Digging Up Your Family

Collings Clan of Mclean County, Kentucky

I have this photo of the Collings family from Mclean county, Kentucky.  I have only been able to identify a few of them.  I hope someone can help!

Front seated (L-R):

1-Jerry Collings

2-Lela Howard Collings

3-Possibly Earl A Collings?

4-Mary Baker Howard

5-Unknown

6-Unknown

7-Unknown

Standing (L-R):

1-Felix Howard Collings

2-Unknown

3-Unknown

4-Tryon Howard Leet

5-Unknown

6-Unknown

 

Another photo I have shows a group outside of a church.  Nothing is labeled, but I pretty sure it was take somewhere in Mclean County, or surrounding counties.

Any insight is greatly appreciated!

Edna Earl Collings’ Gumdrop Cookies

This week I will post Christmas recipes from my family. Enjoy!

This recipe comes from the adoptive mother of my birth father.  It’s a cookie I think of when I think of Christmas!

Edna Earl Collings’ Gumdrop Cookies

Ingredients:

30 fruit sliced (jelly) candy, chopped (not spiced drops)

1 cup chopped pecans

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup Crisco (butter flavored)

1 1/2 cup brown sugar (dark is best)

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

Directions:

Place flour, baking soda and salt in mixer and mix on slow.  Add brown sugar and continue mixing.  Add Crisco, vanilla extract and then eggs. 

With wood spoon mix in candies and pecans.

Drop a tablespoon an inch apart on silicon or greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 for about 14 minutes, or until edges start to brown.

They are so yummy.  I can’t even explain how much I love them!