John Wayne Cheese Squares

16 oz Monterey Jack Cheese, 16 oz Colby Jack Cheese, sliced mild Pepperoncini peppers (pizza peppers), 5 eggs, 2/3 cup evaporated milk, 1 tablespoon flour, salt, black pepper & garlic to taste.
Layer 1/2 of cheese, top with peppers, then top with the other half of cheese. In a separate bowl combine eggs, milk, flour & spices. Stir well. Pour on top of cheese layers. Bake at 350' for 30 minutes.

Served at Emma Lee Lyon's 90th birthday party

Swedish Nut Cake

CAKE Ingredients: 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 2 cups self-rising flour, 2 tsp. baking soda, 1 20-oz can crushed pineapple in it's own juice, 1 cup walnut pieces
Directions: Mix together all ingredients & bake in a 9 x13" pan at 350' for 25-30 min.

FROSTING Ingredients: 8 oz. cream cheese (softened), 1 stick butter (softened), 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla flavoring, 1 cup walnut pieces
Directions: Mix together all ingredients until creamy. Spread on the cake while it's still warm.

*Great Fall cake- great with coffee too!

Recipe from Margaret Mathias, made for Emma Lee's 90th birthday party

Family Favorite

I don't really have a recipe for this. Mom says Grandma also made Banana Salad so I know it has been around for years!

Banana Salad

Banana's cut into about 1 inch pieces

Cover banana's with Miracle Whip

Then roll into finely chopped peanuts.

Recipe from Mom's recipe box

I hadn't really noticed the date on this recipe! September 23 1956. The recipe is old and falling apart as you can see. I loved the ads on the back so had to show them too! Not really for sure if Mom ever made these cookies or not.

Boiled Icing by Emma Lee Lyon

David's favorite Chocolate Birthday Cake Icing
Combine 1 1/2 c. sugar, 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar, 3/4 c. boiling water, few grains of salt. Stir until dissolved. Boil till a soft ball stage (236'). In the meantime, beat 2 egg whites stiff. Pour sugar mixture slowly into egg whites while constantly beating. Add 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat until thick & creamy.

Logan Gal's

Stella,Francis,Pauline,Ginny,Jewel Bell, Mom

Mom 4th Grade

Spaghetti Pizza

Recieved this recipe from Jim's Aunt. I actually haven't tried it yet. But she says it is very yummy.

Patti's Chocolate Pie

I know I already have a Chocolate Pie recipe on here of Aunt Ginny's..but this came from Patti's recipe box so wanted to add it too.

Pumpkin-Pecan Bundt Cake

Seasoned Oyster Crackers

Carmel Puff Corn

Cream Cheese Mints

Patti and Leigh Ann made these for my wedding, July 19,1997.
They worked so hard making a bunch of these.
(I think this is the recipe)

Texas Cake

Stuffed Manicotti

Fluffy White Icing

Aunt Ginny's Dinner Rolls

Easy-Cheesy Hamburger Skillet

I have added peas to this too. Also great with baked beans as a side dish.

Patti's Jell-O Candy

Cauliflower Salad

Emma Lee Lyon's recipe

Cauliflower, cut up
small onion, diced
1 green pepper, diced
1 tomato, diced

Mix 1/4 cup sugar, 1 cup Miracle whip salad dressing, small jar bacon bits & 1 cup shredded cheese. Toss with vegetables. Chill about 3 hours

Corn Pudding

Emma Lee Lyon's recipe

1 can cream style corn
1 can whole kernal corn, drained
1/2 stick butter
8 oz sour cream
2 eggs, beaten
1 box jiffy corn muffin mix

Add in this order: melt butter in a flat baking dish, add sour cream, corn, eggs & muffin mix. Stir well. Bake at 350' for 1 hr

Veg-all Casserole

Emma Lee Lyon's recipe

2 cans veg-all, drained
2 sticks butter
8 oz Chez Whiz
1 sleeve of Ritz crackers, crushed

Melt 1 stick butter & chez whiz together. Put veg-all in dish pour chez & butter mixture over this. Top with crushed crackers. Melt last stick of butter & pour over top. Bake 350' about 25-30 min until brown

Mary Lou's variation: Mix chez whiz (no butter)into drained vegs, place into dish. Melt 1 stick butter & mix crushed crackers until blended, spread over veg & chez mixture & bake. Enjoy!

Lu and Leigh's "Mator" Juice. Please read intructions carefully!

Lucian and Leigh’s Tomato Juice

Get juice and place in pot and heat, do not boil. -Lu and Leigh squeezed 1 million tomatoes to have enough juice.

Put pot of water on and boil, place rings and lids inside water to soak.-When cooking with a partner double check to make sure they have turned burner on.

Sterilize jars, pour boiling water over them. -Place 2 pans of water on to boil in case cooking partner dumps one in the floor.

Pour juice into jars, fill to bottom line on jar with juice.-Establish who is the “official” pourer so as to alleviate control issues of both cooking partners.-Have extra towel ready to wipe excess juice spilled by “official” pourer.

Add 1 tsp canning salt into each quart jar of juice-Always double check with cooking partner to see if they have already placed salt in jar and read article about how to remove excess canning salt in homemade tomato juice.

