Raisin Jumbles

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Raisin Jumbles

1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup sour cream
1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Cream together margarine or butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix until well incorporated. Blend in sour cream.

Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add to butter mixture and mix until well blended. Stir in pecans and raisins.

Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake 12-15 minutes.

Optional: Sift confectioners' sugar over cookies when cool.

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Hawaiian Cookies

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Hawaiian Cookies

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup butter
1 egg
1/4 tsp almond extract or 1 tsp vanilla
pineapple jam

Preheat oven to 325 F.

Sift flour, sugar and baking powder together in a bowl. Cut in butter until you have coarse crumbs. Beat egg with extract then add to crumbs and mix. Knead the dough to mix well.


Divide dough into 30 pieces and roll into balls. Flatten each ball to half an inch thickness. Place on cookie sheet, then with a wet finger, make an impression in the center of each cookie. Fill center with pineapple jam or preserves. Bake 25-30 minutes.

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Chocolate Butter Balls

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Chocolate Butter Balls

1 cup butter
3 tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp almond extract
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Cream together the butter and powdered sugar. Add extract and milk, mix. Sift the flour and cocoa together then add to creamed mixture.

Add nut, you should have a medium stiff dough. If too stiff add a few more drops of milk.

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Form dough into small balls and place on parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes.

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Chocolate Bar Cookies

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Chocolate Bar Cookies

1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar, packed
4 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 325 F. Butter and flour 2 8x8 square pans.

Cream shortening in mixer for about 3 minutes. Add sugar and eggs, alternating and beat well.

Melt chocolate in a double boiler, or in a glass dish over simmering water. Blend melted chocolate into sugar mixture, stir in salt and vanilla.

Whisk together flour and baking powder then stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in nuts.

Bake for 30-35 minutes. Let cool in pan before cutting into squares or rectangle bars.

Notes: You can substitute chocolate chips for the nuts.

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Cookies this week!

I've been thinking about the holidays lately, so I thought I would share some cookie recipes with you in the daily recipes this week. So consider this week Cookie Week. If you would like a sneak peek, just go to www.anniesrecipes.com and click on New Recipes Added!

We've also added a couple of fun articles, so be sure to click on what's new!

Butter Gems

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Butter Gems

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
dash of salt
1 tsp almond extract

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Cream butter and shortening together and gradually add the sugar, mix until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix until well incorporated. Add almond extract and mix well.

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Mix dry and wet ingredients until incorporated.

Use a cookie press and pipe cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

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Corn Bread Pizza

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Corn Bread Pizza

1-1/2 lb. hamburger (or more)
1/2 c. onion chopped fine
1/2 c. or less green peppers
2 cloves garlic (minced or pressed), can use garlic powder or garlic salt
2 tsp. chili powder
15 oz. tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
Small box corn bread mix - Jiffy
1 c. finely grated Mozzarella

Brown meat, onions, green peppers. Pour off fat, add garlic, tomato sauce, chili powder, oregano and salt and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes. Mix cornbread as it says on box, pour in a long greased pan. Spread hamburger mixture over cornbread. Bake in 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Take out, sprinkle cheese on top. Bake 10 minutes more.

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Whiskey Pralines

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Whiskey Pralines

3 c. sugar
2 tbsp. white corn syrup
1/2 c. cream
2 c. pecans
3 tsp. whiskey

Put sugar, corn syrup, cream and nuts into a heavy saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally. Cook into the soft ball stage. Remove from heat and add whiskey.

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Tuna and Asparagus Casserole

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Tuna and Asparagus Casserole

1 (6 ounce) package noodles
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 (4 ounce) can button mushrooms
1 (7-ounce) can water packed tuna
1 (1 pound) can asparagus tips
1 small green pepper, chopped
1/4 cubed American cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Cook noodles in salted water. Drain. Rice and drain again. Add remaining ingredients, reserving some of the cheese. Pour into casserole; top with reserved cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Makes 6 servings.

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Chicken Salad Supreme

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Chicken Salad Supreme

1 sm. pkg. (4 oz.) orange Jello
3/4 c. boiling water
1/2 c. cold water
1/3 c. plain lowfat yogurt
1 c. cooked chicken (cubed)
1/2 c. chopped walnuts or raisins
2/3 c. orange sections (mandarin oranges may be used)

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in cold water and yogurt. Chill until slightly thickened. Fold in remaining ingredients into thickened Jello. Pour into 4 cup mold. Chill until firm. 4 servings,

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Amish Maple Cream Pie

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Amish Maple Cream Pie

1 can condensed milk
2/3 c. maple syrup
Pinch salt

TOPPING
2 c. whipping cream
1/2 c. powdered sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
Pinch salt

Cook on low heat, very slow, stirring constantly until it bubbles in the middle. Pour into a baked pie shell. Chill for 1 hour. Whip ingredients until thick. Pour on top of pie filling and sprinkle with chopped pecans.

