Pumpkin Delight

1 16oz can pumpkin
4 eggs slightly beaten
1 can evaporated milk
1 1/2 sugar
1tsp salt
1tsp ginger
1 1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cinnamon

Mix until smooth and pur in 9X13 inch pan.  Sprinkle over top 1 box white or yellow cake mix.  Melt and drizzle 2 cubes of butter over cake. 

Bake at 350 for 1 hour.  Top with cool whip before serving.

Brown Sugar Muffins

1 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups milk

Combine and bake at 375 for 15 minutes.  Makes about 2 dozen.

sugar cookie bars

 

makes 3-4 dozen bars

ingredients

for the cookies:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
for the frosting:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt
4 cups confectioner’s/powdered sugar, sifted
5 tablespoons milk
food coloring, if desired
sprinkles, if desired

directions

preheat the oven to 375 degrees. grease a 13” x 18” rimmed baking sheet + set aside.
in a stand mixer, or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter + sugar on a medium-high speed until light + fluffy. add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition + scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. add in vanilla extract + mix well.
in a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, + baking soda. slowly add to butter mixture + mix on a low speed just until combined.
transfer the cookie dough to the prepare rimmed baking sheet + press into an even layer.
bake for 15-20 minutes, until light golden brown + a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. allow to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
to prepare frosting: in a large bowl or a stand mixer, beat butter on a medium-high speed until light + fluffy. add in the vanilla + salt. add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until combined, then add milk + mix until smooth. tint with a few drops of food color, if desired. spread over the cooled cookie in the baking sheet, decorate with sprinkles if desired, then cut into bars.

Kabob Marinade

1 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup soy sauce

1/2 cuplemon juice

1/4 cupWorcestershire sauce

1/4 cupprepared mustard

1 1/2 teaspoons coarsely cracked black pepper

2 clovesgarlic, minced

 

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, ground black pepper and garlic.   Mix well, and add your favorite meat. Seal the bag, and marinate in the refrigerator for 4 to 24 hours.

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

 

1 package plain white cake mix or yellow cake mix
3 large eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners in pan (I always set out 24 regular sized, sometime I get 24 sometimes less. I have often found it depends on the cake mix). Mix together cake mix, milk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl for three minutes. Scrape bowl half way through. Pour batter into muffin pans. Bake 15-20 minutes. Check at 15 minutes. Do not overbake. Allow the cakes to cool completely.

Snickerdoodle Frosting Recipe

1/2 cup softened salted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons cinnamon
pinch of salt
3 3/4 cups powder sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
add milk 2 tablespoons at a time until you reach the consistency you desire

Sunshine Lemon Bars

Crust  Ingredients:
2cups flour
1/2 cup powered sugar
1 cup soft butter

Fillling Ingredients:
4 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350.
Crust:  In medium bowl, stir together the flour and sugar. Cut in buttr untilmixture is crumb like.  Press into bottom of 9X13 pan.  Bake at 350 for 20-25mins, until crust is golden brown.
While the crust is baking, make the filling.  In the same bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, flour, and baking powder with mixer until light aout 3mins.  Then sitr in the lemon juice.  Pour filling over the crust and bake for an additional 25-30 mins until top is slightly browned  Remove from oven and cool.  Dust with powered sugar.  Cut into squares and enjoy.

Taco Soup

1 pound hamburger
1c chopped onion
1 16 oz corn
1 16oz kidney bean
1 16oz tomatoes
1 8oz ca tomato sauce
1 pkg tco seasoning
 
Cook hamburger and onion till done, drain off grease.  Add the rest of ingredients. May simmer as long as you want.  Can serve with tortilla chips and grated cheese.

Chicken Encilladas

2 cups cooked diced chicken
8 oz sour cream
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 4 oz can green chilis
2T minced onion
2c grated cheese
1 dozen tortillas

Mix all ingredients.  Spread spoonful of mixture on bootom of 9X13 pan.  Put a large spoon into each tortilla and roll, put into pan.  Spread remaining mixture on top, then sprinkle grated cheese on next.
bake at 350 for 30 mins.

