Pecan Pie

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup light Karo syrup
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Separate eggs and beat yolks until light. Add sugar and cream well. Add the syrup, slightly beaten egg whites, vanilla, and pecans. Bake in an uncooked pie shell at 450 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 300 degrees and bake for 25 minutes, or until firm. 

Banana Pudding (Sauce)

Ingredients:

• 1 can Carnation milk
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 or 4 tbs. flour mixed in with sugar
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• Vanilla flavoring
• Yellow food coloring (optional)

Mix together in a pot and cook on top of the stove until thick. Layer Vanilla Wafers and bananas in serving dish, then poor sauce over them. Let sauce cool before pouring, or it will cook the bananas. 

Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup Carnation milk
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup Crisco
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans

In a large saucepan, mix together sugar and cocoa. Add Carnation milk. Cook until warm, then add Crisco and vanilla. Cook about 2 minutes, or until thick. Let the mixture cool. Beat the mixture until creamy. Fold in the chopped pecans and spread the frosting on cake. 

Chocolate Three Layer Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups plain flour
• 1 scant cup buttermilk
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 4 eggs

Cream butter, sugar, and eggs yolks; sift powders with flour, add alternately with liquid, and add in flavoring. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites last. Pour batter divided evenly into 2 or 3 greased and floured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until done.

Modern Version: Use a yellow cake mix and replace water/ regular milk with buttermilk.

Meatloaf

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef or ground chuck
• 4 slices of white sandwich bread
• 1/2 tsp. of Goya Adobo All Purpose Seasoning
• 3 drops of Louisiana Hot Sauce
• 2 eggs
• 1 Medium onion, chopped
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• About 1/3 cups of ketchup
• Additional ketchup for topping

Line pan with tin foil and spray with cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

In a large bowl, placed four slices of bread and add enough water to cover. Let the mixture soak. Next, drain the water from the bowl and mash the bread until the remaining water has been drained. Then, mash bread with your fingers until it is fine. Add the Goya Seasoning  and black pepper and mix well. Add the ground beef to the mixture and mix with hands until it is well blended. Add ketchup and hot sauce, and mix well. Add chopped onion. Break 2 eggs into the mixture and be sure to blend it into the mixture well. Form loaf into 2 balls and place in greased tinfoil-lined pan. Bake in 400 degree oven for 40 minutes to 1 hour. (About 10 minutes before the meatloaf is done, cover the top of the meatloaf with ketchup and continue baking until done.)

Fried Okra

Sift flour mixed with a little corn meal into pan. Add salt and pepper. Pour Canola Oil into an iron skillet, about 1/2 an inch high, and heat on while until the oil is very hot. Place cut fresh or frozen okra into the flour mixture and coat the okra very well. Fry the okra in the hot oil until the okra turns golden brown. Carefully remove the okra and place on a dish lined with paper towels to soak up the extra grease. 

Deviled Eggs

Ingredients:

• 7 boiled eggs
• 1/4 tsp. mustard
• Mayonnaise
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• Sweet Pickle Relish to taste
• Paprika

Peel, then slice eggs in half lengthwise. Scoop out the yokes onto a plate and mash the yokes with a fork. Add 1/4 tsp. of mustard and mix well. Add mayonnaise until you get the mixture to the right consistency. Add salt, pepper, and pickle relish to taste. Spoon the mixture into egg whites and sprinkle with paprika before placing the eggs in a serving dish. This prevents getting paprika all over the serving dish.