Old Time Knowledge

I had planned to post this Pecan Pie recipe before Thanksgiving, but it just didn't happen! No matter... This pie is perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas or anytime of year! This particular pecan pie recipe is super easy and only has five ingredients (apart from the pie crust). If you're going to bake this in a glass dish like me, set the oven to 375º and just keep an eye on it until the pie is solid. If you're baking it in a metal pan, bake it at 350º. INGREDIENTS •1 cup chopped pecans • 3 eggs • 3/4 cup sugar • 3/4 cup dark corn syrup •1/2 cup butter* (If you want, you can cut this back to 1/3 cup, but I like to use 1/2 cup of butter. Also, I'm using salted butter. If you are using unsalted butter, you'll want to add a dash of salt to your recipe.) INSTRUCTIONS Combine all ingredients and bake at 350º for about 45-50 minutes or until pie is set. (If using a glass dish, set the temperature to 375º.) Here is an Amazon associate link to the chopper I'm using in this video: https://amzn.to/3qKtKTl I use the same one for chopping collards, fruit for jam, all kinds of things.

This is an old-fashioned slow cooker recipe for delicious apple butter – a cozy taste of autumn! This recipe makes seven half-pint (8 oz.) jelly jars of apple butter. Here is a link to the steam canner in the video: https://amzn.to/3lS8Xd2 (Amazon affiliate link) INGREDIENTS: * 6 lbs of apples, cored and sliced (I used Fuji. The smaller the pieces you start with, the quicker they will cook!) * 2 cups white sugar (You can use all white sugar if you prefer, but I don't think I would use all brown sugar.) * 2 cups brown sugar * 1 Tbsp. cinnamon * 1 tsp. nutmeg * 1/2 tsp. ground cloves * 1/2 tsp. salt * ~ 1/8 tsp. allspice Thanks for watching!

I've been seeing CROCKTOBER around on YouTube for the month of October so I thought I would roll in my slow cooker Mac & Cheese recipe with the country vegetable plate I had already planned to cover in this video. On the menu: Crock Pot Mac & Cheese Baked Corn Pudding Sweet Potatoes Sautéed String Beans CROCKPOT MAC & CHEESE - INGREDIENTS 1 lb. elbow macaroni (or your preferred pasta) 2 cups milk 5 or 6 oz. of evaporated milk 1 can cheddar condensed soup 2 eggs 1 lb. shredded cheddar, or your preferred cheese (divided) Grease crock pot and combine all ingredients, but reserve 1/2 of the shredded cheese for the end. Cook on low for 3 hours or high for about 1 1/2 hours. You'll sprinkle on the remainder of the shredded cheese in the last ~20 minutes of cooking. TIP: If you prefer, you can lightly cook pasta before putting in slow cooker. It will produce a creamier result, but if you prefer a slightly more al dente pasta, put the uncooked macaroni straight in the slow cooker. BAKED CORN PUDDING - INGREDIENTS 1 can whole kernel corn 1 can cream style corn 2 Tbsp. corn starch 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 stick butter 3 eggs Melt stick of butter in baking dish. Combine all ingredients and pour in dish. Bake in 350º oven for about 30 minutes or so, or until the top starts to brown slightly.

This fun recipe isn't half bad! It was kind of scary just because, I mean, bell peppers, macaroni and cheese, and ham? I never thought of putting those together and I wasn't sure what the bell pepper flavor would do to the macaroni & cheese, but turns out, it was fine! Watch the whole Scary Vintage Recipes Series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m3Olo3inSw&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a4Fc1f5OYs0Nydl9DOUjwBE

This Old Fashioned Corn Pudding Casserole Recipe is a super easy side for Thanksgiving, or for anytime. It only has a few ingredients and it is absolutely delicious! INGREDIENTS 1 can corn, drained 1 can cream style corn 3 eggs 1/4 cup sugar 2 Tbsp. corn starch 1/2 stick butter Salt and pepper to taste INSTRUCTIONS Melt butter in dish in preheated 350ºoven. Drain can of regular corn and mix all ingredients. Pour into dish and bake for about 45-50 minutes, or until top of corn pudding is golden brown. Serve and enjoy! This is an affiliate link for the can opener I use in my kitchen. It's Made in the USA and it very well made. I've had it for a long, long time! EZ-DUZ-IT Made in USA Can Opener https://amzn.to/3qV4CLW To see more videos from my holiday series from last year, go here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a4wv2xCsN8zZXYZWqSVFfWC

