Mary's Spaghetti Sauce

From Concetta S......

As for Granadma's spaghetti sauce, it's the same with meatballs or just with spaghetti.

It's as simple as this: for each can of tomato paste add (3) cans of water, for each can of tomato sauce, add 1/2 can of water.

You start first by putting a little oil in the bottom of the pan on the stove, sprinkle garlic powder and heat, not burn, add the sauce & paste & water as stated above, stir until all smooth, then add more garlic powder, salt & pepper until you like it (can't tell you how much, as I always keep tasting it until it tastes like moms).

After it comes to a little boil, then turn it down and continue to stir. Let it simmer for 1 hr. or more, depends on when you want to eat, it can cook for 1/2 hr or more, whatever you want.

If you want to add meatballs, just put them in the sauce after it's all stirred before it's boiled and let it simmer until you are ready to eat. If meat sauce, you brown the meat in the oil, add salt and pepper, then you add the sauce and paste as stated above and continue to cook.

Mary's Meatballs

1 lb ground chuck
4 slices bread (One day old is better. Soaked in a little warm water.)
1 tsp parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1/8 tsp garlic powder
2 eggs
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Mix well. Add more warm water so the mixture will be a little soft to roll into the size of golf balls. Fry in a little oil or bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Add to sauce.

Mary's Pound Cake

This recipe is from Larry P.

3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 sticks softened butter
2 tsp almond extract
2 tsp vanilla extract (any variation)
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup milk (room temp)
1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour pan.

Cream sugar, eggs, butter. Add extracts. Mix.

Add milk and flour, alternating.

Bake 1 hour, 25 minutes. Cool in pan.

Pizza Dip

1 - 8 oz. cream cheese
1 - teaspoon of Italian seasoning
1 cup of Don Peppino's Italian sauce
1 cup of mozzarella cheese shredded
1 cup of grated cheese
1 cup of scallions chopped fine

Let the cream cheese get soft and add one teaspoon of Italian seasoning and mix good. Cover the bottom of a MICROWAVE SAFE pie pan with this mixture. Add the one cup of sauce over this. Then add the mozzarella cheese and grated cheese on top of the sauce and cover with the scallions. You can add anything you like to the top of this. Put in the microwave for about 2 - 3 minutes. Check after 2 minutes. Serve with sliced Italian bread.

Concetta's Apple Crisp

Mix together
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup margarine

Sprinkle over sliced apples in 8x8 baking pan. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

Mary's Swedish Cookies

Swedish? That's what it says on the recipe card I'm reading. :) I think that just about every nationality has a version of these cookies.

1/2 lb butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugar. Add other ingredients. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. Roll in small balls. Press with bottom of glass. Bake at 350 for 12 to 15 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners sugar.

Mary's Lemon Bars

2 cups flour
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup margarine

Sift together flour and confectioners sugar. Cut in margarine until mixture clings together. Press into 13x9x2 baking pan. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes until light brown.

Beat together
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice

Sift together
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder

Add flour mixture to egg mixture. Pour over baked crust. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
Sprinkle with additional confectioners sugar.