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 [...]

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Kix Wraparound Snacks

1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. light corn syrup 1/2 c. peanut butter 3 c. Kix cereal about 20 miniature chocolate kisses, chocolate-or yogurt-covered raisins, gumdrops, or miniature marshmallows 1 to 2 T. multicolored candy sprinkles Heat sugar and corn syrup to boiling in a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently.  Remove from heat, [...]

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Scotch Bonnet Mango Salsa

2 Scotch Bonnet peppers, seeded and deveined 1 tsp. granulated sugar vegetable oil 2 very ripe mangos, peeled and diced 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with juice 2 shallots, finely chopped 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced crosswise 2 oz basil, thinly sliced 2 oz cilantro, finely chopped 2 [...]

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Vanilla Wafer Dessert

1 lb vanilla wafers, crushed 2 cup whipping cream small can crushed pineapple 1 lb. marshmallows Mix and let stand several hours.  Graham crackers may be swapped for vanilla wafers and crushed peppermint candies for pineapple. – So midwestern!  So church supper!  Potluck-tastic!  It sounds odd and kinda creepy, but I bet it tastes good.

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Spanikopita Filling

4 pkgs. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained until bone dry.  You can either squeeze in a sieve or dump in some cheese cloth and twist. 1/2 cup olive oil 4 onions, chopped 2 bunches scallions, including 4 inches of green tops, finely chopped 2T minced garlic 1/2 cup chopped fresh dill or 3 T [...]

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Willa’s Apple Crisp

If that last Apple Crisp recipe was just too natural for your tastes, why don’t you try this one? 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 c. flour 1 c. oatmeal 1/2 c. butter 3 cans apple pie filling Mix first ingredients together.  Empty the pie filling into a 13×9 pan.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.  Sprinkle crumb mixture [...]

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Apple Crisp

Fill oblong pan 1/2 full of apples.  Sprinkle sugar and vanilla over them.  Mix 1 cup sugar butter the size of an egg 1 egg 1 1/2 c flour Work this until it forms a crumbly mixture and sprinkle evenly over the apples.  Pour over this, 1/2 cup water and bake in oven until apples [...]

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Carmelized Sweet Onion Dip

A little break from all the Grandma recipes.  My sweet onion jam was such a hit that when I saw this recipe I thought it would be perfect for all the holiday parties and gatherings going on last month.  Alas, I lost it and never made it.  I just found it cleaning my dining room [...]

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Mother’s Raisin Pudding

Clipped from a newspaper.  Grandma wrote “Good” on it. by Edith Higbee Monmouth, IL 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 cup raisins 1/2 c. milk 1/2 tsp. vanilla Stir all of the above together well.  Put in a greased pan.  Mix 2 cups boiling sugar.  1 T. butter and 1 [...]

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Cindy’s Dump Cake

Unfortunately named, but my Grandma drew four pretty stars on the scrap of paper that she wrote it on, so either she was feeling festive, or it was tasty. 1 can cherry pie fillling 1 can crushed pineapple Sprinkle over these one box yellow cake mix Pour over cake mix two sticks oleo, butter or [...]

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