Skillet Cornbread
This recipe is from Elena. It’s a staple in their household. Even Noel knows how to make it!
Millie Wilson’s Bread
Millie Wilson was a wonderful baker, especially considering she did all her baking on an old wood stove, having split the wood herself. I used to stop there every morning on my way to school to pick up Georgianna (I walked her to school or the bus stop). While waiting for her to get ready, …
Anadama Bread
The folks first had this bread at Long Lake Bible Camp in Naples, Maine. The pastor from Bellows Falls made bread for the whole camp and gave the recipe to Mom and Dad. The original story, which you’ve probably all heard, was that of the farmer who came home to find his wife, Anna, had …
Millie (Gable’s) Whole Wheat Bread
This was given to me with ingredients, but no instructions, so I’m making them up from my bread-baking experience.
Honey Banana Whole Wheat Bread
Here is a recipe that I have adapted from the book that came with my bread machine (Healthy Bread Recipes, Salton/Maxim Housewares, Inc., no year given). It is a yeast bread, with only one banana, so it has just a subtle banana flavor. Great toasted for breakfast – some even like it for peanut butter …
Mother’s Banana Bread
Makes one standard loaf or three small loaves.
Mother’s Biscuits
Many memories of these delicious, flaky biscuits topped with strawberries, or maple syrup, or butter with a mug of steaming cocoa alongside for a light Sunday night supper. This recipe originally came from Grandma Woods (Percy’s mother). Makes about 14 biscuits.
Angel Biscuits
From Mother’s “little black book,” this is attributed to Heloise. The yeasty flavor is a nice variation on our traditional concept of biscuits. Quicker than yeast rolls.
Dumplings (Betty Crocker)
Kathy contributed this recipe, adding that the Midwest is chicken and dumplings country. This recipe is quite similar to her mother’s, who always served chicken and dumplings with mashed potatoes. The secret is in the covered and uncovered timed cooking.
Mother’s Pancakes
As in any good Vermonter’s home, pancakes were a staple, topped of course only with genuine Vermont Maple Syrup – the good stuff, not any of those Flatlander substitutes! (Although I do remember Mother making ersatz syrup out of brown sugar in some lean times.) This recipe originally came from Grandma White (Alice’s mother).
Mother’s Muffins
Muffins were always baked in an old-fashioned “roll iron” for a distinctive shape and crisp crust. The oiled roll iron should be preheated in the oven while you are mixing the batter. This recipe originally came from Grandma (Esther) Woods, and Dad often was the one to make them on a Saturday, especially after he …
Millie’s All-Bran Muffins
This recipe and Six-Week Bran Muffins are very similar, except the amount of flour is very different. Try them both! This one came from Millie Gable, with a notation that she got it from Marilyn Quigley, ET.
Six-Week Bran Muffins
Peggy got this recipe from Ann Tripple (Lew’s sister) in Oregon, who cooks for 9 people and likes to keep it simple. I checked with her on the difference in flour from the previous recipe (Millie’s All-Bran Muffins) and she confirmed that these amounts are correct. You decide!
Kathy’s Coffee Rolls Scandinavian
Kathy often brought these over on holiday mornings – tender and delicious! One advantage is that you can mix up the dough the night before. I always thought the “Scandinavian” referred to her Swedish background, but when she gave me the recipe, she attributed the source to Fleischmann’s Yeast Cookbook! Live and learn!
Peggy’s Blueberry Muffins
Peggy claims: Best if made with fresh blueberries picked while standing in Lake Winnipesaukee on the point at Elly’s! Ask Dad!
Basic Sweet Roll Dough & Variations (Betty Crocker)
While Larry was in college, Kathy bakes sweet rolls which he took to the Dartmouth College Library staff lounge to sell. It meant rising at 4 AM; since she was also baby-sitting several children at the time, she didn’t have the energy to do that very long!
Mother’s Doughnuts
No Woods Family cookbook would be complete without this recipe! Mother originally got her recipe from Grandma White. For a time, she sold them at Frasier’s General Store for 30 cents per half dozen. Remember “Sure Enough?” He sold food items out of the back of his van and traveled around the area. He too …
Kathy’s Raised Doughnuts (Betty Crocker)
Kathy has particularly fond memories of her mother making Glazed Raised Doughnuts weekly. Kathy would walk the short block home from school at noon to pick up the doughnuts, sell them to the kids, and donate the proceeds to the PTA.
Monkey Bread
I asked Melissa if she had any recipes to contribute from her new mother-in-law, Susan Martin (who’s from Tennessee, originally). Susan replied, “Am I allowed? I’m not Woods by either birth or marriage.” So what – good to have something new! Jay loves this!