Oma's Apple Crisp

Arrange: 4 cups thinly sliced apples in the bottom of 9 x 13 baking dish.
Sprinkle with: 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pour over apples: 1/2 cup water
Mix together and crumble over apples:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup flour
Bake @ 400 for 30-35 minutes.

Cynthia's Hot Fudge Sauce

1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 can evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt chocolate and butter together.  Add powdered sugar and evaporated milk.  Boil on medium heat for 10 - 15 minutes stirring constantly until the sauce is the desired consistency.  Add vanilla and serve.

President Ham's Smoked Salmon

1 quart apple juice
1 quart water
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon kosher salt
Lemon pepper

Marinate salmon for 3 - 6 hours.  Pat dry.  Sprinkle lemon pepper generously on both sides of salmon.
Cook for 20-30 minutes @ 250 - 300.

Ice Cream Cake Roll

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cocoa
Powdered sugar
1/2 gallon ice cream (might require slightly less)

Heat oven to 375.  Line jelly roll pan (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch) with aluminum foil and grease generously.  Beat eggs in a small mixer bowl on high speed until very thick and lemon colored, about 5 minutes.  Pour eggs into large mixer bowl.  Beat in sugar gradually.  Beat in water and vanilla on low speed.  Add flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa gradually beating just until batter is smoorth.  Pour into pan.  Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes.  Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan; invert on kitchen towel sprinkled generously with powdered sugar.  Carefully remove foil.  Trim off stiff edges if necessary.
While hot, carefully roll cake and towel from narrow end.  Cool at least 30 minutes. Unroll cake, remove towel. Spread with softened ice cream.  Roll up again, wrap in foil, and freeze.

Rolo Cookies

Rolos (unwrapped)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 packed brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 375. Mix sugars, butter, peanut butter and egg.  Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Shape dough into a ball around a rolo.  Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake until slightly golden, about 10 minutes.  Cool slightly before removing from cookie sheet.

Rainbow Jello

Small boxes of jello:
lime
lemon
orange
cherry
strawberry
black cherry

2 cups sour cream

Dissolve lime jello in 1 1/2 cups water (heat in microwave until boiling).  Divide into two bowls.  Add 1/3 cup sour cream to one half and 3 Tablespoons cold water to the other half.  Pour jello into 9x13 pan and refrigerate until set.  Pour the other half over the set jello and refrigerate until set.  Continue with the remaining jello in the order listed above.  If you get the first few layer of jello set well and really cold, it is easier to add the remaining layers.  I usually have two flavors mixed and ready to be layered sitting on the counter.  If you work too far ahead the jello may set, even sitting on the counter.

Overnight Breakfast Rolls

24 frozen Rhodes rolls
sm. package butterscotch cook (non-instant) pudding
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Melt together butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.  Set aside. Arrange frozen rolls into greased bundt pan. Sprinkle the rolls with the pudding.  Pour melted butter mixture over rolls.  Sprinkle with nuts. Cover with foil and let sit overnight.  Remove foil and bake at 350 fro 30 minutes.  Let stand for 5 minutes and then turn onto plate to serve.

Grandma Page's Cinnamon Muffins

2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup  milk
1/2 cup butter
3 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar

Mix together flour and baking powder in mixing bowl.  Combine remaining ingredients in a blender. Pour blender mixture over flour mixture and stir with a fork until blended but do not overmix.  Pour into greased muffin tins and bake @ 375 for 15-20 minutes.  After removing from oven turn muffins out of pan onto a kitchen towel to cool...or eat warm:)

Aunt Jeannette's Oatmeal Rolls

Cook one minute uncovered:
2 cups boiling water
1 cup quick oats (I have used fresh oats and just cooked it a little longer, 2 minutes?)
Add to oatmeal mixture:
2/3 cup brown sugar
3 Tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cold water
Cool above mixture until cool enough to add yeast and stir in:
2 Tablespoons yeast
3 cups flour

Beat well, adding enough flour to make a soft dough that is sticky.  Knead 6 - 8 minutes.  Let rise until double. Shape into rolls (balls). (I flour my hands)
Cover and let rise for 30 minutes  Bake @ 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter
3 cups sugar
2 eggs
5 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. nutmeg
2 cups Libby's pumpkin
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy.  Add eggs and mix well.  Sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin.  Beat after each addition until smooth.  Fold in chocolate chips and vanilla.  Drop on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.  These cookies freeze well.

