Greek Style Macaroni Bake

And old boyfriends mom gave me this recipe (or maybe he did?), and it has become one of my favorites. It dirties 3 different pans and a casserole dish, but it's oh so worth it!

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees

Ingredients:
3/4-1 lb ground beef                                                    1/2 C. chopped onion
1 can tomato paste (6oz)                                              1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon                                              1/2 C. Real Mayonaisse (do not use Miracle Whip)
1/4 C. flour                                                                  2 C. milk
2 eggs                                                                          1/3 C. grated parmesan cheese
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg                                                  8 oz. elbow macaroni

 

1. Boil noodles for half the time per package.

2. In fry pan/skillet : brown beef & onion, drain. Stir in tomato paste, salt & cinnamon.

3. In sauce pan: Combine mayo & flour. Gradually stir in milk. Cook, while stirring, over medium heat until thick.

4. Beat eggs, parmesan cheese & nutmeg. Gradually stir into sauce pan. Add in the macaroni.

5. Pour half of the macaroni mixture into a 2 quart baking/casserole dish. Layer on meat mixture. Top with remaining macaroni mixture.

Bake for 45 mins.

Mom's Deluxe Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
granulated sugar

 Mix thoroughly butter, confectioners sugar, egg, vanilla and almond extract.
Blend in flour, soda and cream of tartar. Cover; chill 2 to 3 hours.

Heat oven to 375. Divide dough in half.
Roll each half 3/16 inch thick on lightly floured cloth covered board.
Cut into desired shapes: sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Place on lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown on edge.


Personal note. I prefer to have my cookies a bit thicker  than the 3/16" the recipe calls for.
                     Also like the cookies frosted instead of the sugar on them. 

Enjoy...be creative

Love , Mom

Mom's Apple Crisp

Oven 350* F

1 small box yellow cake mix
3 T. butter
3-4 sliced apples
1/2 C. sugar
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg

1. Mix toss everything together in large bowl.
2. Dump in cake pan  (9x13x2).
3. Bake for 1 hour or until brown.

Can be served warm or cold. Tastes great when reheated too!

Mom's donut recipe

2 C. bisquick
2 Tb sugar
1 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/3 C. milk
1 egg

***1/4 C melted butter/margarine
      1/2 C sugar  (powdered, brown, cinnamon/sugar)

Oven 400*
-mix bisquik, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, milk & egg. Beat 20 strokes.
-Round up dough on flour surface, knead 5 times. Roll out 1/2" thick. Cut with donut cutter.
-Make figure 8 for the bowknot & holes are the buttons.
-Place on ungreased cookie sheet and back 8-10 mins.
-Dip in ***butter & sugar as soon as done   (or whatever else you want to top with, ie: frosting)

Let cool to touch and devour!

Since my kitchen is lacking a rolling pin and biscuit/donut cutter, I used a can of soup to roll out the dough, cut it in 1" strips with pizza cutter and made twists!  I made the 'buttons' using a small measuring cup.

(c) Keytee 2011

Milk Gravy aka Quick White Sauce

Great with chicken and mashed taters!

Takes approx 5-10 mins, yields double what you start with.

2 Tbs Butter/Margarine
1 Cup Milk
2 Tbs Flour
Pepper to taste

Melt butter over low heat.
Add Flour, stir until well blended.
Gradually, little bit at a time, stir in milk.  Cook while stirring constantly until thick & smooth.
Add pepper.

* When I'm feeling impatient I turn up the heat to get it thicker faster, but you also have to stir it faster to keep it from clumping and burning.
** I also double the recipe and toss in chunks of chicken then pour over drop biscuits.

Here there be Recipes!

Okay, well, not yet. But I'm working on it. I have a lot of people ask me for recipes when I mention something I've made, so I thought I'd start a blog and share.  I'll try to include pictures if I can. Not that I'm incapable of adding pictures, but I will add recipes that I haven't made in a while and don't have pictures of yet.

Why "Keytee"?  I get that asked a lot too.  Many years ago I spent a summer traipsing around this side of the US with a girl named Kimber, every one called me Tee. A friends dad once messed us up calling her Timber and me Key. (he actually typed it that way. LOL)...and henceforth I have used Keytee in some form all over the web.