This recipe comes from Lady Bertha, Barony of Bjornsborg (Recipe for Sanbusas Turnovers)

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 5 cups white flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/2 to 3/4 cup cold water

Melt the butter with oil. Combine the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and oil. Stir vigorously until combined, then add the water until the dough holds together ans comes away from the sides of the bowl. Wrap the dough in plastic and let rest in the refrigerator while preparing the stuffing. This can be frozen and comes out just as crisp when defrosted and use for whatever.

This recipe comes from my mother’s Great Aunt Edna Pottenburgh, (Don’t know how old the recipe is, she was born in the late 1800’s.) She is the sister of my Great Grandma Euler. (Mothers’ side of the family) The Eulers came from Germany in the late 1600’s and settled in Rhinebeck, NY.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Shortening
• 1/2 Cup Molasses
• 1 Cup sour milk (1 tsp vinegar to 1/4 C. milk)
• 2 each eggs
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon
• 1 tsp. Ground cloves
• 2 tsp. baking soda (in sour milk)
• 2 1/2 Cups Flour
• 1 tsp. Salt

Cream shortening, sugar, eggs. Add molasses. Beat. Sift flour, salt, spices. Add soda to sour milk and add alternately with flour mixture. Bake in a moderate oven.

This is one of my parents favorite dessert.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Shortening
• 1 1/4 Cup Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 1/2 cup Flour
• 4 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon
• 1 tsp. Nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1 Cup milk

Cream shortening, sugar, eggs. Sift flour, add baking powder and spices. Add milk and mix, alternating dry and moist ingredients. Pour into cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees at 30 minutes.

Ingredients for the Coffee frosting for the Tropic Aroma Cake

• 2 Tbs. Butter
• 2 Cups Confectioners sugar
• 1 Tbs. Cocoa
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 3 Tbs. Coffee

Cream butter, sugar and cocoa and add vanilla and coffee.

This recipe comes from my Grandma, Ethel (Larson) Euler (Grandma (Larson) Euler’s family came here from Alesund, Norway in the late 1800’s, Larson was spelled with an “e” instead of a “o” in Norway. They settled in Minnesota)

Ingredients

• 3 cups Brown Sugar
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 1/2 cup broken Walnut meats
• Butter the size of a walnut

Boil sugar and milk for 5 minutes. Add butter and boil until it forms a soft ball in cold water. Remove from heat and stir briskly for a minute. Add nuts and vanilla. Pour into buttered pan and make into squares when partly cooled.

This recipe may be from Grandma Mary (Stetz) Lobotsky. (She was born in the Czech Republic to Hungarian parents.) Married Grandpa (John Lobotsky Sr.) who was born in Minsk, Russia)

Ingredients

• 1 cup Soft Butter
• 1/2 Cup sifted confectionery sugar
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 2 1/4 Cup flour
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 3/4 Cup finely chopped walnuts

Mix together butter and sugar and add rest of the ingredients. Chill dough and then roll into one inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for about 7-9 minutes. Bake until set, but not brown. While still warm roll in more confet. sugar. Cool. Roll in sugar again.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 Quart milk
• 1 Cup boiled rice
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 Eggs

Rice may be cooked in water or milk. stir into scalded milk, add sugar, salt and eggs until slightly beaten. 1 Tbs. butter may be added. Flavor as desired. Bake in buttered dish until firm.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Flour
• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1/8 tsp. Salt
• 2 Tsp. Baking powder
• 1/2 Cup Milk
• 2 Tbs. melted shortening
• 1 Egg

Sift flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Add milk, beaten egg and shortening. Bake in shallow greased pan in hot oven 20 minutes.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 Cup shortening
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Squares of Chocolate
• 1 Cup flour
• 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
• 1 tsp. Cream of Tartar
• 1/2 Cup sweet milk

Cream sugar and shortening. Beat yolks of eggs and add to mix. Add chocolate. Mix and sift one cup of flour with soda and cream of tartar.Add to first mixture alternatively with sweet milk. (This is the recipe, it gives no cooking time, or the obvious melting of the chocolate squares before adding to the mixture.) (I found on the internet that sweet milk is just whole milk)

