Ione Rogers Willis

Ione Rogers Willis

Grandpa's Biscuits

2 cups flour
2 T. sugar
1 t. salt
1 heaping T. baking powder
1/4 t. baking soda
1/4 cup melted shortening or oil
1 cup buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients together add shortening or oil, mix thoroughly and slowly add buttermilk.  Roll out 1/2 inch thick.  Put some melted shortening or oil in cake pan and coat biscuits.  Bake at 350 until golden brown.

* I usually have to triple these for my family!

Grandma's Bread

1 can evaporated milk
2 cans hot water
2 cans warm water
4 T. yeast
2/3 cup sugar
1 T. salt
2/3 cup shortening
18 cups (5lbs.) flour

Mix milk, water, yeast, sugar and salt together.  Let sit for 10 minutes until bubbly.  Then mix in shortening and flour.  Divide into either rolls or bake in greased bread pans.  Let rise till double.  Bake 350 until the top is golden brown.

*I usually half this recipe because it won't fit in my Kitchen Aid and half of it will perfectly.  Also, because I like it a little sweeter I double the sugar.

This is a great recipe for making Navajo Tacos (I don't double the sugar for these.)

I also use this for making Cinnamon Rolls I keep the sugar doubled, spread 2 cups of brown sugar, 1 T. cinnamon, and 1/2 cup of butter.  Spread on the bread roll up and cut with floss into 1-inch slices.  Let rise double and bake until golden brown.

Also makes great bread sticks just roll into breadsticks, let rise until double, and brush with butter, granulated garlic and italian seasonings and bake until golden brown at 350.

Grandma's Pie Crust

1 cup oil
1/2 cup water
3 cups flour (maybe a little more)
1 pinch (all fingers) baking powder (be generous)
1 dash of salt (she explained cup your hand and fill the small of your hand) I estimate about 1 teaspoon

Mix all ingredients together.  Roll between wax paper.  (Grandma's hint, wet counter with a wash cloth to get slightly damp and the wax paper will stick and not move while you are rolling it out.)  Will make two crusts.  Fill with pie crust and bake till pie is done at 350.

Tammy's 18th Birthday.  She is a good girl and may go to Maryland where she will be employed as a nanny.  Quite a few of the girls around here are doing this.  Sheree's (Tana) is working as a nanny in Hawaii and loves it.  I think Tammy will do very well.

I have been washing most of the day.  Loye took a load of trash to the dump so I rode up with him.

Josh bought us a great big supreme pizza for lunch and it was yummy.

Tiffy came down so her and I ate an ice cream cone out in the shad of the back porch.

I finally got my kitchen and bathrooms cleaned so Loye took me up to Guayo's where we ate Spanish Food.  Afterwards we went over to Earl and Violet's and visited for about an hour then we came home and I made Josh's bed as I had taken the sheets off earlier.  And now I'm in bed trying to stay awake and write in this book...z z z...

Today started out much brighter than yesterday and would have been a nice simple easy day at work, but Kate decided we had better make cookies, so we did and our really turned into a busy day but at least on Monday we won't have to make cookies.

After coming home and resting for awhile I done the syrup on my pickles and fixed supper early so we could get to the football game on time.  (Snowflake playing Globe in the first game of the season.)

Jason plays in the band this year so he had to be down there at 6:15 so Jared took him down.  Mom went with us to the game but she didn't feel good so since Liza was going home at the end of the 3rd quarter Mom went with her.  Babe McCray had a heart attack during the game and he was sitting next to the top row so the medics had to carry him clear down from there.  I haven't hear how he got.

Snowflake easily beat Glove 28-8.  The cheer leaders threw little blue and white footballs up into the stands, Jared caught 2 of them.