Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Sausage Stuffing

Recipe courtesy of jennypenny*

Bell Seasoning (yellow box w/ turkey on it)
Chicken stock
Onions
Celery
Sliced bread
(1 Sausage roll per loaf of bread)

Cube the bread.
Brown the sausage (chop) and then move to other pan.
Remove some of the grease.
Cook the onions and celery until firm, in remaining grease.
Mix Sausage, onion and celery together.
Add cubed bread to the sausage mix.
Add Bell Seasoning and chicken stock to taste and moistness.

Then Bake.

Cranberry Sauce

Recipe courtesy of jennypenny*

4 C (1 lb) fresh cranberries
2 C sugar
2 C orange juice

Combine cranberries, sugar and juice in saucepan.
Heat until boiling point, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Then boil rapidly until the berries pop open (about 5 mins).

Makes 1 Qt cranberry sauce

Cranberry Relish

Recipe courtesy of jennypenny*

4 C fresh cranberries
2 oranges quartered
2 C sugar

Put cranberries and oranges through the food processor, stir in sugar mix well.

Creamed Onions

Recipe courtesy of jennypenny*

  • 2 – (1 lb) packages of smal whole onions (birds eye)
  • ½ stick butter
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • salt and pepper to taste (I don't use)


Par-boil onions, drain and rinse with cold water sprinkle with sugar.  Saute with ½ stick of butter until golden brown.  Put onions in backing dish (spray dish w/ pam first for easier clean up).  Place ½ C cold water in skillet in pan and cook liquid down to a few tablespoon then pour over onions

Sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon flour
  • 1 C heavy cream


Combine ingredients to make a thin sauce pour sauce over onions bake onions for 20 mins at 350.  Can be made the day before, just skip the baking and refrigerate after pouring sauce over onions. On day of, bring to room temp and then bake.

Spinach Balls

Recipe courtesy of jennypenny*

2 packages Frozen Chopped spinach
2 1/4 C Pepperidge farm stuffing mix
2 medium onions chopped fine
6 whole eggs
3/4 C melted margerine (1 1/2 sticks)
1/2 C grated parmesan
1/2 Tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 Tablespoon black pepper

Defrost and drain spinach. Put spinach into pan and cover with boiling water for 5 mins

Drain well. (My mother says she squeezes it out.)

Add all other ingredients and mix well (with a fork or by hand)

REFRIDGERATE OVER NIGHT

Make balls the size of a walnut on the cookie sheet

Bake @ 350 for 20 minutes.

Good Hot or Cold.

Perfect for freezing.
 

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Turkey Tetrazzini

Recipe courtesy of ilovedave

** (this one is actually for t-day leftovers! I always have too much turkey so I make this)

10 ounces mushrooms, sliced thin (about 4 cups)
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 3/4 cups milk
2 cups beef broth
1/4 cup cooking sherry
10 ounces spaghetti
3 cups coarsely chopped cooked turkey, including cooked giblets if desired
1 cup cooked peas
2/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan
1/3 cup fine fresh bread crumbs

In a large heavy saucepan cook the mushrooms in 1/4 cup of the butter over moderate heat, stirring, until most of the liquid they give off has evaporated, stir in the flour, and cook the mixture over low heat, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add in a stream the milk, the broth, and the wine, stirring, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring, and simmer the sauce for 5 minutes. In a kettle of boiling salted water cook the spaghetti until it is al dente and drain it well.
In a large bowl combine well the spaghetti, the mushroom sauce, the turkey, the peas, and salt and pepper to taste, stir in 1/3 cup of the Parmesan, and transfer the mixture to a buttered shallow 3 quart casserole. In a small bowl combine well the remaining 1/3 cup Parmesan, the bread crumbs, and salt and pepper to taste, sprinkle the mixture evenly over the Tetrazzini, and dot the top with the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, cut into bits. The Tetrazzini may be prepared up to this point 1 month in advance and kept frozen, covered. Bake the Tetrazzini in the middle of a preheated 375 degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until it is bubbling and the top is golden.

Turkey Soup with Egg Noodles and Vegetables

Recipe courtesy of Celestevie

2 teaspoons olive or vegetable oil
2 leeks, cleaned and chopped
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 stalk celery, chopped
3 to 4 cups leftover cooked turkey, shredded or cubed
2 to 3 bay leaves
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
8 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
6 ounces uncooked egg noodles
1 cup frozen green peas
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Heat oil in a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add leeks, carrots, garlic, and celery and sauté 4 minutes, until soft. Add turkey, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and black pepper and stir to mix well. Add chicken broth and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, partially cover and simmer 10 minutes.

Return mixture to a boil and add egg noodles. Cook 10 minutes, until egg noodles are just tender. Stir in peas and cook until peas are just heated through, about 1 minute.
Remove from heat, discard bay leaves and stir in parsley.

Leftover Turkey Corn Casserole

Recipe courtesy of Jessearl

2 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 and 1/2 cups breadcrumbs (preferably fresh)
1 Tbs. margarine, melted
1 Tbs. sugar
2 15 oz cans cream-style corn
Leftover shredded turkey, to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Lightly coat 9x9 inch dish with cooking spray, and set aside.  Beat together eggs and milk, then add breadcrumbs, margarine, and pepper.  Fold in corn then season with salt and pepper.  Pour in baking dish and cook for 35 to 40 minutes, or until firm and set.

Kentucky Hot Brown Open-Faced Sandwiches

Recipe courtesy of htw

My favorite thing to do with leftover turkey!

