Grandma's Apple Crumble

In a buttered 9"x13" baking dish, place:

6 cups APPLES, sliced

Sprinkle over the apples:

1 teaspoon CINNAMON

1/2 teaspoon SALT

In a separate bowl, cut together:

1 1/2 cups FLOUR

2/3 cup SOFT BUTTER

1 cup SUGAR

Drop flour mixture over apples. 

Bake at 350° for 40 minutes. Serve warm or cool with ice cream or whipped cream.

This is a great alternative to the apple crumble with oats.

Grandma's Danish Dessert

Make this recipe one day in advance, no more, no less. It needs to set up well before serving. This has been a favorite family desert for over 45 years.

1 1/2 cups FLOUR
1/2 cup BUTTER
1/2 cup PECANS, very finely chopped
Mix like pie dough, gently mix together, and spread mixture into a 9"x13" pan and bake at 375° for 15 minutes, until very, very lightly browned. Cool. Divide crumbs, saving about 1/2 of this mix for further use. Take half of the crumbs and firmly pres into bottom of the 9"x13" pan.

While the above is baking, mix one small package of Danish Dessert (this is the brand), using 1 3/4 cup water as listed on the package instructions for Pie Glaze. Cool and add one 10 oz. package slightly thawed, frozen raspberries to the Danish Dessert.

In a large mixing bowl, cream together:
2 (8 oz) packages CREAM CHEESE, room temperature
2 cups POWERED SUGAR
1 teaspoon VANILLA

Gently fold in:
1 16 oz. container COOL WHIP
Set aside/refrigerate

Layer:
Gently place cream cheese mixture on top of the baked flour/nut mixture (which should already be in the pan). Then ladle the raspberry mixture on top of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle the reserved flour/nut mixture evenly on top.

Refrigerate overnight, at least 8 hours, until firmly set.

Peach Cobbler

2 cups FLOUR, all purpose
2 tablespoons SUGAR
1 tablespoon BAKING POWDER
6 tablespoons SHORTENING
1 cup MILK
1 large can PEACHES, sliced
3 tablespoons CORNSTARCH

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Combine peaches and cornstarch in sauce pan, place on stove and heat until thick and bubbly. Stirring constantly.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into bowl, stir. Add shortening. Cut shortening into flour mixture. Add milk. Mix until dough forms a ball.

Place thickened peaches into a casserole dish. Drop dough by spoonful's onto hot peaches.

Bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until biscuit
topping is golden brown. Serve warm.

Apple Crumble

8 cups Apples, peeled and sliced
1/3 cup Sugar
2 Tbsp Flour
1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
Mix sugar, flour and cinnamon together. Add flour mixture to peeled apples. Place apple mixture in a buttered 9x13 cake pan. Set aside.

1 1/2 cups Flour
3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp Nutmeg
2/3 cup Butter
Mix together the flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add butter. Cut butter into flour mixture. place flour mixture on top of thd apples. Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes then at 350 degrees for an additional 40 minutes or until the apples are soft. Serve with ice cream.

Acini De Pepe Salad

1/2 cup Sugar

1 Tbsp Flour

1 Egg, beaten

6 cups Water

1 Tbsp Oil

1/2 Box Acini De Pepe

1 1/4 tsp Salt

1 tsp Lemon Juice

1  1/4 cup Pineapple Juice

1 (20 oz) can Pineapple Tidbits

1 (8 oz) package whipping topping

1 lg. can Fruit Coctail

Drain all pineapple and reserve its juices. Drain fruit coctail and mandarin oranges. Cook Acini in 6 cups voiling water with 1 txp salt for 8 minutes or until tender. Add oil to water and drain. Rinse and let the pasta cool.

In a saucepan, combine flour, sugar and remaining 1/4 tsp salt. Stir in juice and egg. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cool.

Combine cooled pasta, fruits and sauce in a bowl. Chill overnight. Fold in cool whip just before serving.