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GRANDMA LINXWILER’S RECIPE CARDS
by Barbara Taylor Fred Arthur Linxwiler (1891 – 1967)Retta Emma Hendricks Linxwiler (1894 – 1970)Children: Iva, Verna Lee, Betty, Freddy, Pat, and Chris
 
I received Grandma Linxwiler’s recipe cards from my mother, VernaLee, last year. They are all in her own handwriting. Most of the cardsare in pretty good shape, but since some are discolored or written inpale blue ink and won’t copy well, I’ll write them out so I can sharethem with you.My Mom (VH) made some notations on the back of some cards.When I think of Grandma Linxwiler, I remember first her warmth andlove …. and then her cooking. She was, by far, the best cook I’veever known. She poured love into everything she cooked. Her pieswere especially delicious.I remember watching her cook, but never once did I see her refer to arecipe. Nor do I remember her measuring anything. She just seemedto add things together and it all came out perfect.I remember Christmas mornings and the big pans of cinnamon rolls.They were so soft and gooey and good they’d just melt in your mouth.But, alas, there’s not a card. I don’t think she wrote down her recipe.Many of the cards are recipes that were given to her by other people.The everyday cooking was memorized.When Grandma wrote out these recipes, she didn’t write down a lot of steps such as mixing the batter for a cake recipe, pouring it into apan, cooking time, or oven temperature. She simply listed theingredients. I won’t add to them, I’ll just copy them for you as shewrote them. You’ll figure it out. Warning – I haven’t tested many of these recipes.Luckily she passed on her “cooking genes” to her children andgrandchildren. We have a large family of great cooks.Barbara Taylor 
 
This is an example of a recipe card in Grandma’s handwriting:My Own Mothers Doughnuts1 ½ cups sour milk with 2 scant level teaspoons sodabeat up:1 ½ cup of sugar 3 eggsabout 1/2 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons vanilla or lemon extract1 teaspoon baking powder flour enough to make a soft dough, like a cookie doughCut out and drop into hot grease. Brown a few minutes. Flip over andbrown the other side. Take out and dip into sugar.(Grandma’s mother, Eva Lorena Kneper, died in 1900 whenGrandma was five years old. Eva was brought up wealthy and wasallowed only to set the table. When she and Grandpa Hendricks gotmarried, she did not know how to cook and it was said “she had touse a cook book to fry potatoes”. Grandma treasured this recipe fromher own mother. - VH)
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