Toffee Nut Bars

This recipe comes from my Great Grandmother's friend Roz.

Toffee Nut Bars

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup plus 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup plus 2T flour
• 2 eggs
• 1t vanilla
• 1T baking powder
• 1/2T salt
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cut nuts
• oven preheated to 350 degrees

1. Mix shortening, butter, and 1/2 cup brown sugar until thoroughly mixed then, add in 1 cup flour

     2. Press into a lightly greased 13x9 baking pan and bake for 10 minutes

    

     3.  Beat eggs and stir in vanilla and the remaining cup of brown sugar

     4. In another bowl mix 2T flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine flour mixture with egg mixture

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     5. Mix in coconut and nuts and spread over pre-baked crust.

    
     6. Bake for another 26 minutes. Cool and then cut into squares.

 

Recipe 1- Lemon Bisque

Lemon Bisque was the light and airy dessert that my Great Grandma Ruth made for us every time she came to visit. Today was her 95th birthday so, I had to make this for her. It is a fairly simple Jell-O dessert but it does take some time. Happy eating!

For this recipe you  will need:
1 tall can of evaporated milk             2 TBS lemon juice
1 package of lemon gelatin               1/2 grated lemon rind
1 1/4 cup boiling water                     1 pkg vanilla wafers or  
1/3 cup honey                                  1/3 -2/3 pkg graham crackers pulverized into crumbs
1/8 tsp salt

1. Thoroughly chill the milk. Overnight works well.
2. Dissolve gelatin in the boiling water

3. Add honey, salt, lemon juice, and lemon rind. Let sit until slightly congealed

4. Beat the chilled, evaporated milk until stiff (I never can get it quite stiff but it still works)

5. Whip in gelatin mixture.
6. Press half of  the wafer/cracker crumbs into a 10x13 inch pan 
7.Pour the lemon mix over the crumbs and top with remaining crumbs

8. Chill in the fridge at least 3 hours or overnight