Recipes Indexed by Family

This page will highlight recipes by specific family members as part of a culinary genealogy.

Cookbook of Fillmore's Favorite Recipes with a dedication to my great-grandmother, Jessie Herren.

Jessie Allen Herren (my maternal great grandmother)
She died long before I was born, but I wish I could have known her in life. She’s hiding in the background of a photo of my aunts, uncles, and cousins, taken sometime in the 1930s. I asked why she appeared to have bug eyes, and got the answer, “Oh, that was her Amelia Earhart costume.”

Back: Jessie Allen Herren, Cousin Buck, Aunt Jane, Uncle Dick
Middle: Aunt Joann, Uncle Mike
Bottom: mystery children???

Ah, a weirdo after my own heart! Before this moment, I honestly wondered how I could be related to so many normal people. Long before this photo was taken, she moved to Illinois from Virginia in a covered wagon sometime in the 1800s. She settled in Fillmore, and she and her husband Frank Herren built Fillmore’s biggest prairie-style house in 1913.
Gingerbread Cake

Amy Beernink (Joann’s daughter; my cousin)
Best Granola Ever

Joann Beernink (my mom’s sister)
Cider Punch
Chicken Salad
Fruit Ice

Mary Biedermann (nee Herren; my mom’s maternal aunt)
Aunt Mary’s Rolls
Dilly Bread
Herrengrostl
Hoppelpoppel (German Scrambled Eggs)
Johnzetti
Potato Dumplings
Rouladen
Springerle Cookies

Ruby Correll (my great aunt-out-law)
Persimmon Pudding

Dorothy Fearheiley (my maternal grandmother)
Date Pinwheels
Heath Bar Cake
Midcentury Streusel Coffee Cake
Peanut Brittle

Jean Fearheiley (my mom’s paternal aunt)
Fruit Cocktail Cake
French Dressing
Ginger Cookies
Rice Tuna Casserole
Yeasted Coffee Cake

Joyce Fearheiley (married to my mom’s brother Dick)
Chocolate Drizzle Icing
Monkey Bread
Strawberry Bread
Strawberry Salad

Pauline Fearheiley
Angel Food Pie
Antique Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Calico Beans (with Mike Fearheiley)

Allen Herren
Golden Wood Treatment

Alice Herren Ayars
Cranberry Fruit Salad (Sugar Optional)
Cole Slaw Done Right
Peanut Brittle
Rice and Chicken Casserole

Jane Lawson
Cheese Wreath
Deviled Ham Dip
Peppermint Ice Cream Dessert
Turkey Dressing

Julie Lawson Causey
Broccoli Slaw