Black Bottom Cake

Topping (optional):
1/3 cup nuts, chopped
1/3 cup sugar
Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
6 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips
Cake:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. vinegar
1 cup water

For topping combine chopped nuts and 1/3 cup sugar.  Set aside.  Cream together cream cheese, 1/3 cup sugar, egg, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Set aside.  In a large bowl mix together four, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.  Add oil, vanilla, vinegar, and water.  Mix well.  Pour chocolate batter into greased 9x13 pan.  Spoon cream cheese mixture on top then cover with sugar and nut topping.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Homemade Doughnuts

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Caramel Fruit Dip

1 8-oz. package cream cheese 

3/4 c. brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla 

Toffee bits  

Allow cream cheese to reach room temperature. With an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, brown sugar, and vanilla. When ready to serve, stir in about 1/2 a bag of toffee bits. Serve with fruit (my personal favorite is green apples).

Resource: Carrie Law 

Corey's Infamous Cookies

Corey's Infamous Cookies

 

For 1/2 a batch follow this:

1/2 lb butter (2 sticks), soften butter a few hours before

3/4 cup white sugar

1 cup (packed is the key) brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

3/4 tsp. salt

3/4 tsp. baking soda

3 cups flour

2-3 cups chocolate chips

 

Preheat Oven to 350.

Follow Steps carefully:

1.  Cream softened butter and sugars together until mixed in.

2.  Add eggs and vanilla.

3.  Whip with an electric beater at low speed for 3 minutes.  It should looked whipped and almost frosting-like.

4.  Add dry ingredients and mix with electric beater at low speed until it is well mixed.

5.  Add chips and nuts (optional) and stir with spoon.

6.  Clump and roll dough to form round balls and put on sheet.

7.  Bake at 350 for 8-11 minutes (check periodically).  The bottom and edges should be slightly brown. 

8.  Cool 5 minutes before moving.

 

Makes 24 cookies or a little bit more.

 

Enjoy!

The Barefoot Contessa's Perfect Roast Chicken

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/perfect-roast-chicken-recipe.html
Watch the movie, it makes it seem so much easier!  This tastes amazing everytime.  I add red potatoes too.

Karen's Congo Bars

Preheat at 350

2/3 cup butter or margarine melted. 

2 cups brown sugar packed

2 eggs.  

Beat the above well (2-3minutes)

2 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1/4 t baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

2 tsp vanilla

1 cup chocolate chips (I used the kind from Delynn and then some semi sweet)

Mix in with wet ingredients

9x13 greased pan.  Bake for 25-30 minutes.  

Homemade Hummus

Ingredients: 

Freshly squeezed juice of 1 lemon, plus an additional for serving

1 teaspoon kosher salt

½ teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 fat garlic clove or 2 smaller cloves, finely chopped

Pinch cayenne, plus additional for serving

1/3 cup tahini

3 cups cooked chickpeas, preferable cooked up from dried peas

½ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus additional for drizzling

Cumin salt or flaky sea salt for serving

Directions:

                 Combine lemon juice, salt, cumin, black pepper, garlic and cayenne in a food processor. Pulse the mixture a few times until the liquid whirls around just enough to blend together. [The lemon juice dissolves the salt and intensifies the spices, which helps flavors distribute more evenly throughout the hummus.

                 Drop in the tahini and ½ cup water. Pulse until smooth. Add the chickpeas and puree until smooth and creamy. This might take several minutes, but stick with it. With the motor running, drizzle in the oil until the mixture is combined. Taste and adjust the flavors if you think it needs it; you might even add a pinch of salt.

                 If you add additional salt, dissolve it first in a few drops of lemon juice or warm water.

