Fruit Drink Mix- LDS Family Cannery

Did you know this was orange??? For some reason I always thought it was red fruit punch.

Oatmeal Mini Reese's Pieces Cookies - Kristi D.

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1-1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1-1/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) REESE'S MINI PIECES Candy

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. 2. Beat shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar in large bowl until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk to sugar mixture. Stir in oats and candy pieces. Drop by scant 1/4 cupfuls or #16 scoop onto prepared cookie sheets. 3. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 1 dozen cookies.

Pink Melt-a-ways - Kristi D.

Amish Friendship Bread - Kristi D. (bread loaf) & Heather W. (muffins)

Amish Friendship Bread

Copy these instructions and pass them on to a friend with a starter

DO NOT use any kind of metal bowl or spoon for mixing

DO NOT REFRIGERATE. It’s normal for the batter to rise and ferment.

Should this recipe not be passed on to a friend the first day, be sure to tell them the day the starter batter is on when you give it to them.

DAY 1: Do nothing. This is the day you received the starter batter. The bag is dated.

Days 2 through 5: Just squeeze the bag once or twice each day.

Day 6: Mix dry ingredients in a non-metal bowl. Stir in milk until the mixture is smooth:

1 C. flour

1 C. sugar

1 C. milk

Days 7-9: Just squeeze the bag once a day. (You may need to release the accumulated gasses as the bag swells).

Day 10: Blend sugar and flour in a non-metal bowl. Stir in milk until blended.

1 1/2 C. flour

1 1/2 C. sugar

1 1/2 C. milk

Pour entire contents of the starter bag into the bowl and mix until smooth. Put 1 cup of batter into each of four gallon-size Ziploc bags, which you have dated with the day’s date. Keep one for yourself and give the other three to friends with a copy of this sheet.

To the batter that remains (which measures a little over 1 1/2 cups) add and mix well:

3 eggs

1 C. oil (or substitute 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup applesauce)

1/2 C. milk

2 tsp. vanilla

In a separate bowl, combine the following ingredients:

2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. salt

1 C. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

2 C. flour 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 large box of instant vanilla or lemon pudding

Stir the dry ingredients into the batter until smooth. Chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, craisins, blueberries, chopped ripe bananas, etc. might be added at this point as well.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two large loaf pans. Mix an additional 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon in a separate bowl. Dust greased loaf pan with 1/2 of the mixture. Pour batter evenly into the loaf pans. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture over them. Bake for one hour at 350 degrees F. *I found this to be a little long - keep an eye on it. Cool until bread loosens evenly from the sides of the pan.

Orange Sticks - Kristi D.

I only wish I knew how to make these!

Acorn donut holes - Kristi D.

Frost half of a glazed donut hole with chocolate frosting and roll in heath bits. Stick a pretzel stick in top. Fun Fall treat for the kiddies.

Bagel Sandwiches - Kristi D.

Toast buttered bagels in broiler oven until light brown. Top one side with deli meat, cheese, tomatoes and whatever you wish. Return to oven and broil on high until cheese melts. Quick and Easy!

Sopapilla Cheesecake - Kristi D.

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 (8 ounce) cans crescent roll dough
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat the cream cheese with 1 1/2 cups of sugar, and the vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough, and use a rolling pin to shape the each piece into 9x13 inch rectangles. Press one piece into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish, then cover with the remaining piece of crescent dough.
3. Drizzle the melted butter evenly over the top of the cheesecake. Stir the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar together with the cinnamon in a small bowl, and sprinkle over the cheesecake along with the almonds.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 45 minutes. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 12 squares.

Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli - Kristi D.

Serves 8

1 lb. ground beef

1 c. diced onion

1 c. julienned carrot

3 stalks celery, chopped (1 c.)

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 (14 1/2 oz.) cans diced tomatoes

1 (15 oz.) can red kidney beans (with liquid)

1 (15 oz.) can great northern beans (with liquid)

1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce

1 (12 oz.) can v-8 vegetable juice

1 t. vinegar

1 1/2 t. salt

1 t. oregano

1 t. basil

1/2 t. pepper

1/2 t. thyme

1/2 lb. ditali pasta

1. Brown beef in a large stock pot over medium heat - drain off fat.

2. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic and saute for 10 minutes.

