Sweet and Sour Meat Loaf

1/2 cup minced onion
2-4  slices of bread made into bread crumbs
1 tsp prepared mustard
2 pounds ground beef
1 egg
2 tsp sale
1/4 tsp pepper

Sauce, whisk together in a separate bowl
1 - 8oz. can tomato sauce
1/4 c brown sugar, packed
1/4 c vinegar

Combined main ingredients in a bowl and add 1/4 to 1/3 of the sauce mixture.  On a baking pan mold into a flat oval.  Make a shallow well to hold the sauce.  It should look like an oval pie.  Pour remaining sauce into the well.  Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 min.

Great with baked potatoes!

  P.S
    I hope you have a joyful time making this meat loaf with the fam! I know I have

Glazed Lemon Squares (Ellen)

1 cup flour
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter (best if made with real butter)

Combine four, sugar and salt in a bow.  Cute in the butter until it looks like coarse crumbs.  press into a greased 8 X 12 pan.  Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes.  While baking mix the following together:

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 tsp. baking powder
3 eggs
3 tbl. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3 tbl. lemon juice

Pour over the baked layer.  Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes longer.  Set aside to cool.  When cool frost with the following:

3/4 cup powder sugar
1 1/2 tbl. melted butter
1 1/2 lemon juice

Mix together until smooth and frost.

*fresh or bottled lemon juice, either way works well.

Aunt Polly's Buttermilk Pancakes

3 eggs - separated- beat whites until stiff and set aside
beat yolks well - add pinch salt
1/2 c flour mixed with
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 c butter milk

Fold ingredients into egg whites (mixer maybe used at low speed)
Spoon onto griddle in the usual way.
Makes a high pancake.  We like them that way.  Spread batter with back of spoon if thinner pancake is desired.

Ellen's Pecan Pie

3 eggs
1/2 c brown sugar
1 c light Karo syrup
1/3 c melted butter
1 tsp butter
1 c pecans broken in half
1 tsp vanilla
1 unbaked 9 inch pastry shell

Mix all ingredients together, except pecans.  Add pecans last.
Pour into pastry shell.
Bake 400 degrees for 30 - 35 min.

GrandMary's Anti Deer Spray

Mix and strain:
1 egg beaten
1/2 c milk
1 Tbl cooking oil
1 Tbl liquid dishing washing detergent
A few shakes of tabasco sauce

After straining Add to 1 gallon container filled with water.

Fill hand sprayer and spray plants.
Spray after it rains.

GrandMary's Bon Bon's

1/2 c soft butter
3/4 c 10x sugar or 1/2 c brown sugar packed
1 Tbl vanilla
1 1/2 flour

Add cream if too dry.
Food coloring in dough if desired.
1 sq. unsweetened chocolate melted and 1/4c cream for chocolate dough.

Roll into a ball around a Nut, Cherry or Chocolate Chip.
Bake 350 degrees for12 - 15 minutes until set. Slightly brown.
Glaze ( sugar, water/milk and food coloring, or not)

GrandMary's Coffee Chocolate Frosting

1 stick butter
~2 c powdered sugar
~ Tbl milk
2 squares Baker's chocolate melted
~ 1/2 cap - 1 cap vanilla
1 tsp instant coffee

Beat butter till smooth.
Mix in powdered sugar till blended followed by the rest of the ingredients.
Taste and add sugar etc. 'till it tastes good.