A Sweet Mother's Day: Family Recipes

When food is made with love, it's especially delicious, and we all have those favorite recipes handed down from grandma and mom that provide a sense of nostalgia and comfort. In honor of Mother's Day, we'd like to share something sweet, so we asked the families of residents to share their favorite handed-down family recipes.

Applesauce Cake (recipe of Marie Wright, provided by Faye Hardiman)

"Our neighbor gave us a loaf of this on a cold winter day when I was a little girl and that is why it was one of my mom’s favorite recipes."

Cream: 2 cups of sugar

             1 cup of butter

Add:      3 cups of applesauce (use unsweetened)

Sift:       4 cups flour

             2 tsps. Ground cloves

              1/2 tsp. allspice

              4 tsps. cinnamon

              4 tsps. Soda

              1/8 tsp. salt

Also:       2 cups chopped nuts

               2 cups raisins

Cream; add applesauce; stir in next 6 ingredients; fold in nuts and raisins.

Bake 1 hour at 400 degrees or 1 1/2 hours at 375 degrees.  I use a tube pan, but you can also make small loaves.

Do you have a family recipe to share? We'll add it to this post so others can enjoy it. Please send recipes to marketing.dept@shannondaletn.org.

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