Ron's Old Time Red Raspberry Pudding
Make 8 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 - Tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3 - cup raspberries (reserve a few berries for garnish)
• 2 - Tablespoon sugar
• 2 - Tablespoon butter
• 1 - cup all-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 - teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 - teaspoon salt
• 5 - Tablespoon butter
• 2 - cup sugar
• 1 - egg
• 1/3 - cup milk
• Whipped cream

Directions:

1. With the 2 tablespoons flour, dredge the raspberries and place in baking pan. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over the raspberries. 
2. Cut up the 2 tablespoons of butter and dot the raspberries.
3. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. In an electric mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add in the egg. 
4. Then add the flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture. Slowly stir in the milk. Beat well. Using a spoon, add the batter – do not pour in.
5. Place baking pan in oven and bake 30 minutes. 
6. Serve warm with whipped cream and a few raspberries as garnish.

Gunfighter Cherry Cobbler
Make 6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 - cup sugar
• 2 - Tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 - cans (16-ounces) sour cherries (water packed)
• Topping
  • 1 - cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 - Tablespoon sugar
  • 1-1/2 - teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 - teaspoon salt
  • 3 - Tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1/2 - cup plus 2 Tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

1. In a medium saucepan, add sugar and flour.  

2. Mix.

3. Next, stir in the juice from the cherries.

4. Cook over medium heat.

5. Stir until bubbling.

6. Add cherries and bring to a boil.  Pour into your shallow 2-quart casserole dish.

Topping

1. Into a medium bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

2. Cut in the butter or margarine.  You want the mixture to become crumbs.

3. Now, stir in enough milk so that the mixture looks like a batter.

4. Finally, with a tablespoon, drop batter onto cherries.

5. Bake for 25 minutes or until top in browned.

Cowboy Chili Stew recipe

Serves 4.

1 pound ground beef
1 onion, diced
1 (14 ounce) can creamed corn
1 (14 ounce) can hot chili with beans
1 (14 ounce) can pork and beans
1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 small can diced green chiles
Shredded mild Cheddar cheese

Brown ground beef and onion until done; drain.

Combine remaining ingredients except cheese. Simmer for about 30 minutes.

Serve garnished with cheese.

Gooey Chocolate-Caramel Fantasy

• 2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (about 38 wafers)
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 30 vanilla caramels
• ½ cup caramel ice cream topping
• ¼ cup whipping cream
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• ¾ cup semisweet chocolate pieces
• ¼ cup whipping cream

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together chocolate wafer crumbs and melted butter.  Press onto the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.  Cool slightly on a wire rack.
2. In a heavy medium saucepan, melt caramels in caramel ice cream toppoing over low heat, stirring often.  Stir in the first ¼ cup whipping cream.  Remove from heat; stir in nuts.  Spread over crust.  Cool; cover and chill for 1 hour.
3. For topping: In a heavy small saucepan, melt chocolate.  Remove from heat; stir in remaining whipping cream.  Drizzle or spread over caramel-pecan mixture.  Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.  Makes 12 servings.

           Grandmas Cowboy  Cookies

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, margarine, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the peanut butter and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and cream of tartar; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the oats, walnuts (if desired) and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Son of a Gun in a Sack

Yield: 1 serving

NOTES: When the cooksie wanted to return a favor to a cowhand who had brought in some dry firewood (or cow chips) off the range, or if there was a special occasion, he would make this boiled suet pudding. He would add raisins or dried apples if available. Some sources say it got its name because it was so difficult to make and others because it was so good.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dried fruit such as raisins
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 cup bread crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup ground beef suet
1 cup canned milk
1 cup molasses

Mix dry ingredients together. Add suet and mix well. Stir in milk and molasses until well mixed. Pour mixture into a cloth sack and tie with a string. Place in a large pot of boiling water, cover and boil gently for 2 hours.

Serve warm with sweetened canned milk or cream if available.

Chuck Wagon Pecan Bread

This recipe is over 100 years old. It is from a cook who served it to cowhands along the Pecos River

3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
2 cups chopped pecans
1/4 cup melted lard
1 egg

Combine all ingredients and stir well. Pour into a greased 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.

Slowly, but spring is finally here.  Eat up!

Cowboy Cookies
(makes 6 dozen)

Ingredients
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups oatmeal (not instant)
1/2 cup chopped peanuts
1/2 package milk chocolate chips (about 3 oz)
1/2 package of butterscotch or peanut butter chips (about 3 oz)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream shortening, sugars, egg and vanilla. Add all dry ingredients except the oatmeal, nuts and chips; mix thoroughly. Add oatmeal mix, then add nuts and chips and mix gently. Spray cookie sheets lightly with nonstick cooking spray and drop dough onto sheets by rounded tablespoonfuls. Bake for 10 min. or until lightly golden.