Cranberry Orange Chex Mix

3 cups each of Corn Chex, Rice Chex, and Wheat Chex  (Don’t they sell these all mixed together yet?)
1 c. sliced almonds
1/4 c. margarine or butter, melted (do not use spread or tub products)
1/4 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. frozen (thawed) orange juice concentrate
1/2 c. dried cranberries

Heat oven to 300.  Mix cereal and almonds in [...]

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Mini Calzones

3/4 c. ricotta cheese
1/4 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 ball pizza dough, or 1 lb loaf of frozen bread dough
any other “toppings” you want.  I usually dice up sliced pepperoni, black olives, and mushrooms.  You can add anything that floats your boat.  Dice items fairly small.
2 T. milk
spaghetti sauce of your choice.

Preheat the oven [...]

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Greek Custard Phyllo Cups

Tis the season where I sit around with my handy dandy Doane paper notebook and plan and re-plan the Orphan’s Thanksgiving Party  I host every year.   I make a ton of food and invite all my family-less friends over to my house the night before Thanksgiving for appetizers and movies.  There is much booze and [...]

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Olive and Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade

Who does not love tapenade?  This was also on the side of the craptastic Triscuit Thin Crisp Quattro Formaggio box.  (You know you are going to go out and buy them just to see if they are as underwhelming as I say.)

1 8 oz can pitted black olives
1/4 c. sun-dried tomatoes
2 T. olive oil
1/3 c. [...]

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Baked Onion Dip

Taken straight off the side of a very disappointing box of Triscuit Thin Crisps in the Quattro Formaggio flavor.  There was not Quattro Formaggios.  There was one Formaggio and it’s name is “Unnatural MSG Formaggio”

1 T. butter (they actually say margarine, but that word does not exist in our house)
1 large sweet onion, finely chopped
1/3 [...]

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Holiday Punch

2 32 oz. bottles cranberry juice cocktail
1 6 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate thawed
1 6 oz can frozen pineapple concentrate thawed
1 6 oz can frozen lemon concentrate thawed
2 1/2 c. cool water
stir well.
Add as much 7 up or ginger ale as you want, or leave as is.

From the Galesburg Register Mail.
Note from my [...]

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Fudge

From a Hints from Heloise column from the 1960’s….possibly the 70’s.  When were mini marshmallows invented?
In a heavy large sauce pan put 4 1/2 c. sugar and one large can evaporated milk. Bring slowly to a rolling boil. Let boil for no longer than 8 minutes. Remove from heat and add 8 oz. mini marshmallows, [...]

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Sandy’s Sugar Cookies

1 c. butter or margarine
1 c. powdered sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
4 1/2 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. salad oil
1 c. white sugar
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp soda
1 T. vanilla

Cream butter, oil, sugars, and eggs & vanilla.  Add dry ingredients.  Roll into balls, flatten with glass dipped in sugar.  Or may be dropped by [...]

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Grandma’s Cheese Ball

My family apparently has a lot of cheese ball recipes.

 1 stick butter
2  8 oz.  cream cheese
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1 T. chopped onion
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp lemon juice
1 T. each pimento and green pepper

Mix together. Form into ball.  Chill.
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Myron’s Cheeseball

1 pkg cream cheese
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 T. accent
finely chopped onion
1 pkg. chipped beef

Mix together.  Form into ball.  Chill.
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