JUST AS QUILTS BRING SO MUCH COMFORT TO US AND BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES OF GRANDMA, SO DO OUR FAMILY RECIPES.  THE COMFORT FOOD WE ENJOYED SO MUCH ALWAYS BRINGS A GOOD FEELING TO OUR HEART OF THE GOOD DAYS OF GOING TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE. ALL THE HAPPINESS THAT WE FELT WHEN WE SAT DOWN TO HER TABLE JUST COMES BACK TO US WHEN WE COOK HER RECIPES. HERE ARE JUST A FEW RECIPES FROM MY FAMILY THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. It is so easy this day and time to just go to the store and buy packaged items, pies, and even frozen cookie dough etc. But there is nothing quite as good as making it homemade with love! NOW PUT ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL APRON THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE FROM  bagsbyannieg.com click picture to get to site and get out your kitchen items and lets cook homemade with love! GRANDMA ENYART'S HOLIDAY PUMPKIN CAKE This will be served beautifully on a painted cake plate from gracefulrose.com click picture to go to site 3 cups sugar 1 cup wesson oil 4 eggs 2/3 cup water Mix together in bowl: 3 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups of cooked fresh or canned pumpkin 1 cup nuts 1 cup of the SUGARED ORANGE SLICES CANDY (chopped) Mix these above ingredients together in a large bowl in the order given starting with the Sugar.  Mix well. Pour batter into a well greased bundt (or what I call an Angel food) cake pan. The one where the tube comes out when lifted. Bake 350 degrees for 75 minutes. Let cake cool while making glaze.  GLAZE 1 box of powdered sugar 1/2 stick of real butter softened 1 large pkg of cream cheese softened 1 cup nuts 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix these together and heat stirring well. When smooth, remove from heat. Cool pan of glaze slightly in a sink of ice water ( be careful no water gets in pan). Pour this glaze over the cake. It is absolutely delicious!!! MAMMAW'S HOLIDAY SUGAR COOKIES For this recipe you might want to go to my friends website and purchase her darling cookie cutter sets sweet-kathleens.com click picture to go to site 1/2 Cup real butter 1 cup Sugar 1 Medium egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups of sifted flour 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Cream the sugar and butter together Add egg and mix well Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and add to above mixture-  Mix well- Add the vanilla last and mix well. YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHILL THIS. immediately place dough on a floured surface and  roll out and cut shapes with cookie cutters. Decorate as desired with colored sugar etc. Bake 350 degrees 8-10 minutes on greased cookie sheet. (This above cookie recipe is so good. I usually double or triple the recipe when I bake. When my children were little we baked this cookie every holiday with cookie cutter for that holiday. They enjoyed baking with me, and sometimes I made 12 times the recipe for all the neighbors etc.) Enjoy! MAMMAW'S CHOCOLATE CORDIAL CHERRY PIE Prepare and bake 1 pie crust. 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 can of cherry pie filling 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract whip cream and maraschino cherries. In saucepan combine the can milk, chocolate chips, and salt.  Cook and stir over low heat until the chocolate melts.  Stir in the pie filling and the almond extract. Now pour this filling into the pie crust.  Chill 2-3 hours. Then top with dollops of whipped cream and topped with the cherries for garnish. Very good and tastes just like the chocolate covered cherry candy! GRANDMA HILTON'S  EASY HOMEMADE CHILI Lightly Brown 3 lbs of ground meat. (chicken, turkey, or beef, or a combination of any) in a large soup pot. Add 1 large onion chopped, and 3 large buttons of fresh garlic  chopped. Cook until slightly tender. Then mix together in a bowl, 3 tablespoons of Flour, 3 tablespoons of Cumin, and 3 tablespoons of Chili Powder. Add to this dry powder mixture of spices to the meat mixture and stir to coat the meat well. Immediately add 1 large Can of V8 Vegetable juice or tomato juice. (if you like beans in chili, you can add 2 cans of red or pinto beans.) Bring this mixture to a boil. Then turn down the heat to simmer, and I cook for 1 hour stirring often.   