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Corn Salad

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Apple Slaw recipe

Wacky Chocolate Cake

Cheese Cake Muffins with Fruit

Corn Salad

2 cans whole kernel corn or fiesta corn, drained

1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 teaspoon Seasoning salt

2 heaping tablespoons mayonnaise

Mix all ingredients and chill.  Best if made the day before you serve.

So easy and so refreshingly GOOD!

Grands! Monkey Bread

Courtesy of Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creation Copyright 2008

Prep time: 25 minutes

Cook time: 45 minutes

Serves: 12+

 

Ingredients:

    1/2 cup sugar

    1tsp ground cinnamon

    1 cup brown sugar

    2 cans (16.3 oz each) Grands! Homestyle buttermilk biscuits

    3/4 cup butter (melted)

    (Optional--1/2 cup chopped walnuts,  1/2 cup raisins)

Directions:

    Heat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease 12-cup fluted tube pan.  In large food-storage plastic bag, mix sugar, cinnamon and brown sugar.  Separate biscuits and cut each into quarters.  Shake in the bag to coat.  Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.  Now add the sugar mixture into the bowl of melted butter and pour over the biscuit pieces. 

Bake for 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool in the pan for 10 minutes.  Turn upside down onto a serving plate and serve warm.

 

  Apple Slaw recipe

Ingredients:

· 1/2 cup sour cream

· 1/2 cup mayonnaise

· 1 tablespoon lemon juice

· 2 teaspoons celery seed

· 1 teaspoon sugar

· 1/4 teaspoon salt

· dash black pepper

· 4 cups shredded cabbage, about 1 pound

· 3 apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced

Preparation:

Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, celery seed, sugar, salt, and pepper; blend well. Add cabbage and apple slices and toss lightly until cabbage is coated. Serve immediately. If making an hour or two in advance, add apple slices just before serving.
This cabbage salad serves 6 to 8.

 

Wacky Chocolate Cake

2 cups Sugar
6 tablespoons Cocoa  (John usually adds another 3 or 4 tablespoons)
3 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
1 teaspoons Salt
3/4 cup Canola Oil
2 tablespoons Vinegar
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 cups Cold Water
 
Mix all ingredients in a bowl for 4 minutes, scraping once or twice. 

Pour into 9x12 pan (or two rounds, or whatever).  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 

Top with your favorite frosting (Caramel is our favorite).
 

 

Cheese Cake Muffins with Fruit

courtesy of Paula Deen

2  8 oz. pkgs. Cream Cheese (room temperature)

1 cup sugar                                                               1 can of blueberry pie filling         

2 eggs                                                                                or flavor of your choice

1 tsp. vanilla

12 Vanilla Wafers

 

Cream 1st 2 ingredients together, then add eggs and vanilla and mix.  Put 1 Vanilla Wafer in 12 muffin cups.  Evenly divide mixture into cups and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.  Spoon pie filling on top.