Georgia Peach Pie

Getting ready for summer just a little ahead of the season is a genuine family pleaser of a dessert.
I highly recommend sticking with real butter on this one.
Georgia Peach Pie
Ingredients:
Crust
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup butter
Filling
8 full, ripe peaches, peeled in 1 inch slices
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tbl lemon juice, [...]

Nana’s Apple Grunt Recipe

Time for a desert recipe. After all, you can’t eat meat and potatoes all the time!
Apple Grunt Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter, room temperature
1 egg
1/2 cup milk or buttermilk
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 apples
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter or oil a non stick, 9 inch [...]

Nana’s Scratch Chicken and Dumplings

Ollie’s Nana could whip up a mean batch of Chicken and Dumplings.
I have had this recipe for years but had to work out her pinch, dash, and a handful of this that and the other to bring it to you.
Nana’s Scratch Chicken and Dumplings
Ingredients: 
Stew 
1  4 pound whole chicken
3 quarts water
3 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped [...]

Time to Goose Grandma

OK hunters. The season is coming to go out and bag the family a goose or two. After you have taken the necessary steps to make it eatable, here is how to cook it.
Grandma’s Tender Goose 
Ingredients: 
1 wild goose (adjust recipe for poundage)
2 tbsp cooking sherry
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp onion salt
1 tsp celery seed
2 tsp [...]

Bite the Kaiser Cake

During World War One, the home front rationed so that the soldiers would have enough to battle the Evil Kaiser.
One of the recipes they used is right here.
Bite the Kaiser Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups hot water
2 tsp shortening (solid)
1/2 to 3/4 cup raisins
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp salt
3 cups flour
1 tsp [...]

Nana’s Tomato Fritters

When Nana wasn’t whipping up a batch of her tomato gravy, or stewed tomatoes, you could find her knocking out a batch of her Tomato Fritters.
This makes about 26, so have a few friends over.
Nana’s Tomato Fritters 
Ingredients: 
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp white sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp basil
1  28 oz can whole tomatoes, drained
1 [...]

Nana’s Sunday Pot Roast

This is a Sunday favorite around Ollie’s household. The rich, dark gravy, the tender veggies and the melt in your mouth, beef.
This recipe has survived several generations and is being used by Ollie’s kid’s as well.
Nana’s Sunday Pot Roast 
Ingredients: 
1  3 1/2 to 4 pound chuck roast, whole. (Do Not Remove Fat*)
1 large onion, quartered
1 cup [...]

Nana’s Potato Salad

One of the items we would take, with her Fried Chicken, to the park, was her potato salad.
Many in the family would clamor for it at family summer picnics and affairs.
Nana’s Potato Salad
Ingredients:
3 cups cooked potatoes, diced (when cooking, leave a little ‘crunch’ to them)
3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1/4 cup onion, diced
1/2 tsp oregano
1/4 [...]

Nana’s Never Fail Pie Crust

Nana wasn’t real big on making fruit pies, but she made a great apple dumpling and crust for pot pies.
Use this for just about any recipe that calls for pie crust.
Nana’s Never Fail Pie Crust 
Ingredients: 
4 cups all purpose flour
1  1/2 tsp salt
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp white sugar
1  1/2 cup Crisco
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
Directions: 
Blend [...]

Nana’s Baked Beans

Nana would start early in the morning to have these just right for when it was supper time.
She worked with her everyday items to make the best baked beans ever.
Nana’s Best Baked Beans
Ingredients:
1 pound dried navy beans
1 salt pork
2 bay leaves
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup molasses
2 tbsp dark brown sugar
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp [...]