Sour Cream Hamburger Enchiladas

1# cooked hamburger
8oz sour cream
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 4oz can green chilies
2 T. minced onions
2 cups grated cheese
1 dozen flour tortillas

Mix all ingredients except cheese. Put alittle mixture in bottom of 9x13 pan.  Spread large spoonful of mixture in each torilla.  Roll and put in pan, repeat until done.  Spread remaining mixture over top of torillas and sprinkle cheese.  Bake at 350 for 30mins.

Best Ever Chocolate Cake

2c sugar

2c flour

½ tsp salt

1c butter

1c water

3 tbsp cocoa

1/2c sour cream

2 eggs

1 tsp soda

In a bowl combined sugar, flour, and salt.

In small sauce pan bring butter water and cocoa to a boil mix well, and liquid ingredients to the dry mix well add sour cream eggs and soda blend well grease pan do not over bake

Frosting

1/4c melted butter

Add 1/2c cocoa, mix well add the 2c powder sugar, cream cheese 4 oz and the vanilla. Some time I have to add more powder sugar to make it thick enough, frost when cake is almost cool

ENJOYJ

Brownies

4 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

3 cubes melted butter

10 Tbsp. cocoa

8 eggs

4 cups sugar

2 ts[Vanilla

Mix well. Add dry ingredients and mix well then put in a sprayed cookie sheet. Bake 350 for 25 minutes or until fork comes out clean

Pink Lemonade Dessert

5 cups crushed gram crackers (4 packages)

6 Tbsp. sugar

¾ cup melted butter (you might need alittle more)

Put ¾ of the crust on bottom of the cookie sheet and put in the freezer for 5-10 minutes. Mix one gallon vanilla ice-cream softened. 12 ounce pink lemonade thawed. Spread on crust and sprinkle with remaining gram crackers on top. Freeze 4 hours before serving.

Double Chocolate Waffles

2/3 cup flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup milk

1/3 cup vegetable oil 

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1 egg

 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

2.  Preheat waffle iron.

3.  Whisk together flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

4.  In a separate bowl, whisk together sugar, milk, oil, egg, and vanilla for about 1 minute or until it gets a little frothy.

5.  Slowly add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients a little at a time, whisking until just combined; be careful not to over mix.  Stir in the chocolate chips.  This is a pretty thin batter, so don't be expecting pancake batter.

6.  You shouldn't have to grease your waffle iron.  Ladle batter into waffle iron, being careful not to overfill.  Bake according to the instructions for your waffle iron.

TIPS:  Instead of pouring batter, use a ladle and spoon it onto the waffle iron, making sure to stir the batter each time so the chocolate chips will be evenly distributed.  Also, leftover waffles can be frozen and heated in a toaster, toaster oven, or microwave for a quick breakfast.

Makes 3-4 whole waffles or 12-16 quarters

GRANDMAS HOMEMADE RASPBERRY TOPPING

Ingredients:

2 Cups Frozen Raspberry's

1 ½ Cups Sugar

2 Cups Water

3 Tablespoons Cornstarch

½ Cup Cold Water

1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

Method:

In a medium sized sauce pan, place frozen raspberries, sugar and 2 cups water; bring to a boil.

Add ½ cup cold water to cornstarch and stir until cornstarch is dissolved. Add cornstarch to boiling raspberry mixture to thicken, stirring continually.

Remove thickened raspberry mixture from heat and stir in lemon juice.

Return raspberry topping to medium heat for 1 minute while continuing to stir, remove homemade raspberry topping from heat.  Had this over the chocolate waffles.  Yummy!

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta

1 package bow tie pasta
cooked chcken 1 can
1 bottle coleslaw dressing
1 cup mayo

You can add other things like grapes, peas or whatever you think will be yummy.

Ranch Chicken

½.cup canola oil

½ cup ranch dressing

3T Worcestershire  sauce

2T. dried rosemary

2tsp salt

1tsp lemon juice

1 tsp white vinegar

¼ tsp pepper

1T. sugar

Marinate over 5 boneless skinless chicken breasts for 2 hrs and grill.

Grape Salad

4# grapes ( I mix green and red)
1 16 oz sour cream
2 cream cheese softened
1 cup sugar
2tsp. vanila
brown sugar

Mix sour cream, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.  Mix well!  Mix in grapes sprinkle brown sugar on top.

