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Grandma Garrett’s recipes

by Liz on August 16, 2018

For some time I had misplaced a cookbook that our “adopted” Finnish grandmother, Grandma Garrett, gave me years ago. It contained some of her yummiest recipes. I’ve typed up her recipes so that we can access them online. Here they are:

Breads and Pastries

Orange Rolls

Easy Sweet Dough

Bread Sticks

Ice Box Rolls

Piimalimppu (Limpa Bread)

Carioca Bars

Fudge Meltaways

Ginger Snaps

Oatmeal Crispies

Fruit Cookies

Desserts

Riisipuuro (Creamed Rice)

Suklaahyytelo (Chocolate Mold)

Jalkiruokaohyukaiset (Dessert Pancakes)

Kiiseli (Fruit Soup)

Jelly Roll

Fruit Cocktail Pudding

Mile High Pie

Finnish Apple Pie

Unelmatorttu (Dream Roll)

Pound Cake with Lemon Sauce

Welcome! I'm Liz Livingston. As a mother of 7 (8, counting my daughter in-law) I have learned that it is the small and simple things that help me have peace and joy and help my husband and me in raising our amazing children. I believe EVERY person on earth has unlimited potential. Often it's the smallest decisions and actions that help us grow toward that potential, like kind, gentle words, a wholesome, simple meal, or a funny book read aloud together. Whatever you nurture grows! What will you do to nurture your or someone else's potential today?

“The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life….Revelation can come hour by hour and moment by moment as we do the right things. When women nurture as Christ nurtured, a power and peace can descend to guide when help is needed. For instance, mothers can feel help from the Spirit even when tired, noisy children are clamoring for attention, but they can be distanced from the Spirit if they lose their temper with children….Because personal revelation is a constantly renewable source of strength, it is possible to feel bathed in help even during turbulent times.” Sister Julie B. Beck, “And Upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit”