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Annie's Favorite Garlic Herb Bread
Here’s a recipe for great Garlic Herb Bread! All you need is a microwave with a pizza oven.
(Webmaster note: A conventional oven will also work for this. Please have an adult supervising during use of any oven.)
  • 10 slices of sandwich bread
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • Garlic
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Cracked pepper
  • Italian Seasoning
  • Paprika

Place the slices of bread on the microwave pizza cooking tray. Brush melted butter across each piece. Then sprinkle with garlic, parmesan cheese, cracked pepper, Italian seasoning, and paprika.

Bake for 6-8 minutes.

This is good with spaghetti, soup, and stews!

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Hot Cinnamon Cider
8 cups of apple cider
¼ to ½ cup of cinnamon candies, to taste (Red Hots work great!)
Put apple cider into a clear, glass coffee percolator. Pour the cinnamon candies into the coffee basket. Perk the apple cider until all the cinnamon candies have dissolved into the cider.

This makes a beautiful drink that smells as wonderful as it tastes. My grown children and my grandchildren would drink gallons of it, if they were allowed to! As the cider perks, the aromatic fragrance of cinnamon apples fills the entire house. Children and adults alike enjoy watching this beverage percolate almost as much as they enjoy drinking it! It is especially great for the holidays.

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Jalapeño Cornbread
This delicious Jalepeño Cornbread is the perfect complement to the last featured recipe, Tex-Mex Enchilada Bake.
2 cups cornmeal (I prefer yellow, but white cornmeal works, too.)
1 cup flour
1 tbsp. salt
3 tbsp. baking powder
2 eggs
¼ canola cup oil
1 ½ cups milk
1 medium onion, diced
1 cup cream-style corn
2 or 3 chopped jalapeños
1 chopped red bell pepper
2 cups grated cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
Canola baking oil spray
Pre-heat oven to 420°. Mix cornmeal, flour, salt and baking powder in a medium sized mixing bowl. In a small bowl, mix eggs, oil, milk, and cream-style corn and stir well. Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture and stir just until moistened well. If the mixture is too moist, add flour 1 tbsp. at a time until it has a good batter consistency. Fold peppers, onion, and cheese into the batter. Spray a 10" to 12" iron skillet or 10" to 12" pan with the canola oil spray. Pour batter into pan and spread to cover bottom evenly&mdashbe sure not to touch sides or bottom, as this may cause bread to stick in the pan. Bake at 420° about 20 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the center is done. Test with a sharp knife or toothpick, if necessary.

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Mamaw's Fresh Apple Cake
3 cups flour
½ tsp. ground cloves
½ tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 ½ cups vegetable oil
1 tsp. double-strength vanilla
3 cups peeled, diced Jonagold or Granny Smith apples
1 cup chopped pecans
Cooking Spray
Sift together flour, spices, salt, and soda. Combine in a bowl with sugar. By hand, stir in eggs, oil, and Watkins vanilla. Add apples and pecans, stirring until well mixed. Batter will be very thick. Spray a fluted Bundt pan or 3 loaf pans with Watkins Cooking Spray. Bake in preheated 350° oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool. When cool transfer to serving plate and cover with icing (if desired).

Icing:

1 - 1 lb. box powdered sugar
½ stick margarine melted
1 tsp. double-strength vanilla
Enough apple juice to make the icing the right spreading consistency.
Optional: I would add 1 tsp. caramel extract.
This cake freezes well and will keep up to two weeks in the refrigerator.

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Mamaw's Banana Nut Bread
Mix:
    1 cup sugar
    1 stick of margarine, melted and cooled slightly
    2 eggs, beaten
Add:
    1 ¾ cups flour
    ½ tsp. salt
    1 tbps. baking soda
    ½ tsp. baking powder
    1 tsp. vanilla
    3 bananas
    ¾ cups chopped nuts (I use pecans.)

Mix ingredients and pour into a greased fluted bundt cake pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour.
Linda's Note: In my electric range, I had to shorten the cooking time to 50 minutes.

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Naomi's Fantabulous Microwave Cheesecake
  • 2 8oz packages low-fat cream cheese
  • 1 cup Splenda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 small container low-fat or fat-free Ricotta cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
Blend ingredients until smooth. Pour into a lightly sprayed or buttered microwave safe dish. I use a deep dish Pyrex bowl. Microwave on high for 4-7 minutes. Then microwave at 50% for 12-15 minutes. Microwave times vary! Let cool, and refrigerate for at least four hours, if you want it cold. But, it is also really good right out of the microwave.

Suggested toppings:

Sour cream and fresh blueberries. You can add ¼ cup Splenda to sweeten it a little.
Cherry pie filling
Or whipped cream and freshly cut strawberries

My Mom’s Whipped Cream:

Mix low-fat whipping cream, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1 cup Splenda. Mix in stand mixer for about 5 minutes on high speed or until hard peaks form. Enjoy!

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Suze's Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles
1 cup string vinegar
1 ½ cup sugar, or Splenda ®
1 tbs canning salt
6 sliced cucumbers
1 head onion-sliced
1 green pepper-sliced
1 tbs jamaican allspice
1 tbs peppercorn mélange

Heat first three items, and allspice until dissolved and let cool. Slice cucumbers, onions, and peppers. Pour cooled vinegar mixture over these and store in refrigerator. Sprinkle top with peppercorns. Keeps indefinitely.

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Tex-Mex Enchilada Bake
1 lb. hamburger meat
1-15 oz can tomato sauce
1 pkg taco mix
12 flour tortillas
1-4oz can chopped green chilies
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
2 cups grated cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
Canola baking oil spray
Brown hamburger meat drain. Add tomato sauce and taco mix. Stir well and simmer to 15-20 minutes. Spray a 9"x13" pan with the canola oil. Place small amount of meat mixture into a tortilla and roll. Repeat until you have filled pan. Mix soup and chilies in medium bowl. Pour over enchiladas. Top with grated cheese. Bake at 350° until cheese melts about 20 minutes.

This is wonderful served with a lettuce salad, a Mexicali salad dressing made by combining sour cream with picante sauce in about equal proportions, and a pan of Jalapeño cornbread.

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