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CHICKEN MARCELLA (4-17-99) 5-1-99 top of page
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts ½'d and cut into 3rds. Sprinkle with garlic salt and lemon pepper to taste. Dredge in flour and brown in skillet with ½ cup olive oil and ¼ cup melted butter. After brown. 8x8" pan. In same skillet add 1 clove garlic, minced and 1 shallot, 1 tbsp butter, 2 tbsps. flour. Stir till blended. Add 1½ cups marcella wine ¾ cup chicken broth. Cook and stir 5 minutes. Do not boil. Squeeze juice from ¼ lemon. Bake uncovered 40 minutes 350°.
COCONUT BREAD (4-20-99) 5-1-99
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
4 eggs
1-2 tsps. coconut extract
3 cups flour
2 tsps. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 cup pecans (other nuts possible)
1 cup flaked coconut
Combine oil, sugar, buttermilk,
eggs and coconut extract. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and
salt. Add dry mixture to first
mixture; beat well. Stir in the nuts and coconut. Pour into greased and
floured loaf pans: Two 9x5" pans,
bake at 350° for 60 minutes. Four mini loaf pans, bake at 350°
for 45
minutes.
PUMPKIN PIE SQUARES (nov/dec78pg2) 5-1-99
1 cup sifted flour
½ cup quick cooking rolled
oats
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup butter (1 stick)
2 cups of pumpkin (1 can)
One 13½ ounce can of evaporated
milk
2 eggs
¾ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ cup chopped nuts
½ cup brown sugar (additional)
2 tablespoons butter (additional)
Combine the flour, oats, brown sugar
and butter in a mixing bowl. Mix until crumbly. Press into an
ungreased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake
at 350° for 15 minutes. Then, combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs,
sugar, salt and spices. Beat well.
Pour this into the baked crust. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Finally,
combine the nuts, brown sugar and
the 2 tablespoons of butter and sprinkle over the top. Return to oven
and bake for an additional 15-20
minutes. Cool and cut into squares.
CAKE EXTENDER (nov/dec93pg1)
5-1-99
(for higher & lighter cakes)
1 pkg. cake mix (any flavor)
1 cup flour
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
½ cup oil
2/3 cup water
Prepare cake mix per package directions.
Combine remaining ingredients and add to batter. Pour into
greased 9x13" pan and bake per
package directions. adding fifteen extra minutes to baking time.
PECAN PIE SURPRISE BARS (oct71pg2) 5-1-99
Make a crust of
1 package yellow cake mix reserving
2/3 cup
½ cup butter, melted
1 egg
1 cup chopped pecans
First, grease the bottom and sides
of 9 x 13 inch pan. Then, in a large mixing bowl, combine: the cake
mix (minus the 2/3 cup), butter, and the egg. Mix until ''crumbly'' and
press into the pan. Bake at 350° for
15-20 minutes. Cool. Next, prepare
the filling:
2/3 cup reserved yellow cake mix
½ cup packed brown sugar
1½ cups dark corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
Combine these ingredients in a large
mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed for 1-2 minutes. Pour the filling
over the crust and sprinkle with
the chopped pecans. Bake again at 350° for 30-35 minutes. Cool. Cut
into 36 bars.
PECAN PIE BARS #2 5-1-99
½ brown sugar
1 cup flour
½ cup melted margarine
Mix well and press into bottom and sides a little of 7x11 pan. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
1 cup flaked coconut
2 tbsps. flour
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
Combine in order, spread over crust. Bake additional 15 minutes.
SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK
(mar/apr88pg8) 5-1-99
from scratch
1 cup dry powdered milk
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup boiling water
3 tbsps. melted margarine
Blend until smooth in blender. Makes 14 ounces.
CHINESE LEMON DILL ROLLS (2-18-99) 5-1-99
½ cup milk
1 tbsp. butter
2 tbsps. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 pkg. yeast
½ cup water
2 eggs
2 tsps. finely minced dill
2 tsps. grated lemon peel
2 cloves garlic
2½ - 3 cups flour
2 tsps. poppy seeds
No instructions.
CROCKPOT RIBS 5-3-99 top of page
3-4 lbs. ribs
1 onion
2 cups favorite BBQ sauce
salt and pepper
Place meat on jelly roll pan. Put in over to brown. Cut meat into serving sizes pieces. Layer onion ribs BBQ sauce in crockpot. Cook all day on low.
Brown meat. Put in crockpot. Cover meat with water. Heat on high 30 minutes. Reduce heat to low cook 7-8 hours. Remove and put on pan and cover with BBQ sauce. Put under broiler.
RHUBARB PUDDING #2 (4-28-99) 5-3-99
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1 cup sugar
1½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. butter
½ tsp. salt
4 cups rhubarb, chopped
1½ cups boiling water
1½ cups sugar
Combine the milk, 1 cup sugar, flour,
baking soda, butter and salt, mix well and pour in a greased 9x13"
pan. Mix the rhubarb with water,
sugar and ¼ tsp. butter; pour over batter but do not mix. Bake at
350°
for 45-60 minutes.
LEMON CAKE MIX COOKIES (2-5-99) 5-3-99
1 large egg
1½ cups whipped topping
1 lemon cake mix, dry
Whisk the egg with whipped topping until well blended. Stir in cake mix by hand. Shape into small balls; roll in some powdered sugar. Flatten. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet at 350° for 7 minutes. Remove and let cool.
RASPBERRY COFFEE CAKE (nov/dec97pg2) 5-3-99
4 boxes Raspberry Jiffy Mix
1 (3 oz.) box instant vanilla pudding
mix
1¼ cups milk
4 eggs
Combine first two ingredients, add remaining ingredients and beat well.
Filling:
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1½ cups powdered sugar
Pour half the batter in a Bundt
or 9x13" pan. Spoon in filling and top with remaining batter. Bake at 350°
for 48-52 minutes.
Glaze: 2-3 tbsps. water and 1 box Jiffy White Frosting mix. Combine and drizzle over warm cake.
STOVETOP STUFFED MEAT LOAF (may/jun92pg7) 5-3-99
2 lbs. Ground beef
1 pkg. Beef flavored Stovetop Stuffing,
dry
1 cup beef broth
Mix ingredients and form into a
loaf. Top with 1 can of cream of mushroom (or whatever) soup. Bake at
350° for 1 hour.
Ham Salad 5-3-99
Grind up a big chunk of bologna. Add relish and mayonnaise to taste.
