Recipes……….where do you get your recipes from?   Are they passed down from one generation to the next?  Do you have a veritable library of cookbooks?  Do you google for recipes, or perhaps follow certain cooks on other platforms like TikTok or facebook?  Or, are you like me and do all of the above? 

Some recipes seem so simple, you have to ask yourself, is this really going to taste THAT GOOD?  And many times, the answer is a resounding HECK YES!   Last month Jay harvested about 40 pounds of prickly pear tuna for me, and I spent a whole afternoon burning off the spines, and cooking and mashing to make prickly pear juice.  Then the next day, I took that juice, added lemon juice, sugar and pectin and made prickly pear jelly.  4 ingredients, and it is SO good!

Here’s a recipe for a Pear Cake that was from my grandmother.

• 1 ½  sugar
• 2 small eggs
• ¾ c oil
• 1 ½ c flour
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cup chopped pears
• ½ cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees, mix all ingredients together. 
• Pour into prepared  8 X 12 baking pan and cook for 45 minutes.   I am ASSUMING that prepared means oiled and floured…
• Enjoy your Pear Cake!