This mysterious person on the scooter is not my Grandma. I’m not sure who this is, but this photo was found in one of Grandma’s photo albums. Currently my mom and sister are on a photo finding mission and the best ones will be an addition to the Wilson family cookbook – our current project. My mom has been very busy typing up 29 recipes WITH an index. Mom’s a medical transcriptionist and types very fast and very accurately. My favourite part of the index (yes! the index!) is that mom put it in this order:
- Desserts
- Pies and Pastries
- Entrees
Makes perfect sense.
So over the next month or so, I’ll be making all the recipes in the index and taking photos of them all. Good thing I get the newsletter from the food photo blog – they have all kinds of great tips for taking photos of food. And, I thought I’d post the recipes and photos here while I’m at it. Maybe you’d like to try Grandma’s pastry recipe, too. My Grandma is a pastry champ, and I’m thinking that if I can pull it off, the cover of the cookbook will be a pie recipe. Although, where the heck can I find Saskatoon berries locally? I’ll have search the farmers’ markets.
I think I’ll start this project this weekend, and I’m looking forward to trying the pineapple squares. Anything with coconut makes me think of oldie-times and The Little Rascals.
Pineapple Squares
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 egg beaten
1 cup crushed pineapple
Method:
Mix flour, baking powder and butter together. Mix with well beaten egg. Press into large pan (9×13).
Spread 1 cup crushed well drained pineapple on top of first mixture.
Mix:
2 eggs well beaten
2 cups coconut (or a little less)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter (melted)
Put on top of pineapple.
Bake at 300° for 30 minutes. Store in fridge (can substitute jam for pineapple).
It looks like I may have to roast a turkey in the near future. For the photoshoot, of course.
Mike’s going to hate that part for sure.
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