Snow Buttons, aka Mexican Wedding Cookies, aka Danish Wedding Cookies, aka Snowballs, aka "Snow Crescents," are a wonderful Christmas cookie to put on your Christmas recipes 2020 bake list! They look like they've been rolled in fresh driven snow. These are ideal with a nice cup of coffee or hot tea! INGREDIENTS • Butter • Powdered sugar • Flour • Pecans • Vanilla • Ice Water

This quick & easy recipe for restaurant style chicken tenders will be a hit for your family -- especially the kids! Now, any time you are craving restaurant style chicken fingers, you can make some from scratch! This recipe comes from the 1995 edition of The Southern Living Cookbook, which I *highly* recommend! It is full of the BEST recipes. And it turns out they do have it available on Amazon, although as of this writing, only one vendor is selling it in new condition, but many others have it used. https://amzn.to/3aeh7bw Here's the video I mentioned with Japanese style chicken nuggets: https://youtu.be/1VHzcI1Ox6c

This quick and easy Alfredo sauce for linguine Alfredo (or fettuccine Alfredo) only takes about 10 minutes, excluding the amount of time it takes the water to come to a boil. This traditional alfredo sauce is made from scratch with heavy cream, butter, and parmesan cheese. INGREDIENTS * 1 cup heavy cream * 4 Tbsp. butter * 2/3 cup parmesan cheese, grated * 1/2 tsp. salt * dash of nutmeg

This is my grandmother's recipe for Sweet Potato Fluff (with marshmallows), a family favorite at Thanksgiving, Christmas, or anytime. Ingredients 4 cups sweet potatoes 1/2 stick butter 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1 tbsp. vanilla (or less if you prefer) Marshmallows Preheat oven to 350º. Bake the sweet potatoes. Set aside and cool until you can handle them, then peel them. In a medium mixing bowl, use a spoon or fork to mix the sweet potatoes and butter together. Add sugar, nutmeg, and vanilla and mix well. Spray cooking spray in square Pyrex dish or a pie dish. Pour sweet potato mixture into dish and bake for about 20 minutes. Take baked sweet potato mixture out of the oven and add marshmallows to the top. Return to oven and bake for about 5 to 7 more minutes, or if your oven isn't browning the marshmallows, you can turn on the broiler for about a minute. Just keep an eye on the Sweet Potato Fluff so it doesn't burn. Remove from the oven. Let it rest for at least 15 minutes before serving. My homemade vanilla recipe https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extract/

I almost felt silly making a video about smoked sausage and potatoes —I mean, it's just so simple! But this needed to be on the channel, so here it is. Really, it couldn't be easier. At the most basic level, all you need is smoked sausage (or polska kielbasa), potatoes, oil, salt, and pepper. If you want, you can finely dice up onions and add them in, or just use a packet of Lipton Onion Soup mix in lieu of the salt and pepper. Sometimes it's also good to sprinkle paprika on the peppers, but really, anything goes. Whatever you and your family like! Here's the cake pan I use: https://amzn.to/37qFwtn (affiliate)

This chocolate meringue pie is my grandfather's favorite! Seriously, he loves it so much when I make this for him. And I love that this particular recipe doesn't call for baker's chocolate, which I never have on hand. Instead, it calls for cocoa powder and butter. PIE FILLING INGREDIENTS * 1 cup sugar * 3 Tbsp corn starch * 3 Tbsp cocoa powder * 2 cups milk * Dash of salt * 3 egg yolks (you'll be using the whites for the meringue) * 2 Tbsp butter MERINGUE INGREDIENTS * 3 egg whites * 1/2 tsp cream of tartar * 6 Tbsp sugar

This cinnamon roll recipe comes directly from my great-grandmother's cookbook that came with her 1930 model Home Comfort cast iron range. I've never made this recipe before, but you can be sure I'll make it again!