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Spicy Salsa Mac & Beef

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Spicy Salsa Mac & Beef

1 lb ground beef
1 10-oz can Campbells beef consomme
1 1/3 cups water
2 cups uncooked medium shell pasta
1 10-oz can Campbell's cheddar cheese soup
1 cup chunky salsa

Cook beef in skillet over medium high heat until browned. Drain fat. Add consomme and water and bring to a boil. Add pasta, cook over medium heat for 10 minutes or until pasta is done, stirring often. Add cheddar cheese soup and salsa, heat through. Serve.

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Amish Cabbage

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Amish Cabbage

1 lg. head cabbage (about 3 1/2 lbs.),
cut into 1-1/2" chunks
1/4 c. (1/2 stick) Parkay margarine,
divided
3 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. paprika
1 c. milk
1 lb. Velveeta pasteurized process
cheese spread, cubed
2 c. croutons

Cover cabbage with water in Dutch oven; bring water to boil. Cook 2 1/2 minutes; drain well. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Melt 2 tablespoons margarine in saucepan over medium-low heat. Blend in flour and paprika. Gradually stir in milk; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil. Add cheese spread; stir until melted. Add cabbage. Pour into 12" x 7 1/2" baking dish. Toss croutons with remaining melted margarine. Sprinkle over cabbage mixture; cover. Bake 25 minutes. Uncover; continue baking 20 minutes or until croutons are toasted. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Serves 8.

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Sweet Potato Bread

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Sweet Potato Bread

1 c. sweet potatoes
1-1/4 c. sugar
3 eggs
1/3 c. oil
2 1/3 c. Bisquick
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. nuts
1/2 c. raisins

Mix all ingredients except raisins; add them last. Bake at 300 degrees for 55 minutes.

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Milk Toast

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Milk Toast

2 cups milk
4 slices of bread, toasted and buttered

(see below for variations)

heat milk in a small saucepan just until bubbles form around the edge of the pan. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

Place a toast slice in a soup plate/bowl. Pour 1/2 cup warm milk over each toast slice.

Variations:
Cinnamon Sugar Milk Toast: Combine 1/4 cup sugar with 1/2 tsp cinnamon and mix well. Sprinkle toast slices with cinnamon sugar before adding milk.

Banana Milk Toast: Arrange a few banana slices over each toast slice before adding milk.

Coconut Honey Milk Toast: Spread one side of each toast slice with honey, sprinkle with flaked coconut. Place toast under broiler (6" from heat) for about 2 minutes or until coconut is golden. Place in bowl and add milk.

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Amish Oven Fried Chicken

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Amish Oven Fried Chicken

1/3 c. vegetable oil
1/3 c. butter
1 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. dried marjoram
8 or 9 pieces chicken

Place oil and butter in a shallow cooking pan and place in 375 degree oven to melt butter, set aside. In a large paper sack combine dry ingredients. Roll the chicken pieces 3 at a time in butter and oil then drop into a sack and shake to cover. Place on a plate until all pieces are coated. Leave any excess butter and oil in pan. Place chicken in the pan skin side down or its just as good if you remove all the skin first. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes with spatula, turn chicken pieces over and bake 5 to 10 minutes longer or until crust begins to bubble.

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Enter Our Giveaway!

I realize that the only thing I usually post here are the daily recipes, and I have been a little tardy with that this week. I apologize for that, but I wanted to bring something to your attention just in case you weren't aware of it. Every month we give away fun prizes to one lucky winner.

How do you enter? 

It''s easy really! If you like to bake or cook, and you have a camera, you can enter. You can enter as often as you like, the more entries, the better your chance of winning. Here's what you do:

1) Choose a recipe(s) from one or both of our websites, Annie's Recipes and/or Alicia's Recipes.

2) Prepare the recipe and take a picture.

3) Upload that picture to the recipe you found on our site(s).

4) Leave a comment at the end of this post and tell us the recipe name and which site you found it on.

That's it! if you have a blog, you can blog about the recipe and leave your blog post link in the comments instead.

This month you could win this fun Cookie Cutter Set. Contest runs October 31, 2009 and is open to U.S. residents only.

Tuna and Curry Dip

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Tuna and Curry Dip

1 (7 ounce) can tuna in water, drained
1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, chopped
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 cup mayonnaise

Combine all ingredients and mix well. It is best if chilled.
Makes 2 cups.

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Peanut Butter Bars

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Peanut Butter Bars

1 pkg. yellow cake mix (2 layer)
1 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, melted
2 eggs

Filling
1 c. semi sweet chocolate morsels
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 tbsp. butter
1 pkg. or can coconut pecan frosting mix

Mix first 4 ingredients thoroughly until mixture pulls away from sides of mixing bowl. Press 2/3 mixture into ungreased 13"x9"x2"" baking pan. FILLING: In saucepan over low heat, combine all the filling ingredients except for the frosting mix. Heat until smooth and melted. Remove from heat and stir in frosting mix. Spread over mixture in baking pan. Crumble remaining 1/3 peanut butter mixture over filling and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 25 minutes. Let cool before cutting into bars.

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