1 medium onion, chopped
2 Tbsp butter
5 C fresh diced tomatoes or 2 cans (14- ½ ounces each) diced tomatoes undrained
2 cans (10 ¾ ounces each) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
1 ½ C milk
1 tsp sugar
½ to 1 tsp dried basil
½ to 1 tsp paprika
1/8 to ¼ tsp garlic powder
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cubed
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Soup- Homemade Tomato
Muffins- Lemon Raspberry Streusel regular or gluten free
Lemon Raspberry Streusel Muffins
Batter:
1/2 C Butter, softened
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp lemon extract
zest from one lemon
½ C half and half (milk may be substituted)
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
2 C flour or
2 C fresh or frozen raspberries
1/2 batch of Gluten Free Lemon Raspberry Streusel Muffins
Streusel Topping:
1/3 C Sugar
1/4 C All Purpose Flour
2 T [...]
Soup- Vegan, Vegetable and Peanut Butter
My sister Lisa made this at Christmas for a light main course. As strange as it sounds putting peanut butter in a soup; it was delicious.
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced or put through a garlic press
1 inch (more or less) of fresh grated or minced ginger root
¼ tsp (more or less [...]
Soup- Chicken, Vegetable, Peanut Butter
My sister Lisa made this at Christmas for a light main course. As strange as it sounds putting peanut butter in a soup; it was delicious. You can leave out the chicken and make it vegan. I posted that recipe under Soup- Vegan.
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced or put through [...]
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Dip- Hummus (aka Chick Pea/Garbanzo Bean Dip!)
I am not a particular fan of GARBANZO BEANS, so when my sis told me at Christmas that she was going to whip up some dip with garbanzo beans in it I was less than thrilled. Hmmm, I had never tried hummus. Suffice to say, I am now a fan of this dip. (She no [...]
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Snacks- Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Chex Mix- Gluten Free
I saw a bag of this at Sams Wholesale the other day, called Muddy something, so I suppose you could buy it pre-made. It might be cheaper homemade, and you don’t have the extra chemicals in it! I got this recipe from Carol Weiner of Townsend, at Tuesday’s Dazzling Dominos Dames!
9 cups of Rice Chex [...]
Snacks- Cheerios with Peanuts (or Pecans), Cashews, and Almonds
1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
1/2 c. dark corn syrup
1/4 c. butter
1/2 tsp. salt
6 c. Cheerios cereal
1 c. peanuts
1/2 c. slivered almonds
(The original recipe is above. I usually use 1 cup of peanuts, 1 cup of silvered almonds and 1 cup of cashews. You could use pecans if you have a peanut allergy. There always seems [...]
Cookies- Peanut Butter Creams
4 C unsifted powdered sugar (roughly one pound)
1 ½ C creamy peanut butter
1/3 C milk
¼ C honey
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1- 6oz package of semi-sweet chocolate pieces
Combine all ingredients except chocolate pieces. Mix until blended. Remove from bowl and knead on a board or granite counter top until smooth. Spread and pat into a 9” [...]
Cookies- Oreo Truffles
1 package of original Oreo Cookies, (not double stuff)
1- 8oz package of cream cheese at room temperature
1- 8oz bag of dark chocolate* see below
1- 8oz bag of white chocolate* see below
Crush the Oreos in a food processor until very fine. Combine the cream cheese until well mixed. Place in the fridge overnight for flavors to [...]
Candy- Caramel Pecan
1/3 C plus ½ C butter, divided
20 cream-filled Oreo’s crushed
1-package (14 ounces) caramels
3 C pecan halves toasted
Topping:
¾ C semisweet chocolate chips
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp heavy whipping cream
3 tbsp light corn syrup
¾ tsp vanilla extract
Melt 1/3 C butter; stir in the cookie crumbs. Press into an ungreased 9” square baking dish. Bake at 325 degrees for [...]
Candy- Toffee
I made toffee for 15 years, every year at Christmas, and then tasted Jan Whitts two years ago at a party with the Domino Dames and have never looked back. Mine you could break your dentures on, hers melts in your mouth it is so good. Her tip is not to make it while it’s [...]
Cookies- Cranberry Oatmeal Pecan Lace
These cookies spread and are lacy to look at with a slight praline taste. I’ve always made them flat, but when you take them out of the oven you can roll them around a wooden spoon handle and when hard, dip the tip in chocolate.
2/3 C all purpose flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
½ C [...]
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Cookies- Ginger Snaps
1 C Sugar
¾ C Butter
1 egg
4 Tbsp Molasses
1 tsp Ginger
1 tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Cloves
2 tsp Baking Soda
2 C Flour
Cream room temperature butter and sugar together. Add everything else but the flour and beat briefly, then mix in flour. Roll into one-inch balls, roll in sugar and bake for 7-10 minutes in a 375 oven.
