Taffy

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon some sort of flavoring (kool aid packets work well)
Food coloring as needed

Mix sugar, water and vinegar, cook without stirring until the hot liquid forms a ball when dropped into a glass of cold water. Add flavoring. Pour into a shallow, buttered dish. Cool until safe to handle. Pull and twist, and pull and twist, and pull and twist. Lay out on wax paper. 

Chocolate Eclair Icebox Dessert

Arrange 7 1/2 graham cracker sheets in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan

Mix together:
3 cups milk
8 oz cream cheese
2   3.4 oz packages vanilla instant pudding
Fold in 8 oz cool whip

Spread half of this mixture over the graham crackers and top with 7 1/2 more sheets. Spread the remaining pudding mixture on top. Again, top with 7 1/2 more sheets.

Beat together: 1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons honey
2 oz melted unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons soft margarine
Add: 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Spread the chocolate mixture over graham crackers. Cover and chill for four hours before serving.

Roast

1 3 to 5 pound roast
1 can beef broth
1/2 of that can water
1 can stewed tomatoes
peeled small potatoes
baby carrots
garlic salt, onion powder, pepper, season all

Cook 4 to 6 hours in a crocpot. Add the potatoes and tomatoes one hour before serving. Add the carrots 15 minutes before serving.

Buttermilk Caramel Syrup

1 ½ Cup Sugar

¾ Cup Buttermilk

½ Cup butter

2 T Corn Syrup

1 t Baking Soda

Combine and stir while heating; boil for 7 minutes. (If you boil longer it will thicken and make a caramel good for dipping fruit.)  Remove from heat. Then, add 2 teaspoons vanilla.

German Pancakes

6 eggs                  

1 Cup Milk    

1 Cup Flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

*In Blender*

Blend ingredients until smoothe. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish. Bake uncovered at 400° for 20min. Serve warm with syrup and powdered sugar.

Beef Stroganoff

The original recipe:
1 pound beef roast
1 can cream of mushroom soup
Broth from 1 can of french onion soup
Cook in croc pot 4 to 6 hours. Then, cube the beef and add 1 cup of sour cream. Serve over rice or pasta.

My gluten free version:
1 pound beef roast
1 can progresso gluten free creamy mushroom soup
1/2 onion sliced
Cook in croc pot 4 to 6 hours. Then, cube the beef and add 1 cup of sour cream. Serve over rice or pasta.

Soupy Potatoes

My mom adapted this recipe from Grandma Morgan's original recipe

2 large potatoes, cubed
1 can chicken broth
1/2 stick of butter
Diced ham or bacon
Italian seasoning to taste
1/2 cup of half and half

Bring all ingredients to a boil in a saucepan an serve when the potatoes start to dissolve

Cassie's Chicken Burritos

Speaking of Cassie, anyone know how I can get a hold of the lady who used to be mom's best friend?

Mix together:
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
1 can diced green chile
1 can stokes green chile
1/2 cup chicken broth

Spread small amount in greased 9 by 13 pan. Roll cooked, diced chicken and cheese into 8 tortialls. Place them in the pan and top with the rest of the sauce and more cheese. Cover with foil and cook for 50 minutes. Remove foil and cook ten minutes longer.

Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Mom used to make these for my birthday and decorate the top with white and dark chocolate ying and yangs. I felt so cool when she brought these for my class at school!

1 chocolate cake mix, prepared and poured into cupcake tins.

Mix:
8 oz softened cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
pinch of salt
6 oz bag of tiny chocolate chips

Drop a small spoonful of the mixture onto the cupcake batter and bake as normal.

7 Up Cake

Mix 3 sticks of butter and 3 cups of sugar (no wonder I loved this so much.)
Add:
5 eggs
3 cups + 3 Tablespoons flour
3/4 cup 7 up
2 teaspoons lemon extract

Grease and flour a bundt pan. Bake at 325 for 60 to 75 minutes.