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1 Tbs. cornstarch
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1 Cup boiling water
• 2 Tbs. butter
• 2 Tbs. lemon juice
• 1 Egg yolk

Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add boiling water slowly, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes. Take from the fire and add butter, lemon juice and beaten egg yolk. May leave out egg.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 bottle grapefruit juice
• 2 Tbs. Cornstarch
• 1/2 Cup water
• 1 Tbs. Lemon juice

Heat grapefruit juice, add cornstarch mixed with a little water to make a paste, and stir. Let mixture cook for 5 minutes. Add the lemon juice and stir in good. Let cool and thicken.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 8 pounds grapes
• 3 Quarts water
• Sugar to taste

Wash and stem grapes. Crush. Add water. Bring to a boil. Let simmer well for 10 minutes. Strain through cheesecloth. Measure by quarts and add 1 cup sugar for each quart of juice. (or 3/4 Cup according to taste-I (Grandma Euler) use 3/4) Boil hard for 10 minutes. Bottle while hot. Double recipe for my (Grandma Euler) large kettle. Double recipe makes about 2 dozen medium sized bottles.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 2 Tbs. Butter
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1/3 Cup Milk
• 2 Squares Chocolate
• 1 tsp. vanilla (Little More)

Cook sugar, milk and chocolate six minutes. Add butter. Cook six minutes; add vanilla when take off stove. Let cool a minute then beat until consistency to spread on buttered plate. Cut in squares when cool.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cup milk
• 1 Cup cornmeal
• 1 1/2 Tbs. Shortening
• 2 Eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbs. sugar

Scald milk, pour over cornmeal and shortening; cool. Add beaten eggs, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well. Pour into greased shallow pan. Bake in hot oven 25 to 30 minutes.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 Cup milk
• 1 tsp. butter

2 eggs well beaten right in bowl to which add one cup sugar, a pinch of salt and tsp. vanilla. Beat altogether very vigorously. Sift one cup flour with 1 tsp. baking powder. Add and beat well. Put 1/2 cup milk with tsp. butter added on stove and when ready to boil pour over mixture, and beat gently. This is delicious though small- makes a good shortcake with strawberries, etc.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Butter
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 3/4 Cup Flour
• Good tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. Vanilla

Cream sugar and butter- add beaten yolks. Sift flour and baking powder. Add alternately with milk. Add vanilla. Beat. Fold in beaten whites. Put into small sized muffin tins. Bake moderate oven.

Recipe from Grandma (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 4 Eggs
• 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 3 Tbs. water
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Cup cake flour
• 1 Tbs. cornstarch

Separate 4 eggs. Beat till stiff 4 egg whites together with 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar, 1 tsp. salt. Add 1/2 cup sugar. Beat until very stiff. In another bowl put 4 egg yolks, 3 Tbs. water, 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat until thick. Put 2 mixtures together. Beat well. Add 1 cup cake flour, 1 Tbs. cornstarch. sift and fold into cake mixture. Put in ungreased sponge cake tin. (hole in middle) Bake in 300-25 oven for 50-60 minutes. Invert when cool.

Recipe from Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Sugar
• 3/4 Cups shortening
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 3 Cup flour
• 2 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1/2 Cup milk

Recipe From Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 2 Tbs. cornstarch
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup scaled milk
• 1 tsp. Butter
• 1 tsp. Vanilla

Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt and beaten eggs. Pour on gradually scaled milk. Add butter. Cook in double boiler until thick and smooth stirring constantly. Add flavoring. Cool. Pour into baked pie crust. Bananas may be added when pie is placed in oven.

Recipe from Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup shortening
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 2 Beaten eggs
• 1/2 (?) Cup milk
• 2 cup Oatmeal
• 2 Cups flour
• 1 tsp. Baking soda
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1 Cup raisins

Cream fat, add sugar and work til creamy. Add beaten eggs, milk and oatmeal. Add the flour, soda, cinnamon and salt, mixed and sifted, then the raisins. Drop by teaspoonful onto buttered pan. Bake in a hot oven.