ONE-STEP PINEAPPLE ANGEL FOOD CAKE (4-29-99) 5-3-99
One step angel food cake mix
1 20 oz can crushed pineapple
Mix and pour into a 9x13 pan bake at 350° for 25 minutes.
Cole Slaw 5-3-99
shredded cabbage
¼ cup water
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup vinegar
salt and pepper
grated carrots
green pepper cubed
SAUERKRAUT CASSEROLE 5-3-99
16 oz can sauerkraut undrained
16 oz. can tomatoes undrained
½ cup brown sugar
4 slices bacon fried
½ onion, sautéed
in 1 tbsp. bacon grease
Layer ingredients in 9x13" pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour.
Cabbage Salad Dressing 5-3-99
1½ cups sugar
1 cup vinegar
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
1 cup oil
Heat sugar and vinegar until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add spices. Stir well. Let cool then add oil and mix well. Refrigerate.
FINGERLICKIN' CHICKEN (MR. FOOD) 5-4-99
4 chicken breasts
4 slices cheese, any kind
¼ cup wine
Coat breasts in bread crumbs. Put in bottom of a glass dish. Bake chicken 15 minutes in oven. Put cheese slice on each breasts. Pour wine in dish. Bake another 15 minutes till it starts to bubble and cheese gets brown.
Mr. Food Easy Cooking Magazine
P.O. Box 7493
Red Oak, Iowa 51591
Mr. Food at home for home party plans. 1-888-467-3663 ask for Glenn.
Mushroom Casserole 5-5-99
½ loaf of day old bread
2 cups of milk
3 shakes of salt, pepper, and garlic
salt
2 eggs
lots of chopped mushrooms
some chopped onions
Pour milk over crumbed bread. Beat eggs a lot to make sure it's very fluffy. Pour everything over bread and mix until it looks like pudding. Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes. (recipe was sketchy)
Cream of Mushroom Soup 5-5-99
½ pound mushrooms, chopped
2 tbsps. butter
Sauté mushrooms in butter, cover and cook 5 minutes.
2 tbsps. butter, melted
3 tbsps. flour
1 quart chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste
Mix together. Add mushrooms, salt
and pepper. Let thicken. Toward the very end mix in cream.
Serve with whipped cream on top
sprinkled with paprika. (recipe was sketchy)
Trinacouba Casserole 5-5-99
barley, cooked
sausage (not italian)
pint mushrooms
onions
1 tsp. marjoram
2 cloves garlic
They didn't give much instructions or measurements. (recipe was sketchy)
Liver Dumpling Soup (From Prague in 1894) 5-5-99
Grind up liver - can't be stiff
Peel of citron
crackers
spices
eggs
Mix all together and when done it will look like a meatball mixture.
8 cups chicken broth, boiling
Put liver in broth by spoonfuls and it will make dumplings. (recipe was sketchy)
Rhubarb Jam Using Gelatin & Pineapple (may68pg2) 5-7-99
4 cups sugar
4 cups rhubarb
Cut up rhubarb and put sugar on top and let stand overnight. The next day boil for 10 minutes. Add a small can of crushed pineapple (11 oz). Boil 5 minutes more. Take off stove and stir in any flavor gelatin 3 oz. pkg. Put in jars. Seal and process.
Dwayne Schmidt's Beer Bread (same as Beer Bread nov/dec76pg7) 5-7-99
3 cups self rising flour
3 tbsps. sugar
1 can warm beer
Mix ingredients and put in 2 regular sized loaf pans. Bake at 350, 45-50 minutes. Butter tops while hot to make crunchy.
Rhubarb Jam (5-7-99)
4 cups chopped rhubarb
3 cups sugar
Mix and let stand 1½ hours stirring occasionally. Boil 10 minutes. Stir in 3 oz pkg. of any berry flavored jello. Add 1 can pie filling that matches your flavor of jello. If you use cherry use 1/8 tsp. almond flavor. Pour in hot sterilized jars. Let cool. Put a layer of paraffin on the top, then put in a string. Let the string hang over the edge while you put another layer of paraffin on top making a handle for the wax. Drop string in jar and close the lid.
Preschool Punch (sep/oct96pg5) 5-7-99
1 large can frozen pineapple juice
(12 oz.)
3 juice cans water
1 - 2 liter of strawberry pop
Mix and serve.
Golden Summer Punch (5-7-99)
1 6 oz. can frozen orange juice
1 6 oz. can frozen lemonade
1 12 oz can apricot nectar
2½ cups pineapple juice
Add water to frozen juices as directed. Combine with apricot and pineapple juice. Can use 7-up or ginger ale in place of some of the water. (Water that is used to add to the frozen juices.)
Rhubarb-Orange Marmalade 5-7-99
6 cups diced rhubarb
3 oranges with peel on, grind peel
and oranges
7 cups of sugar
Mix sugar and rhubarb, refrigerate and let stand overnight. The next day put in heavy pan, boil 8 minutes. Add oranges, boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Seal in hot jars.
Rhubarb Crisp 5-7-99
3 tablespoons flour
4 cups chopped rhubarb
1 cup sugar
pinch of salt
Put in 9x13" pan.
Topping:
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1½ cups flour
1 cup oatmeal
Combine and make crumbly. Sprinkle on top. Bake at 350, for 30 minutes until brown and bubbly.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WITH PUDDING (mar/apr95pg3 (slightly altered) 5-7-99
2¼ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
¼ cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (3 oz. pkg.) vanilla or chocolate
instant pudding mix
2 eggs
12 oz chocolate chips
¼ tsp. salt
Cream butter & sugars. Add vanilla & eggs. Mix well. Stir in dry pudding mix, soda and salt. Mix well. Stir in flour and chips. Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes.
How to season a cast iron dutch oven. Wash, dry well, Remove rust spots. Pour 1 tbsp. Salad oil, unsalted fat, or olive oil into cookware, spread over entire surface. Add a little more oil to cover the bottom of the pan and start to heat. Put in 375 degree oven, remove when oil is thin but not smoking. Swirl oil around pan to cover sides completely. Add more oil, reduce to 250 keep in 1 hour. Turn off oven and leave in overnight. The next day, take out of the oven and rub down with paper towel. Store with lids off warm dry place. Put paper towel in pan before storing to absorb moisture.
White cookbook has how to season old cast iron cookware.
DONNA'S SOUPER SALAD (4-14-99) 5-8-99
1 can tomato soup
8 ozs. cream cheese
1 pkg. lemon gelatin
1 cup chopped celery
1 chopped green pepper
1 chopped medium onion
1 pkg. slivered almond chips
½ cup salad dressing
Melt cheese in soup, cool and add
gelatin. Cool. Add rest except salad dressing to cooled mixture. Add
dressing and cool.
