A few folks are doing a challenge – since I rarely blog, I thought I would be challenged but not feel overwhelmed.
#MTBoS12days Yule Blog Challenge Day 1
“My Holiday favorites” (you choose)
- treats & recipes to share
- inexpensive gifts to give
- holiday memories
When my husband and I taught in southern Africa, we came back to the States for Christmas/summer break for 5 weeks to visit family and friends. We visited a small bookstore that had a thin paperback cookbook of Scandanavian home recipes – mostly family recipes. When we returned to Africa for the new school year I experimented with some of the recipes. I always enjoyed sweetcorn since childhood (my dad grew some for a local canning factory on the family farm). And scalloped corn or corn casserole or corn pudding was a favorite for the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays and throughout the winter season. After trying various ingredient amounts, I settled on the following:
Scalloped Corn
2 Tbsp butter/margarine
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp flour
salt and pepper to taste
3 eggs- slighly beaten
1 cup milk
1 can = ~15 oz of cream styled corn (I like Green Giant the best)
1 can – ~15 oz of whole kernal corn – drained
1 pack of saltine crackers
Melt butter in a large casserole dish, add sugar, cream corn. Then add eggs. Add flour, salt and pepper. Add whole kernal corn and milk. Add some broken crackers to the mix – maybe 1/2 package to start with and add as much as you want. Stir. I usually break a few crackers on top to make a crunchy top. Bake about an hour at 350 F (Preheated)
Definitely high on my comfort food list 🙂
