Showing posts with label grandma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandma. Show all posts

Sunday, June 9, 2013

{Tracy's} Grandma's Apple Squares

This is a recipe that I have been eating for as long as I can remember, but it wasn't until a couple years ago I started making it myself.  Okay, well maybe "I" haven't been making it even now.  My husband, Scott, enjoys making this.  I didn't even make it this time, I even put him in charge of taking the pictures.  When he said he would make the apple squares, I am pretty sure he had no idea I was going to blog about it.  I very casually set the camera down next to the ingredients and kept on walking.  I could barely keep a straight face while I did it.  I love to get out the recipe card that my grandma mailed to me over ten years ago, it makes me think of going to her house to visit.  I love to serve this to other people because they always ask me for the recipe and I love to share my grandmother's recipes with them.  

Ingredients:
  • 2 Sticks of Butter or Margarine
  • 1 1/4 Cups of Sugar
  • 2 Cups of Flour
  • 1 teaspoon of Vanilla
  • 1 Can of Apple Pie Filling 
  • Powdered Sugar for Dusting
With a mixer, cream together sugar and butter.  Add in flour and vanilla blend well.
 Pour 3/4 of the mixture into an ungreased 9x13 glass baking dish.  Cover with pie filling.  Drop small mounds of the remaining batter over pie filling.  Bake at 325 for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.
 Dust with powdered sugar while it it still warm.
Let them cool, and cut into squares.  Make sure you get your hands on one soon or they will be gone!  YUM!!

Monday, February 25, 2013

Grandma's Green Beans

 I had made a big breakfast for my family this morning and there was a couple of pieces of bacon left over so I decided to throw them in the fridge until dinner time to make these Green Beans.  I have only ever made this dish for a large group, but I am going to scale it back a lot so that I can make it for just my family.  This sweet and salty side dish goes great with just about anything, especially BBQ!
Ingredients:
  • 1 can French style green beans (drained)

  • 2 slices of bacon 

  • 1 1/4 teaspoons Soy Sauce

  • 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar

  • 1/4 Teaspoon Garlic Salt

  • 1 Tablespoon Butter




Preheat oven to 350.  I usually make these when I already have the oven on for something else so I just throw them in at whatever temp the oven is already set to. Combine all ingredients in an oven safe bowl and bake for about 20 minutes stirring them halfway through.  

I served them with the Maple Dijon Chicken and Broccoli and Cheese Rice (recipe to come soon!)

This recipe was featured in Two Magical Moms March Menu Madness and our 30 Days of Dinners June Menu.  Make sure to check out all of the other great recipes the menus!

Green Beans are a family favorite veggie so I make them often...