Recipes by Mawmaw
Never Fail Plain Cake
My husband’s mother loved to bake this cake for her husband and children. I use this cake now as a shortcake for sliced strawberries topped with Cool Whip or iced with chocolate served with a fresh brewed cup of coffee. Ingredients 2 cups sugar 1 cup margarine or butter 1 ...
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Deep Fried Pickles
Many Cajuns grew up eating this appetizer at the Cock of the Walk Restaurant on Johnston Street in Lafayette before it burned down. The restaurant seemed almost famous for this dish. Many times, the restaurant’s parking lot would become flooded after heavy rains and once, a Kaplan man stepped out ...
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Pickled Beans
Green beans have many common names – string beans, pole beans, snap beans just to name a few. Two of my favorite ways to eat green beans is to break it off the plant and eat it fresh; the other is pickled. Ingredients 4 quarts green beans or yellow waxed ...
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Green Tomato Cabbage Chow Chow Relish
One of the more popular chow chow that goes really well with rice and gravy or a Ball Parks Weiner hotdog! Ingredients 4 cups ground up onions 4 cups ground up cabbage (medium head) 4 cups ground up tomato about 10 12 ground up green peppers 6 ground up sweet ...
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Green Tomato Chow Chow
Here is a great idea on how to use your green tomatoes before the stink (chinch) bug attacks them or if it rains too much and your tomatoes don’t ripen! Ingredients 12 pounds to 13 green tomatoes or 1 peck 8 large onions 10 green bell peppers 3 tbsp salt ...
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Fudge Chocolate Pie aka Baked Fudge
What a novel twist….baking fudge. However, Baked Fudge will not look like or have the consistency of your candy fudge. I can see how the name is misleading, but it is NOT supposed to be like the fudge that you get at the candy store or make with other recipes. ...
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Smothered Potatoes and Onions – Potato Stew – La Sauce de Patat
A very popular Cajun classic side dish; add smoked sausage, browned ground beef or shrimp and make it a complete meal. This dish is also known as “La Sauce de Patat” or “the sauce of potato”. There are cooks who do add butter and cream to this dish. Ingredients 6 ...
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Crawfish Pie-Tart
“Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo… ‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio” Could this be the same crawfish pie in this “Jambayla” song? Ingredients 3/4 medium bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 2 ribs celery, chopped 3/4 cup butter 6 tbsp crawfish fat (optional) ...
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Butter Rolls aka Biscuit Butter Rolls
Posted in response to a request for butter rolls. Ingredients 1 can biscuits 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter Sauce: 2 cups milk 1/2 tsp cloves 1/4 cup flour 1 cup sugar Directions Step 1 Roll out each biscuit to 4" or 5" in diameter on a floured surface. Step ...
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Praline Sauce
Great ice cream topping made a little healthier. Ingredients 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar 1 tbsp cornstarch 1 cup skim milk 1 tsp low calorie margarine 1 tsp vanilla 3 tbsp chopped pecans, toasted Directions Step 1 Combine sugar, cornstarch and milk in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat ...
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Praline Sauce Topping
This is a quick and easy topping for virtually any cake or bread pudding. Makes topping for a 9-inch square or 13×9 inch cake. Ingredients 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp Swans Down Cake Flour 1/4 cup melted butter 2 tbsp water 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans Directions Step 1 ...
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Harvard Beets
I love beets; I could just serve them up as an appetizer. Ingredients 12 small beets cooked, sliced or cubed 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tbsp cornstarch 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup vinegar 2 tbsp butter Directions Step 1 Mix sugar and cornstarch in a medium pot. Add vinegar and water ...
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Refrigerator Pistachio Dessert
This dessert can use chopped pecans or another flavor of instant pudding. Chocolate is good. Ingredients Crust: 1 1/4 cups all purpose unbleached flour 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened not melted 1/2 cup pistachios, shelled and finely chopped Pie Filling: 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 cup powdered sugar ...
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Old Fashioned Stack Cake
Apple Stack Cake has roots in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Made with a filling of dried apples and batter stacked in six to eight layers, it’s one of the earliest desserts of the region. Ingredients 4 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 3/4 ...
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Homemade Applesauce
If you are baking with this recipe, place a paper towel in a strainer, scoop in the applesauce and place over a bowl for an hour. This will remove as much water as possible. Or cook the applesauce longer to get a thicker type filling. Ingredients 6 medium apples (1 ...
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