Very delicious and more economic than using any can chili ! GRANDMA ENYART'S DELICIOUS TACO SOUP Brown together: 2 lbs. of Gd Round  OR  Gd Turkey and 1 onion shopped Add: 1 smalll pkg. taco seasoning mix          1 small pkg. of hidden valley ranch salad dressing mix (this is the dry mix) Transfer this mixture into a large soup pot and add: 2 Cans stewed tomatoes,  2 cans jalapino pinto beans, (or 1 regular pinto bean and 1 jalapino pinto beans if you don't want it real hot)   1 large can of hominy,  1 teaspoon Chili Pd.,  1 small can of chopped green chilles cook over low heat about  35 minutes. Serve over corn chips and top with grated cheese if desired. CATHERINE CAMERON'S CHOCOLATE LOVERS RICH CHOCOLATE PIE Prepare & bake 1 pie shell.  Set aside to cool while making filling. (MY EASY PIE CRUST RECIPE WILL FOLLOW AT THE END) 1 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons hershey's baking cocoa 1 cup milk 3 eggs (save 2 whites for meringue) 1 Tablespoon real butter 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift the sugar, flour and cocoa together in a pan.   Add the milk gradually to prevent lumps. Beat the 3 egg yolks and I egg white together with a fork or whisk until creamy.  Then add to the above mixture. Add the vanilla and the butter. Now cook this mixture until very thick, stirring as it cooks. (This mixture will get lumpy, but don't worry because it is suppose to, just keep it stirred so it won't stick or burn) Remove it from heat and with electric beaters, beat until very creamy. Now pour into the baked pie shell. Set aside and continue to make meringue. Meringue 3 egg whites ( use the 2 you had left and get another egg for the 3rd) (Be sure these eggs are at room temperature) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar. 6 Tablespoons sugar. Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar and vanilla until soft peaks form. Gradually add the sugar very slowly beating well until high peaks form and it is glossy. Now put this meringue on top of the finished pie filling sealing all the way to the crust edges. Now bake in a preheated 350 degree oven about 6-8 minutes until golden brown.   Let pie cool then chill. This is a very rich and yummy pie if you like Chocolate! Aunt Vivian's Easy Homemade Pie Crust. 2 cups of flour dash of salt 1/2 cup of vegetable oil  1/4 cup of cold milk Put the flour and salt in a large bowl. In a small bowl mix the oil and milk together then add together to the flour and salt mixture. Mix these ingredients together with a large spoon until it forms into a big ball.  Divide the dough in half  (This recipe makes 2 small pie crusts) Now put waxed paper on countertop or etc. (I dampen the counter some so the wax paper will stay). Put the dough on top of the waxed paper, and then apply another sheet of waxed paper on top of the dough. Now roll out the dough between the wax paper until it is the size you want to fit the pie pan. Remove the top waxed paper, grab the bottom waxed paper and flip the crust over into the pie pan.  Now remove the waxed paper and shape the crust edges.  If it tears some, the crust will mash back together. If you are baking a crust  without a filling in it as for the Chocolate pie, you must poke with a fork several holes in the crust before you put it in the oven. Bake in 350 degree oven until golden brown about 10 minutes etc. depending on ovens.  Just watch it so it won't burn. (If you plan to use this crust recipe for a pie that is cooked in the oven do not bake the crust nor poke holes in it!).  MAMMAW'S DELICIOUS PEANUT BUTTER PIE (prepare one unbaked pie shell) 2 eggs beaten 2/3 cup sugar 1 Cup Dark Karo Syrup 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter. Mix well all these ingredients together in the order listed. Pour the mixture into an unbaked pie shell Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees. Bake for 30-35 minutes.  The filling should appear slightly less set in center than around the edge. Top with whipped cream is desired, but it is good just as is.  Yummy! VERY EASY REFRIGERATOR YEAST ROLLS 2 Cups warm water 4 Tablespoons Sugar 1/2 cup oil 1 pkg. yeast (2 teaspoons) 1 egg 4 Cups of Self Rising Flour Desolve the yeast with the warm water. Stir in remaining ingredients and mix well. Immediately put the batter in large covered bowel in refrigerator for at least 4 hours. (it will keep up to 5 days in refrigerator. After the 4 hours and you are ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease muffin tins. With a spoon, fill the tins 2/3 full with the bread dough. Bake 400 degrees for 15 minutes. (The remaining dough can be used for another day. You do not have to bake it all at once).