DUTCH BABIES (3-9-99) 5-8-99
2 cups fresh or frozen sliced peeled
peaches
4 tsps of sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
3 eggs
½ cup flour
½ cup milk
½ tsp. salt
2 tbsps. butter/margarine
ground nutmeg and sour cream (optional)
Combine first 3 ingredients in bowl
and mix, set aside. Beat eggs until fluffy and add, flour, milk,
and salt. Beat until smooth. Put
butter/margarine in a 10 inch skillet, place in 400° oven for 3-5
minutes until butter/margarine
melts and pan is very hot. Pour batter in skillet, cook 20-25 minutes.
Take out of oven and pour peach
mixture in center of pastry. Top with nutmeg and sour cream
if desired.
MR. FOOD BEAT THE CLOCK GOULASH 5-8-99
2 lbs. lean ground beef
2 cans beef broth
8 ozs. elbow macaroni
1 tbsp. paprika
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. black pepper
1 cup sour cream
Put beef and onion in deep pot and
brown. Add the rest. Bring to a boil and stir occasionally. Reduce heat
to medium and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
Stir in sour cream.
Tasty Bean Salsa 5-8-99
1 can black eyed peas, drained
1 can white shoe pegged corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained
2 cans plain diced tomatoes
chopped jalapenos to taste
1 bunch green onions chopped
1 chopped red or green pepper
Mix all together with 1 bottle Zesty Italian Dressing. Refrigerate overnight, drain.
Looking for Raspberry Pie Danish dessert (missed) 5-8-99
Doris' Pecan Pie Cake (4-24-99) 5-8-99
Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix (reserve 2/3
cup)
½ cup melted butter or margarine
1 egg
Topping:
½ cup dark brown sugar
2/3 reserve
1½ cups white corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs well beaten
1-2 cups pecans
Mix cake mix, melted butter, egg. Pat in bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Bake 350° 15 minutes. Mix topping ingredients well and pour over partially cooled cake. Return to oven at 375° for 40 minutes or until it tests done.
Crock Pot Pork Chops With Dressing (4-21-98) 5-11-99 top of page
1 pkg. stove top (6 oz. pork flavor)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 tsp. curry powder
4-6 boneless pork chops
Grease crock pot, mix stuffing as
directed on box (only 1 cup water). Layer ½ dressing in bottom,
½
soup, sprinkle curry, layer chops,
add stuffing top with soup. Cook on low 6-7 hours.
SOUP SUBSTITUTE (sep/oct98pg3) 5-11-99
2 cups dry milk
¾ cup corn starch
¼ cup chicken bouillon
4 tsp. dried onion flakes
1 tsp. thyme (optional)
1 tsp. basil (optional)
½ tsp. pepper (optional)
Mix all ingredients well. Keep stored
in sealed container. To make 1 can of soup: combine 1 cup water
with 4 tbsps. of mixture. Cook
until smooth and thick.
CROCKPOT SMOKIES 5-11-99
Equal amounts of yellow mustard and grape jelly. Blend and add to crockpot with smokies. Cook on low all day.
ELEPHANT EARS 5-11-99
2 pkgs. of pop and fresh sweet rolls
2 tbsps. butter
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
Pat rolls flat. Spread butter on rolls. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Roll up like cinnamon rolls. Cut in 1" slices and place on waxed paper. Take cut pieces and roll out with rolling pin to ¼". Let raise 20 minutes. Put on greased baking sheet. Bake 350° for 30 minutes till golden brown. Remove from pan and cool.
RHUBARB STRAWBERRY PIE (jul/aug86pg7) 5-11-99
1¼-1½ cups sugar
3 tbsps. quick cooking tapioca
or cornstarch
¼ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
3 cups rhubarb (1 lb.), cut into
½" pieces
2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
1 tbsp. butter or margarine
2 crusts
Stir first 4 ingredients; add fruit.
Toss to coat. Let stand for 15 minutes. Line 9" pie plate with crust. Add
filling. Dot with margarine. Top
with second crust. Cut slits, seal and flute. Cover edges w/foil. Bake
at
375° for 25 minutes. Remove
foil and bake 20 minutes more.
MR. FOOD CHICKEN BREASTS 5-11-99
Coat chicken with bread crumbs then in egg wash. Coat with bread crumbs again. Put in casserole dish. Pour on favorite wine and bake until golden brown 350° 30-40 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese if desired.
SLO-COOKER COCKTAIL SMOKIES 5-11-99
1 large pkg. Lil' Smokies
7-up
½ cup grape jelly
1 cup ketchup
Brown the sausage in a small amount
of 7-up; drain. Mix the jelly and ketchup; put in slow cooker. Add
the sausages and cook on low for
2 hours.
SUPER ENCHILADA CASSEROLE (4-23-99) 5-12-99
1½ lbs. ground meat
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese,
divided
1 pkg. taco seasoning
½ cup chopped onion
Green chilies to taste, chopped
and drained
1 can tomato soup
1 can enchilada sauce
Some sliced ripe olives
6 large flour tortillas
Brown and drain the meat. Add 1
cup cheddar cheese to the pan along with taco seasoning, onions,
chilies and olives. In a separate
bowl combine the soup and enchilada sauce; put half of this in the meat
mixture: heat through. Spoon meat mixture evenly onto each tortilla: roll
up and place in a 9x13" pan. Pour the rest of the sauce mixture over top
of tortillas. Top with the remaining cheese. Bake at 350°
for 25-30 min.
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE 5-12-99
(Country Magazine in '93)
1 egg
1 cup sugar
2 tbsps. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups rhubarb, chopped
1 pint strawberries, sliced
9 inch pie shell
Beat together the egg, sugar, flour and vanilla. Add rhubarb and strawberries; mix well. Put in pie shell.
Topping:
¾ cup flour
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup oatmeal
½ cup margarine
Mix ingredients until crumbly; sprinkle
on top of pie. Bake on lower rack in oven at 400° for 10 minutes.
Move pie to middle rack, reduce
heat to 350° and bake for 35 minutes.
DONNA'S SOUPER SALAD (4-14-99) 5-12-99
1 can tomato soup
8 ozs. cream cheese
1 pkg. lemon gelatin
1 cup chopped celery
1 chopped green pepper
1 chopped medium onion
1 pkg. slivered almond chips
½ cup salad dressing
Melt cheese in soup, cool and add
gelatin. Cool. Add rest except salad dressing to cooled mixture. Add
dressing and cool.
