Apple-Pumpkin Butter

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups canned pumpkin
1 cup apple, peeled, cored and grated
1 cup apple juice
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 1-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Makes 3 cups.

**This recipe comes out of Gooseberry Patch's Made From Scratch cookbook.**

OMG! Can you imagine how good your house will smell after making this? I can't wait for Autumn!

Cheddar Quick Bread

Ingredients

3-1/2 cups biscuit baking mix
2-1/2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/3 cup fresh chives, chopped
2 eggs
1-1/4 cups milk

Directions

Combine biscuit mix, cheese, garlic salt and chives in a large mixing bowl; set aside. Beat eggs and milk together in another mixing bowl; stir into cheese mixture until moistened. Pour into 4 greased and floured 5"x3" loaf pans; bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans. Slice and serve warm.

Makes 4 mini loaves.

**This recipe comes out of Gooseberry Patch's Made From Scratch cookbook.**

Butterscotch Cake

Ingredients

1 yellow cake mix
1 box of butterscotch pudding (not instant)
1/2 cup oil
butterscotch chips
chopped pecans

Directions

Cooking pudding according to package directions, and let it cool. Once cool, mix together the cake mix, pudding and oil. Pour into a 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle with butterscotch chips and pecans. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees.

**Delicious!! I love that you can change this one up too. You could do a chocolate cake mix with chocolate pudding and chocolate chips, or you could try a white cake mix with banana cream pudding and chocolate chips. You are only limited by your imagination! **

Bacon Ranch Green Beans

Ingredients

16 ounce frozen green beans
2 tbsp butter
1 envelope ranch dressing mix
4 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled

Directions

In a skillet, saute the green beans in butter. Add the salad dressing and toss to coat. Just before serving, sprinkle in the bacon and mix.

**I got this recipe from the Menus 4 Moms website.**


**Thoughts~Not bad. Definitely worth trying. It is a nice change of pace from plain ol' green beans, but also, not a recipe I would want to eat all the time.**

Fruit Pizza

Ingredients

1 roll of Pillsbury sugar cookie dough
7 ounces of Kraft Marshmallow Creme
8 ounces Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
Fruit

Directions

Roll out the cookie dough into your desired shape. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool.

While this is cooling, cream together Marshmallow Creme and softened Cream Cheese. Put a generous layer on the sugar cookie. You will have some remaining, but you can use this as a fruit dip.

Cut up any fruit that you like, and put it on top.

Delicious and Refreshing!!

Maple Syrup Cookies

Ingredients

1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon milk
1 egg
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup maple syrup
3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small cup, dissolve baking soda in milk and set aside. Cream egg, shortening and syrup. Add flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and baking soda mixture; blend well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

**This recipe is from the Amish Friends Cookbook by Wanda E. Brunstetter.**

Hash Brown Potato Casserole

Ingredients

2 lb. frozen hash browns, thawed
1 stick butter
1 cup chopped onion
1 8 ounce package shredded Cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 pint sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups crushed Ritz crackers

Directions

Cut butter into small slices. Combine all ingredients except crackers. Pour into casserole dish. Sprinkle crackers on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 hours.

**This recipe comes from Sharing Our Best: Girlfriends Unlimited, New Hope Church.**

Chicken Macaroni Casserole

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups half-and-half cream
1-1/2 to 2 cups chicken broth, divided
3/4 pound Velveeta, cubed
2 packages (7 ounces each) uncooked elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 jar (2 ounces) diced pimentos, drained
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour until smooth. Gradually add cream and 1-1/2 cups of broth. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; add cheese; stir until melted. Add macaroni, chicken, pimientos, salt and pepper. Add aditional broth, if needed.

Pour into a 3-quart baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with parsley, if desired.

Yields 6-8 servings

**This recipe comes from the Taste of Home 2010 Church Supper Cookbook.**

Blueberry Buttermilk Coffeecake

Ingredients

for the coffeecake:

1/2 cup butter
1 1/3 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups buttermilk
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups blueberries

for the topping:

2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar, white or brown
6 tablespoons butter, softened

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch pan. Sift together 4 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and 1 1/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in blueberries by hand. Pour batter into prepared pan.

In a small bowl, combine 2/3 cup flour and 2/3 cup sugar. Cut in 6 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over top of batter.

Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Creamy Peanut Butter Pie

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
16 ounces Cool Whip
Graham cracker pie crust
chocolate shavings or fudge syrup

Directions

In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar, peanut butter, and cool whip until well blended. Pour into the pie crust. Top with chocolate shavings or fudge syrup. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.

**Notes~I made the pie crust out of peanut butter cookies. I just stuck them in the food processor, added 4 Tbsp. of butter, and pressed it into a pie pan. Also, to make chocolate shavings, just put a chocolate candy bar in the freezer for a bit and then use your vegetable peeler to make shavings.**