Fruit slush

  1 1/2 C sugar

2 C boiling water

2 small cans orange juice (reconstituted)

2 small cans undrained crushed pineapple

6 bananas, mashed

1 small jar maraschino cherries

1 large box frozen strawberries

Dissolve sugar into boiling water. Add other ingredients and mix well. Put into freezable containers (paper cups). Set out 30 minutes before serving. 

Pumpkin Roll

Ingredients 

 

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup pumpkin

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ginger 

1/2 tsp cloves

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

Directions

Heavily grease and flour a cookie sheet (15x10 jelly roll pan). 

Beat eggs on high until frothy with volume. Slowly mix in the sugar and pumpkin. Add flour, baking powder, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and salt. 

Pour mixture into pan and if desired, sprinkle with chopped nuts. 

Bake at 375 for 15 min.

Put powdered sugar on towel and cool on towel, nut side up. Roll up in towel. Cool. Unroll carefully and fill with cream cheese frosting. Roll back up. 

Beef Broccoli Pie

1 lb hamburger
1/2 onion chopped
2 Tablespoons flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic
1 1/4 cup milk
3 oz cream cheese
1 egg
10 oz chopped broccoli, cooked
Monterrey Jack or Pepper Jack cheese
2 pie crusts

Cook broccoli

1/2 cook bottom pastry

Brown meat and onion, drain off fat.
Stir in flour, salt, garlic, milk, and cream cheese.
Add egg and cooked broccoli.
Fill pastry shell, add cheese on top, top with second pie shell.
Slit top.
Cook at 350 for 40-45 min.

Swedish Party Cookies

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup butter

2 egg yolks

pinch of salt

2 cups flour

red current jelly

chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugars together.

Add beaten egg yolks, flour and salt

Make into small balls

Dip balls in egg whites

Roll in chopped nuts

Grease cookie cookie sheet

Make jelly hole with the blunt end of a knife (but these are thumb print cookies so use your thumb:) )

Bake at 350 for 5 min

Remove and make the hole bigger

Cook 15 more minutes until done.  

Fill with tart red current jelly immediately

Banana Drink

I made this today and my kids loved it.  I told them that Mom used to make it for us when I was little.  It brought back memories of home. Anyone have the Orange Julius recipe?

1 banana
1 cup milk
1 tbs honey
1 tbs peanut butter
3-4 ice cubes

put all ingredients into a blender and blend.  

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

This is one I got from Mom's recipe folder when I left for college.  Nate and I love it and have it regularly.  Super easy and delicious.

8 tortillas
1/2 c chopped onion
1 C cheese
1/4 tsp pepper
2 T butter
8 oz sour cream
1 can diced green chili pepper
4 cloves minced garlic
1 t ground coriander ( I substitute cumin)
2 c cooked chopped chicken ( I use 2 cans of chicken)
3 T flour
2 c chicken broth

Warm tortillas. For sauce cook onion, garlic, coriander and pepper in butter until onion is tender. Stir flour into sour cream and add to onion mixture. Stir in broth and chili peppers all at once. Cook until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in cheese.

For filling: stir 1/2 cup of sauce into chicken (I wind up using about 1 cup of the sauce). Place about 1/4 cup filling atop each tortilla and roll up. Arrange rolls seam side down, in lightly greased 9x13 pan. Top with remaining sauce.

Bake at 350 for 35 min.  Sprinkle with cheese after removing from oven.

Serve with delicious guacamole, salsa, sour cream, etc.

Sour Cream Raisin Pie

I'm adding this for Mom because I asked for the recipe to make for Thanksgiving this year.  It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without this pie!  The "I"'s are Mom, not me.

1       cup raisins                              

3/4     cup sugar                               

1       cup sour cream                        

3       Tbsp. corn starch    

2.       eggs separated    

1        tsp vanilla      

1.       Tbsp butter     

1/2     tsp salt

Add sugar to raisins in a sauce pan.  Barely cover with water and simmer until tender, (it just takes a few minutes).  Add sour cream and bring to a boil.  Thicken with cornstarch that is thinned with cream (Grandma Kilgore used cream, I  used milk).  Add egg yolks and cook 2 minutes.  Remove from heat and add vanilla, butter and salt.  Cool.  Pour into a baked shell.  Cover with meringue. 

I would bake the pie the day before Thanksgiving and then add the meringue the next day.