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Apple Dumplings

Recipe By :Eula Kidd

APPLE JUICE

VANILLA SAUCE

Peel apples. Place apple peelings in a saucepan and add sugar, butter and water. Cook 30 minutes. Drain, saving juice.

Slice apples, put in center of 1/4 of the pie crust. Top with: 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Wrap with pastry and place in 8 x 8-inch baking dish. Pour cooked apple juice over apples and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Baste with juice 3 times. For vanilla sauce combine ingredients and cook until thickened. Serve warm over apple dumplings.

NOTES : Can also be frozen. Bake about 30 minutes or until pastry is starting to brown. Cool. Wrap in foil and place in freeze. When ready to use, thaw, and finish baking until brown.

Apple Pie Rolls

Recipe By: Carla June Mason

Unroll crescent rolls and cut each piece in two -making16 strips. Cut each apple into 8 pieces. Starting at short end roll apple piece in crescent roll . Place in 13 x 9 x 2-inch Pyrex dish. Mix sugar, butter and cinnamon. DAB on each apple roll . Pour can of Mountain Dew over all. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes.

Serving Ideas : Serve with cool whip

Banana Pudding

Recipe By: Joyce Reynolds

In small mixing bowl put milk and pudding mix. Beat 2 minutes - let stand until it is firm. Add sour cream and cool whip, blend until well mixed.

Get pie plate or any dish you want. Start by filling the bottom of pan with mixture then bananas then wafers then pudding until you finish with the mixture.

Berry and/or Fruit Cobbler

Recipe By: Marjorie T. Yongue

In pan cobbler is to be cooked, melt butter. In bowl, mix thoroughly the flour, sugar, baking powder and milk. Pour this mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish over butter; add sweetened berries or fruit.

Bake in moderately hot oven until crust rises over fruit and is brown.

Bread Pudding

Recipe By: In Memory of Edythe Gatrell

Beat together eggs and sugar. Bake until firm about 1 hour in 350 degree oven.

Carmel Apple Tart

Recipe By: Cindi Wiest

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Let pie crust stand according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl combine sugar, cinnamon and lemon peel. Add apple slices and toss to coat. Place unfolded pie crust on a large cookie sheet. Spread Caramel apple dip over crust to within 2 inches of edges. Place apple mixture over caramel. Sprinkle with nuts if desired. Fold sides of crust about 2 inches up and over apples, folding edges as necessary. Bake for 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples are just tender. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt apple jelly over low heat. Remove tart from oven and brush melted jelly over entire tart, including pastry. Serve warm. Sift powdered sugar over tart just before serving.

Chocolate Cloud

Recipe By: In Memory of Edythe Gatrell
Serving Size: 15

1. Mix flour, margarine and pecans. Press into a 9 x 13 x 2-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool.

2. Cream sugar and softened cream cheese and 1 cup cool whip. Spread on crust.

3. Mix 2 packages pudding, using 3 cups of milk, let began to thicken then pour over cheese mixture. Spread rest of cool whip on top. Chill.

Coconut Crunch Delight

Recipe By: Diane Giltner

In a bowl, combine the first ingredients; press lightly into a greased 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes or until golden brown, stirring every 10 minutes to form coarse crumbs. Cool. Divide crumb mixture in half; press half into the same baking pan. In a mixing bowl, beat pudding mixes and milk. Fold in whipped topping; spoon over the crust . Top with remaining crumb mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Garnish with strawberries if desired.

Cookie Sheet Apple Pie

Recipe By: Karen Reid

FILLING INGREDIENTS

CREAM CRUST INGREDIENTS

GLAZE INGREDIENTS

Peel, core and slice apples. Turn into a bowl and mix with sugar, flour, salt and cinnamon.

For crust combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Blend in the whipping cream to make a firm dough. Chill if necessary until firm ( 30 minutes).

Dust a lightly greased cookie sheet with flour Flatten dough out onto the baking sheet. Roll out to 1/4-inch thickness and trim to make a 14-inch square. Roll out the trimmings and cut in strips. Arrange apples in rows over the crust, leaving 2-inches empty at edges . Dot with 2 tablespoons butter. Fold edges filling and pinch corners to seal. Arrange strips in cris-cross fashion over apples. Beat egg and milk. Brush pastry with mixture.

