Mama Hampton's Homemade Goods

05/19/2020

Week 6 recipe is Glazed Orange Pecan Bread. It turned out very different than I expected. This is not a sweet bread like zucchini or banana. It's more like a white bread with a touch of sweetness, pecans and orange flavor. Very tasty!

Glazed Orange Pecan Bread
1/4 c. butter, softened
3/4 c. sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsp orange rind*
2 c. AP flour
1 tsp salt
3/4 c. orange juice
1/2 c. chopped pecans

Glaze
2 1/2 tsp orange juice
1/2 c. powdered sugar

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and orange rind. Mix well.
Combine dry ingredients. Add to cream mixture alternatively with orange juice. Mix well. Stir in pecans.
Pour into greased 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake at 350⁰ for 50-55 minutes. Cool 10 minutes then remove from pan. Let cool completely.
Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over sliced loaf. Yield 1 loaf.
*I didn't have any oranges to add the orange peel, so I substituted 2 tsp of orange extract. It really gave it a kick of flavor!

05/12/2020

Week 5 of baking my way through Mama Hampton's recipes. This time I made her Lemon Lime Icebox Cake. She loved anything citrus, so this was a fav.
The recipe calls for Dream Whip, which once was a very popular dessert topping. It is still sold at the grocery where you'd find pudding mix.
Be sure to place your metal mixing bowl and beaters in the freezer before making the Dream Whip for best results.

Lemon Lime Icebox Cake

1 box Duncan Hines Signature Lemon cake mix
1 pkg lime jello

Bake cake according to directions. Mix jello with 3/4 cup hot water and 1/2 cup cold water. Poke holes in cooled cake and pour over jello.

Icing
1 pkg Dream Whip
1 pkg lemon instant pudding
1 1/2 c. milk

Beat until stiff. Spread on cake and store in the icebox.

05/01/2020

I know I'm a week behind, but here is the Week 4 recipe :Lemon Cake Pie. "This is like a lemon pudding on the bottom and cake on top", Mama Hampton wrote. My only edit to this would be to use a deep dish pie crust.

Lemon Cake Pie
1/3 c butter
1 c sugar
2 tbsp flour
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp grated lemon rind
1/4 c lemon juice
1 c milk
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites, beated stiff

Cream butter and sugar. Add flour salt, lemon rind and egg yolks. Mix well. Stir in juice and milk. Fold in egg white. Pour into unbaked shell. Bake 10 minutes at 425⁰. Then bake 50 minutes at 325⁰.

04/23/2020

One of my favorite Mama Hampton stories! She and her husband owned and operated a grocery store called Hampton's Grocery for numerous years. On day, a man tried to rob her store. Mama Hampton wasn't about to give up without a fight. News article from September 1966.

04/17/2020

This week's recipe from the Mama Hampton's archive is The Next Best Thing to Robert Redford. It's a layered dessert that got its name as Cool Whip was becoming a popular alternative to having to whip your own whipping cream. And, as rising actor, Robert Redford, became a heartthrob.

Very easy to put together and would make a great get-together dessert!

Robert Redford Dessert

1 c flour
1 stick butter, melted
1 c chopped nuts
1 c sugar
Mix and press into cake pan. Bake 15 minutes at 350⁰. Cool

8oz cream cheese
2/3 c sugar
6 oz cool whip.
Mix together and spread on crust

1 pkg vanilla pudding
1 pkg chocolate pudding
3 c cold milk
Mix together and spread over cool whip layer

6 oz cool whip
Miniature Hershey bar
Spread cool whip over pudding layer. Top with grated Hershey bar. Refrigerate 6 to 8 hours.

04/10/2020

Today's shareable recipe is Mama Hampton's Caramel Apple Coffee Cake. It's so decadent and delicious!
My tips: I didn't use any nuts. I baked for hour, turned oven off, and kept cake in oven for last 15 minutes. And, I allowed the caramel sauce to cool a little before I spooned it on cake.
Recipe
3 eggs
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. oil
2 tsp vanilla
3 c. flour
1 tsp soda
3 c. chopped apples
1 c. nuts
Beat eggs until foamy. Gradually add sugar. Blend in oil. Combine dry ingredients and add. Add eggs. Stir in apples and pecans. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes 350⁰. Cool 10 minutes, remove to platter.
Topping
1/2 c butter
1/4 c evaporated milk
1 c packed brown suga
Boil ingredients for 3 minutes. Pour over hot cake.

04/02/2020

Back in the 1800s, there were different kinds of pie called Desperation Pies. They were pies that used ingredients people had on hand instead of hard to find ingredients such as fruit. These pies become popular once again during the Depression. Mama Hampton had written recipes for 3 of these pies. 1. Chess Pie- made to mimic a Pecan/Custard Pie. 2. Surprise Pie- made to mimic Apple Pie. 3. Vinegar Pie- made to mimic Lemon Pie. Today, I will share the recipe for Chess Pie:
1 c. buttermilk
1 stick butter, softened
3 tbsp flour
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
Cream eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla. Add milk and flour. Pour into deep dish pie shell. Bake 40 minutes at 350⁰. Store in refrigerator.

03/30/2020

Sharing the recipe for Mama Hampton's Hawaiian Bread. It's a perfect tropical treat for all of us stuck at home during Spring Break! I added a 1/2 cup of sweetened coconut to my loaves.

03/24/2020

No chicken or ground beef? No problem! Watch 91 yo Clara (from 2007) make a Depression Era meal. All you need is potatoes, onion, hot dogs, and a bit of spaghetti sauce. Mama Hampton was 10 years older than Clara, so this probably was something she cooked.

Clara's Official Website: www.welcometoclaraskitchen.com 91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as...

03/20/2020

Mama Hampton's Tip #2. Let's talk green onions. To prolong life, simply put them in a jar filled with water and leave them on the counter. If you're not planning on using the green stems right away: slice them, place on cookie sheet, and freeze. When frozen, put in ziploc bag. You can take out just the amount you want to use. Now, be sure to leave the onions in the water. The green stems will grow back! Change the water as needed.

03/20/2020

Thought I'd pass along some tips I learned from Mama Hampton that are especially useful right now. Tip #1: When you buy celery, cut it into desired piece lengths, fill a round container with water, and keep the celery in the fridge like this. It will prolong the life and keep your celery crisp. Change the water every few days when it starts to get cloudy. Don't throw away the leaves or any undesirable parts, I'll share some ideas with those later. Just keep them in a ziploc bag.

11/15/2018

Now taking orders for Thanksgiving. All baked goods will be made fresh to order. Available items include: Pecan & Pumpkin Pies ($8), Pumpkin Rolls ($8), and Old Fashioned Fudge- Reece Cup, Peanut Butter, Orange Cream, Chocolate, and White Chocolate ($5 for 1 pound). All Thanksgiving orders need to be placed by Sunday, November 18th with pick up Tuesday evening and all day Wednesday