Recipe from grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Sugar
• 3 Tbs. Shortening
• 3 Tbs. Cocoa
• 1 1/2 Cups Flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. Baking soda
• 1 Cup Sour milk
• 1 1/2 tsp.Vanilla

Cream sugar and shortening well-add cocoa, sift flour, salt- add soda to sour milk. Add flour mix and milk aternately. Add vanilla.

From Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1/2 Cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 Cup Molasses
• 2 1/2 Cup flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ginger
• 1/2 tsp. Cloves
• 1/2 tsp.salt

Cream sugar, shortening and egg. Add molasses. Mix and sift flour, soda, and spices, add to first mixture. Beat vigorously, then add one cup hot (not boiling) water and beat again. Bake in low pan, measuring 13”in length and 2” in depth.

From Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 1/4 Cup shortening
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 2 cup Flour
• 3 tsp. Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. Salt

Cream shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add to mixture little at a time alternating with milk. (No quantities of milk indicated in recipe) Beat vigorously for two minutes.

Recipe from Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 2 Cups flour
• 4 tsp. Baking powder
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 2 1/2 Tbs. shortening
• 1 Cup milk or water
• 1 to 2 Tbs. Melted butter
• 10 min. cranberry sauce (min?)

Sift flour, salt and baking powder together; cut in shortening with knife; add liquid. Roll on slightly floured board; cut to make two layers for cake pans or individual portions. Place one layer in pan, spread with melted butter; cover with other layer and bake in hot oven 15 to 20 minutes. Separate. While hot, place 10 min. cranberry sauce between and on top. Serve hot, plain or with whipped cream.

From Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Shortening
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup Mashed Bananas (3 lg)
• 1 tsp. Baking Soda
• 4 Tbs. Sour milk (Make 1/4 Cup sour milk and then measure 4 Tbs.)
• 2 Cup Flour
• Salt

Cream sugar, shortening, add beaten eggs-add mashed bananas. Beat well. Add sifted flour and salt alternately with sour milk to which soda has been added.

Recipe from Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 7 Quarts small cucumbers
• 1 Quart onions (Slice and soak overnight in cold salted water)

Ingredients for Syrup

• 1 tsp. turmeric
• 1 1/2 quarts vinegar
• 1/4 lb. white mustard seed
• 6 cups brown sugar

Bring syrup to a boil and add cucumbers and onions. Bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. Seal.

Recipe from Grandma Ethel (Larson) Euler

Ingredients

• 4 Quarts sliced cucumbers (1/2 inch)
• 1 1/2 Cups vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 Tbs. salt

Boil 5 minutes and drain

Ingredients for syrup

• 1 Quart vinegar
• 1 Quart sugar (May need 1 3/4 sugar)
• 2 Tbs. salt
• 2 Tbs. Cinnamon buds

Bring to a boil and add pickles. Boil 5 minutes. Seal while hot.

Recipe from my mother, Joan (Euler) Lobotsky

Wash small cucumbers, sterlize jars, etc. Vinegar in blancher to boil. Drop in cukes til turn color. Boil 2 parts water to 1 part vinegar. Put 3 Tbs. salt (Quart jar) Grape leaf, stalk of dill and piece red pepper with pickles in jar. Cover with water, vinegar mixture.

Recipe from my mother, Joan (Euler) Lobotsky

Ingredients

• 12 red peppers
• 12 green peppers
• 12 onions
• 2 Cups vinegar
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 Tbs. Salt

Chop peppers and onions fine. Cover with boiling water and let stand 5 minutes and drain. Put in large pan, add vinegar and sugar and salt and boil 5 minutes. At once put in hot sterilized jars and seal.

Recipe from my mother Joan (Euler) Lobotsky

Ingredients

• 4 Cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 Cup Vinegar
• 1 Tbs. Cinnamon

Mix and boil the above ingredients. Add cut cooked beans (cooked for 10 minutes)and boil 5 minutes gently. Put into sterilized jars. Seal.