Bake at 400 degrees until golden and apples are cooked, 30-35 minutes.

Serving Ideas : Cut into 3-inch squares

Grandma Drivers' Cream Cheese Squares

TOPPING

Mix cake mix, margarine, eggs and pecans well. ("I beat first three ingredients, and add nuts")

Put into buttered greased pans (2 large pans at least 13" x 9")

Mix cream cheese, eggs, vanilla and powdered sugar well. ("I beat these all together.") and spread over finished mixture. Bake approximately 35 minutes at 325 degrees or until golden brown. Cut into squares only when cool.

NOTES : These freeze well, too.

Lisa's Apple Crisp

Recipe By: Cathy Yongue Murphy

Mix first four ingredients and put into 8 x 8 baking dish. Mix dry ingredients, add butter and mix until coarse. Crumble over apples and bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.

Peach Dumplings

Recipe By: Barbara Harrison

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt: rub shortening in lightly: add just enough milk to make soft dough. Roll out to one-eighth inch thick on slightly floured board: divide into six equal parts: lay on each piece a peach which has been pared: sprinkle with sugar: moisten edges of dough and fold up around the peach, pressing tightly together. Place in a greased baking pan: sprinkle with sugar and put a piece of butter on top of each dumpling. Bake about 40 minutes in moderate oven at 400 degrees.

Source: "From cookbook of Carter Harrison's mother"

Serving Ideas : Serve with hard sauce.

Pumpkin Spice Torte

Recipe By: Ann R. McCabe

CARAMEL GLAZE

In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pumpkin, baking soda, eggs and water. Beat according to package directions. Pour into two greased and lightly floured 9 x 1 1/2-inch round cake pans. Bake in 350 degree oven 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool, completely. Meanwhile prepare pudding according to package directions, but use the 2 ½ cups milk. Cool; stir in nuts. Split each cake layer in half crosswise to make 4 layers. Put layers together with pudding. Whip dessert topping mix according to package directions. Spread over sides and top of cake. Spoon Caramel Glaze around edge of cake and drizzle down sides.

Caramel Glaze - Melt Milk Duds and butter in milk; stir constantly. Beat in confectioners sugar. Cool before drizzling on torte. Add extra milk, if needed, to make consistency just pourable.

Rice Pudding (no fat)

Recipe By: Martha Richardson

In a 4-quart heavy bottomed pot, boil water, rice until water is evaporated (be careful not to burn rice). Add to rice, 8 cups skim milk, sugar and vanilla. Cook this mixture until rice is tender, stirring often (about 40 minutes). When rice is tender, put a small amount of hot rice mixture into egg beaters. Add to rice (with stove off). Put in 9 x 13 x 2-inch Pyrex dish. Chill and serve.

Strawberry Ice Cream

In a heavy 4 quart saucepan stir together sugar, corn starch, salt, corn syrup and eggs. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until small amount spooned onto surface of custard mounds slightly. Chill. Rinse, stem and crush strawberries; stir into chilled custard. Stir in heavy cream and vanilla. Freeze in 5 or 6 quart freezer following manufacturer's directions.

Yield: 5 quarts

Upside Down Cake

Recipe By: Barbara Harrison

Cream butter: add sugar. Add beaten egg yolks and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to first mixture alternately with water. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.

While making the cake, melt 4 tablespoons butter and 1 cup brown sugar in frying pan. When thick and syrupy arrange in syrup slices of canned pineapple or halves of fresh or canned peaches or 2 cups of any fruit cut in small pieces. Pour over the batter and bake in moderate oven at 375 degrees for about 35 minutes. Remove at once to dish, turning upside down so the fruit will be on top.

Yield: 1 9-inch cake

Serving Ideas : Serve hot with hard sauce or whipped cream.

Zucchini Crisp

Recipe By: David Berkey

Cook zucchini and lemon juice until zucchini is tender. Add 1 cup sugar, cinnamon and tapioca. Let cool.

Mix together 2 cups sugar, flour and margarine (like pie crust). Press half into a 9 x 13" pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Pour filling onto crust. Sprinkle remaining crust over filling. Bake 40 minutes at 375 degrees. Keep in refrigerator.

NOTES : Half of this recipe can be made in 8 x 8" pan.