Favorite Recipes

[morgans4]

BREAKFAST GRANOLA

I like to give this out for gifts.

4 c. old-fashioned oats
1/3 c. honey or molasses
1/4 c. canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. chopped nuts
3/4 c. uncooked oat bran cereal (look for oat bran cereal near the hot cereals or in the natural foods section)
1 c. flaked coconut
1 c. raisins
1 c. chopped dates

You can substitute any of these ingredients, or add more. I like candied fruit and sliced almonds in mine.

Spread rolled oats on a 15 x 10" baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees f. for 5 minutes. Stir; bake 5 mins. longer or until toasted. Meanwhile combine honey and oil in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until heated through. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. remove oats from oven, toss with nuts, bran and coconut.

Pour hot honey mixture over oat mixture and toss well. Return to oven and bake 20-25 mins. stirring every 6 minutes. Remove from oven and stir in faisins and dates. Cool. Store in an airtight container. Serve with yogurt and fresh fruit of your choice, if desired.

[morgans4]

OATMEAL CRANBERRY COOKIES

1/2 cup (108 grams) light brown sugar
1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup (140 grams) all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups (130 grams) old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup dried cranberries, cherries, or raisins
1/2 cup white chocolate chips or chunks


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
In bowl of electric mixer, with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars until creamy and smooth (about 2 - 3 minutes). Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat to combine. Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and old-fashioned oats and beat until incorporated. Stir in the cranberries and chocolate chips.
For small cookies place about 1 tablespoon of batter on the prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies about 2 inches (5 cm) apart. For larger cookies, use an ice cream scoop (I like to use one that holds about 2 1/2 tablespoons batter). (If your batter is too soft, place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to firm it up before baking the cookies.) Flatten cookies slightly with palm of hand and bake cookies about 10 minutes for smaller cookies and 13-14 minutes for larger cookies, or until light golden brown. Remove from oven and let cookies cool about two minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.
Makes about 2 dozen small, 16 large cookies 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter,
room temperature

[morgans4]

Deluxe Crockpot Oatmeal
This would be good for a Christmas morning.
What could be better than waking up to the fresh aroma of a hearty morning meal wafting through the house? With aid of a Crockpot, it's easy to give the entire family a hot breakfast, regardless of when they drag themselves out of bed.
We make this when we go camping and have to get up too early to make a breakfast of bacon and eggs.

You can actually find crockpot bags now where the ziplock bags and turkey bags are in the store. SOOO easy for cleanup on anything made in the crockpot. Just pull it out and toss away leaving the crockpot clean as a whistle.
(7 servings)

• 1 C quick cooking oats
• 2 C milk
• 1/4 C brown sugar (I used Splenda brown sugar)
• 1 T butter - melted
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
• 1 C finely chopped apple
• 1/2 C raisins and/or dates
• 1/2 C chopped walnuts or almonds
Grease the inside of Crockpot. Throw all ingredients inside Crockpot and mix well. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 9 hours. Stir before serving.

Great served with milk.



edited to tell you about crockpot cooking bags for easy clean up.

[morgans4]

Gumdrop Cake
To me, this is Christmas. My mother, bless her heart, who now doesn't know who I am, always made it for the holidays.

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup raisins
1 pound of gumdrops, chopped fine; remove the black ones

Cream butter. Blend in sugar and beaten eggs. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together over the chopped gumdrops and raisins; dredge well. Add vanilla to milk and add flour mixture and milk to first mixture alternately. Bake in a large greased loaf pan in a slow oven 300°F for 1 1/2 hours

[morgans4]

Crab-Topped Tilapia

this is soooo delicious. Please try it.

Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 25 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

4 tilapia fillets (5 ounces each)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup finely chopped celery
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
2 1/2 teaspoons butter, melted, divided
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 cup fat-free milk
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
dash hot pepper sauce
1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1 pouch (6 ounces) premium crabmeat, drained (I used canned)
4 tablespoons seasoned bread crumbs, divided

I also added a can of tiny shrimp. You could actually use this for stuffed flounder, folling it into the fish.