Back in early November of last year I made a fruitcake (https://youtu.be/kNmmUUZr0Bg). It was the first fruitcake I had made so I was excited to find out how it would turn out. When I recorded my Christmas greeting message, I said I would have to update y'all on how that fruitcake turned out, but then I forgot! I just remembered even though we're now almost to the end of February, so here is that long-awaited update!

These are hands-down, the very best oatmeal cookies ever! Just plain, oatmeal cookies! You can add in things if you want, but these are perfect exactly the way they are. Ingredients 1 cup butter 3/4 cup white sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 cup water 1 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 3 cups oatmeal For best results, wrap cookie dough in rolls in sheets of wax paper and refrigerate for a few hours before baking. Bake ~12 to 13 minutes (or longer, if necessary) in a 350º oven. If you have refrigerated them first, they should start to brown around that time. At that point you can decide how done you want them before you pull them out of the oven. Get a nice glass of milk, a plate of warm cookies, and enjoy! Want to make your own vanilla extract? Go here: http://bit.ly/homemade-vanilla-extract

You want to make a homemade cheesecake but you also don't want to deal with the spring form pans or water bath or any of those complicated steps. This is the PERFECT recipe for an easy homemade cheesecake that your family and friends will love! The recipe is from King Arthur Flour and can be found here: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/easy-cheesecake-recipe CRUST 1 1/2 cups (128g) graham cracker crumbs (9 to 10 whole graham crackers), crushed) 1/4 cup (28g) confectioners' sugar 5 1/3 tablespoons (74g) butter, melted 1/8 teaspoon salt FILLING two 8-ounce packages (452g) cream cheese, at room temperature 2/3 cup (152g) granulated sugar 2 large eggs, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Here is my recipe for homemade vanilla: https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extract/

This is how we've always made fried chicken in our family: Just 2 ingredients - chicken and self-rising flour, with a little bit of salt and pepper, of course, and the oil to cook it in. No long list of spices. No buttermilk soak. Just good ol' basic fried chicken. INGREDIENTS * Whole chicken, cut up (or any chicken pieces you prefer), salted & peppered * Self-rising flour I use canola oil, but traditionally, lard was used, and then Crisco, and my grandmother uses corn oil to this day. Any standard cooking oil should be fine except coconut oil, which has a low smoke point and might cause you problems frying for this long. Fry pieces on medium, adjusting up and down as needed, until each piece registers at least 165º in the thickest part of the flesh.

Learn to make ACP (arroz con pollo) just like the local Mexican Restaurant. Aside from being a delicious dish on its own, the cheese sauce I make in this video can also be used as a nacho dip for the tortilla chips that I made in the Chips & Salsa video (https://youtu.be/qpDEC4eCMRY) You'll definitely need the Adobo seasoning for this. If you can't find it in a store near you, you can get it from Amazon. At the very least, you might want to see the exact kind I get because there are a few varieties of Adobo seasoning. I get the kind WITHOUT PEPPER (sin pimienta) Here is an associate link https://amzn.to/3czQgJe And this is the Velveeta Queso Blanco (don't buy this here -- it's WAY too expensive, but this way you can see what the box looks like) https://amzn.to/3sDwS3O

Karaage, or Japanese style chicken nuggets, are delicious and so easy to make. Serve with a side of steamed rice. This recipe comes from THE MANGA COOKBOOK by Yoko Ishihara (https://amzn.to/3oyz7Tw). In the video's introduction, I also mention movies like Ponyo and My Neighbor Totoro. Both are now available on Amazon Prime: Ponyo - https://amzn.to/3lXoh7R My Neighbor Totoro - https://amzn.to/36YfQFe (affiliate links) INGREDIENTS •1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs •1/2 cup soy sauce • 2 tsp. minced garlic or 2 crushed cloves of garlic • 1 tsp. grated ginger • Corn starch (as much as needed to coat chicken pieces) •Cooking oil INSTRUCTIONS 1. Dice chicken thighs into pieces about 1" or so. 2. In a large ziploc bag, combine garlic, ginger, and soy sauce. Add chicken and marinate for about 20 mintues. 3. In a separate bag, start with about 1/2 cup corn starch and start adding marinated chicken pieces. Close bag and shake to coat pieces. Add more starch as needed until you are able to coat all of the pieces of chicken. 4. Fry chicken pieces in hot oil until done. 5. Serve with a side of steamed rice. Enjoy!

