Oven Baked Stew (Geneve Johnson's recipe)

1 Tbl. flour                           3 or 4 potatoes, cut to bite size

1 ts. salt                              4 carrots, cut to bite size

dash pepper                        1 lb stew meat, cut up

1 Tbl. shortening                  2 cans tomato soup

1 can water                         1 cup onion, chopped

1/2 ts. basil

 

Combine flour, salt, pepper, coat meat with it.

Brown meat in hot shortening in small dutch oven (I just do it in the pot I bake it in)

Add water, onion, soup, basil.

Cover & bake at 375* about 1 hour.

Add potatoes, carrots, bake 1 to 1 1/2 more hours, until tender.

 

 

 

Baked Cheese Chicken

 

8-10 chicken breasts

20 soda crackers, crushed fine

1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese

1 sq. butter, melted

 

Mix crackers and cheese together. Dip chicken in butter, then cover completely with cheese mixture.  Put in ungreased baking dish and cover securely with foil.  Bake long & slow -- about 275* about 2 1/2 hours.