Sweet Cream Pie

This is one of Grandma’s (Mabel Eggen Melby) recipes passed down from Auntie (Claire Arlene Melby) to Mom (Margaret Melby Lee).

Sweet Cream Pie
 
Cook time
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 1 pie
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon corn starch
  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
  • ground nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Mix sugar, corn starch, and cream. Let stand while beating whites.
  2. Beat egg whites until frothy and fold into cream mixture.
  3. Pour into 9" pie pan, sprinkle nutmeg on top and bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes (375 for glass pan).

 

Auntie’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Personally, Auntie’s sugar cookies are great, but I prefer her chocolate peanut butter-chip cookies.

Auntie's Chocolate Cookies
 
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 1 ¼ cup butter, softened
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¾ cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 cup (12 oz.) peanut butter chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
  4. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
  5. Gradually blend flour mixture into creamed mixture.
  6. Stir in peanut butter chips.
  7. Drop by tsp. onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  8. Bake 8 – 9 minutes.
  9. Cool slightly – remove to wire rack.
Notes
Makes about 4½ dozen cookies.

 

 

 

Tiger Butter

One of my favorite Auntie recipes.

Auntie’s Tiger Butter
 
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 1 pound white chocolate
  • ½ cup chunky peanut butter
  • 6 ounces (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
Instructions
  1. Line a 15½ x 10½ inch jelly-roll pan with wax paper.
  2. Break white chocolate into 1-inch pieces in a 1 ½ quart microwave-safe bowl.
  3. Microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes or until melted. Stir until smooth.
  4. Add peanut butter and microwave on high for 2 minutes until melted; stir until smooth. (Microwave an additional 30 seconds, if needed.)
  5. Spread mixture into prepared pan.
  6. In a 2 cup microwave measuring cup, melt chocolate on high for 1-2 minutes.
  7. Pour melted chocolate over peanut butter mixture; swirl through with a knife; refrigerate.
  8. When firm, cut or break into pieces. Makes about 2 pounds. (about 32 servings)
Notes
Makes about 2 pounds (~32 servings).

 

Banana Icebox Pie

I’m not sure which dessert is Dad’s favorite, Mom’s cheesecake, or Pinkie Sue’s Banana Icebox Pie.

Banana Icebox Pie
 
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • Graham cracker crust
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 cup powder sugar
  • 1 cup cool whip
  • 2 small packages french vanilla pudding
  • 3 cups milk
  • 2 bananas
Instructions
  1. Mix cream cheese, powder sugar, and cool whip.
  2. Spread over crust.
  3. Slice bananas and spread over mixture.
  4. Mix french vanilla pudding with milk.
  5. Pour over bananas.
  6. Spread thin layer of cool whip.
  7. Chill (in freezer) till it sets.

 

 

 

Rice Pudding

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 Tbsp melted gelatin
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  1. Pre-heat oven to 325°.
  2. In a medium bowl, beat eggs, blend in milk, sugar, gelatin, vanilla, and salt.
  3. Stir in cooked rice, pour into greased casserole dish.
  4. Bake for 35 minutes.
  5. Gently stir from the bottom, continue baking for 20 – 25 minutes.
  6. Sprinkle with cinnamon or nutmeg if desired.