7 Layer Bars

This recipe I got at a Stone Family Reunion and it is a family favorite for the holidays!

1. 1 cube Butter

2. 1-2 packages Graham Crackers- crushed

3. 1 pkg. Chocolate Chips

4. 1 pkg. Butterscotch Chips

5. 2 cups Flaked Coconut

6. 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk

7. 2 cups Chopped Walnuts 

Melt butter in 9 x 13 pan in 350 oven. While waiting for butter to melt, put graham crackers in gallon zip lock bag and crush with rolling pan until ground. Take pan out of oven and add graham crackers and mix and press down to make crust. Sprinkle coconut across the graham cracker crust and then sprinkle bag of chocolate chips and then butterscotch chips. Then sprinkle the chopped walnuts on the top. Open can of sweetened condensed milk with bottle opener with triangle tip - puncture hole on lid on each side - (see picture) and then drizzle across the top. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Peanut Blossoms

My favorite recipe of my mother’s!!

Peanut Blossoms
(Double batch)
(2 1/2) 1 3/4 c. Flour
(2) 1 t. soda
(1) 1/2 t. salt
(1) 1/2 c. shortening
(2) 1 egg
(2) 1 t. vanilla
(1) 1/2 c. peanut butter
(1) 1/2 c. sugar
(1) 1/2 c. brown sugar
(1/4 c.) 2 T. Milk
Candy kisses

Sift flour, soda and salt and set aside. Cream shortening, peanut butter and sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Beat well. Blend in dry ingredients gradually and mix thoroughly. Shape by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. Roll in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes. Remove from oven. Place candy kiss in middle pressing down so cookie cracks around edges.  Return to oven   Bake 2-5 minutes longer. 

Fruit Cobbler

From the kitchen of Nancy Freemantle:

2 or more cups fruit (blackberries, peaches, etc.)
1 T. lemon juice
3/4 c. Sugar
3 T. butter
Salt-pinch
1 c. Flour
1 tsp. Baking powder
1/2 c. Milk
1 c. Sugar
1 T. corn starch
1 c. Boiling water

1. Place fruit and lemon juice in 8x8 Pyrex (non-metal) pan
2. Cream butter and 3/4 c. sugar
3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt
Add alternately with milk to #2
4. Spread batter over fruit
5. Mix 1 c. Sugar and corn starch, sprinkle over batter
6. Pour boiling water over batter - bake in preheated 375* oven 1 hour.

Peanut Blossoms

My all time favorite recipe of my mother’s. Christmas isn’t complete without these cookies.


1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 TBS. milk
candy kisses

Sift flour, soda and salt (SET ASIDE). Cream shortening, peanut butter and sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Beat well. Blend in dry ingredients gradually, mix thoroughly. Shape by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls and roll in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and place candy kiss in center and press down so cookie cracks around edges. Return to oven and bake 2 minutes longer.

Chicken and Rice Dish

2 envelopes Lipton Dry Onion Soup mix
1 1/2 cups uncooked long grain white rice
2 chicken fryers (I use bonesless skinlees chicken breasts)
2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup (or Cream of Mushroom but my family doesn't like it)
3 soup cans of water
1/2 tsp. pepper
Optional - I don't use these but the recipe list these as optional
1 tsp. accent
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup sliced pimentos

Mix dry soup mix and rice in bottom of 9 x 13 dish. Then place chicken over rice. (Skin chicken if needed). Mix soup and water and pour over chicken. Scatter mushrooms and pimentos over top if desired. Cover with foil and bake 1 1/2 hours at 350°. Remove cover and bake until done.

Sarahs Surprise

This recipe was given to me at my bridal shower by Mel's Aunt Sarah Stone.

Brown 1 lb.of lean hamburger and chopped onion (1/2 of an onion). Drain off excess fat and liquid. Add 1 package of brown gravy mix and 1 cup water to meat. Stir well till blended and cook over medium heat until thickened, about 20 minutes. Turn off burner and let sit for about 5 minutes. Then add 1 small box of sour cream and blend in well. Add salt & pepper to taste. Serve over rice or noodles. Serve this dish with a green salad & french bread. Instead of hamburger you can also substitute round steak cut in cubes.

Banana Nut Bread

This recipe was my mothers, Pattie Bowling. She made this for our wedding in 1981. She baked them in soup cans and then sliced to make perfect little rounds for serving.

Recipe is for 1 loaf of bread

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas
2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp.salt
2 cups flour
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup nuts

Cream sugar and butter. Stir in eggs and bananas. Combine soda,flour and salt. Beat into banana mixture alternately with milk. Stir in vanilla. Pour into loaf pan and bake at 350° for 55 minutes.