Our Grandmothers' Recipes

3 c sifted flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 c sugar 1 c butter 1 egg, slightly beaten 3 TBS cream 1 tsp vanilla Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.  Stir in sugar and cut butter in until it's the consistency of small peas.  Add egg, cream and vanilla and blend.  Dough may be chilled or not.  Roll out on floured board to 1/8 inch thick.  Cut in circles.  Sprinkle with sugar and lay on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 5-8 minutes at 400 degrees.  Makes 6-7 dozen. Note: this did not make 6-7 dozen for me.  I split the dough in half, freezing the other half, and I got about 2 dozen cookies.

1 box light brown sugar 1 small can undiluted evaporated milk 2 TBS Karo 2 TBS water 1/2 stick butter (frozen)* 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 c pecan halves Boil together sugar, milk, water and Karo until soft ball is formed when tested in cold water.  Remove from heat.  Add butter.  Cool.  Add vanilla and beat until creamy.  Add pecans and drop by spoonfuls on was paper. *Note from Kathy: the recipe says to cool after the butter; however, if you use frozen butter you shouldn't need to wait.  Add the whole piece of frozen butter and keep stirring until melted. Note from Melanie: The picture of the praline I used was NOT made with frozen butter and I let it cool a little.  This seemed to make the candy a little thicker and not wanting to drop and spread as easily.  Since I didn't listen to the butter advice, I ended up pressing them between wax paper.  Also, they look a little shiny in the pic because they're not totally cool yet. ...