Holding on to Legacies

"My Grandma's Time" is titled both literally meaning the time she spent with me and also to represent an age gone by. As I have searched through old family photos and letters sorting through my family history I have discovered so many talents and priceless skills that have been lost through the generations. My Grandma Nita was always a huge inspiration to me leaving me nuggets of wisdom and irreplaceable memories. She was a strong, independent woman with a huge heart. She loved her family and friends and loved to show them how much she cared for them through her cooking. I hope to share some of her great recipes on this blog as a way of honoring her life here on Earth and helping others to create the same warm memories I have in their home. I challenge all my readers to dig deep into their family history to see what great trades may have been lost. A seamstress, a carpenter, a blacksmith; all wonderful trades that you could reignite a passion for in your family and a treasure you could pass down for generations to come. I hope you all will enjoy these dishes as my family has. Most are the original recipes straight from Grandma Nita's cookbooks. Some I have modified to my personal tastes as you can too! Please feel free to share any modifications you may have made and how they turned out for you. Happy Cooking!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

March Meeting Cake

Back in the days of the colonists, a yearly town meeting was held each March that sometimes would last all day.  Wives would make these cakes for their husbands to take with them to eat during recess and so came the name, March Meeting Cake! Note: It is less like a cake and more like bread. :)

Ingredients:
2 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 package active dry yeast
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup milk
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup of raisins

In large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup of the flour, yeast, salt, and nutmeg.  In a saucepan heat milk, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and butter until just warm (115-120F), stirring constantly.  Add to dry mixture in bowl.  Add egg; beat at low speed of electric mixer for 1 minute, scraping sides of bowl constantly.  Beat 3 minutes at high speed.  By hand stir in remaining flour and raisins.  Cover; let rise in warm place until double (about 1 1/2 hours). Stir dough down.  Spoon into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.  Let rise till nearly double (about 1 hour).  Bake at 350 for 40  minutes. Makes 1 loaf.
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