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Cookies- Kisses Made Simple
1 C soft butter
1/2 C sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 C flour
1 C finely chopped pecans
1 package of chocolate kisses
powdered sugar for dusting after baking
Cream together butter and sugar, then add vanilla and mix. Beat in four. Adds nuts last. Unwrap foil from around kisses. Pinch off a little dough and wrap around the kiss. Place [...]
Cookies- Chocolate Peanut Rice Crispy
This is from Jan Whitt one of the marvelous Dazzling Dedicated Delightful Domino Dames!
2 C creamy peanut butter
½ C butter
4 C confectioner’s sugar
3 C rice crispy cereal
2 C semi-sweet chips
Melt and blend together butter and peanut butter in a saucepan over low heat. In a large bowl mix sugar and cereal well. Pour melted mixture [...]
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Bread- Apricot Walnut Quick Bread
2010 Blue Ribbon Apricot Walnut Quick Bread
1 C Sugar
2 Tbsp Soft Butter
1 Egg
¾ C Orange Juice with Extra Pulp
2 C Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
¼ tsp Soda
1 tsp Salt
¾ C Chopped Walnuts
6 oz Dried Apricots
Dice up apricots, then pour boiling water over them and let set for 30 minutes. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and [...]
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Cake- Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream
2010 Award Winning Pound Cake
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 ½ C (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp
1 8oz package of cream cheese, room temp
3 C superfine or castor sugar*
6 large eggs, room temp
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
zest of an [...]
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Pie- Pumpkin
2010 Award Winning Pumpkin Pie
¾ C Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Flour
½ tsp Salt
1 tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Nutmeg
½ tsp Ginger
1/4 tsp Cloves
1 ½ C Pumpkin
1 ½ C Evaporated Milk
1 Slightly Beaten Egg
2 Tbsp Molasses
Stir together until smooth, this will make an 8” pie. For a 10” pie plate, make half again as much. For the crust I [...]
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Breakfast- Blueberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast
Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast
1 8oz package of cream cheese, room temp
1 loaf of dense bread
1 c fresh or frozen blueberries
12 eggs
½ c maple syrup
2 cups half and half or whole milk
Blueberry Sauce: (or just use syrup)
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 c sugar
1 c water
1-cup blueberries
1 tbsp butter
A 1/6th Slice of Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast
Trim crusts [...]
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Coffee Cake- Pear Tart Pastry
Pear Tart
Crust:
1 1/3 c all-purpose flour
3 tbsp sugar
¼ tsp salt
7 tbsp cold butter cubed
2 to 3 tbsp cold water
Filling:
¾ c sugar
¼ c all-purpose flour
grated lemon peel from one lemon
½ to ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
4 medium ripe pears, peeled and sliced
1 tbsp butter
½ c silvered almonds
Glaze:
¼ c powdered sugar
1 ½ tsp milk
¼ tsp vanilla extract
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Quiche- Spinach and Mushroom
Spinach Mushroom Quiche
1 bottom piecrust
1 quart of fresh spinach, rinsed well
8 medium mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
4 eggs
1 1/3 C half and half
3 slices of pasteurized swiss cheese
3 slices of regular hard swiss cheese
1 tsp butter
salt and pepper to taste
Mix and roll out a piecrust and form on the bottom of a pie shell (my favorite, [...]
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Coffee Cake- Raspberry (or Blueberry) White Chocolate Streusel
Blueberry White Chocolate Streusel Coffee Cake
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
¼ cup butter, softened
½ cup half and half (may sub milk)
1 egg
2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries (a little tarter) or blueberries
½ cup white chocolate baking chips
Streusel:
½ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
¼ cup butter
Glaze:
Powder Sugar with enough milk to liquefy.
Heat oven [...]
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Coffee Cake- Cranberry Orange Pecan
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A guest of mine, Brian Kerestes, took one of our recipes, the Blueberry Almond Pound Cake, and adapted it for the holidays. He eliminated a few things and added a few. After trying it, I came up with three suggestions of my own which I have shown in parenthesis. One [...]
Coffee Cake- Blueberry Almond Sour Cream
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Blueberry Almond Coffee Cake
For the Filling:
8 oz can of almond paste, chilled
1 ½ C of blueberries
2 T flour
2 t grated lemon zest
For the Cake Batter:
2 C all-purpose flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
¼ t salt
1 ½ sticks butter (12T) room temperature
1 ¼ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 t vanilla extract
1 [...]
Fruit- Lemon Crème with Blueberries and Granola Parfait
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Blueberries, Granola and Lemon Creme
1 ½ C sugar
¼ C cornstarch
¼ C flour
1 ½ C water
1 C orange juice
½ C lemon juice
4 egg yolks
4 Tbsp butter, softened
2 Tbsp lemon zest
2 C whipping cream
Blueberries
Granola
In a 3 to 4 quart pot mix together sugar, cornstarch and flour. Blend in water, orange [...]