3. Add remaining ingredients, except pasta, and simmer for 1 hour.

4. After 50 minutes boil pasta to al dente.

5. Drain well.

6. Add pasta to the large pot of soup and simmer for 10 minutes.

Chicken Noodle Casserole - Kristi D.

1 pkg. egg noodles (cooked)
3-4 cooked chicken breasts cubed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup

Combine soups and add 1/2 to 1 cup milk

Saute in 2 T. butter: 2 celery stalks chopped and 1/3 onion chopped

Cubed cheddar cheese

Mix everything together and place in a 9 x 13 pan. Top with crushed potato chips and grated cheddar cheese mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. *I always make a few recipes and freeze for later.

Orange-Strawberry Juice Froth - Kristi D.

Orange-Strawberry Juice Froth - serves 6

2 cups orange juice
1 1/2 cups apricot nectar
1 cup frozen, sweetened strawberries

In blender, process ingredients for about 20 seconds, or until smooth and frothy.
Serve immediately.

M & M Cookies - Kristi D.

1 cup shortening

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 t. vanilla

1 t. salt

1 t. baking soda

2 1/2  cups flour

holiday m&ms

Cream sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla.  Add rest and drop on greased cookie sheets.  Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.  Makes 3 dozen.

Pumpkin Cake - Kristi D.

Mix and press into 9x13 pan:

1 yellow cake mix (reserve 1 cup)

1 egg

1/2 c. melted cooled butter

Mix and pour over cake:

1 lb. 13 oz. canned pumpkin

2 1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice

1/2 c. packed brown sugar

2 eggs

2/3 c. milk

Mix and sprinkle on top:

1 cup reserved cake mix

1/4 c. sugar

1 t. cinnamon

2 T. softened butter

Bake 350 degrees for 50 min.

serve hot with cool whip

Chicken Wild Rice Soup - Kristi D.

Cheater recipe

Soup Supreme

Frozen soup you can buy in Dan's or Macey's frozen department

Easy to pull out for a big group

They have a variety of soups

We have tried a few and have like them all

Rhodes Breadsticks - Kristi D.

Rhodes White Texas Rolls

Butter

Parmesan cheese

Thaw out rolls and pull out to a breadstick.  Place on cookie sheet and brush with melted butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.  Let rise a few hours.  Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Cheese Manicotti - Kristi D.

Cheese Manicotti


Box of manicotti shells uncooked
Stuff with mixture of:
15 oz. ricotta cheese
8 oz. mozzarella cheese
1/2 c. parmesan cheese
salt & pepper

Boil 30 oz. spaghetti sauce and 1 c. water. Pour some sauce in bottom of glass 9x13 pan. Put stuffed shells in sauce. Pour rest of sauce covering shells. Foil top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Take off foil and bake 10 minutes longer.

Super Saturday Cookie Exchange - Jan Hagel - Kristi D.

1 c. sugar	½ t. salt
1 c. real butter	1 t. vanilla
1 egg yolk (save egg white)	Sliced almonds
2 c. flour

Cream together sugar, butter, and egg yolk.  Add in flour, salt, vanilla (should be crumbly). Pat down into greased 9x13 pan.  Brush egg white on top and sprinkle almonds evenly.  Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.  Cut into squares.

Strawberry Almond Chicken Salad - Kristi D.

2 bags spring mix salad greens

1 pkg. mozzerella/parmesan shredded cheese mix

Toasted or candied slivered almonds (to candy almonds, cook 3/4 cup sugar and small pkg. almonds on stovetop over med. heat stirring constantly until sugar is melted covering almonds.  Spread out on cookie sheet and let cool.  Break up after cooled.)

4-6 Chicken breasts cooked and cubed

Sliced Strawberries

Can add purple onion slices if wish

Dressing:

1/4 cup purple onion

1 cup sugar

2 t. dry mustard

1 1/2 t. salt

1/2 cup red wine vinegar

Blend dressing ingredients together and slowly add in 1 cup oil.

Toss salad and dressing together just before serving. **I usually don't use all of dressing.

Strawberry Water - Kristi D.

Nothing spectacular, just like lemons in water, add fresh sliced strawberries in water for a light strawberry taste and to make it look pretty.