Grandma Mabels Fry Pan Cookies Recipes

FRYING PAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter or margarine in heavy skillet. Add slightly beaten eggs. Stir in dates, sugar, salt and vanilla. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until thick and well blended.
• Have ready crisp rice cereal and chopped nuts in large bowl. Stir cooked mixture into them until coated.
• Chill. Put by teaspoonful on cookie sheet. Chill again. When cold roll in crisp rice crumb and coconut mixture or powdered sugar.

GRANDMA MABEL'S GNOCCHI

Steps:

• For the gnocchi: Place the potatoes in a large stockpot, then fill with enough water to cover the potatoes three-quarters of the way. Set on the stove to boil until tender, about 45 minutes. Peel the potatoes and place through a ricer while still hot, then cool in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
• Place the eggs in a mixing bowl and add the salt. Whisk with a fork, then add the potatoes and blend with a rubber spatula until mixed. Add the flour and dump the dough on a nice rolling table, then knead the dough just until it is all mixed and there are no lumps, making sure the dough can hold shapes. Pinch off a piece about the size of a fist, then roll it out into a nice long snake that is the diameter of a quarter. Cut on the bias making about 1-inch cuts, and place on a parchment-lined sheet pan dusted with flour. Freeze for at least 6 hours and up to 8 hours.
• For the butter bacon onions: Cook the bacon in a sauté pan over medium heat until cooked and all the fat is rendered down. Transfer the bacon to a plate and cook the onions in the rendered bacon fat over medium heat until nice and caramelized. Add the bacon back to the pan along with the butter. Stir until the butter is melted and blended. (This can be made ahead of time, then cooled and used as needed.)
• To finish, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add about 25 frozen gnocchi and cook until they float to the top, 8 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a separate pan, heat up 5 ounces butter bacon onion sauce. Strain the gnocchi and add to the sauce. Cook until the gnocchi are coated all over, about 1 minute, then garnish with the Parmesan and chiffonade of basil.

GRANNY MABEL'S BEST BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together 2 cups flour, oats, brown sugar, salt and baking soda. Mix in melted butter until evenly distributed. Press half of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly toasted. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let stand. In a small bowl, mix the caramel topping with the remaining flour; drizzle evenly over the chocolate chips. Sprinkle the remaining crust mixture evenly over the caramel layer and press down lightly.
• Bake for 15 more minutes in the preheated oven. Allow to cool completely before cutting into squares.

GRANDMA BESSIE'S MAZETTI

Steps:

• Brown ground chuck with onion, green pepper, and celery. Drain off grease and add 2 cans of tomato soup, mushrooms, salt and pepper. Simmer on low while you cook your noodles.
• In two greased casserole dishes, layer meat sauce, noodles, and slices of velveeta cheese, repeat.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes covered with foil. Stir halfway through cooking time.

GRANDMA BETTY'S CANDLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together sugar, margarine, peanut butter, and rice krispies together and form into balls. (As large/small as you want them. I make them smaller than a golf ball.).
• In a double boiler, melt the chocolate bar and chips together and add paraffin wax, may add more wax if needed.
• Once chocolate is melted, dip the balls in chocolate and place on wax paper to cool.
• After the balls settle, store them away. We keep them in the refrigerator or freezer during the holidays.

NANA'S WELSH CURRANT COOKIES (FRYING PAN COOKIES)

Steps:

• Heat frying pan to 350°F.
• Beat together 2 eggs and 6 Tbsps Milk.
• Add dry ingredients & shortening in a mixing bowl, blend well.
• Add Egg and Milk mixture to dry ingredients, stir until well mixed.
• Place plastic on bowl to cover dough & chill dough in refrigerator about 2 hours.
• On floured board, roll dough in 4 parts to 1/4" thickness.
• Cut shapes with floured glass or cookie cutter.
• Fry in electric fry pan until golden.

GRANDMA MABEL'S GUMDROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the butter, margarine and sugar together.
• Add vanilla and the eggs one at a time until well blended.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and add to egg mixture.
• Stir until mixed well.
• By hand, stir in the coconut flakes, chopped pecans, oatmeal and sliced gumdrops until just mixed.
• Refrigerate the dough until it is thoroughly chilled (at least 3 hours).
• (Chilling the dough will help the cookies keep their shape).
• Once the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Take a heaping tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball about the size of a walnut.
• Place on a greased or parchment lined cookie sheet about 6 inches apart.
• Bake for about 10 minutes or until light brown.

FRY PAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat eggs and brown sugar together; stir in dates.
• Pour mixture into a lightly greased heavy frying pan.
• Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until dates are soft (8 to 10 minutes); remove from heat.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except coconut; cool to lukewarm.
• Shape mixture into small balls and roll in coconut.

FRY PAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix sugar, dates, eggs and vanilla.
• Cook in frying pan over medium heat until it pulls away from the sides of the pan, 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add rest of the ingredients, except for coconut.
• When cool enough to handle, wet hands and form into small balls.
• Roll balls in coconut.