Enjoy this summertime peach or apricot cobbler year round. It uses canned fruit.

This quick cobbler is another one of my retro finds.

The recipe comes from an old Betty Crocker quick dinners cookbook that I got when my mother moved.

Uses canned fruit

I’ve enjoyed a walk down memory lane foodwise recently from watching “The Astronaut Wive’s Club.” It prompted me to get out all those 1950s and 1960s cookbooks that I inherited when my mother moved back to the UK.

This particular dessert is good to have in your bag of tricks because it’s ready quickly and you don’t need fresh fruit because it uses canned! I don’t think there’s too many of us who don’t have a can of peaches or something stowed away for use as a fast and no-work dessert or snack.

Taste summer year round!

Even the cake part tastes good here. You don’t use much butter–only a tablespoon–but you can really taste it and the small amount of spice is just right!

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Quick Apricot or Peach Cobbler

Enjoy this summertime peach or apricot cobbler year round. It uses canned fruit.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Course: desserts

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apricot cobbler, fruit cobbler, peach cobbler

Servings: 4

Calories: 234kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

• 1 cup baking mix i.e. Bisquick or Jiffy
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tbsp butter softened
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 16 oz can of apricot or peach halves (in heavy syrup), don’t drain

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix all ingredients except the canned fruit.
• Spread into an ungreased 8 x 8-inch pan.
• Top with canned fruit AND the syrup.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes.
• Serve warm.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 234kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 419mg | Potassium: 291mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 491IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 1mg

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Annie Glenn’s Ham Loaf

This meatloaf is not only spectacular tasting, but it’s the famous family recipe of Annie Glenn, wife of American legend John Glenn.

Who else is addicted to the miniseries “The Astronaut Wives Club?” I am because I lived through that time of Sputnik and Mercury. John Glenn was a hero to me then, and he still is! Mr. Glenn is in his 90s and is still vibrant and active. So is Mrs. Glenn.

Annie Glenn is a hero too. In mid-life, she conquered a debilitating stutter with the help of an experimental program. The Glenn’s have always been inspirational for their achievements.

I read that this recipe was a family favorite of theirs and when Mrs. Glenn served it to Vice President and Mrs. Johnson, Lady Bird asked her for the recipe because they loved it so much.

Serve at your next launch party!

It was hard tracing down the original recipe. It was a good thing I read the book as well because it told the ingredients, but not the amounts. There’s many versions of this, but I found it in Google’s archives of a 1961 Milwaukee newspaper.

I will caution that the sauce gets the consistency of Karo syrup towards the end of the cooking and the ham loaf is sticky and pretty hard to remove from the pan, but even if it starts to break up–and I let mine rest for about 25 minutes after removing from the oven–it’s totally delicious! Real retro comfort food–and the dinner of champions!

Tender, moist and mellow flavor

Read more about the Glenn’s at the John & Annie Glenn Historic Site

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Annie Glenn's Ham Loaf

This meatloaf is not only spectacular tasting, but it’s the famous family recipe of Annie Glenn, wife of American legend John Glenn.

Prep Time35 minutes mins

Cook Time2 hours hrs

Total Time2 hours hrs 35 minutes mins

Course: beef, Comfort Foods, Everyday Meals, Pork

Cuisine: American

Keyword: meatloaf recipe

Servings: 8

Calories: 471kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

• 2 eggs beaten
• 1 1/4 cups scant milk
• 2/3 cup saltine cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup instant tapioca
• 1 tbsp minced onion
• 1 lb ground smoked ham
• 1 lb ground pork
• 4 oz ground beef

BROWN SUGAR SAUCE

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp dry mustard
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup water

Instructions

• Mix the eggs, milk, cracker crumbs, tapioca and minced onion in a large bowl. Stir well and let sit until slightly thickened–this will take about 30 minutes.
• While the egg mixture is sitting, prepare sauce–mix all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Heat till boiling. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 13×9-inch pan with non-stick spray.
• Mix in the smoked ham, pork and beef. Blend well. Turn into prepared pan and shape into a loaf.
• Drizzle sauce over ham loaf.
• Bake for 2 hours, basting with sauce frequently (I did this every 15-20 minutes).

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 471kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 131mg | Sodium: 811mg | Potassium: 473mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 121IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 2mg

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