FRENCH CARAMEL BARS (sep/oct98pg7) 5-12-99
¾ cup margarine or butter,
melted
1 pkg. Pillsbury regular French
Vanilla cake mix
1 egg
2½ cups quick cooking rolled
oats
1 can Pillsbury Creamy Supreme
Caramel Pecan or Coconut Pecan frosting
1-12 oz pkg. Semi sweet chocolate
chips
(Pecans optional)
Spray a 15"x10"x1" pan with non
stick spray. In a bowl, combine margarine and cake mix
(reserving 3 T). Add egg and mix,
then stir in oats. Press 2/3 of this mixture in the bottom of the pan.
Microwave the frosting (in a microwave safe bowl) for 1 minute on high.
Add reserved cake mix
to this and stir until large lumps
disappear. Drizzle ½ of the frosting mix over the cake mix in bottom
of pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle
with chips and pecans then drizzle with remaining frosting.
Crumble remaining 1/3 cake mix
over and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes.
To get rid of ants: Sprinkle with talc or cayenne pepper.
MARION MARKET BANANA PECAN BREAD
5-12-99
From Eleanor Bowen
1½ cups margarine
3½ cups sugar
7 eggs
1 tbsp. baking soda
1 tbsp. vanilla
2 cups soured milk
7 cups flour
2¼ cups mashed bananas
1½ cups chopped pecans
Cream the margarine and sugar with
a hand mixer. Beat in the eggs, milk, baking soda, vanilla and flour.
Stir in the banana and nuts by
hand. Bake in greased 8x4" loaf pans at 325° for 60-70 minutes. Makes
6-7 loaves. Let cool in pans for
10 minutes, then turn out on wire racks to cool. Wrap loaves in plastic
if
freezing. To sour milk, add ½
tbsp. cider vinegar to 2 cups fresh milk and let set at room temperature
for
2-3 hours.
ENGLISH APPLE PIE (4-8-99) 5-13-99
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup flour
¾ cup sugar
1 slightly beaten egg
1 cup chopped apples (Braburn)
½ cup chopped walnuts
Blend on low 'til well mixed. Pour batter in a greased 9" pie pan. Bake 350° 30 minutes.
Mr. Food Elephant Ears 5-13-99
Yields: 1 dozen
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 package (17¼ ounces) frozen
puff pastry dough, thawed
1 egg, beaten
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat
cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray. In a shallow bowl, combine sugar
and cinnamon; mix well and set aside. Place 2 sheets of pastry dough side
by side
lengthwise on a work surface and
pinch the middle seam together. Brush dough with some of the beaten egg
and sprinkle with 5 tablespoons of the cinnamon sugar mixture. lengthwise
on a work surface and pinch the middle seam together. Brush dough with
some of the beaten egg and sprinkle with 5 tablespoons of the cinnamon
sugar mixture.
Roll one narrow end jellyroll style into the center. Repeat with the other end. Slice into 12 pieces. Brush one side of each slice with remaining beaten egg and dip in remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Place coated side up on the cookie sheets.
Bake for 25 to 28 minutes, or until golden. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
RHUBARB-CHEESECAKE PIE (didn't get, was it this one? may/jun96pg3) 5-13-99
1 cup sugar
¼ cup cornstarch
¼ cup water
5 cups chopped rhubarb
1 (9") baked pastry shell with
edges crimped high
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese,
softened
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
1/3 to ½ cup orange juice
Combine 1 cup sugar and corn starch
in medium saucepan. Add water. Add rhubarb. Cook and stir till
mixture is thick and rhubarb is
tender. Remove from heat. Stir in red food coloring, if desired. Spread
2
cups rhubarb mixture in bottom
of pie shell. Set aside. Cover and set remaining rhubarb mixture aside.
(Chill when cool.) Beat cream cheese,
¼ cup sugar, vanilla and a few drops of almond extract till fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating
at low speed just till combined. Pour over rhubarb layer. Bake in 350°
oven 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from
over, and immediately spread top with sour cream. Cool on wire
rack. Chill till serving time.
To serve, stir together reserved rhubarb mixture and enough orange juice
to
make a spoonable sauce. Cut cheesecake
into wedges. Spoon sauce atop each piece
Impossible Rhubarb Custard Pie (4-29-99) 5-13-99
Put in blender:
½ stick margarine
4 eggs
¾ cup sugar
½ cup flour
2 cups milk
1 tsp. vanilla
dash salt
1 tsp. nutmeg or cinnamon
Mix on high for 30 seconds, pour in a deep dish pie pan.
Topping: (mix in bowl)
2 cups chopped rhubarb
½ cup sugar
nutmeg and cinnamon, to taste
Pour carefully over mixture in pan. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes.
Simple Strawberry Pie 5-14-99
1 box strawberry jello
1 box cook and serve vanilla pudding
Combine. Add 2 cups water, bring to boil. Add 1 quart of sliced strawberries and let cool. Fold in 8 oz of whipped topping. Pour into baked pie shell. Garnish with strawberry.
CREAMY RHUBARB DESSERT (4-24-99) 5-17-99 top of page
Crust:
½ cup cold butter or margarine
1½ cups flour
½ cup chopped pecans
Cut butter in flour and mix in pecans. Put in bottom of a 9x13" pan. Bake 350° 15 minutes.
4 cups chopped rhubarb (can be part
strawberries)
½ cup sugar
2 tbsps. flour
Combine and put on top of crust. Bake another 15 minutes 350°.
Cheese layer:
2 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
Beat till fluffy the cream cheese,
sugar, vanilla. Add 1 egg at a time and beat well after each. Pour over
hot rhubarb layer. Bake 30 minutes
350°.
Topping:
1½ cup sour cream
3 tbsps. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Combine sour cream, sugar, vanilla
well and spread over hot cheesecake layer. Cool on wire rack 1 hour.
Refrigerate overnight and add pecans
if desired.
Tasty Bean Salsa (5-8-99) 5-17-99
1 can black eyed peas, drained
1 can white shoe pegged corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained
2 cans plain diced tomatoes
chopped jalapenos to taste
1 bunch green onions chopped
1 chopped red or green pepper
Mix all together with 1 bottle Zesty Italian Dressing. Refrigerate overnight, drain.
PICKLED HOT DOGS 5-17-99
4 1 lb. pkgs. hot dogs
2 large onions, sliced thin
¾ cup sugar
2 tbsps. salt
1¼ tsps. fresh green peppers
¼ cup cumin
4½ hot pepper sauce
4 cups vinegar
1 tsp. pickling spice
Slice each wiener into 3 pieces. Combine onions and hot dogs and set aside. Combine rest and boil 3 minutes. Let cool and pour over wieners and refrigerate several days.