Put lid and ring on and tighten. Using a pressure cooker to seal jars, from Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book

Put 2 quarts water in bottom and place jars inside. Turn burner up enough for steam for 3-5 minutes.

Turn burner down and put jiggler on top. Bring pressure to 10 and keep on for 10 to 20 minutes.

Take off of burner and wait till burner drops to 0.

Open carefully. Lift jars out with towel and let sit for 24 hours.

You may hear lids popping while cooking.

( I actually called Patti the day the tomato juice was being made. I asked her what she was doing. She replied, " I am watching Lu and Leigh make tomato juice..they have taken over my kitchen ..and I am very scared")

Patticakes Pancakes

From Patti's Kitchen

Menu Girl Coca Cola tray

Mom's (Emma's) Vintage Menu Girl Coca Cola tray.
From what I have found online, it was from around 1953.

Veggie Dip dip for Crackers

Dill Dip

Chocolate Pie

The pie filling recipe was in the cookbook Aunt Francis gave me. It was on the same page as Aunt Ginny's, but no name beside it, so not for sure whose recipe it is.

Easiest pie you'll ever make!

My favorite is Orange and Lime. Great in the summer.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Biscuit Jelly Roll

Mom's (Emma's) Old Pet Milk Can Opener

Seven Layered Salad

From Emma Lee Lyon recipe book

1 head Iceberg lettuce, shredded
1 green pepper, diced
1 cup chopped celery (Emma did not use celery)
1 large onion, chopped
16 oz peas, drained
2 cups miracle whip salad dressing
2 T brown sugar
1/2 cup shredded cheese
1/2 cup crispy bacon bits

Prepare salad in a large bowl add ingredients one layer
at a time as given. Do NOT toss. Cover & refrigerate 8 hours
or overnight. Will keep for 2-3 days. Makes 8 generous servings

Chocolate Ice Cream

From Emma Lee Lyon recipe book

1/2 gal. choc milk
1 can eagle brand (sweetened condensed milk)
16 oz cool whip

Stir together & put in ice cream freezer until froze

Caramel Dip for Apples

From Emma Lee Lyon recipe book

1 pkg caramels
1 stick butter
1 can eagle brand (sweetened condensed milk)

Melt in microwave. Slice apples & dip!

Frozen Fruit Cups

From Emma Lee Lyon recipe book

1 can pineapple tidbits
1 can whole cranberries
1/2 cup pecans
8oz whipped cream topping

Mix all ingredients together
and put into muffin tin and freeze.

Or can be served without freezing

Sunflower Seeds

From Emma Lee Lyon recipe book

Dry by hanging upside down in a dry place about 3 weeks.
When fully dry soak over nightin a strong salt solution.
Drain the water and place the seeds on a cookie sheet
and roast 3 hours at 200'

Divinity

Mom always use to say, "Never make divinity on rainy or very humid days, because the candy won't set!"

Chocolate Candy

I can remember Mom making this and every once in awhile it wouldn't set right! As kids..that didn't matter. We would just grab the pan and a spoon and start scooping. This recipe isn't like fudge. It is a little darker in color and richer in taste.

Stromboli, one of Dad's (David's) favorites

Treasures from Patti's House

Mom's (Emma Lee's) cookie cutters. Grandma Logan's Jewel tea pitcher, pillow case, quilt. Grandma Lyon's glass bowl. Aunt Francis crochet cross bookmark. I am thinking the little glass serving tray was Grandma Logan's too.

Salt Water Taffy

One time Patti and I begged and begged Mom to let us make taffy on our own. We did fine until it came time to "pull" the taffy. We had taffy stretched from one end of the kitchen to the other! Needless to say,,we were never allowed to make taffy again! I wasn't for sure if the recipe was still around. So I went searching for it in the Searchlight Cookbook of Mom's. When I found the page it was, well used..yellowed and could tell it had been very sticky at one time! So I am sure this is the recipe Mom used and I am sure Patti and I contributed to the page being "sticky".

Grandma Logan

Doc and Emmer (Dad's nickname for Mom)

Peanut Butter Fudge

This I know was one of Patti's favorites. I think she made it every year.

Banana Pudding

Glass from the Past

Grandma Logan's Platter and creamer. Grandma Lyon's cake server. Mom's tablecloth and salt and pepper shakers. Mom joked when giving me the Salt and Pepper shakers. She gave me the metal one's first from the previous photo,,,then she gave me the glass ones...and says.."That way you can tell we moved up in the world".

A Collection from Mom's Kitchen

Different things that Mom,(Emma Lee) gave me. A canning funnel, Pyrex measuring cup, rolling pin, salt and pepper shakers, old recipe box, and Searchlight Cookbook. The cookbook has copyrights in it ranging from 1931-1949!

Recipe from Aunt Francis's Cookbook

Items from the Grandma's

Grandma Logan's quilt, Grandma Lyon's White Milk Pitcher, and old Hankie of Mom's (Emma Lee)

Grandpa and Grandma Logan

Lallie Lee Logan

1889-1968

Elbert Clifton Logan

1887-1934

Grandma Logan's Pear Preserves