Granola Bars

Granola Bars


Here's is a recipe for a snack

1/2 c . Reduced-Fat Peanut Butter or Jiffy
1/3 c. Honey
2 Tbsp. Canola Oil
1 Egg
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
3 1/2 c. Old-Fashioned Oats
1/2 c. Brown Sugar
3/4 tsp. Salt
1/3 c. Peanut Butter Chips
1/3 c. Mini Chocolate Chips

In a large bowl, beat peanut butter, honey, egg, oil and vanilla until blended. Combine oats, brown sugar, and salt; add the peanut butter mixture and mix well. Stir in chips(batter will be sticky).

Transfer to baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cool completely. Cut into bars
Enjoy!!

420* Just replace regular honey to magical honey and Canola Oil for magical  Coconut Oil

Crock Pot Cranberry Sauce

Crock Pot Cranberry Sauce

If you have leftovers this goes good in  muffins or cranberry bread


1/2 c. Orange Juice
1/2 c. Water
1/2 c. Brown Sugar
1/2 c. Sugar
1/4 tsp. Cinnamon
1 12oz. Fresh Cranberries

Put all ingredient in a crock pot ,set crock pot on High for 3 hours. When done take a potato masher to them.

Orange Tea Cake

I made this recipe.  Its very good


Orange Tea Cake

1 (16oz) package pound cake mix
1/2 c. plus 2 Tbsp. orange juice, Divided
2 egg whites
1/4 c. milk
1 (15oz)can of Mandarin orange segments in light syrup, drained
1/4 c. powered sugar
Grated peel of 1 orange

• Preheat oven 350F.Grease 9 inch Bundt pan
• Beat cake mix, 1/2 c. orange juice , eggs and milk in a large bowl with a electric mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Gently fold in orange segments. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 45 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake on a wire rack 15 minutes, invest cake onto wire rack and cool completely.
• Combine sugar, orange peel and remaining 2 Tbsp. orange juice in a small bowl, stir until smooth. Drizzle glaze over cake. Allow glaze to set about 5 minutes before serving..
• Makes 16 servings

Bread & Butter Pickles

Bread & Butter Pickles

This recipe from my grandmother recipe book back on Sept 23, 1969

4 quarts slice (16) cucumbers
6 med onions
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1/3 c. salt
3 c. vinegar
3 cloves of garlic
4 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seeds
1 1/2 tsp. mustard seed

Combine cucumbers , peppers, onions and whole garlic cloves, sprinkle with salt. Let stand in ice for 3 hours then drain . Mix together vinegar ,sugar and spices then pour over cucumbers and place over low fire, heat to scalding but not boil. Stir often with a wooden spoon. Seal in hot jars.

Golden Glow Pickles

Golden Glow Pickles

6 quarts ripe cucumbers, peeled and cubed
4 small onions, finely chopped
2 red sweet peppers, finely chopped
1 1/3 Tbsp. turmeric
1 1/2 Tbsp. mustard seed
3 Tbsp. salt
2 Tbsp. celery seed
6 c. sugar
1 quart vinegar

Mix ingredients. Cook until tender and crisp.

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Golden Glow Pickles

4 quarts cucumbers, peeled and cubed
4 c. onions
2 c. vinegar 
3 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp. celery seeds
1 Tbsp. turmeric 

Cook until tender and seal

Tapioca Pudding

One of my favorite recipes is Tapioca Pudding. My grandmother showed me how to make this.  This was and still is one of my comfort Food 

Tapioca Pudding

2-3/4 cups 2% reduced fat milk

1/3 cup sugar

3 Tbsp. Kraft MINUTE Tapioca

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

 Mix milk, sugar, tapioca and egg in medium saucepan. Let stand 5 min.

Cook on medium heat until mixture comes to full boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cool 20 min.; stir. Serve warm or chilled. (Pudding thickens as it cools. For creamier pudding, place plastic wrap on surface of pudding while cooling. Stir before serving.) Store leftovers in refrigerator.

~Use Your Microwave

Mix milk, sugar, tapioca and egg in large microwavable bowl. Let stand 5 minutes. Microwave on HIGH 10 to 12 min. or until mixture comes to full boil, stirring every 2 min. Stir in vanilla. Cool as directed.

~How to Double

Use 1/3 cup MINUTE Tapioca and double all other ingredients.

**Note from my grandmother add 1  8oz can of Dole Crushed Pineapple (well drained) stir in well drained crushed pineapple. Refrigerate.

Tater Tot Casserole

Tater Tot Casserole

1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 bag tater tots
shredded cheese
1 lb of ground hamburger meat
 diced onions if you want
serves: 6 or 7



 *Brown hamburger meat. Add cream of mushroom soup and stir together continuously. Let simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. Place mixture in the bottom of a casserole dish . Lay tater tots neatly on top of the mixture. Place in oven on 350' and let the tater tots brown. Sprinkle with cheese; melt it in the oven and ENJOY.
 * I've  made this recipe about 6 times already and I've used 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup to 1 can of Cream of Chicken Soup and more hamburger also ..

Blueberry Cake Recipe

Happy National Blueberry Day

This is my grandmothers recipe

 Blueberry Cake

2 eggs separated
1 c. Sugar
1/2 c. Shortening
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 1/2 c. Flour + 1 Tbs.Flour
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1/3 c. Milk
1 1/2 c. Fresh Blueberries

Separate eggs, beat 2 egg whites until stiff fold in about 1/4 c. sugar. Sit aside
Cream shortening, add salt and vanilla to this. Add remaining 3/4 c. sugar, add 2 egg yolks and beat mixture until light and creamy.
Sift all purpose flour, measure 1 1/2 c. and sift together 1 tsp. baking powder.
Add alternately to creamed mixture with 1/3 c. milk
Fold in beaten egg whites and sugar.
Measure 1 1/2 c. blueberries, sprinkle 1 Tbs. flour over them and mix lightly, Fold into cake mixture . Turn into well-greased 8x8 pan. Sprinkle  a small amount of sugar on top of mixture.
Bake at 350 for about 45mins..

* Don't forget to put sugar on top of cake!!

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#Blueberries
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4th Of July Poke Cake

                                                    Happy 4th Of July 2019

Here is one of my recipes I'll be making today.

4th Of July Poke Cake


https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/red-white-and-blue-fourth-of-july-poke-cake/7af74df2-39af-425c-a93f-6b8efcec47b9

* Note I use vanilla pudding not white chocolate pudding.

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

1 1/2 - 2 lb. pork tenderloin
 2 T. olive oil
 2 T. balsamic vinegar
 1 tsp. soy sauce
 4 cloves garlic, chopped
 1/2 tsp. black pepper

Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and pepper. Place the tenderloin in a Ziploc bag and pour in the marinade. Marinate for at least 2-3 hours, the longer the better. Fire up the grill, you want the heat to be at least 400 degrees. Remove the pork loin and place on the grill, cooking for approx. 30-35 minutes (depends on the thickness of your pork loin) and turning the meat to char/grill all sides. Using a meat thermometer check that the internal temp. is 140 degrees before removing from the grill. Allow the meat to rest 10 minutes before slicing.

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