10 tennessee cook Recipes

tennessee stack cake, why this recipe won : good things come to patient cooks, as this cake must sit for an entire day before being served. during that time, the oversized sugar cookies soak up moisture from the apple butter and become tender and cake-like., recipe history : appalachian specialty known by various names, including apple stack cake, pioneer stack cake, and washday stack cake., secret ingredient : homemade apple butter., what our winner says : my grandmother (mom-mom) was born in 1917 into, a family of ten in lone mountain, tenn. baking day was saturday, and dried apple rings were brought down from the attic, where they had been hung every fall, reserved mainly for use in this special cake. the baked cake was placed on the dining room table to cool, then covered with a clean tablecloth to keep the flies off. mom-mom remembers how she loved to go downstairs on sunday morning and see the large hump under the cloth where the stack cake lay. the anticipation was heightened by the fact that the cake could not be eaten until after sunday dinner, and all

canola oil, onion, chopped, garlic, minced, chicken breasts, cooked and cut into small cubes, great northern beans, drained, fresh cilantro (or 2 tsp dried cilantro), ground cumin, salt, cayenne pepper, chicken broth (optional), monterey jack cheese (optional), tortilla chips (optional)

plain flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, eggs, beaten, cooking oil, vanilla, chopped bananas, chopped nuts, crushed pineapple

butter or margarine, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, cooking apples, peeled, cored, and cut into rings, shortening, brown sugar, molasses, egg, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, butter milk, cream (optional)

butter-flavored cooking spray (such as pam), very ripe bananas, vanilla extract, banana extract, whiskey and honey liqueur (such as jack daniel s tennessee honey), butter, white sugar, eggs, bacon drippings, cooked bacon, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder

cooked mashed pumpkin (can use canned without spices), eggs, beaten, sugar, molasses, salt, ginger, cinnamon, evaporated milk

cold leftover mashed potatoes (not instant ), flour, vegetable oil, any seasonings you like; onion powder , garlic powder, chives, cooked onion, cooked green peppers, etc.

idaho baking potatoes, eggs, hard cooked, salt, fresh ground pepper, onion, finely chopped, celery, finely chopped, about 3 stalks, dill pickle relish , not sweet relish, dijon mustard, mayonnaise