The Elbert Presbyterian Church Pot Luck Recipe Exchange!
*Note: Elbert Colorado sits at 6,750 ft in elevation. These are high
altitude recipes (ingredients, times and temps). Adjust according to your altitude.

Bill's Escalloped Corn Recipe (Corn Pudding)

Mix together:     
2 cans cream style corn
4 Tablespoons sugar
1 Pk. (41) saltine crackers (crushed)
4 eggs (beaten)
1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk
2 T. butter, a pinch of salt, pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake in 2 quart casserole dish for 1 hour. This recipe was handed down from Bill Fraley mother and a wonderful treasure to pass on to the next generation.
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Donated by: Maylois Fraley

Dick's County Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

8 Potatoes, peeled and sliced thinly
1 Onion, Chopped
1 lb of fully cooked ham chopped into 1" cubes
1 Pk. country style gravy mix
1 10 oz cream of mushroom soup
2 cups of water
2 cups of cheddar cheese, shredded
2 cloves of garlic - pressed
6 slices of Jalapeno Peppers finely chopped (HOT)
1 can of button mushrooms

Combine Potatoes, onion, garlic, peppers and ham in a lightly greased stoneware crockpot. Combine gravy mix, mushroom soup and water, whisk until smooth and pour over potato mixture. Cover and cook on Low 7 - 12 hours (high 3 to 4 hours). Top with cheese and button mushroom, allow cheese to melt (last half hour). Server in crockpot hot.

Note: To prevent darkening of the potatoes, place sliced potatoes in a mixture of 1 cup of water and 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar, drain and proceed recipe.
Donated by: Dick Wehrman


Lovie's Apple Sauce Cookies

Sift Together:
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

To this mixture add:
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts (your favorite nut)

Cream:
1/2 cup Butter Flavored Crisco
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Then add 1 cup of Applesauce to cream mixture.

Blend Flour mixture with creamed mixture.

Drop by small spoon fulls on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-18 minutes until lightly browned.
Donated by: Lovie Thompson

Lovie's Butter Cookies

1/2 lb real Butter
1 cup Powder Sugar
Cream these two ingredients together.
Add:
2 egg yolks (beaten well)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda

Mix well - Dough will all come together in a ball. Roll in to small balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press lightly with a fork dipped in ice water. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned on edges.
Donated by: Lovie Thompson

Jo's Breakfast Casserole (served at Youth Group Breakfast)

This is a very large recipe made for the whole congregation - half would fit in a regular cake pan 13" x 9" I would cut the temp to 350 for about 1 hour if making half of this recipe.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Mix 4 lbs of shredded frozen hash brown potatoes with 2 cups of milk.
Add 1 lb of cubed ham
2 lbs of grated cheddar jack

In separate bowl whip 24 eggs with 1 cup of milk and mix into potato mixture.

Pour in a buttered, very large baking dish. Cover with foil. Place in oven on center rack. Bake for 2 - 2 1/4 hours at 400 degrees or until done in the center.


Kristi Wysocki's Summer Cabbage Salad

1 head cabbage sliced small
Bunch green onions chopped
1/3 cup sunflower seeds (I think I do more – I pour them in till I like the consistency)
Mix together.

Dressing
½ cup sugar
½ cup vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 pkg of flavoring from Top Ramon Soup (chicken flavor)
Mix until dissolves
Add 1 cup oil
Pour over cabbage and stir. Refrigerate overnight. Stirring periodically

 
Before Serving:
1 small package of sliced almonds (1/3-1/2 cup)
1 package of Top Raman noodles (crushed)
Brown in broiler spread on cookie sheet
Add almonds/noodles to salad

1-2 cans mandaranin oranges – add to salad

Jo's Cheese Broccoli and Potato Soup

My recipe filled two crock pots (5 or 6 qt ) but I made it on the stove in a pot. Putting it on low in the crock pots after making it, to keep it warm but not making everything smushy.  It could be cooked in the crock pot but the rue base has to be made on the stove so might as well keep it there to make since you can control the heat easier. And for this size of recipe it will fill two crock pots so either cut in half or make in a pot. But rest assured it will be fine in the crock pot all evening after cooking (on low). This soup even reheated beautifully! (if not over cooked in microwave) Freezes well but there are no preservatives so use it within a month.

Very easily could be made vegetarian I will put the variations in recipe. I am writing this for you and me :0) I won't remember in a week what I did :0)

Have everything ready unless you have someone else to help cause you can't stop stirring milk and cheese soups or they will burn and be ruined. Make sure when you are stirring you are stirring relatively fast and at all times touching the bottom. Never turn higher than medium heat. If you must walk away move the pan off the burner till you get back.

First take one large bag of fresh broccoli (I used Sam's club bag don't know exactly what size that is but probably a gallon zip bag full) cut into bite size but not small, you want bites of broccoli not specks. Cook this in boiling water for about five minutes, could also steam it. Not done done and no where near mushy. Drain and set aside.

Cut up 5 potatoes (Sam's very large) or 10 regular, I cubed them about 3/4 of inch size. Cook these in separate pot also but not done done and mushy like you would for mashed potatoes. Still a little crunch in them. Drain and set aside.

If you are not in a hurry, the potatoes and broccoli could be put in with the ham raw. Cooking them ahead of time was to speed up the recipe.