MEXICAN FRANKS 5-17-99
10 6" tortillas
vegetable oil
1 15 oz. chili without beans
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce, divided
1 tbsp. minced onion
¼ tsp. hot sauce
10 hot dogs or frankfurters
1 4 oz. can green chilies, chopped
and drained
1 4 oz. pkg. shredded cheddar cheese
Fry tortillas one at a time in ¼" oil on both sides till softened. Drain on paper towels and set aside. Combine ¼ cup chilies tomato sauce. Place hot dog in center of tortilla top with chili mixture. Roll up and place seam side down in lightly greased 7x11" baking dish. Combine remaining tomato sauce and chili mixture. Sprinkle the chilies over the top. cover and bake 350° 25 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle evenly with cheese and bake five more minutes.
Cornmeal Rolls (4-21-99) 5-17-99
1/3 cup cornmeal
½ cup sugar
2 tsps. salt
½ cup shortening
2 cups milk
1 pkg. yeast
¼ cup warm water
2 beaten eggs
4 cups flour
Cook on stove cornmeal, sugar, salt,
shortening, milk till thick stirring constantly. Let cool till lukewarm.
Soften yeast in water and add to
first mixture. Add eggs, flour and kneed until dough is nice and smooth.
Cover and let rise until double.
Take dough and roll out to 3/4" thick. Cut with a cookie cutter or something
dinner roll size. Place each roll on baking sheet. Add butter and a little
bit of corn meal on outside. Cover and let rise till double. Bake 375°
10-15 minutes.
RHUBARB PUDDING PIE (missed, found this was only one with pudding sep/oct97pg7) 5-17-99
10" graham cracker crust
3 cups rhubarb, cut into ½"
pieces
¾ cup sugar
3 oz. package strawberry Jello
3 oz. package instant vanilla pudding
and pie filling
½-1 tsp. vanilla
1¾ cup milk
Combine rhubarb and sugar, boil
until soft but not mushy. Add Jello and cool. Add pudding, vanilla and
milk. Pour into crust and refrigerate.
POPPER BURGERS 5-18-99
Use 90% ground beef
¼ lb. ground beef and 1
tbsp. salsa, picante or whatever seasonings you like.
Make ground beef mixture then put a popper in the middle then flatten it on the grill or use a speed grill. Put burger on a bun. Then make velveeta and salsa for topping.
HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE CAKE 5-19-99
1 box yellow cake mix
20 oz. can crushed pineapple
8 ozs. cream cheese, softened
1 cup cold milk
1 small box instant vanilla pudding
8 ozs. whipped topping
Coconut and nuts
Bake cake per directions in a 9x13"
pan; let cool. Poke holes in top of cake with handle of a wooden
spoon. Partially drain the pineapple
and pour over cake. Combine cream cheese with milk and pudding;
beat until smooth; spread on top
of cake. Spread on the whipped topping; garnish with some nuts and
coconut.
Tip: to kill creeping charlie get Dicamba (herbicide) 5-19-99
BLOOMIN' ONION (mar/apr97pg5) 5-19-99
1 large sweet onion
2 tbsps. flour
½ tsp. salt
1 large beaten egg
1 cup crushed saltines
Peel onion, leaving root intact.
Cut onion vertically into fourths, up to ½" of root. Cut fourths
into
thirds. Place onion in boiling
water for 5 minutes. Remove and place in ice water for five minutes.
Loosen petals and drain upside
down. Put flour and salt in plastic bag. Place onion in a bag and
shake to coat. Dip onion in egg
and cracker crumbs. Freeze 30 minutes, then refrigerate 30 minutes.
Fry 5-7 minutes in 3" of hot oil
(375°).
CREAMY RHUBARB DESSERT (4-24-99) 5-19-99
Crust:
½ cup cold butter or margarine
1½ cups flour
½ cup chopped pecans
Cut butter in flour and mix in pecans. Put in bottom of a 9x13" pan. Bake 350° 15 minutes.
4 cups chopped rhubarb (can be part
strawberries)
½ cup sugar
2 tbsps. flour
Combine and put on top of crust. Bake another 15 minutes 350°.
Cheese layer:
2 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
Beat till fluffy the cream cheese,
sugar, vanilla. Add 1 egg at a time and beat well after each. Pour over
hot rhubarb layer. Bake 30 minutes
350°.
Topping:
1½ cup sour cream
3 tbsps. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Combine sour cream, sugar, vanilla
well and spread over hot cheesecake layer. Cool on wire rack 1 hour.
Refrigerate overnight and add pecans
if desired.
LO-CAL DIP (2-98) 5-19-99
½ cup sour cream
2 tsps. reduced calorie mayonnaise
1-2 tsps. prepared horseradish
(add amount u like)
½ clove garlic (small),
minced
Combine in bowl. Keep refrigerated it will keep for a few days.
MEXICAN FRANKS (5-17-99) 5-19-99
10 6" tortillas
vegetable oil
1 15 oz. chili without beans
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce, divided
1 tbsp. minced onion
¼ tsp. hot sauce
10 hot dogs or frankfurters
1 4 oz. can green chilies, chopped
and drained
1 4 oz. pkg. shredded cheddar cheese
Fry tortillas one at a time in ¼" oil on both sides till softened. Drain on paper towels and set aside. Combine ¼ cup chilies tomato sauce. Place hot dog in center of tortilla top with chili mixture. Roll up and place seam side down in lightly greased 7x11" baking dish. Combine remaining tomato sauce and chili mixture. Sprinkle the chilies over the top. cover and bake 350° 25 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle evenly with cheese and bake five more minutes.
WINDOW/CHROME CLEANER 5-20-99
½ tsp. sudsy oil soap (like
Murphy's oil soap)
3 tbsps. vinegar
2 cups water
RAMEN NOODLE SALAD 5-20-99
1 cabbage
½ cup slivered almonds
¼ cup sunflower seeds
1/8 cup sesame seeds
½ stick butter
Dressing:
¼ cup vegetable oil
1/8 cup vinegar
1/8 cup sugar
Shred cabbage and chill. Melt butter in skillet. Break up noodles. Brown noodles, nuts, seeds and seasoning packet from ramen noodles until all is lightly golden browned. Stir constantly and cool. Mix dressing ingredients. Add cabbage and seed mixture. Toss. Serves 6.