Peanut Butter Bars

1 cake mix- yellow,white or chocolate.
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup chocolate chips

Mix together the cake mix (dry), eggs, and oil.  Add peanut butter. Mix and add chocolate chips. Pat down in a 9X13 pan. cook at 350 for 12-18mins.

Fruit Pizza

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 3/8 cups cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
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Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12 inch pizza pan.
2. To Make Crust: In a large bowl, mix together flour, butter and sugar; dough should be dry. Spread into pizza pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until brown. Allow to cool completely.
3. To Make Filling: In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Fold in whipped topping. Spread into cooled crust. Top with fruit.

Funnel Cakes

• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 3 2/3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• vegetable oil, for frying

Directions:

1. 1Beat eggs and sugar together and then add the milk slowly--beat. Add the dry ingredients and beat until smooth and creamy.
2. Pour batter into a funnel and at the same time, use your finger to plug the hole. In a large  pot, add 2 inches of oil to the bottom.
3. When the oil becomes hot, move your hand over the pot and slowly release your finger so the batter can start cooking.
4. Move the funnel around to make designs.
5. Brown on both sides--then immediately remove and drain extremely well.
6. Top with honey, or cinnamon sugar, or powdered sugar as a topping.

 

German Pancakes

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
•  

Directions

• In a blender, combine the eggs, milk, flour and salt; cover and process until smooth.
• Pour the butter into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish; add the batter. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20 minutes.

Serve with syrup  and powered sugar.

Banana Bread

3-4 ripe bananas
1 cup oil
2c. sugar
3tsp vanilla
3 eggs well beaten
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp nutmeg
3 tp cinnamon

Mix together the first 5 ingredients.  Sift together dry ingredients.  Mix all together.  Pour in loaf pans and bake at 325 for 1 hour.  Makes 2 loaves

Ramen Noodle Stir-Fry

1 cup brocolli and carrots fresh and cut
1 pkg ramen noodles chicken or beef
1 cup water
1/2 ground beef or 1 large chicken breast

Cook beef or chicken till well done.
Add vegetables and saute till tender
Add ramen noodles and water
Cook the noodles till tender and water is absorbed
serve with soy sauce if desried

Megan learned how to cook this at school.  It is an easy fast meal she can make.

Lasagna

1 pound Hambuger
2 cans Hunts Spaghetti Sauce
1 Package Lasagna Noodles
Dry Minced Onion to taste
1 cup sour cream
Minced Garlic
Cheese 1 pound

Brown hamburger, onions and garlic.  Add spagetti sauce and sour cream.  Use 9 X 13 pan.  Put a little sauce in bottom of pan, then layer of noodles, sauce mixture and cheese.  Then, repeat with noodles, meat mxture and cheese.

Bake at 350 covered for 1 hour.   I use dry lasanga noodles.

Stuffed Mushrooms

2 pakages mushrooms
1 chives and onions cream cheese spread
parmesan cheese
cooked bacon

Wash and pull out mushroom stems.  Fill with cream cheese spread.  Add parmesan to top then piece of bacon.  Cook on 350 for 20mins.

Strognaff

1# Hamburger
2 10 3/4 oz cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
2 cans of water
1 cup Sour Cream
Beef flavoring (Bullion or my favorite bread store gravy dry mix)
Corn starch to thicken
Pepper to taste


Fry hamburger, drain add soup, water, sour cream and beef flavoring.  Bring to a boil add thickening and pepper.  Serve over rice or noodles.

Crockpot Italian Chicken

8 chicken breasts

2 packet dry Zesty Italian dressing (Regular is fine but I like zesty better. 

2 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
2- cans cream of chicken soup
Place the chicken in a crockpot and sprinkle Italian dressing over it. Combine cream cheese and cream of chicken soup in a small bowl  and pour over chicken. Cook on low in the crockpot for at least 4 hours. You can leave it in there all day. Once chicken is done you can leave the chicken breasts whole, cube it, or even shred it. I always cut the breasts into tenderloin size strips. Once you have cut up the chicken, throw it back in the crockpot and stir into the sauce.
If you feel the sauce is too thick you can thin it to your preferred consistency with a little milk. Serve over pasta or rice. Also, if I don't have enough time I put it in the oven.

