Grandmama's Recipes

Buttermilk Pancakes

1 egg, beaten

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 Tablespoon sugar

1 Tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk 

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

Stir together sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Add egg, buttermilk and oil, beating  until mixture is smooth. 

For each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup batter onto a hot, lightly greased griddle or skillet. Turn pancakes when tops are covered with bubbles and edges look dry.

Serve with syrup or sprinkled with powdered sugar.

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Walsenburg's Tomato Sauce

Ingredients: 3 pounds ripe fresh plum tomatoes, peeled and seeded or 1 35 oz can of peeled Italian tomatoes, seeded and lightly crushed, with their liquid

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 small onion, chopped (about 1/3 cup)

1/4 cup finely shredded peeled carrots

1/4 cup finely chopped celery (including leaves)

4 fresh bay leaves or 2 dried bay leaves

Salt

Crushed red pepper

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Grandmama's Meat Sauce (Bolognese)

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 medium yellow onion, minced (about 1 cup)

1 medium carrot, peeled and finely shredded (about 1/2 cup)

1/2 cup minced celery with leaves

Salt

1 pound ground beef

1pound ground pork

1/2 cup dry red wine

1 tablespoon tomato paste

3 cups canned Italian plum tomatoes (preferably San Marzano), with their liquid, crushed

3 bay leaves

Freshly ground black pepper

4 cups hot water, or as needed

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Pizza Dough

I make this every friday for dinner. I put all of the ingredients in my bread make now in the order the manufacter tells me too. Much easier but here is the old fashioned way .

1 C Warm Water

1/4 tsp. Sugar

1 pkg Yeast

2 3/4- 3 1/2 C Better for Bread Flour ( I live in a dry climate I only need 3 cups)

1 tsp. Kosher Salt

1 1/2 TBLS Olive Oil (Plus more for bowl)

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