WINDOW CLEANER 5-20-99
1 cup sudsy ammonia
1 bottle rubbing alcohol
1 tsp. dish washing detergent
1 gallon water
Combine and use for windows.
ANOTHER SUGAR-FREE STRAWBERRY PIE (4-14-99) 5-20-99
1 baked pie shell
1 qt. strawberries, sliced
1 pkg. sugar free instant vanilla
pudding
1 pkg. (3 oz.) sugar free strawberry
gelatin
1¾ cups water
Mix in pudding per package directions.
Mix in gelatin and water. Put berries in bottom of pie shell. Pour
mixture over berries. Top with
whipped topping.
ROLO COOKIES (also called Rolo Candy Chocolate Cookies nov/dec90pg2) 5-20-99
2½ cups flour
¾ cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup softened margarine or butter
2 tsps. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
48 Rolo candy
1 tbsp. sugar
4 ozs. vanilla flavored candy coating
Combine flour, cocoa, and soda mix
well. Cream margarine and both cups of sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
Stir in dry ingredients, mix well. Stir in ½ cup pecans. If dough
is too
crumbly cover with plastic and
refrigerate for 30 minutes to one hour. Preheat oven 375°. Enclose
1
Rolo candy into 1 tbsp. dough,
covering well. Combine 1 tbsp. sugar with remaining pecans. Dip top of
each ball into nut and sugar mixture.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes
or until slightly cracked. Cool
on cookie sheet for another 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool
completely. Drizzle with
melted vanilla candy coating if desired.
STRAWBERRY TIRAMISU 5-21-99
½ cup part skim Ricotta cheese
3 tbsps. non fat cream cheese
2 tbsps. powdered sugar
½ tsp. grated orange zest
¾ cup lite Cool Whip
2 pts. strawberries, sliced (reserve
6 berries for garnish)
3 tbsps. sugar
2 tbsps. orange flavored liqueur
2 tbsps. orange juice
3 ozs. pkg. Lady Finger cookies
Combine Ricotta, cream cheese, powdered
sugar and orange zest; puree. Put the puree into a bowl; fold
in the Cool Whip. Combine strawberries,
sugar, liqueur and orange juice; puree. Into parfait glasses, layer
1 tbsp. strawberry puree, 2 cookie
halves, 1 tbsp. strawberry puree, half of a sliced strawberry, 1 tbsp.
of
the cheese mixture, 2 cookie halves,
1 tbsp. strawberry puree, 1 tbsp. cheese mixture. Cover each glass
with plastic wrap; refrigerate
overnight. Garnish with a whole berry before serving.
Cornmeal Rolls (4-21-99) 5-21-99
1/3 cup cornmeal
½ cup sugar
2 tsp. salt
½ cup shortening
2 cups milk
1 pkg. yeast
¼ cup warm water
2 beaten eggs
4 cups flour
Cook on stove cornmeal, sugar, salt,
shortening, milk till thick stirring constantly. Let cool till lukewarm.
Soften yeast in water and add to
first mixture. Add eggs, flour and kneed until dough is nice and smooth.
Cover and let rise until double.
Take dough and roll out to 3/4" thick. Cut with a cookie cutter or something
dinner roll size. Place each roll on baking sheet. Add butter and a little
bit of corn meal on outside. Cover and let rise till double. Bake 375°
10-15 minutes.
GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE SUPREME 5-21-99
2 packages French Style Green Beans,
partially cooked
1 can mushroom soup plus enough
milk to make 2 cups
½ cups pound fresh mushrooms,
sliced
1 chopped onion
Parmesan Cheese
1 can French Fried Onions
1 can bean sprouts, drained
Repeat layers of the following:
Beans, Bean Sprouts, Mushrooms, Onions, Mushroom Soup and
Parmesan Cheese. Bake at 400°
for 25 minutes. Last 5 minutes, top with crushed onion rings. (Nancy
Ellen)
ANOTHER SUGAR-FREE STRAWBERRY PIE (4-14-99) 5-21-99
1 baked pie shell
1 qt. strawberries, sliced
1 pkg. sugar free instant vanilla
pudding
1 pkg. (3 oz.) sugar free strawberry
gelatin
1¾ cups water
Mix in pudding per package directions.
Mix in gelatin and water. Put berries in bottom of pie shell. Pour
mixture over berries. Top with
whipped topping.
ROLO COOKIES (also called Rolo Candy Chocolate Cookies nov/dec90pg2) 5-21-99
2½ cups flour
¾ cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup softened margarine or butter
2 tsps. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
48 Rolo candy
1 tbsp. sugar
4 ozs. vanilla flavored candy coating
Combine flour, cocoa, and soda mix
well. Cream margarine and both cups of sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
Stir in dry ingredients, mix well. Stir in ½ cup pecans. If dough
is too
crumbly cover with plastic and
refrigerate for 30 minutes to one hour. Preheat oven 375°. Enclose
1
Rolo candy into 1 tbsp. dough,
covering well. Combine 1 tbsp. sugar with remaining pecans. Dip top of
each ball into nut and sugar mixture.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes
or until slightly cracked. Cool
on cookie sheet for another 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool
completely. Drizzle with
melted vanilla candy coating if desired.
NO BAKE CORN FLAKE COOKIES (missed found this one novdec93pg2) 5-21-99
½ cup white corn syrup
½ cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
3 cups corn flakes
Combine sugar and syrup in saucepan.
Bring to a boil. Turn off heat. but leave pan on burner. Stir in
peanut butter. Stir in corn flakes.
Remove from burner and spoon onto wax paper.
RHUBARB SWIRL (3-29-99) 5-21-99
18 graham crackers
½ cup sugar
3 tbsps. margarine, melted
Crush the crackers; combine with
sugar and margarine. Press mixture into a 9x13" pan and chill in
refrigerator.
Filling:
3 cups diced rhubarb
½-¾ cups sugar
1 pkg. strawberry gelatin (3 oz.)
1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
(3 oz.)
1¾ cups milk
8 ozs. whipped topping
Cook rhubarb with sugar until tender,
about 10 minutes. Add gelatin; let stand until cool and syrupy. Mix
pudding and milk until smooth;
add whipped topping. Fold in the cooled rhubarb, in a swirl. Pour into
the
crust. Cool until set.
LUCILLE'S SCALLOPED CHICKEN 5-22-99
4 cups cooked chicken
10 cups dried bread cubes
6 cups chicken broth
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
¾ tsp. sage
¾ tsp. poultry seasoning
2 tsps. margarine
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup finely chopped celery
1 can cream of chicken soup
Mix all and pour into shallow buttered dish, bigger than 9x13". Bake 350° 2 hours, uncovered.