Sausage balls are an ideal appetizer to enjoy with your family while everyone is opening presents at Christmas, or really any time for any gathering. You can also enjoy these for breakfast, plus they're great to freeze and re-heat. INGREDIENTS 1 lb. country sausage 2 cups Bisquick (or your preferred biscuit mix) 1 lb. shredded cheddar (I use half mild, half sharp) Mix ingredients together and bake in 350º oven for about 20-25 minutes. Did you know you can get 6-lb boxes of Bisquick at Amazon!? https://amzn.to/3djVtEh (affiliate link) I mention my homemade biscuit recipe in this video. Make Perfect, Fluffy Biscuits! https://youtu.be/lt8oX4h0W6A For my whole Holiday Series playlist, go here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a4wv2xCsN8zZXYZWqSVFfWC

There are all kinds of ways to make biscuits, but when you understand the key techniques I mention in this video, you'll be baking perfect, fluffy biscuits every single time! In addition, you'll be able to play around with the ingredients to get the exact biscuit recipe to suit your taste. This version uses self-rising flour, whole milk, and butter. Soon, I'll post a video making biscuits with lard and buttermilk. Preheat oven to 475. Ingredients: 2 cups self-rising flour ~5 Tbsp. cold butter ~3/4 cup milk Here is an affiliate link to the cookie cutters I'm using in the video: https://amzn.to/2SaxmOe

I'll bet a lot of you had (or have) grandmothers who made an old-fashioned congealed salad like this back in the day. This is such a delicious, refreshing treat any time of year. My grandmother to this day still makes this for holidays. It's so simple to make. The hard part is waiting for it to set! INGREDIENTS 1 box Lemon Jello (3 oz.) 1 box Lime Jello (3 oz.) 2 cups boiling water 1 cup cottage cheese 4 Tbsp. mayonnaise 10 oz. crushed pineapple crushed pecans for topping (optional) 1. Bring water to a boil then add to Jello and mix until dissolved. 2. Add mayonnaise and cottage cheese. Mix well. 3. Add crushed pineapple. Mix well. 4. Pour into casserole dish and top with crushed pecans if desired. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 to 8 hours before serving. 5. Enjoy!

Coca-Cola Cake is a genuine southern classic. It's a delicious chocolate cake with chocolate cooked frosting that has just a hint of Coca-Cola flavor. Coca-Cola Cake ingredients * 2 cups flour * 2 cups sugar * 1 tsp. baking soda * 1 cup Coca-Cola * 1 cup butter * 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder * 1 1/2 cups marshmallows * 1/2 cup buttermilk * 2 eggs * 1 tsp vanilla Coca-Cola icing * 1/2 cup butter * 1/4 cup Coca-Cola * 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder * 3 cups sifted, powdered sugar * 1 tsp vanilla

Chocolate Lasagna is always a hit in our family! Who doesn't love chocolate pudding, cream cheese, oreos, and Cool Whip all together in a decadent, no-bake dessert? INGREDIENTS CRUST • ~36-38 Oreos, crushed • 1 stick butter, melted CREAM CHEESE LAYER • 1 box of cream cheese (8 oz.) • 1/4 cup sugar • 2 Tbsp. milk • ~ 2 cups Cool Whip CHOCOLATE PUDDING LAYER • 2 boxes Jello Pudding - Chocolate • 3 1/4 cups milk FINAL TOPPING • Cool Whip • Mini Chocolate Chips

There's a trick to making southern-style sweet tea the right way. This video will show you how. All you need is plenty of sugar, some tea bags, and your favorite pitcher —but the order you do things makes all the difference!