                 Spread the hummus on a plate. Top it with a generous drizzle of olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice, and a dash of cayenne. Finish with a sprinkling of cumin salt or sea salt and serve.

Notes:

∙               To cook your own chickpeas, soak 1 cup of dried beans overnight in a large bowl of cold water; then simmer in a pot of heavily salted water with 4 peeled cloves garlic until tender, usually about 1 hour. Discard the garlic.  If you don’t soak overnight, they will take 2-3 hours to cook. One cup dried chickpeas = about 3 cups cooked.

∙               If you decide to cook your own chickpeas, and are feeling particularly dedicated to your hummus, then consider peeling the skin that clings loosely to the cooked legumes. It isn’t essential, but the creamiest, most genuinely mind-blowing hummus will be the result of this extra, somewhat insane step.

∙               Cumin Salt - In a small skillet over medium heat, toast 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour into a mortar and pestle and add 2 teaspoons coarse sea salt. Pound the mixture a few times until the cumin seeds are lightly crushed. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, roll over the top with a rolling pin.

∙               If you don’t have time to make your own hummus, buy store bought and sprinkle the cumin salt on top, with a nice slick of olive oil and squeeze of lemon.

Resource: Melinda Wolfer (Adapted from cookbook Cook This Now by Melissa Clark, 2012)

Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan

           This isn't quite as good as the real thing, but for not frying it and being able to do it a head of time it was close! For the afternoons I can't be at home to make dinner, this is a great crock pot meal. Also, this is a good meal to take someone, because it's easy to add a couple chicken breast in with it. 

Ingredients:

2-4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

1/2 t Italian Seasoning

1/4 t black pepper

1/4 t kosher salt

1 T olive oil

1 beaten egg

sliced mozzarella cheese

favorite jarred marinara sauce

Spread the 1 T of olive oil into the bottom of your crock pot stoneware insert. Whip the egg with a fork in a separate bowl and mix the bread crumbs with the seasonings and the Parmesan cheese in another separate dish. Dip the chicken into the egg, then into the bread crumb mixture, coating both sides with crumbs, cheese and seasonings. Place the chicken breast pieces in the bottom of the crock pot. Layer 1-2 slices of mozzarella cheese on top. Cover with entire jar of marinara sauce. Close lid and cook on low for 6-7 hours or high for 3-4. If your chicken is still frozen, it will take longer. Serve with your favorite pasta. Enjoy!

Recipe Source: Brittany Long (here's the link) 

Easy Bread Sticks

Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons of sugar
1 T of yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 t salt
3-4 cups flour

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugar, and yeast in 1 1/2 cups warm water. Let stand for 2-3 minutes. Add salt and flour until dough is soft and not sticky. Press it into a 9x13 that has been greased. Cut the dough into sticks with a knife or pizza cutter and pour 1/4 - 1/2 cups of melted butter over the top. Then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and seasoned salt to desired taste. Let raise for 10-15 min. Cook 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Recipe Source: Samantha Whitehead 

Honey-lime Enchiladas

       These were the easiest enchiladas I have ever made, and we all loved them! They also make great leftovers. Maybe next time I would add a little black beans to them, but they were great just they way the recipe says to make them. 

In a bowl, mix up the marinade:

6 tablespoons of honey
5 tablespoons of lime juice
1 tablespoon of chili powder

Mix in the marinade with the shredded cooked chicken, and let marinate at least 2 hours. Overnight would be ideal, if you remember. 

6-8 flour tortillas (I used costco's tortillas)
2-3 cups shredded cheese (I usually use a mixture of Monterey Jack and cheddar)
1 small can of green enchilada sauce

Fill 6-8 tortillas with shredded cheese and equal portions of the chicken mixture.

Spread a layer of green enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 pan (sprayed with cooking spray).  

Roll up those tortillas nice and tight and place them open-tortilla-flap down in the pan.

Spread another layer of enchilada sauce over the top.

Then sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.

Bake at 350 for a half hour.

Serve with a little sour cream on top. Goes nicely with a fresh salad and Spanish rice. 

Recipe Source: 71 Toes (here's the link)