RHUBARB PUDDING #2 (4-28-99) 5-22-99
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1 cup sugar
1½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. butter
½ tsp. salt
4 cups rhubarb, chopped
1½ cups boiling water
1½ cups sugar
Combine the milk, 1 cup sugar, flour,
baking soda, butter and salt, mix well and pour in a greased 9x13"
pan. Mix the rhubarb with water,
sugar and ¼ tsp. butter; pour over batter but do not mix. Bake at
350°
for 45-60 minutes.
PEA SALAD (8-7-95) 5-22-99
1 lb. pkg. frozen peas, thawed
5 hard cooked eggs, chopped
½ cup sweet pickle relish
½ lb. sharp cheddar cheese,
cubed
¼ cup onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
¾ cup miracle whip
Mix altogether and chill.
DONNA'S SOUPER SALAD (4-14-99) 5-22-99
1 can tomato soup
8 ozs. cream cheese
1 pkg. lemon gelatin
1 cup chopped celery
1 chopped green pepper
1 chopped medium onion
1 pkg. slivered almond chips
½ cup salad dressing
Melt cheese in soup, cool and add
gelatin. Cool. Add rest except salad dressing to cooled mixture. Add
dressing and cool.
DEE'S DIET DELIGHT CRAB SALAD (10-4-97) 5-22-99
2 cups cooked pasta, drained
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pkg. broccoli slaw mix
1 can kidney beans
3-4 oz crab meat
Mix well and add dressing of your choice and dill weed if desired.
ROLO COOKIES (also called Rolo Candy Chocolate Cookies nov/dec90pg2) 5-22-99
2½ cups flour
¾ cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup softened margarine or butter
2 tsps. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
48 Rolo candy
1 tbsp. sugar
4 ozs. vanilla flavored candy coating
Combine flour, cocoa, and soda mix
well. Cream margarine and both cups of sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
Stir in dry ingredients, mix well. Stir in ½ cup pecans. If dough
is too
crumbly cover with plastic and
refrigerate for 30 minutes to one hour. Preheat oven 375°. Enclose
1
Rolo candy into 1 tbsp. dough,
covering well. Combine 1 tbsp. sugar with remaining pecans. Dip top of
each ball into nut and sugar mixture.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes
or until slightly cracked. Cool
on cookie sheet for another 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool
completely. Drizzle with
melted vanilla candy coating if desired.
CHICKEN ENCHILADA (3-26-99) 5-22-99
1 pkg. flour tortillas (6 inch)
3-4 chicken breasts, cooked and
shredded
8 ozs. sour cream
2 cans cream of chicken soup
4 oz. can chopped green chilies,
drained
4 ozs. black olives, drained
8 ozs. shredded Monterey Jack cheese
8 ozs. shredded cheddar cheese
Spray a 9x13" pan. In a large bowl,
mix the sour cream, soup, chilies, half the olives, and half of each
cheese. Place a little less than
half of this mixture in a separate bowl. Add chicken to larger bowl; mix
well. Put 3 tbsps. of chicken mixture
on each tortilla; roll up and place in bottom of the pan. Pour the
remaining sauce over the top; garnish
with the rest of the olives and cheeses. Bake at 350° for
40-45 minutes, until browned.
MR. FOOD BEAT THE CLOCK GOULASH 5-22-99
2 lbs. lean ground beef
2 cans beef broth
8 ozs. elbow macaroni
1 tbsp. paprika
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. black pepper
1 cup sour cream
Put beef and onion in deep pot and brown. Add the rest. Bring to a boil and stir occasionally. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Stir in sour cream.
SHOESTRING SALAD 5-24-99 top of page
1 cup shredded carrots
1 small onion
½ cup celery
1 6 oz. can tuna or chicken
1 cup mayonnaise
3 tbsps french dressing
2 tbsps. sugar
Combine 1st 4 ingredients. Set aside. Mix together mayo and dressing and combine with vegetable mixture. Then refrigerate. Add potatoes when serving and mix in.
CHOCOLATE PRALINE LAYER CAKE
(Pillsbury Bake Off 1988) 5-25-99
Prep Time: 25 minutes (Ready in
2 hours 15 minutes)
CAKE:
½ cup butter
¼ cup whipping cream
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
¾ cup coarsely chopped
pecans
1 (1 lb. 2.25 oz.) pkg. Pillsbury
Moist Supreme® Devil's Food Cake Mix
1¼ cups water
1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
TOPPING:
1¾ cups whipping cream
¼ cup powdered sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla
16 whole pecans, if desired
16 chocolate curls, if desired
1. Heat oven to 325 F. In small heavy saucepan, combine butter, ¼ cup whipping cream and brown sugar. Cook over low heat just until butter is melted, stirring occasionally. Pour into two 9 or 8 inch round cake pans; sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans.
2. In large bowl, combine cake mix, water, oil and eggs; beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Carefully spoon batter over pecan mixture.
3. Bake at 325 F. for 35 to 45 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled.
4. In small bowl, beat 1¾ cups whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form.
5. To assemble cake, place 1 layer on serving plate, praline side up. Spread with half of whipped cream. Top with second layer, praline side up; spread top with remaining whipped cream. Garnish with whole pecans and chocolate curls. Store in refrigerator. 16 servings
Simple Strawberry Pie (5-14-99) 5-29-99 top of page
1 box strawberry jello
1 box cook and serve vanilla pudding
Combine. Add 2 cups water, bring to boil. Add 1 quart of sliced strawberries and let cool. Fold in 8 oz of whipped topping. Pour into baked pie shell. Garnish with strawberry.
BLOOMIN' ONION (mar/apr97pg5) 5-29-99
1 large sweet onion
2 tbsps. flour
½ tsp. salt
1 large beaten egg
1 cup crushed saltines
Peel onion, leaving root intact.
Cut onion vertically into fourths, up to ½" of root. Cut fourths
into
thirds. Place onion in boiling
water for 5 minutes. Remove and place in ice water for five minutes.
Loosen petals and drain upside
down. Put flour and salt in plastic bag. Place onion in a bag and
shake to coat. Dip onion in egg
and cracker crumbs. Freeze 30 minutes, then refrigerate 30 minutes.
Fry 5-7 minutes in 3" of hot oil
(375°).
