1 Duncan Hines Butter Cake

1 11-oz. can mandarin oranges & juice (cut oranges in half)

1/2 C oil

Beat together well.  Grease and flour 3 layer pans.  Bake 350 about 30 mins.

When cool, frost with:

1 tall can crushed pineapple

1 small Jello instant pudding (vanilla)

1 15-oz. container Cool Whip

Mix together and spread between layers and on top  Refrigerate.

Tauna's Teriyaki Flank Steak

This recipe has got to be one of the Lowe family's all time favorites!  It's so delicious!  Andrew especially loves this for his birthday and Sunday dinner with baked potatoes and Texas sheet cake.

1/2 C soy sauce
1 lrg. clove garlic, minced
1 tsp. ground ginger
2 Tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar
2 T. each, lemon juice and salad oil
1 Tbsp. instant minced onion
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 flank steak

Marinate steak in mixture 6-10 hr. in refrigerator, turning several times.  To BBQ, place steak on grill at about 4” above bed of hot, glowing coals.  Cook about 6 mins. on each side or until done to liking.  To serve, cut thin, slanting slices across grain.

Mom's Butter Rolls

INSTRUCTIONS:
2 yeast cakes dissolved in 1/4 C warm water.

Put in mixing bowl: 1/2 C sugar
1/2 C shortening
1 C warm water

Add 3 well beaten eggs and yeast.

Sift and add: 4 1/2 C flour
2 tsp. salt

Stir well.  Cover tight.  Put in fridge over night.  Roll out on a well-floured board 1/2 at a time, about as thick as pie crust.  Spread 1/2 cube of butter of dough.  Roll like a jelly roll.  Cut 1 1/2” thick.  Dip in melted butter.  Let raise in muffin tins for 2 hrs.  Bake 400 for 10 mins.

Myrna's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Myrna Skousen was a dear friend of Nana (Cleo) and this is her recipe.  Myrna Skousen, our good friend and neighbor, is the most fun---always makes us laugh!

5 cubes butter or margarine 2 tsp. soda
3 C brown sugar 2 tsp. salt
2 C white sugar 1-2 pkgs. chocolate chips
5 eggs           2 C nuts (or more)
5-6 C flour

Cream butter and sugars and add eggs then dry ingreds. and lastly, add choc. chips and nuts.

 Bake 350 about 10 mins.

This makes tons of cookies and it’s easiest to make these in a Bosch if possible.

Mom's Pie Crust

"Mom" here refers to Cleo Turley.  This is her pie crust recipe.  Tauna says that she can never get this recipe to turn out, but it's Nana's nonetheless so we will pass it on because we love Nana.

2/3 C lard
1/3 C boiling water

Pour boiling water over lard and whip with a fork until melted.

Add: 2 C flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Mix lightly and refrigerate in Saran Wrap  before rolling out.  Bake 350 ‘til golden.

"For Thanksgiving, Mom (Cleo) used to make small, individual pie crusts and let us fill our own with different cream fillings---vanilla and chocolate ,and top them with bananas or coconut, and whipped cream." - Tauna Lowe  

Cleo's Cheesecake

Mix and press into a large pie tin:

20 graham crackers (squares),crumbed

1/2 cube soft better

2 Tbsp. sugar

Filling: 2 eggs, beaten

1/2 C sugar

1 lrg. and 1 small cream cheese

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix and pour into crust.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.  Bake 350 for 15 mins.

 Cool and top with the following mixture:

1 pint sour cream

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Bake another 5 mins. at 350.

Berried Delight

This is Krista's recipe for Berried Delight.

2  C  graham cracker crumbs
1/3  C  sugar
1/2  C margarine, melted
1  8-oz. cream cheese,softened
1/4  C  sugar
2  Tbsp. milk
8-oz. Cool Whip
2  pints strawberries  (or any berries)
2  4-oz. pkgs. instant vanilla pudding

Make graham cracker crust using first 3 ingredients.  Pat into a 9x13 pan.  Chill.
Beat cream cheese w/ 1/4 C  sugar and milk until smooth.  Fold in half of Cool Whip.
Spread over crust.  Arrange berries in an even layer over cream cheese mix.  Make pudding as directed.  Pour over berries.  Chill.  After set, spread remaining Cool Whip over pudding.