Some of my favorite memories have taken place in a kitchen! Because they are so precious, I have found a few ways to preserve those memories. See how to preserve recipes with sentiment – how precious they are!
I have very early memories of standing on a stool to help my grandmother make lattice top pie crusts for her pineapple pies, helping my mom in the kitchen, and watching my son experiment with cooking when he was very little. He later became a chef and eventually taught me a few things.
Family Recipes
Even though Jacob was a chef, he valued family home cooking. A few years ago, he asked for a recipe book filled with all of the family members’ favorite recipes. Although it was a huge undertaking, it was well worth it. Everyone in the family wrote several recipe cards for him, and we organized them in a recipe notebook. He specifically asked for certain recipes, and we filled in with others. Of course, he loved it!
Ways to Preserve Recipes with Sentiment
A few years before he passed away, he made us all handwritten recipe books, which contained some of his favorite recipes. As a result, I have started trying to make one of those recipes each year for our family Christmas. Not only was this recipe book a priceless gift, but my daughter took his Peaches and Cream Bread Pudding recipe (in his handwriting) and had it put on a dish towel for me. Precious!
I have several of my grandmother’s recipe books as well. Recently, As I was looking through one of the recipe books, the cover page fell out of the binding. Normally, I would not have even looked at that page, but I am glad I did. It was covered in hand-written recipes that she used regularly. They were some of our favorites!
A page like that couldn’t be stuffed back into the book, so I framed it and put it in my kitchen. The page has several stains on it, which I am guessing are from the ingredients she used, and the edges are tattered. It is full of character, and as a result, it is a constant reminder of her!
Recipes with Sentiment
Here are a couple of recipes from this page, as she wrote them. She made them frequently, and therefore was well known for these recipes.
Sock It To Me Cake
1 Box Golden Butter Cake Mix
Disregard the recipe on the box.
1 Cup Sour Cream
½ Cup Sugar
¾ Cup Wesson Oil
4 Eggs
Mix together well, & set aside.
Mix 3 T. Brown Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
½ Cup Chopped Pecans
Pour a layer of Batter, then sprinkle Brown Sugar (mixture) over Batter, and then again.
Bake 350 for 1 hr.
Grace’s Salad
1 Can Eagle Brand Milk
1 Large Cool Whip
1 Can Crushed Pineapple, Drained
1 Small Jar of Cherries, Chopped fine
½ Cup Pecans, Chopped
2 T. Lemon Juice
Mix and let it set for 2 hrs. (In the refrigerator)
There are so many other ideas to preserve precious recipes with sentiment that you may have in your family. Please share your ideas in the comments, because we would all love to hear!
Happy Cooking!
Have a Grace & Joy-filled day!
Susan
More Recipes with Sentiment
Aunt Joy’s Jalapeno Appetizers
Other Sentimental Ideas
See Julie’s handwritten recipes on cutting boards at Happy Ever Engraving!
Sock It To Me Cake was one of my Mom’s signature dishes at family gatherings. Unfortunately, she is the nursing home now, what a blessing it would be to have her make one more Sock It To Me Cakes. Thank you for the reminder of who is was before being diagnosed with dementia.
Sweet memories!
So many precious memories here! I love this.
Thank you! They are so special to me!
What an awesome idea! I love this post. Pinned and printed – I need to make this! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – have a wonderful week!
Thank you for the opportunity and for all of the great ideas!
I love these ideas because food is always connected to those we love. More specifically, recipes made connect us with people we love. Thank you for sharing this post on the Home Imagined link party.
You are so right- food and family memories go together!
A beautiful reminder that food feeds our souls as well as our bodies. It has the ability to bring back so many happy memories. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Whimsy Home Wednesday!
So true! Food and scents bring back so many memories!
Food definitely has a way of bringing a family together. I love the idea of gathering family recipes and making a book, I always thought this would make the perfect wedding gift. I have recipes my grandmother has hand written, and I would love to make a towel or wall art for our kitchen to cherish always. Thank you so much for sharing this post with us at Whimsy Home Wednesday.
That would be a wonderful wedding gift! I was clueless when I first got married. My mother-in-law wrote some of her recipes in a steno pad for me, and my parents added to it. A handmade recipe book would be great!