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Welcome to our new family recipe blog! Many of you may remember my attempts to collect recipes from the family (several years ago now) in order to compile a family recipe book. The project was put on the back burner while I finished my degree. Now that I'm done, I feel the need to share all these great recipes you all sent!

The more I thought about the project, the more I felt that a recipe book might be beyond the financial reach of many of the family. Because so many of these recipes have been handed down from family no longer with us, such as Great-Grandma Howard, Aunt Fern, and others, I feel we should all have access to the recipes. Thus the beginning of this blog!

I am slowly adding the recipes that were previously sent to me. If any of you would like to add recipes, please send me an email and I'll add you to the list of contributors so you have access. Also, most of the recipes do not yet have photos. If you would like to try a recipe and take a photo of the steps or even just the finished product, please feel free to add them. I always enjoy recipes more when they include photos.

If you have any other suggestions for the blog, please let me know. I'm starting it, but I would like it to be for the whole family! Please also feel free to share it with friends, though I think for now we'll keep the contributors limited to the McBride clan. Enjoy, and please let me know what you think!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Oil Pie Pastry


Submitted by Pheobe Blackham

This pie crust was famous from Lulie Blackham.  It was said to be so easy that even a man could make it!!  Well, truth be known, Udell makes it better than I do!! It comes from a Betty Crocker cookbook.

8”-9” one crust                               10” one crust or 8” 2 crust
1 cup + 2 T flour                            1 ¾  cup flour
½ tsp salt                                        1 tsp salt
1/3 cup oil  (Mazola)                     ½ cup oil
2-3 T cold water                             3-4 T cold water

10” 2 crust pie
2 2/3 cup flour
1½ tsp salt
¾ cup oil
4-5 T cold water

Measure flour & salt into bowl.  Add oil, mix until pea size.  Sprinkle water
1 tablespoon at a time until flour is moistened and dough cleans side of bowl.  If
Dough is too dry add more oil, not water.  Roll out and fill or bake for 12-15 min. at 475°.

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Gus was our bishop when we were young parents in Orem. Some of my favorite recipes came from Lulie. I made her crescent roll dough Thursday to wrap around little sausages for pings-in-blankets. The remainder of the dough was made into the famous crescents for tonight's Sunday dinner. After dinner tonight, we got a call from our daughter in Utah. She wanted my cornbread recipe, which is actually Lulie's recipe that I've used for nearly 30 years. Lulie's chimis are another family favorite. My daughter made the chimis when, after summer break, she returned to BYU in Aug 11. She whole-heartedly believes that the chimis are the reason that, after eating them, a certain young man decided to ask her out on a date. They married this past April and we owe it all to Lulie's chimis :o) from Linda M