Banana Split Surprise!

 2 cups graham crackers
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter melted
2 8 ozs cream cheese...
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
4 bananas
20 oz can crushed pinapple drained
10-14 strawberries sliced
1 jar cherries
1 cup of nuts (your choice)
Combine graham cracker, sugar and melted butter together and press into a 13x9 pan and chill.
Beat cream cheese and confectioners sugar together. Spread on top of graham cracker crust.
Take pineapple, bananas and strawberries and put on top in layers.
Finish by spreading whip cream on top and placing cherries and nuts on top as well. Chill for a couple hrs cut and enjoy!

PHILLY CHEESE STEAK SLOPPY JOES

 1 lb ground beef
1 small sweet onion chopped
1 green bell pepper seeded and chopped...
1/4 cup steak sauce (like A1)
1 cup beef broth
provolone cheese
buns

Crumble the ground beef into a skillet and add the chopped onion and pepper. Begin to cook, when the beef is about half cooked, add the broth and steak sauce. Cook until all items are done and allow to simmer and cook down/thicken.
I used hoagie buns from the bakery. Slice them open and filled 6 with the meat mixture. Then each was topped with a slice of provolone cheese. This was placed under the broiler for 3 minutes.

Peach Cobbler

 Ingredients
 2 cups fresh sliced peaches (or one 29 ounce can of sliced peaches, drained)
1 cup Bisquick mix (all purpose flour may be used, but Bisquick is the best choice for flavor)
1 cup of milk
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup of sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit

In an 8 x 8 baking dish, stir Bisquick mix, milk, nutmeg and cinnamon together until thoroughly mixed. Stir in melted butter.
In a medium mixing bowl, stir sugar and peaches. Spoon peaches over the cobbler crust.
Bake for one hour or until crust is a golden brown. Serve warm and enjoy!
Tip: Cobbler is terrific when served hot with vanilla ice cream and may be enjoyed cold, too.

Impossible Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar...
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup evaporated milk
2/3 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 cup muffin tin with silicone liners, foil liners sprayed with cooking spray or just spray the cups with cooking spray. Either of these three methods will make it easy to take the cupcake out after it’s cooked. Paper liners make it difficult to remove the cupcakes.

Mix the pumpkin, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and milk. Add the flour, pumpkin spice, salt, baking powder and baking soda to the mixture. Fill each muffin cup with 1/3 cup of the mixture. Bake for twenty minutes and let cool for twenty minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle more pumpkin pie spice on top and serve. Makes 12 cupcakes.

Banana Bread Bars:

  1-1/2 c. sugar
1 c. sour cream
1/2 c. butter, softened
2 eggs
1-3/4 (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. chopped walnuts (optional)

Brown Butter Frosting:
1/2 c. butter
4 c. powdered sugar
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 tbsp. milk

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375F. Grease and flour 15x10-inch jelly roll pan. For the bars, in a large bowl, beat together sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs until creamy. Blend in bananas and vanilla extract. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and blend for 1 minute. Stir in walnuts.

2. Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

3. Meanwhile, for frosting, heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling. Let the butter turn a delicate brown and remove from heat immediately.
4. Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk. Whisk together until smooth (it should be thicker than a glaze but thinner than frosting). Using a spatula, spread the brown butter frosting over the warm bars (the frosting will be easier to spread while the bars are still warm).
recipe  from Susan Workman

Million Dollar Pie

 2 Graham Cracker pie crusts...
1 15oz can of Crushed pineapple (drained well)
1 9oz tub of Cool Whip THAWED
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  add Maraschino cherries, Coconut, walnuts and Mandarin oranges. The amount of each depends on your taste. Mix everything EXCEPT the Cool whip together in a large bowl, mix well then add the Cool whip last.
Divide the mixture between the 2 crusts, chill for at least about 2 hours or overnight

Peach cake

1 large can sliced peaches, drained and mashed.  Fresh peaches could also be used.

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

Drain the peaches and empty into a large bowl. I just used my hands to mash them. Add flour, sugar and soda and mix well. Spray a 9 x 13 inch cake pan and pour in batter. Bake in a preheated 350F degree oven for 35 minutes. See recipe below for icing.

