Peanut Brittle
Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1 bottle white Karo Syrup 2 tbsp water 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp vanilla flavoring ½ cup raw peanuts 1 tsp baking soda Directions Step 1 Mix ingredient together in a pot and bring to a boil. Add the peanuts, stirring continuously. Cook until the peanuts ...
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Bread Pudding with Meringue Topping
Ingredients 4 slices of white bread 4 tbsp sugar 3 1/2 cup milk 4 eggs, separated 1 tbsp vanilla extract pinch of salt 1/2 stick butter raisins, optional Directions Step 1 Break bread into an oven-safe dish. Soften the bread with small amounts of milk. Step 2 Beat the sugar ...
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Cold Shrimp Dip
A favorite cracker dip found at many Cajun weddings and parties. Ingredients 2 ounces package of cream cheese 2 cups shrimp, boiled and chopped small 1/4 cup each: bell pepper, onion, dill pickle, and celery 1 cup mayonnaise Dash of lemon juice Garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste Directions ...
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Simple Sunday Potato Salad
Ingredients 3 lbs potatoes (red skinned) 4 eggs hard boiled 1 small onion, chopped fine 3/4 cup celery, chopped fine ½ cup Miracle Whip Salt and Pepper to taste Directions Step 1 Boil potatoes with skins until potatoes are no longer hard (you can boil the eggs at the same ...
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Pecan Pralines II
Ingredients 3/4 cup white granulated sugar 1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar 3/4 cup evaporated milk 1 cup pecans coarsely chopped 2 tbsp butter or margarine 1/8 tsp salt Directions Step 1 Line 2 cookie sheets with wax paper. Set aside. Step 2 In a large, nonstick pan or ...
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Linda’s Old-Fashioned School Cafeteria Bread Rolls
Remember the bread rolls you had in school? These are the old-fashioned schoolhouse fresh melt-in-your-mouth rolls. This recipe is from a former school cafeteria worker. Ingredients 4 3/4 cups all purpose white flour 1/3 cup shortening 1/3 cup powdered milk 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp salt 1 3/4 cup water ...
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Pork Jambalaya
Another Cajun Classic! So good, you’ll slap your momma. Ingredients 1 lb cubed pork chops or pork fingers 1/2 cup oil 1 onion, sliced 1 cup parsley 1/2 cup green onion tops 2 cups rice 2 cups hot water 1/2 tsp red pepper 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 tbsp salt ...
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Classic Crawfish Sausage Etouffee
A Cajun dish so common, it’s in everyone’s recipe box. The no-soup etouffee -one of my personal favorites. Ingredients 2 lbs peeled crawfish tails 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter 1/2 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper 2 cloves of garlic 1 tbsp cornstarch 1 ...
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Carrie Abshire’s Fresh Apple Cake
This is a recipe my mom used to make to take to work. It was really good, and she’d always have to make sure my sister and I didn’t eat it before she got it out of the door. Ingredients 4 cups peeled apple slices 2 cups sugar 2 cups ...
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Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients 2 sticks butter 1/2 cup Crisco 3 cups sugar 3 cups flour, sifted before measuring 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup milk 2 tsp vanilla 5 eggs 1/2 cup cocoa 1 angel cake or bundt cake pan Directions Step 1 Cream butter, Crisco and sugar. Add ...
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Smothered Cabbage
This recipe is fantastic. For a few months, I had it almost nightly. I’d throw the smothered cabbage on top of white rice. MmmM! Ingredients 1 tbsp oil 1 tbsp. sugar 1 head cabbage, chopped 1/2 lb pork meat, back bone does well or smoked sausage Salt and pepper to ...
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Mom-Mom’s Tarts
Ingredients 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 3/4 cup shortening, room temperature 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 tsp nutmeg 4 cups all-purpose flour 4 tsp baking powder Extra flour for rolling out tarts Directions Step 1 Cream the sugar and eggs. Add the shortening and mix well. Step 2 Stir in ...
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Cold Eggnog
Ingredients 6 eggs 1/2 lb granulated sugar 1 1/2 oz rum 1 pint bourbon 1 pint heavy cream 1 pint milk Directions Step 1 In a medium bowl, beat the yolks of six eggs. In a separate bowl, beat the six egg whites and add in 1/2 lb of sugar. ...
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Shrimp or Crawfish Stew
This was a Lent meal when I was growing up, now we have it anytime. This is the basic brown stew gravy, so you can make this dish with any seafood or meat. Meatball stew or pork stew can also be made from this basic recipe. Boiled eggs are also ...
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