Sprinkle tilapia with pepper and salt. Place in a baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

In a small nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray, cook the celery, onion and garlic in two teaspoons butter until tender. Stir in flour and thyme until blended. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and hot pepper sauce.

Remove from the heat; stir in mayonnaise until blended. Stir in crab until and 3 tablespoons bread crumbs. Spoon onto fillets. Toss remaining bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over crab mixture.

Cover and bake at 350 for 18 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

[morgans4]

This is a little different from the normal banana or pumpkin bread. It's really good and moist. I have given out this bread and the prepared butter in baskets for Christmas gifts.

If you don't want the strawberry butter, there is a cream cheese spread at the bottom.

STRAWBERRY BUTTER

1 C. BUTTER
1 BOX FROZEN STRAWBERRIES
1 C. SIFTED POWDERED SUGAR

MIX ALL TOGETHER. SERVE ON STRAWBERRY BREAD.

STRAWBERRY BREAD. MAKES 2 LOAVES

2 packages ( 10 oz. each) frozen sliced strawberries, thawed
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon red food coloring

***Spread***
1/2 cup reserved juice
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese

Directions:
Measure out 1/2 cup strawberry juice and reserve. Mix all dry ingredients together. Make hole in center of mixture Pour strawberries, oil, and eggs into hole. Mix by hand until all ingredients are combined. Add food coloring. Mix well. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5x3 inch loaf pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Cool completely. Spread; 1/2 cup reserved juice 1 ( 8 oz.) package cream cheese,softened Mix until spreading consistency is obtained. Spread on cooled slices of strawberry bread.

[morgans4]

My dd has requested that I make her some puppy chow. I cannot find a recipe for it... does anyone have a recipe they are willing to share? Please? Thank you in advance.
Joanne

[Cathy32078]

Morgans4, I do not have a recipe but I think it is just Chex Cereals coated with drizzled melted Choc Chips and tossed real well then toss it with powder sugar until all is coated. My DSIL used to make this all of the time.Hope this helps. I enjoy reading your recipes. You must be an excellant cook.

[farmlady]

White Trash

Ingredients:

Large box of Crispix or Chex Cereal
1 can of party peanuts
1 large bag of M&M candies
1 bag Mini Pretzels
1 cup Raisins
2 to 3 Bags white chocolate morsels





Instructions:
In a big bowl mix everything together except the chocolate. Place chocolate in a microwavable bowl and melt, stirring frequently. Then pour melted chocolate over mixture and stir well. Spread onto greased baking sheet and let cool completely. When cooled break apart and store in an airtight container.

God Bless
farmlady

[morgans4]

PERFECT MEDIUM-RARE RIB ROAST
I used this recipe the other day and made a rump roast. It turned out beautifully and was sooo much cheaper than using that other cut.

REMOVE RIB ROAST FROM REFRIGERATOR AND LET STAND TO REACH ROOM TEMPERATURE. ABOUT AN HOUR. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE ROAST BE BROUGHT TO ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR PRECISE COOKING TIME. SEASON AS DESIRED. PLACE IN SHALLOW ROASTING PAN.
MULTIPLY THE EXACT WEIGHT TIMES 5 MINUTES.
FOR EXAMPLE: IF THE ROAST WEIGHS 3.75 LBS., MULTIPLY 3.75 X 5 MINUTES = 18.75 MINUTES. ROUND TO NEAREST MINUTE, IN THIS CASE 19 MINUTES. PREHEAT OVEN TO 500 DEGREES.
COK AT 500 DEGREES F FOR EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF MINUTES CALCULATED ABOVE. TURN OFF THE HEAT AND WAIT TWO HOURS WITHOUT OPENING THE OVEN DOOR.
REMOVE THE MEAT FROM THE OVEN AND SLICE INTO A TENDER, JUICY, PERFECTLY MEDIUM-RARE RIB ROAST.