LUCILLE'S SCALLOPED CHICKEN (5-22-99) 5-29-99
4 cups cooked chicken
10 cups dried bread cubes
6 cups chicken broth
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1½ tsps. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
¾ tsp. sage
¾ tsp. poultry seasoning
2 tsps. margarine
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup finely chopped celery
1 can cream of chicken soup
Mix all and pour into shallow buttered dish, bigger than 9x13". Bake 350° 2 hours, uncovered.
LUCILLE'S POTATO SALAD 5-29-99
6 cups diced potatoes
1 onion, chopped
2 tbsps. vinegar
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. pepper
6 tbsps. salad oil
1 tbsp. minced parsley
3 hard cooked eggs
Mix onions over the potatoes. Stir all ingredients together, and add salad dressing to taste.
N' ORLEANS MEAT MARINADE (may/jun98pg1) 5-29-99
6 ozs. teriyaki sauce
6 ozs. Dr. Pepper
6 ozs. french dressing
1 tsp. Lowrey's seasoning salt
1 tsp. vegetable oil
Combine ingredients. Put meat in
sealed container, or bag, marinate in refrigerator for 24 hours. (Enough
marinade for about 4 chicken breasts,
a couple of steaks.) Can also be used for any meats, including fish.
MAMA BLUES MISSISSIPPI MUD PIE (FORREST GUMP'S COOKBOOK) 5-29-99
3 1 oz. squares unsweetened chocolate
1½ cups powdered sugar
½ cup whipping cream
1/3 cup butter or margarine
3 tbsps. light corn syrup
dash salt
2 tbsps. vanilla extract
1 9" graham cracker crust
1 cup chopped pecans, divided
3 cups coffee ice cream, softened
and divided
sweetened whipped cream
Melt chocolate in saucepan over low heat. add the sugar, cream, butter, syrup and salt. Cook stirring constantly until its well mixed and smooth. Spread ½ of the chocolate sauce into crust. Sprinkle with ¼ cup pecans. Freeze 10 minutes. Remove from freezer and spread 1 cup ice cream over pecans. Freeze 20 minutes. Repeat layers 2 times. Cover and freeze 8 hours. Drizzle on the remaining chocolate sauce over the top of pie. Put whipped cream on pie and sprinkle with remaining pecans.
OREO COOKIE DESSERT #3 5-29-99
1 regular size package Oreo Cookies,
crushed
¼ cup butter, melted
½ gallon Vanilla ice cream
1 8 oz. jar chocolate syrup
8 ounce carton Cool Whip
Crush cookies and mix with melted butter. Reserve ¼ cup for topping. Pat evenly over bottom of 9x13" pan. Slice ice cream 2" thick lay on top of crust. Pour chocolate syrup over ice cream. Spread Cool Whip evenly on ice cream. Sprinkle remaining crumbs over all. Freeze. Cut into squares when ready to serve. Keep leftovers frozen. May put spanish peanuts on top of syrup if desired.
QUICK PARMESAN POTATOES 5-29-99
1 stick butter, melted
Parmesan Plus, sprinkle evenly
on melted butter
Scrub potatoes cut in half lengthwise
Put potatoes cut side down in cheese
Bake 350° 30-45 minutes.
CREAM PUFF CAKE (mar/apr97pg8) 5-31-99
1 cup water
1 stick margarine
1 cup flour
4 eggs
1 6 oz. pkg. vanilla instant pudding
3 cups milk
8 ozs. cream cheese
8 ozs. whipped topping
1 chocolate bar
Preheat oven to 400°. Bring
water and margarine to a boil. Add flour, reduce heat and stir until dough
forms a ball. Add eggs, one at
a time. Spread into a sprayed 9"x 13" dish. Bake for 35 minutes. Cool.
Prepare pudding with milk. Fold
in cream cheese. Let set for 15 minutes. Spread over cooled crust. Top
with whipped topping and shaved
chocolate bar.
Simple Strawberry Pie (5-14-99) 5-31-99
1 box strawberry jello
1 box cook and serve vanilla pudding
Combine. Add 2 cups water, bring to boil. Add 1 quart of sliced strawberries and let cool. Fold in 8 ozs. of whipped topping. Pour into baked pie shell. Garnish with strawberry.
ROLO COOKIES (also called Rolo Candy Chocolate Cookies nov/dec90pg2) 5-31-99
2½ cups flour
¾ cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup softened margarine or butter
2 tsps. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
48 Rolo candy
1 tbsp. sugar
4 ozs. vanilla flavored candy coating
Combine flour, cocoa, and soda mix
well. Cream margarine and both cups of sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
Stir in dry ingredients, mix well. Stir in ½ cup pecans. If dough
is too
crumbly cover with plastic and
refrigerate for 30 minutes to one hour. Preheat oven 375°. Enclose
1
Rolo candy into 1 tbsp. dough,
covering well. Combine 1 tbsp. sugar with remaining pecans. Dip top of
each ball into nut and sugar mixture.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes
or until slightly cracked. Cool
on cookie sheet for another 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool
completely. Drizzle with
melted vanilla candy coating if desired.
STRAWBERRY JELLO CAKE 5-31-99
2 boxes frozen strawberries, thawed;
or 2½ cups fresh
1 box (3 oz.) strawberry gelatin
2¼ cups flour
1½ cups sugar
½ cup shortening
3 tsps. baking powder
1 cup milk
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1½-2 cups mini marshmallows
Preheat oven to 350°. Combine
berries and gelatin; let stand. Grease bottom of 9x13" pan. Combine
flour, sugar, shortening, baking
powder, milk, salt, vanilla and eggs. Pour in bottom of pan. Cover batter
with marshmallows; dribble on strawberry
mixture. Bake for 40-45 minutes.
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Tip: Can use white almond bark on rolo cookies if desired.
Tip: Cookies BBQ sauce and 7-up make good BBQ sauce.
N' ORLEANS MEAT MARINADE (may/jun98pg1) 5-31-99
6 ozs. teriyaki sauce
6 ozs. Dr. Pepper
6 ozs. french dressing
1 tsp. Lowrey's seasoning salt
1 tsp. vegetable oil
Combine ingredients. Put meat in
sealed container, or bag, marinate in refrigerator for 24 hours. (Enough
marinade for about 4 chicken breasts,
a couple of steaks.) Can also be used for any meats, including fish.
SHOESTRING SALAD (5-24-99) 5-31-99
1 cup shredded carrots
1 small onion
½ cup celery
1 6 oz.. can tuna or chicken
1 cup mayonnaise
3 tbsps french dressing
2 tbsps. sugar
Combine 1st 4 ingredients. Set aside. Mix together mayo and dressing and combine with vegetable mixture. Then refrigerate. Add potatoes when serving and mix in.
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