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Grandma Robbie’s Sweet White Bread and Butter
This is a two-for-one post. My grandmother, Linda Beck Bullough, remembers that one of her favorite treats as a child was when they would visit her grandmother, Nellie Ross Robinson (aka “Grandma Robbie”) (1875-1969), and she would give them a slice of white bread slathered with butter and sprinkled with a spoonful of sugar. This was around the time of World War II, and sugar was scarce, so sweets weren’t something they got to enjoy very often. Grandma Robbie’s family was well-off during the early years when they were raising their four children, due to both prosperity in the stock market and a successful music store they owned in Springville,…
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Dilly Bread
This recipe belonged to my great-grandmother Florence Robinson Beck (1905-1998), which she passed along to my grandmother Linda Beck Bullough. My grandmother said that she made it often for her own growing family during the 1970’s and 80’s. I’ve been wanting to try it for a while, and I happened to have some cottage cheese in the fridge today. Since we were having soup for dinner, I decided to give it a shot. Wow! I’m glad I did! It’s light and pillowy, more like a roll than a bread, and the flavor is fabulous. The cottage cheese melts and disappears into the bread, so other than the soft, creamy texture…