Strawberry Jello Salad

3-1/2 c. boiling water
1 lg. package strawberry jello
1 sm. pkg. instant vanilla pudding
8 oz. cool whip
1 pkg. frozen strawberries or fresh

Bring water to boil. Add jello and pudding. Stir until dissolved. Cool until set solid. Add cool whip and drained ,thawed strawberries. Stir well and serve.

Peanut Butter Clusters

2c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. creamy peanut butter
3 c. rolled oats

Combine sugar, milk and butter. Bring to a full boil. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and peanut butter and stir until smooth. Add oats, mix well.
Cool slightly and drop on waxed paper. Let cool. Or spread in a 9x13 pan. Cool and cut apart

Grown up Green Salad

1 head iceberg lettuce
1 package spring salad mix
1/2 cup bacon bits or diced cooked bacon
Mix above together and pour dressing over mixture right before serving
Dressing:
1 pkg mushrooms sliced
1/4 cup diced purple onion
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
2 TBSP yellow prepared mustard
4TBSP poppy seeds (can leave out and is yummy also)

Peanut Butter Brownies

2-pkgs brownie mix
1 cup peanut butter
Mix brownies according to the directions on the box. Pour into greased sheet cake. Heat peanut butter in microwave until melted.(@45 seconds) drizzle over brownies and swirl. Bake according to directions on box. My family loves these brownies, they are their favorite.

Peanut Butter krispies

  1 c. Karo syrup
1 c. sugar
1 c. peanut butter
6 c. rice krispies
1/2 c. choc. chips
1/2 c. butterscotch chips

Mix syrup, sugar, & peanut butter in a sauce pan. Cook until sugar is melted & it just starts to boil and take off the unit. I put the rice krispies into the sauce pan and mixed them up. I added more rice krispies if it looked like there was more needed. Put them into a buttered 9x13 pan. You can add melted choc. chips and butterscotch chips over top and let it chill in the fridge or freezer to harden up the chocolate.

CAFE RIO LOVERS

Creamy Cilantro Dressing
1 buttermilk ranch dry dressing pkg.prepared according to directions
2 tomatillos
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 clove garlic
juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno(its pretty spicy with no seeds at all, but add some if you want extra hot)
Blend all together in food processor or blender, store in fridge

Cafe Rio Rice
3c water
4 tsp bullion
4 tsp minced garlic
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 can green chilis
3/4 tsp salt
1 TB butter
1/2 onion
3c. rice
Blend cilantro, chilis, and onion in processor or blender. Boil water add all ingredients simmer covered 30 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

Cafe Rio Shredded Chicken
1 small bottle zesty Italian dressing
1TB chili powder
1 TB cumin
3 cloves minced garlic
5 lbs chicken breast
Mix all together in crock pot, cook 4-6 hrs. Shred chicken and cook 1 hr longer.

Cafe Rio Shredded Pork
6lbs pork
1 16oz jar salsa
1 can coke
2c brown sugar
Place roast in crock pot and fill halfway up the roast with water. Cook 5hrs, drain water. Cut into smaller pieces or shred if tender enough. Mix salsa, coke, and brown sugar and pour over roast. Cook 3 hrs longer, shred.

Microwave Carmel Corn

1 cube butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 bag marshmellows
2 bags microwave popcorn

Melt first three ingredients in sauce pan. Pour over popcorn. Super easy and yummy.

Ritz Chicken

2 lbs. Cooked boneless skinless chicken (@ 4 cups chicken)
2 cans 10 3/4 oz.Cream of Chicken Soup
1 cup Sour Cream
2 rolls of Ritz Crackers
4 T. butter

Cut chicken into bite size pieces or shred. Mix chicken, soup, 1 cup of water,and sour cream. Spread in a 9X13 inch pan. Crush Ritz and mix with melted butter. Spread of the top of the meat mixture. Cook until warm enough to serve. Bake at 400. Serve over rice.

Lemon Herbed Roasted Chicken

3-4# roasting chicken
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tsp. dried parsley flakes
2 T. butter
1/4 tsp leaf thyme
2T. lemon juice
1/4 tsp paprika

Rinse chicken well and pat dry. Place onion in cavity of the chicken and rub the skin with butter. Place chicken in Crock-Pot. Pour lemon juice over the chicken and sprinkle with remaining seasonings. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours.

Blender Pancakes or Waffles

This is a whole wheat recipie. You use the whole wheat kernels.

