Spiced Ham in Cider (Slow Cooker)

Great time-saver and convenient. A little bit different....but oh so good! This calls for canned ham, but I think any precooked boneless ham would do. Great to use Turkey ham also.

Ingredients:

1 (3 lb.) canned ham
whole cloves
1 pt. Of sweet apple cider
Dried apricots and dark raisins

Directions:

Preheat slow cooker on high setting.

Stud ham on each side with whole cloves. Place in slow cooker and add cider. Cook for 30 minutes. Add 10 dried apricots and a handful of raisins and cook 50 minutes longer. Remove from the cooker and drain on platter before slicing and serving with the cook fruit.

Recipe from my 1984 collection.

Pineapple Casserole

The first time I had some of this, I was at a church dinner.  I could not believe this was pineapple.  Let's just say my second helping was just the beginning.

The contrast in texture and flavor is what makes this recipe a success. Easy and quick, this is a great alternative to yams when you have a dinner gathering.

Ingredients:

1 large can chunk pineapple (including juice)
¾ c. sugar
3 tbs. flour
1 c. cheddar cheese (grated)
1 sleeve Town House crackers (crumbled)
1 stick melted butter

Directions:

Place in a 9x9 inch baking dish: first, pineapple, then mix sugar and flour together and sprinkle on top of pineapple. Next put grated cheese, cracker crumbs and melted butter on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until lightly browned an bubbly on top.

Hoe Cake Bread Biscuits

Some people consider HoeCake Bread to be fried dough bread or fried cornbread. To me those are just what they say they are... Fried Bread. HoeCake bread is what my grandmother and great-grandmother used to make after a days labor and the desire to put a home cooked meal on the table.

HoeCake bread is made just like homemade biscuits, but instead of cutting them to shape, you just roll out your dough and bake on a bread pan. When done, you bread off the desire amount, slit open and slather with more butter. Yum Yum

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbs baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup Crisco Shortening
¼ cup milk

 

*I just use self-rising flour and omit the baking powder and the salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Cut in Crisco using pastry blender (or two knives) to form coarse crumbs. Add milk. Mix with fork until particles are moistened and cling together. Form dough into a ball.

Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead gently 8-10 times. Roll dough to a ½ inch thickness. Cut with floured 2-inch round cutter and place on ungreased baking sheet.

*At this point I roll my dough out with a rolling pin, into a oblong oval shape and place it on a the baking sheet. Sprinkle the top with a little flour and bake. About 2 minutes before I remove from oven, I will slather butter all over the top and return to oven.

 

Bake at 425º degrees for 12-14 minutes.

Make 12-16 biscuits or 1 big beautiful Hoe Cake Bread

This is a simple and basic recipe. Once you do the simple steps a couple times, you will quickly be able to throw it together for any meal.

Homemade Sausage

 

 

This homemade recipe is from a 1986 book that I found. I usually add a little more sage to my sausage anyway. This seems to give it a more “homemade” taste. This recipe is easy to mix and can be frozen for easy future use. Enjoy

Ingredients:

2 lbs. fresh lean pork
¼ lb. fat salt pork
½ tsp. thyme
1 tsp. sage
½ tsp. celery seed
½ tsp. marjoram
½ tsp. allspice
½ tsp. cracked black pepper
½ tsp. salt

Directions:

Ask butcher to grind the lean pork and salt pork. Add spices, salt and mix thoroughly. Make into patties. These may be pre-cooked, cooled, packaged and frozen for later use. Can be rolled, wrapped well and used as desired. Fry patties in skillet for 8-19 minutes.

*If you like a hot/spicier sausage, I think you could probably add a little red pepper flakes to the batch.