Then, take 1 1/2 cups margarine or butter (I used country crock marg.)
Heat this over med. heat in large soup pot or chili pot. When bubbly, do not over heat, be careful butter and marg burn easily....... add

1 cup of cornstarch and stir until smooth. Give it a few minutes on medium heat and then pour in one can of chicken broth (could use veg. broth) slowly, stirring the entire time.

Add 4 qts. of half and half, stirring constantly and pouring slowly. NEVER let milk based soups boil, a small simmer is has high as you can go. Now add 3 cups of milk (I used 1% cause that is what I buy).

Now while stirring add in 2LBS of grated Cheddar Cheese a handful at a time. Keep stirring, Now add 2LBS (one large package) of Velveeta cubed, a handful at a time. Keep stirring, I know your arm is ready to fall off (mine was!) but you are no where near done, trade off with soup partner :0)

Add one package of very small cubed ham. You get this in the grocery store by where pepperoni or bacon and sausage are, basically what you would use for Denver omelets. This is more for color than taste and not needed and the only other change to make it vegetarian. (you could of course cube any left over ham you may have)

DO NOT QUIT STIRRING EVER DURING THIS SOUP. TOUCHING THE BOTTOM THE ENTIRE TIME. I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. NO HIGHER THAN MED. HEAT.

Add the broccoli and potatoes done in the beginning if you are not cooking them in. Now stir and stir until it starts to thicken, is hot and creamy. This takes awhile, because you are cooking on med to low heat and it has to be stirred the entire time or it will burn.  I did not salt, pepper or any spices in this soup. It was perfect as was and I wasn't going to chance messing it up :0) If not serving immediately, pour into crockpots on low and will keep warm for hours without making the potatoes and broccoli mushy.

Now gather a good bunch of hungry people, serve with rolls or in bread bowls, Dinner!

If you just want one crockpot full of soup, cut everything in half (except I would use a little less milk and use whole can of chicken or veg. broth, just cause what cha gonna do with the other half!)

K here is the shopping list:

One box of cornstarch (you will use half for this size of recipe.)

1  1/2 cups of marg ( I am sure real butter would be an improvement but marg worked fine.)

One large bag of fresh broccoli or about 2 bunches of just the tops. (Florettes I believe they are called)

5 Baking Potatoes (large) or 10 medium potatoes

1 large box of Velveeta 2LBS, cube this into inch size cubes

1 package of sharp cheddar cheese grate 2 LB size package (I grate my own, tastes fresher that way)

1 sm. can of Chicken or Veg. Broth

1 package of small diced ham. (I use Kings Soopers brand, they are small cubes about 1/4 of an inch instead of 1/2 inches Hormel's sells, this is a pref. thing you can omit the ham all together if you wish.)

4 qts of half and half

3 cups of milk (if too thick to soon add a bit more milk)

This soup is not for the faint of heart, literally. It is a treat and not something I would make all the time. It is probably a 1000 calories a bite!
Donated by: Jo A. Petit


Tomato Basil Soup
Start with 20 medium to large fresh tomatoes. Blanch and skin the tomatoes. Dice two of them to add to the soup after the rest of soup is put together. The rest puree.

Heat in 1/2 cup of butter and 1/4 cup of Olive Oil add to this 3 or 4 heaping table spoons of cornstarch, stir until smooth to make your rue.

Slowly stir in 1 quart of chicken stock.

Add in 1 cup of heavy cream.

Add in the pureed tomatoes to your soup pan or crock pot.

To this add:
A couple of shakes of garlic powder (may use fresh garlic if you wish)
4 or 5 shakes of onion powder
1/2 cup to a cup of Basil (I use the dried spice, though you could use basil leaves I like the green flakes in the soup)

Now add your two diced tomatoes and let this simmer all afternoon or cook in a crock pot on low over night.

Heats up well, does well warming in a crock pot for hours and freezes well also.

Donated By: Jo A. Petit

This one is really easy and is gluten free. I usually times this recipe by 8 each time I make them.

Jo's Sister's Peanut Butter Cookies

1 Cup of Peanut Butter
1 Cup of Sugar
1 Egg

Mix and let set (refrig is not necessary) for a few minutes and then make super ball size balls from the dough.

Bake on lightly pam sprayed cookie sheet at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Do not smash balls. I use heavy cookie sheets so you may need to adjust to keep from burning the cookies. The cookies will look undone but let them rest a few minutes and then move to a cooling rack. Store in air tight container. These are melt in your mouth cookies, one of my favorites and one of the easiest cookies ever!
Susan's Bok Choy Salad! This is really different wonderful recipe! Give it a try. She states this makes a lot! Adjust as needed.

3 heads Bok Choy - sliced like celery
3 bunches of little green onion sliced
1 each red and green pepper

Brown in 1/2 cup butter:  1 pkg Lay Choy crunch noodles
                                         1 pkg sliced almonds
                                         1/3 c sesame seeds
 
Combine all ingredients, dress salad and serve immediately.
 
Dressing:  3/4 c salad oil
                 3/4 c sugar
                 1/4 c wine vinegar
                 2 T soy sauce

If you have a favorite recipe or tasted something at a church gathering and just loved it, ask who made it and ask them to send me the recipe! If you are missing your Grandmother's home made treats, give our recipes a try and you may feel like you are having dinner with Grandma!
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