Recipes by Mawmaw
Mawmaw LeMaire’s Cabbage and Apple Slaw
...Simple, Good and Fast to prepare. Â Ingredients 1 small head of cabbage 1 large apple 2 cups mayonnaise 1 tsp sugar 1 cup pineapple chunks (optional) Directions Step 1 Finely shred the cabbage. Step 2 Slice and dice the apples into small pieces. Step 3 Mix all ingredients together, ...
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Mawmaw’s German Chocolate Bars
This was one of my grandson Colby’s favorite cookies at Christmas. Now he makes his Mom do them. Ingredients 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 package Betty Crocker German Chocolate Cake Mix 3 cups miniature marshmallows 1 (6 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips or butterscotch 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut ...
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MawMaw’s Plum Cake
This moist baby food cake is quick and easy and enjoyed during the holidays. Or you could bake the dish as cupcakes for the kids. Ingredients 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 cup oil 2 small jars of plum with Tapioca baby food 2 cups self-rising flour 1 tsp cloves ...
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Mawmaw’s Tarts
Ingredients 3 cups flour 3 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 1/4 cup milk 2 eggs 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tbsp baking powder dash of salt 1 tsp cinnamon (optional) Directions Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Step 2 Sift all dry ingredients. Blend ...
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Maw Maw Ruby’s Gueydan Courtbouillon
...Delcambre, Erath, Lake Charles, Choupique, and New Iberia, etc.. I believe a true courtbouillon is a clear/white based gravy and not tomato based. I know that there are many variations to Cajun recipes like étouffée. Here is MawMaw Ruby’s version. Thanks to MawMaw Broussard in Gueydan, who helped put together ...
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Congo Bars
Mawmaw always cooked these at Christmas time. Ask Chad, Colby and Chrissy what they think of these. Ingredients 2 3/4 cups flour 2 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tbsp salt 2/3 cup shortening 1 lb brown sugar 3 eggs 1 cup pecans, chopped 1 (6 oz) package chocolate chips Directions ...
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Blue Ribbon Dessert – Four Layer Delight – Mississippi Mud Pie or Bayou Goo
...t ate this dessert at a get-together to celebrate the visit of the author’s brother-in-law on leave from Iraq. It was the hit of the evening. The author tells us that her best friend won a blue ribbon for this dessert. MawMaw gets the recipe, makes the dessert and goes ...
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Cooking (Steaming) or Boiling Rice
...electricity, but there is still the gas stove, how am I to cook rice? Read below and remember not to stir while the rice is cooking. Ingredients Rice Water Salt Butter or oil (optional) Directions Step 1 Stovetop Method (new MawMaw): Step 2 For every cup of rice, pour 1.5 ...
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Lerline’s Cornbread (For Dressing or Figs)
...ats there quite a bit. This cornbread recipe was handed down from the owner’s grandmother, Amedia Meaux, to her mother Lerline Meaux. This recipe is great for making cornbread dressing, eating with cracklings, syrup or MawMaw’s favorite, cornbread, milk and fig preserves. But Mawmaw is from the old school too. ...
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Some Good Grits
...an and bring to a light boil. Step 2 Gradually add the grits stirring constantly until the liquid is absorbed. Step 3 Add the cracked pepper, butter, cheese, and green onions until well blended. Top with Shrimp or Grillards. Mawmaw prefers making her chicken broth by bring the one quart ...
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Sugar Free Pumpkin Pie
...cle 1 inch larger than the inverted 9-inch pie pan. Step 3 Ease pastry crust into pan and trim and flute the edge. Beat pumpkin, evaporated milk and eggs in medium bowl. Beat in remaining ingredients. Pour into pastry shell. MawMaw likes to brush beaten egg white on the inside ...
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Lemon Custard
...sugar, mixing this with gelatin, and letting it cool until set. An Italian phrase which literally means “cooked cream”, appeared in Woman’s Day and is not labor intense. It is so similar to our custard that Mawmaw added the recipe as part of the Nouveau Cajun. This was a big ...
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Maw Maw’s Homemade Cajun Seasonings
This is what Mawmaw uses to season her meats and gumbo and her own Cajun dishes. Ingredients 1/4 cup salt 1 tbsp cayenne 1/2 tbsp paprika (optional) 1 1/2 tbsp onion powder 1 tbsp ground black pepper 1 tbsp white pepper 1 tbsp to 1 1/2 of garlic powder or ...
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Perfect Sauce for Meatloaf Topping
Prepare your favorite meatloaf recipe; prepare this sauce, pour on your meatloaf and bake. Paw Paw created this one day when cooking Mawmaw favorite meatloaf. Ingredients 1 cup catsup or ketchup 1/4 cup yellow mustard 1/8 tsp mustard powder 1 tbsp lite soy sauce 1/2 tsp white vinegar 1/8 tsp ...
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Kim’s Chicken -Made with Jack Miller’s B-B-Que
Mawmaw tried this recipe from Jack Miller’s website. It seems almost every child growing up and playing baseball grew up eating Jack Miller’s Ball Park Hamburgers; that same sauce is used in this recipe. Ingredients 1 fryer quartered 3 to 5 potatoes sliced 1/2 inch thick 2 to 3 raw ...
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