Pumpkin Bread

Mix together:
2 2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup shortening

Then, add:
1 16 oz can pumpkin
2/3 cup water
4 eggs

Stir in:
3 1/3 cup flour (may need to add 1/4 cup more)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
2/3 cup raisins or chocolate chips

Pour into a greased laof pan and bake at 350 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes

Cajun Broil

Boil water in a HUGE pot. (Accomplishing this will take about two hours.)

Add a cajun seasoning packet or 4 tablespoons of cajun seasoning. Boil for ten minutes before adding the remaining ingredients. The times listed next to them indicate how long it will take to cook and therefore you should add them accordingly.

Small red potatoes and Chicken  30 to 40 minutes
Sausage                                      30 minutes
Crab legs                                    12 minutes
Corn on the cob                          10 minutes
Shrimp                                         5 minutes
Drain and toss all food right onto the table. No silverware or napkins allowed! Dig in and enjoy with a loaf of french bread and the condiments just gobbed onto the table surface.

Sour Cream Raisin Pie

Moms favorite dessert. 

1/2 cup raisins
3 eggs, yolks and whites divided
1 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons flour
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Precooked pie crust ( graham cracker crust?)

Cook raisins in water until soft, drain.
Combine the egg yolks, sugar, flour and sour cream and cook until it reaches a boil and has thickened. Add the raisins and vanilla. Pour into the pie crust.

Top with merangue and brown.

Is merangue just whipped egg whites and sugar?

Orange Glazed Pork Chops

5 pork chops
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons marmalade
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon vinegar

In a deep skillet, brown the pork chops in a bit of oil with salt and pepper.

Mix together other ingredients, pour over the pork chops and simmer fr 45 minutes. Serve warm over rice or quinoa.

Teriyaki Chicken Spinach Salad

Marinate chicken in gluten free teriyaki sauce, grill and serve over a baby spinach salad. Top with sliced almonds or pecans and fresh strawberries. Serve with dressing at room temperature:

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup vinegar
2 Tablespoons seasame seeds
2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon minced onion

Wilted Lettuce Salad

Serve leaf lettuce with a chopped hard boiled egg and warm bacon bits.
Dressing (serve warm):
Bacon grease, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 vinegar

Layered Bean Dip

Spread 1 can of black re-fried beans in the bottom of a glass pie pan.
Mix together:
2 mashed avacados
2 Tablespoons mayo
8 oz soft cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
Spread this mixture over the beans. Top with shredded cheese, bacon bits, black olives, chopped tomatoes and banana pepper rings.

Chalupa Chicken

3 cups cooked, cubed chicken

½ cup chicken broth

7 ½ oz pkg nacho dorito chips

4 oz can green chili

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

1 cup grated cheese

Grease 9 x 13 pan. Place chips on boom and sides of pan. Place chicken on top. Mix rest of ingredients, except for cheese. Spread over chicken. Top with cheese. Cover with foil. Bake 45 min. Serve over rice.

Mandarin Chicken

4 Chicken breasts

1/3 cup flour

1 t salt

1/3 c shortening

1 eleven oz can mandarin oranges

1/3 c soy sauce (or gluten free teriyaki sauce)

¼ c packed brown sugar

½ t nutmeg

Coat chicken with flour and salt. Brown in shortening. Place in dish. Drain oranges, saving juice. Combine juice with soy suace, brown sugar, and nutmeg. Pour over chicken. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Arrange oranges over chicken, bake 20 more minutes. Serve with rice.

Tinkle Chicken

Why on earth did this recipe receive that name? Oh well, I recognize it from my childhood so I'm not going to change it.

1 pkg sliced, dried beef

1 can cream of chicken soup

½ can of milk

1 cup sour cream

6 Chicken breasts

6 slices velveeta cheese

8 slices cooked bacon

Line the bottom of the pan with dried beef. Place chicken on top. Mix the soup, milk, sour cream; pour over chicken. Top with bacon and cheese. Cover with tin foil. Cook. Serve over rice.