1 c. wheat kernels
1 c. milk
Blend wheat & milk in blender one minute.

Add: 1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. oil
4 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
Blend four minutes

Ready for Pancakes or Waffles

Yougurt Parmesan Chicken

1c. crushed Ritz crackers or dries bread crumbs
2T. Parmesan Cheese
1tsp. seasoned salt
8 boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 tsp. garlic salt
2c. plain yogurt
1/4c. melted butter

Mix cracker or bread with cheese, garlic and seasoned salt. Dip chicken in yogurt then coat with crumb mixture. Place in 9X13 inch baking pan and drizzle butter over chicken. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 30 more mins.

Chinese Chicken

1 c. Ketchup
1 c. sugar
2 oz. soy sauce
dash of garlic salt
1/3 c. vinegar
1 T. mustard
Pour over chicken and bake for 2hrs on 350.

Great served with fried rice, mashed or baked potatoes

Homemade White Rolls

4 cups hot water
1 1/2  cups sugar
1 T. salt
3 T. yeast
10-11 cups flour
1/2 c. oil

Add the ingredients in the order listed. Mix in Bosch for 5mins.
Then I put in my bread pans for 45-60 mins to rise. Bake @ 350 for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.   One secret I have is after I am done mixing it I turn my burner on for a quick minute and set my bread pans there to rise.  
Enjoy!! We love homemade bread.

Marinated Chicken or Turkey

For 10 pounds of meat

32 oz of 7up
15 oz oil
2 T. lemon juice
10 oz of soy sauce
1 T. horse radish
(powdered or prepared)
sprinkle of Garlic


Mix all together and pour over meat. It should cover the meat. Soak big pieces for 10 hrs. or so. Soak strips for 3-4hrs. Drain, grill and enjoy.

Pretzel salad

1 lg Raspberry jello
1 1/2 cup water
2-10oz frozen raspberries thawed
Bring water to a boil mix in jello and raspberries refrigerate till partially set
... 2 cups pretzels crushed
3/4 cube melted butter
3Tb sugar
Mix together and press in 9x13 pan bake at 400 for 8 min. Then cool
1-8oz cool whip
1-8oz soft cream cheese
1cup sugar
Whip together then spread over cooled crust then spread jello over the top..enjoy!!

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP BARS

1 cake mix - yellow, white or chocolate
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup chocolate chips

Mix together the cake mix (dry), eggs, and oil. Add in peanut butter. Mix in the chocolate chips.

Pat down into a 9X13 pan. Cook at 350 for 12-18 mins.

My family loves these cookies and they are so easy!

Cinnamon Rolls

1 yellow cake mix
5 cups Flour
2 T. yeast
2 eggs
2 1/2 c. warm water

  Dissolve yeast in warm water.  Mix cake mix, eggs and flour.  Let double in bulk (about 30 mins.)
Makes a very sticky batter. Roll out on into rectangle on floured surface. Brush with melted butter 1 cube. Sprinkle
with cinnamon and brown sugar. Roll up and cut 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick. Bake at 350 for 15-20 mins till golden brown.

Frosting
1/4 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
3-4 T. milk

Oriental Chicken Salad

1 head of cabbage 1/2 purple 1/2 regular shredded
1 bunch green onions chopped
1 bag silvered almonds
1 bottled chicken
2 chicken ramen noodles cruched up save spice packs for dressing

Dressing:
1 cup oil
4T. sugar
6T. vinegar
salt and pepper
ramen spice packs                                                                                                                          

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 6 oz soft crem cheese
1 soft cube real butter
whip until light add powered sugar about 3/4 of a 2# bag
whip add salt 3 shakes
1tsp Almond
1/2 tsp vanilla
whip together add milk if too thick and squeese 1/2 a lemon                                                                           

Apple Snicker Salad

6 (2 1/4 ounce) Snickers candy bars, chill and chop

6 apples, cored and chopped into bite sized pieces (Granny Smith and or or Red Delicious)

1 (12 ounce) container Cool Whip

1 (5 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding prepared

mix together and enjoy

Here I go.....

K!! I've been trying to decide what to do.  So here it is I am starting my own recipe blog.  Please don't take any offence if you see your recipe on here.  It just means I love it and it is one of my favorites!!!