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Grandma’s Butter Cake
Recipes & Traditions
By Deborah Johansen
½ cup of butter ¾ cup of milk
2 cups of flour 1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. of baking powder 2 eggs
½ tsp. salt 1 ¼ cups of sugar
Cream butter. Add other ingredients and beat for 450 strokes or 3 minutes on low mixer speed. Bake in a greased tube pan at 350º for about 30 minutes. This is a quick and delicious homemade butter cake. Add your favorite frosting and enjoy!
Old Fashioned Mince Meat
Recipes & Traditions
By Deborah Johansen
One of my favorite holiday memories is making home made mince meat with Gram, Mom and the rest of the family. As a child, peeling the apples was the very best part. If you were skillful or lucky enough to peel a whole apple in one continuous, unbroken “peel”, you got to throw it over your shoulder. When the peel lands on the floor, it takes the shape of a letter of the alphabet (well, most times anyway).
Artichoke Dip
Recipes & Traditions
By Deborah Johansen
This artichoke dip is always a big hit at parties and gatherings so you might want to double the recipe! 
Serve hot with crackers. Some like Big Wheat Thins, some like Triscuits, and some like no crackers – just a big spoon!
Grandmother’s Sugar Cookies
Recipes & Traditions
By Deborah Johansen
These cookiesw are so good we often skipped the topping and put our favorite frosting on the cooled cookies! YUM!!!
Old Fashioned Bread Pudding
Recipes & Traditions
By Deborah Johansen
We serve this hot or cold with poured cream. Enjoy!
Our Favorite Brownies
Recipes & Traditions
By Deborah Johansen
4 Squares of baking chocolate 2 Cups of sugar
½ Cup of butter 1 Cup of flour
4 Eggs 1 Teaspoon of vanilla
Melt chocolate with butter over hot water (double boiler). In a separate bowl, beat eggs and sugar. Blend melted chocolate mixture into beaten eggs and sugar, and then stir in flour. Add the vanilla last. Bake at 325˚ for 40 minutes. Enjoy!
Virginia Davis’ Banana Bread
Recipes & Traditions
By Deborah Johansen
¾ cup sugar 1 ½ cup flour
½ cup shortening 1 level tsp baking soda
1 egg pinch of salt
3 bananas (mashed with fork) ¼ cup nuts (optional)
Cream the shortening and then add the sugar, unbeaten egg and mix together. Add mashed bananas (if using large bananas, 2 ½ are enough). Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and add to the mixture. Stir in the nuts (if using) and pour into a bread pan. Bake at 350˚ for 1 hour. (You’ll know it’s done when you stick a toothpick into the loaf and it comes out dry.) Yum! Yum!
Where in the World is Niue?
Travel
By Deborah Johansen
That’s exactly what we wanted to know 
when we found out that we could visit
Niue and swim with the wild humpback
whales in the beautiful waters of the
South Pacific. I had never heard of Niue (pronounced New-aay) and if I had to guess, you probably haven’t heard of it either!
Discover New Zealand!
Travel
By Deborah Johansen
As you all know, getting to New Zealand isn’t exactly a quick trip!
After a long international flight, we arrived safe and sound in the la
nd of the Kiwis.
Once in Auckland, our adventure began in earnest. Driving on the left while semi-awake in the pre-dawn darkness in a light rain and without proper directions is not for the faint of heart!
Osteoporosis - What Every Woman Should Know
Health & Wellness
By Deborah Johansen
Osteoporosis - what every woman should know
• Early detection can help to prevent further bone deterioration.
• The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that osteoporosis will affect one in every three women and one in every five men.
• After age 50, a woman’s risk of developing osteoporosis doubles every five years.
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