Pepper Steak, Corned Beef Barbecue, Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Apple Sauce Cake, Raisin Cake, Banana Pie

Pepper Steak              Walt Konschak
1 1/2 - 2lb round steak
1 c flour
salt and pepper
1 medium can tomatoes
1 package brown gravy mix
Worcestershire sauce
1 large green pepper
Cut round steak into strips. Put flour, salt and pepper in a gallon size plastic bag. Add the steak strips and shake. Cover the bottom of electric frying pan or good sized skillet with oil and brown steak. Pour in juice of 1 can of tomatoes and 1 1/2 cups water (2 cups total liquid). Add 1 package of any brown gravy mix. Simmer 1 1/2 hours. Add Worcestershire sauce to taste and add tomatoes somewhere near the end. Add green pepper strips during the last 15 minutes. Serve over rice or egg noodles.

Corned Beef Barbecue               Mary West
1 onion chopped
1 gree pepper, chopped
3 stalks celery with leaves, chopped
1 bottle catsup (ketchup)
2 cans corn beef
Put small amount of oil in large pot. Fry onion, green pepper and celery just enough to soften. Add bottle of catsup and two cans of corn beef which have been broken into small pieces. Simmer with lid off for 2 hours. Serve on rolls.

Baked Macaroni and Cheese           Paula McCormack McLaughlin
1 lb macaroni or shells
4 TB butter or margarine
2 TB flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 TB parsley flakes
1/4 tsp onion salt
2 1/2 c milk
3/4 lb cut or grated american or sharp cheese
1 TB grated parmesan cheese
Place butter or margarine in skillet. When melted, add flour, salt, pepper. Stir until blended. Add milk to flour mixture stirring until ingredients are blended well. Add cheese and cook until thickened. When cheese is completely melted into a thick sauce, pour cheese over cooked macaroni and stir until blended. Top with a layer of bread crumbs and dot with some butter. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes

Apple Sauce Cake         Frances Prohowich
1/2 c shortening
1 c sugar
1 egg
1 jar apple sauce (15oz)
2 c flour
1 c raisins
1/2 c black walnuts
3/4 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp salt
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and then apple sauce. Add flour that has been mixed with baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Soak raisins and walnuts in warm water and drain. Add to mixture. Bake in greased and floured tube pan at 375 for 1 hour.

Raisin Cake        Jimmy Friant
1 box raisins
1 box brown sugar
1/2 c shortening
2 c water
Boil these 4 ingredients for 10 minutes and cool.
Sift together:
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp cloves
4 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
 Add mixtures together and then add 2 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. For good fruit cake, add nuts, candied fruit, cherries and pineapple.

Banana Pie      Minnie Garton
1 c milk
1/2 c sugar
3 egg yolks
2 TB flour
Cook until thick. Allow to cool.
Slice as many bananas as needed to nicely fill BAKED pie crust. Pour filling over bananas. Beat egg whites with 2 tsp of powdered sugar. Spread over top. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

Applesauce Cake, Brer Rabbit Gingerbread, Pineapple Upside Down Cake and more!

Applesauce Cake     Deni Finch-Frederick
Mom's note: I always serve this cake plain or with a little 10x sugar sprinkles on top.
Deni's note: I'm not sure if this is a Millville-specific recipe, but it was a standard in our house as we grew up in the 1950s-60s.
1/2 c shortening
2 eggs
2 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 c applesauce
2/3 c raisins
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c molasses
1 tsp baking soda
Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs one at a time beating after each. Add molasses. Sift together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add alternately with applesauce to the mixture. Add raisins and mix well. Grease pan. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on rack.

Brer Rabbit Gingerbread       Deni Finch-Frederick
Mom's note: I use a package of "Lem" for the lemon sauce for the topping on gingerbread.
Deni's note: This might have been my forever favorite cake and is certainly the source of my everlasting preference for lemon over chocolate.
1/2 c shortening
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
2 1/2 c sifted flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp salt
1 c Brer Rabbit molasses
1 c hot water
Cream together shortening and sugar. Add egg and beat well. Sift together next 6 dry ingredients. Combine molasses and water and add alternately with flour mixture to creamed mixture. Line 8x8x2 greased pan with greased wax paper and pour in batter. Bake in moderate over (350) for 50-60 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely.

Rice Pudding     Nanny Konschak
1 quart milk
1/3 c rice
1/3 c sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Add a small can of cream and 1 beaten egg last.
Simmer on stove for 1 1/2 hours.

Rice Pudding     Minnie Garton
4 TB rice
1/2 c sugar
Pinch of salt
1 can of cream added to enough milk to make 1 quart, plus 1 quate of extra milk. Bake in 2 quate casserole at 350 until it turns brown.

Banana Cake
1 1/2 c cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c shortening
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c milk
1 c mashed banana
Stft flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cream shortening and add sugar gradually. Add unbeaten eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. Add dry mixture alternately with milk and banana to shortening mixture, stirring only enough to blend thoroughly. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch pans. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.

5 Cup Salad     Dot Breslin
1 small can mandarin orange slices drained
1 c coconut
1 c or small container of sour cream
1 c miniature marshmallows
1 small can pineapple tidbits or chunks drained
Mix together well and chill.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake     Mary Hampton
1/3 c shortening
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 c flour
1/2 c pineapple juice
Mix all above ingredients. Grease pan and put 3/4 c brown sugar and pineapple rings and halved cherries in pan. Dot with butter. Pour cake mixture over pineapple rings. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before inverting on to dish.

Summer Delights

Zucchini Bread              Walda Passaro
Makes 2 loaves of bread.
3 eggs
2 c sugar
1 c vegetable oil
1 TB vanilla
2 c grated zucchini
2 c flour
1 TB cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
Beat eggs until frothy. Combine with sugar, oil and vanilla until thickened.
Stir in zucchini and the rest of the ingredients. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to an hour. Test after 45 minutes.

Hot Crab Dip     Claudia Goodwin
2 large packages of cream cheese
1/2 to 1 cup cottage cheese
2 TB minced onion
2 TB mayonnaise
2 TB Worcestershire sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste
Mix in 1 lb lump crab meat.
Turn into oven safe casserole. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Sherbet      Minnie Garton
1 pint milk
3/4 c sugar
3 bananas
Small jar of cherries
1 can crushed pineapple
pinch of salt
Blend together and freeze in ice cube trays.

Fresh Peach Pie      Nanny Konschak
For pie crust:
3/4 c flour
1/2 c sugar
2 TB crisco
Mix crust, roll out and line a pie plate. Cover bottom of pie crust with a thin layer of breadcrumbs. Peel and slice enough peaches to over-fill the pie plate. Put peaches in pie crust and put a little sugar over the peaches. To 1 can of cream, add enough milk to measure 1 1/2 cups. Add a little sugar to the milk. Beat 3 eggs and add to the milk mixture. Pour over the peaches. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top. Bake at 425 for just under 20 minutes and then reduce heat to 350 for another 1/2 hour.