ICING:

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 regular sized can of evaporated milk

1 stick butter or margarine

1 cup coconut (I used a little more than a cup of coconut)

1 cup nuts

Boil everything but the nuts on top of the stove until thickens, remove from heat, stir in nuts and spread on cooled cake.

ZUCCHINI FRITTERS with CHILI LIME MAYO DIPPING SAUCE

 Ingredients:
vegetable oil for frying
3 cups grated zucchini
1 cup diced onion
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Dipping sauce:
1 cup prepared mayo
juice of half a lime
1/2 tsp chili powder

Start by pouring the vegetable oil in the skillet so that it's half an inch deep, turn the heat to medium. Meantime, combined the zucchini, onion, and eggs in a large bowl, stir to combine. It will get all frothy.

Next, combine the flour, baking powder, 1/2 tsp. of chili powder, salt, and pepper in a small mixing bowl, stir to combine. To finish the batter, add the dry ingredients to the zucchini mixture and fold together until well blended.

To test the oil, dip a spoon into the batter then dip the spoon into the oil. Once the oil bubbles when it comes in contact with the batter, it's hot enough.

Drop the batter into the oil by the heaping tablespoon, frying about six fritters at a time. Cook for 2-3 minutes a side. Once the centers were firm, remove fritters from the oil and let them drain on a paper towel.

To make the dip, simply combined the prepared mayo, lime juice, and chili powder in a small bowl and whisk together until well blended.

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Makes one big pitcher, re-fill water 3-4 times before replacing apples and cinnamon.

1 Apple thinly sliced (whatever your favorite is)
1 Cinnamon Stick

Drop apple slices in the bottom of the pitcher and then the cinnamon sticks, cover with ice about 1/2 way up then add water.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

 2 cups sugar
Dash of salt
1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
Waxed paper

In a large saucepan bring to a boil the sugar, salt, butter and milk. Boil mixture over medium heat for 1 full minute. Remove from heat immediately.

Add peanut butter and vanilla; stir well. Add oatmeal and stir until thoroughly incorporated. On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls. Drizzle with a mixture of cocoa, powdered sugar and water if desired. Cool until set and firm.

German Skillet Dinner

German Skillet Dinner~ absolutely wonderful
3 tbl butter or margarine
1/2 cabbage , chopped
2/3 c uncooked rice (I use minute rice)
1 med onion, chopped
2 lbs hamburger
1 can diced tomatoes or rotel tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste

Melt butter in skillet, layer cabbage, uncooked rice, onion, raw crumbled hamburger, salt and pepper, then tomatoes. Cover with lid and simmer 25-35 minutes until rice, cabbage and burger are done. Do not stir or lift lid until done.

Six Minute Caramels

 Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light Karo syrup
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
Directions:

1 Combine all ingredients.
2 Cook 6 minutes on a medium high heat, stirring every minute.
3 Stir and pour into lightly greased dish.
4 Let cool.
5 Cut, wrap in wax paper & store in an air tight container

Squash Casserole

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

2 teaspoons vegetable oil
3 crookneck yellow squash, diced
1/2 sweet yellow onion, diced                                                 

2 tbsp. water or as needed                      

1 can condensed cream of chicken soup

                     
 1 (8 ounce )  container sour cream

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (optional)                                                

1/2 ( 6 ounce) box dry bread stuffing mix

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
2. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir squash and onion until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add water and simmer to soften squash, 2 to 4 minutes. Stir cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and Cheddar cheese into squash mixture; mix well.
3. Transfer squash mixture to the prepared baking dish; top with stuffing mix.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and stuffing is browned, about 30 minutes.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

 

2 cups flour

2t cinnamon

1 1/2t baking soda

1/4c cocoa powder

1/2 c canola oil

1 c sugar

1/4 c brown sugar

3 eggs

2t vanilla

1/2c sour cream

3c shredded zucchini

3/4c mini chocolate chips

 

topping:

2T brown sugar

2T sugar

1/2t cinnamon

 

Beat oil, sugars, and eggs until combined and slightly fluffy, 1/2 minutes. add vanilla and sour cream and mix until combined. Gently stir in zucchini. Add dry ingredients. Pour into 2 loaf pans; sprinkle topping over each. Bake 350F for 45-50 minutes.

 

Darece