Laura and Herman Bekofske. The Christmas Cactus was in Laura's family for 100 years |
The binder was covered in contact paper, perhaps in the 1970s judging by the print.
The pages are stained and tattered. She included typed and handwritten recipes and clippings from newspapers and magazines, and booklets of recipes.
It always amazed me that all this cooking and baking was carried on in a small galley kitchen with very little counter space, a small wall oven, and a stovetop with only a sliver of counter between them. No dishwasher, either!
When her youngest was in school she took a job cooking in the Grand Blanc high school kitchen.
Laura gave me the recipe for her Never Fail Pie Crust soon after I was part of the family. I have never had a problem making pies! Here is the recipe as she wrote it:
Never Fail Pie Crust
3 c flour
1 1/2 c shortening
1 tsp salt
1 egg well beaten
5 TB water
1 TB vinegar
This makes five pie crusts for a 10" pie.
Here are some of Laura's pie recipes.
Pecan Pie
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 TB flour
1/4 tp salt
1/4 c melted butter
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
3 large eggs
3/4 cup pecan halves
Beat together with rotary mixer sugar, flour, salt, butter, corn syrup, and eggs. Mix in pecan halves. Put into pastry-lined pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes until set and pastry is nicely browned. Spread on top of apples and bake at 400 degrees.
Fruit Pie
Laura noted this recipe came from her niece Harriet Marie O'Dell Beardslee Gregson
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 TB flour
1 1/2 c rhubarb
1 1/2 cup cranberries, halved
1 1/2 cup apples, chopped
Place into pastry in pie pan. Bake 40-45 minutes at 450 degrees
$50 Apple Pie
Spray pie pan
Mix:
6 tart apples, peeled and sliced
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup nuts
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
dash nutmeg
Place into a greased pie pan.
Mix:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 beaten egg
1 stick of softened oleo
Spread on top of the pie filling.
Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes.
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