This recipe is adapted from my Great Grandma’s Recipe for Banana drop cookies. Substituting pumpkin for banana and adding some spices it makes a yummy cake like cookie!

• 2 1/4 cup sifted flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/8 tsp ginger
• 1/8 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon 
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon ( to sprinkle on top)
• 1 TBSP sugar ( to sprinkle on top )

Sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda and spices.  Cut in shortening.  Add eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla.  Mix until blended.  Drop by spoonfuls on a ungreased cookie sheet.  Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.  Bake at 400 deg. about 12 min.

Banana Drop Cookie Recipe http://thechefsolutions.com/blog/2009/10/27/banana-drop-cookies-recipe/recipes/

Fall is in the air and Pumpkin ranks right up there with apples as a part of your fall eating.

• 1 Cup Flour
• 2 TBSP Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 2 TBSP Brown Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Allspice
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1/4 tsp Vanilla
• 1/2 Cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1 Egg
• 2 TBSP Melted Butter or Oil
• 3/4 cup Buttermilk or Sour Milk

In one bowl combine all your dry ingredients together. In a second bowl mix your egg, pumpkin, oil, and buttermilk. Combine the two and mix untill all the dry ingredients are incorporated. Cook on a lightly greased griddle until golden and delicous!

This was my Grandfather’s Mother Rose’s recipe for apple strudel. She was a great cook and at one time prepared and sold lunches to workers in Dearborn at the Ford Rouge plant.

• 8 cups peeled and sliced apples

for filling, nuts and raisins are optional.

• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp milk
• 3 tbsp sugar
•  1 tbsp vinegar

Combine and beat together well.

• 2 sticks of butter
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt

Combine with above ingredients and knead until you have a smooth dough. Refrigerate.

Roll out smooth and thin. Sprinkle with cinnamon, sugar, apples, butter and any other ingredients. Nuts, raisins etc. Roll and bake at 375 degrees until golden brown aprox 30 min reduce heat to 350 and continue baking until apples are tender.

My Grandma Hazel’s Homemade Roll recipe she was given by Ellen Gustafson.

• 2 packets of yeast
• 1 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 cup scalded milk
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 2-3 eggs

Combine all ingredients into a dough. Shape your rolls into desired shape and let rise until doubled. Bake at 350 degrees until done and golden brown.

I share this recipe of my Grandmothers because I think it is somewhat unique. How often do you see a pistachio cake?

• 1 pkg White cake mix (18 oz)
• 1 pkg instant pistachio pudding (3 1/2 oz)
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegtable oil
• 1 cup ginger ale (in Michigan we only use Vernor’s)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup chopped pistachios

Mix together in large mixing bowl, beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into greased bundt pan and bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until top springs back when pressed with finger tips. Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Invert on cake platter and cool completely.

Frosting:

• 1 pkg pistachio pudding mix (3 1/2 oz)
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 container whipped topping (4 1/2 oz)

Beat milk and pudding mix until smooth. Fold in whipped topping and frost cake!

This is my Grandma Hazel’s Old Fashioned Oatmeal cookie recipe that I decided to give a twist to! Apple Cider! Let me know what you think?

• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup apple cider

Simmer raisins and cider for 20-30 minutes. Strain out raisins and reduce the juice to 1/2 cup of liquid. Set aside raisins and juice until we add them later.

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Cream together well. Add raisins and reserved juice and stir together.

• 2 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp cloves, ground
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 2 cups rolled oats

Combine all the dry ingredients with the above raisin mixture and mix. Drop tablespoon fulls on cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees 10-12 minutes until done.

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegtable oil
• 4 eggs
•  3 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp allspice
• 2 cups pumpkin
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup nuts
• 3/4 cup water
• Combine sugar and oil and mix together. Beat in your 4 eggs. Next add all your dry ingredeints until combined. Add pumpkin, raisins, nuts, and water and mix well. Grease and flour 3 loaf pans and bake at 325 for 1 hour.