Biscuits and Meatballs

This only uses 4 ingredients

• Frozen Meaballs 20-40 oz (depending on how much meat you want in it!)
• Flaky Pillsbury Biscuits (I used Walmart Brand)
• Mozzarella Cheese (shredded)
• Spaghetti Sauce (any flavor)

Thaw meat balls, Place spaghetti sauce in 9 X 13 in baking dish, mix in meatballs, cut each biscuit into fourths. Mix with sauce and balls, top with cheese.

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes

Home Made Frosting

3 cups Powdered sugar
1/2 cup REAL butter (do not use margarine) softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 tbs light corn syrup
1-3 tbs milk (depending on how dry or smooth you want)
1 tsp vanilla or almond extract

Mix with electric mixer.

This is a good frosting if you want to use cake decorating supplies.

Ginger Cookies

Title: Ginger Cookies
Description:These are the best. Soft not hard! I do not care too much for original ginger cookies, and these are just amazing! Good with homemade frosting and adding almond extract.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Shortening
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup light mild molasses
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 1/4 cups flour

Directions:cream all together, Chill 20 minutes, roll 1/2 to 1/4 inches think cut out in ginger man cutouts bake at 325'F for 8-10 minutes

Sweet Potato Casserole

Title: Sweet potato casserole
Description:I make this for Thanksgiving every year, also for Christmas dinner

Ingredients:

casserole ingredients

• 3 c mashed sweet potatoes
• 1/2 c marg or butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/3 c milk
• 1 c white sugar
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg

topping

• 1 c light brown sugar
• 1/3 c marg or butter
• 1/2 c plain flour
• 1 c chopped pecans

Directions:mix top ingredients all together and pour into 9 X 13 casserole dish. mix topping ingredients together with fork, then sprinkle crumbs on top of casserole bake uncovered@ 350 for 25 min.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

In a large mixing bowl, beat shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs, on at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will appear curdled) Beat in syrup and milk. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, ginger and allspice; add to shortening mixture and beat just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin and pineapple

Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely.

For frosting, in a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes

Turtle Pumpkin Pie

I got this out of Taste of Home magazine, The best cooking magazine around!

• 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp. caramel Ice cream topping, divided
• 1 HONEY MAID graham pie crust
• 1 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp. PLANTERS pecan pieces, divided
• 1 cup cold milk
• 2 pkg (3.4 oz each) JELL-O vanilla instant pudding
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP whipped topping, thawed, divided

Directions

• Pour 1/2 cup caramel topping into crust; sprinkle with 1/2 cup pecans.
• Beat milk, pudding mixes, pumpkin, and spices with whisk until blended. Stir in 1 1/2 cups COOL WHIP. Spread into crust.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Top with remaining COOL WHIP, Caramel topping and pecans just before serving

MAKES 10 servings

Candy Popcorn

Ingredients:

• 4 qrt Popcorn (or more) I pop two bags of microwave popcorn.
• 2 Cups Nuts (optional)
• 3 C mini Marshmallows
• 1 1/2 Cup Gum Drops or any candy (I have used, DOTS &MIKE AND IKEs)
• 1 C butter
• 1 1/2 C Sugar
• 1/2 C light corn syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:Mix popcorn, nuts marshmallows and candy in a large bowl.Melt butter and add sugar and Corn syrup.Bring to a boil, stir and simmer 3 min.Add vanilla bend well and pour over popcorn and mix well.

Five Layer Bars

Description:yummy cookie bars

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups kellogg's corn flake crumbs, or cram cracker crums
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup semi-sweet choclate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
• can sub choclate chips with candy bars,(ie, twix candy bars chopped up and choclate m&m's festive for Christmas.

Directions:

1- in a 13X9 X 2-inch baking pan, stir together flake crumbs, sugar and melted butter. With back of spoon, press mixture evenly an dfirmly in bottom of pan to form crust.

2- Layer chips, coconut and walnuts evenly over crust. Pour sweetened condensed milk evely over top.

3- Bake at 350` for 25 min or until lightly browend around edges. Cool completly before cutting into bars.Number Of Servings:24Preparation Time:5 min, and baking time.

Reason

This blog is for my own benefit, if you'd like you can use it as well.


I am going to post my most used recipes. I figured this is a great way to store them and it might give others some ideas as well. Enjoy