Pumpkin Bread

3 cups sugar

3 ½ cups flour

1 ½ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix together then add:

1 cup oil

4 eggs

2/3 cup water

2 cups canned pumpkin

Mix together.  Pour batter into 3 loaf pans.  Bake 350 for 45 minutes

Chicken and Dressing Casserole

1 whole chicken deboned (about 3 cups)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cream of celery soup

1 cup sour cream

1 package Pepperidge Farm herb dressing

½ cup melted margarine

1 cup chicken broth

Place meat in bottom of 9X13 pan.  Mix soups and sour cream, spread over meat.  Press dressing evenly over casserole.  Pour margarine, then broth over dressing.  Bake 1 hour at 350 covered with foil.  Uncover foil last 15 minutes of baking time.

Layered Taco Dip

8 ounces cream cheese

16 ounces sour cream

1 package taco seasoning

Cream sour cream, cream cheese, and seasoning package together.  Spread on two 10”

pie plates.  Refrigerate until ready to use.

12 ounces salsa

cheddar cheese, grated

diced lettuce, tomato, onion, black olives, green pepper

taco chips

Spread salsa over cream cheese mixture.  Top with grated cheddar cheese and a layer each of the diced lettuce, tomato, onion, olives, and green peppers.  Serve with taco chips.

Crescent/Cinammon/Orange Rolls

Crescent Rolls

Dissolve:         2 pkg. or Tbsp dry yeast

                        ½ cup warm water

Mix together:  2 eggs

                        ½ cup sugar

Add:                ½ cup melted margarine

                        ¾ cup warm milk

                        1 cup flour

                        1 teaspoon salt

Mix well.

Add yeast mixture and 3 ½ cup more flour.  Let dough rise once (about an hour).  Punch down, place in refrigerator until ready to use. 

*Divide dough in half.  Roll in circle, brush with margarine, cut in wedges, roll from outer edge.  Let raise ½ to 1 hour.

Bake 350 for 8-10 minutes.

Cinnamon Rolls

Follow recipe above until *.

*Roll all dough in rectangle.  Brush with margarine.  Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and about ½ cup brown sugar.  Roll up dough lengthwise.  Slice 16 circles, and place on greased cookie sheet.  Let raise ½ to 1 hour.  Bake 350 for 8-10 minutes.  Ice with vanilla frosting from a can.

 

Orange Rolls

Follow recipe above until *.

Orange filling:

            ¼ cup margarine

            ½ cup sugar

            2 grated orange rinds

Melt together and fix as for cinnamon rolls.

 

Poppyseed Dressing

1/4 cup white vinager

1/4 cup oil (used olive oil)

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons mustard

 

mix all together

 

add

 

3/4 tablespoon poppyseeds

 

mix together and serve!

Grasshopper Brownies

Brownies:
2 boxes brownie mix

Mint Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
1 cup soft butter
2 Tbsp. water
1 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
4 drops green food coloring

Chocolate Topping:
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup butter

1) To make the Brownies follow the recipe for "cake-like" brownies. Or if their isn't one, add 3 more eggs. Pour into a large, greased cookie sheet, bake and let cool completely

2) To make the mint frosting, combine powdered sugar, butter, water, peppermint extract and food coloring. Mix. Spread over cooled brownies and refrigerate until hard on top.

3) To make chocolate topping microwave chocolate chips and butter for 2 minutes. Stir until all chocolate chips are melted and the mixture is smooth. Add 1-2 tsp. peppermint extract. As soon as this mixture thickens and is no longer hot, spread over mint topping on brownies. Put back into the refrigerator until hard.

4) Enjoy! This batch feeds a lot by the way.