Sandwich: 
bacon slices (about 2 per slice of bread)
1 slice of firm white sandwich bread per sandwich
leftover roast turkey (enough for generous helpings per sandwich)

Sauce: (this will make enough for about 10 open faced sandwiches)
1 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3  cups milk
1 large egg beaten
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan (about 3 ounces), plus more for sprinkling
Freshly ground white pepper (can also be black pepper)
Salt 

In a large heavy skillet cook bacon in batches over moderate heat, turning it, until golden brown and crisp. Transfer bacon, as cooked, to paper towels to drain.
Toast bread and if desired lightly butter toast. Arrange toast on flameproof plates and divide turkey among toasts.

Preheat broiler.

Make sauce: In a 2 to 3-quart heavy saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat and whisk in flour. Cook roux, whisking constantly, 3 minutes. Slowly add 2 cups milk in a stream, whisking constantly, and add parmesan cheese. Stir in the egg to thicken the sauce but do not allow it to boil, whisking. Simmer sauce, whisking occasionally, 5 minutes. Remove from heat and season with salt & pepper.

Spoon sauce evenly over turkey and sprinkle Parmesan evenly over sauce. Broil sandwiches in batches about 2 to 3 inches from heat until sauce is lightly browned, about 2 minutes.

Arrange 2 bacon slices in an X on each serving.

Thanksgiving Pie

Recipe courtesy of Jennykat77
  •   3 Large eggs
  •   1 cup dark corn syrup
  •   1/2 cup sugar
  •   1/4 cup (1/2) stick butter, melted
  •   1 cup canned pumpkin
  •   1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •   1 cup chopped pecans
  •   1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
  •   Whipped cream
   
Preheat oven to 350 F
With electric mixer. beat eggs well. Beat in corn syrup, sugar, butter, pumpkin, and vanilla until well blended. Arrange pecans in bottom of pie shell. Slowly pour egg mixture over them. Bake 1 hour, or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream.
   

Pumpkin Pie

Recipe courtesy of mrs.jen&dave

Ingredients:

    * 3/4 cup granulated sugar
    * 1/2 teaspoon salt
    * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    * 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
    * 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    * 2 large eggs
    * 1/8 - 1/4 cup molasses (I use the Brer Rabbit brand in full flavor)
    * 1 can (15 oz.) LIBBY'S 100% Pure Pumpkin
    * 1 can (12 fl. oz.) Evaporated Milk
    * 1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell
    * Whipped cream (optional)

Directions:
MIX sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves in small bowl. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Stir in molasses (start with a little and then use up to 1/4 cup). Gradually stir in evaporated milk.

POUR into pie shell.

BAKE in preheated 425 F oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 F; bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours. Serve immediately or refrigerate. Top with whipped cream before serving.

Pumpkin Pie

Recipe courtesy of gingergrl
(This is my great-grandmother’s recipe – the honey is the key!)
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup honey
2 cups canned pumpkin
1 cup evaporate milk
2 eggs
Mix sugar, salt spice with honey and pumpkin.  Heat milk.  Add warm milk with eggs to pumpkin mix.  Blend thoroughly.  Pour into pie crust.
Bake in 425 deg oven for 10 minutes.  Lower oven to 350 degrees and bake 35 minutes.  Insert silver knife in center of pie - it will come out clean when done.

Pumpkin Maple Pie

Recipe courtesy of Lishie0729

    * 1 small sugar pumpkin
    * 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
    * 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    * 1 teaspoon ground ginger
    * 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    * 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    * 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
    * 1/2 teaspoon salt
    * 2/3 cup real maple syrup
    * 1 1/4 cups half-and-half cream
    * 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
    * 3 eggs
    * 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell

DIRECTIONS

   1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
   2. Cut up pumpkin, and remove seeds. Place in large baking pan, and cover with foil or lid. Bake for 1 hour, or until very tender. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
   3. Scrape pumpkin into a food processor; puree until smooth. Measure 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree. In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and salt. Stir in maple syrup, half-and-half, and flour. Mix in eggs one at a time. Pour filling into unbaked pie shell.
   4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until center is set.

Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle

Recipe courtesy of Cathy&John

2 (14oz.) packages gingerbread mix (makes more than you actually use)
1 (5.1oz.) box cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix
1 (30oz.) can pumpkin pie filling
½ cup packed brown sugar
1/3 tsp ground cardamom or cinnamon
1 (12oz.) container cool whip (I used 2, 8 oz. containers)
1/2 cup gingersnaps, optional
(I also used ground nutmeg and ginger, about ¼ tsp. each)

Bake the gingerbread according to the package directions; cool completely. Meanwhile, prepare the pudding and set aside to cool. Stir the pumpkin pie filling, sugar, and spices into the pudding. Crumble 1 batch of gingerbread into the bottom of a large, pretty clear bowl. Pour ½ of the pudding mixture over the gingerbread, and then add a layer of cool whip. Repeat with the remaining gingerbread, pudding and cool whip. Sprinkle the top with crushed gingersnaps.  

Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Squares

Recipe courtesy of alicianrj

In addition to keeping the cake from sticking to the pan, lining the pan with foil makes it easy to lift it out after baking.

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin-pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 ¼ cups sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin purée
  • 1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips


1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang on all sides. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pie spice, baking soda, and salt; set aside.


2. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until smooth; beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in pumpkin purée (mixture may appear curdled). Reduce speed to low, and mix in dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.


3. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely in pan.
  
4. Lift cake from pan (using foil as an aid). Peel off foil, and use a serrated knife to cut into 24 squares.

Note: If you can’t find pumpkin-pie spice, substitute 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon each allspice and cloves (all ground).

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe courtesy of kristymckain

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:
  1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
  2. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
  3. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie

Recipe courtesy of MrsKellyT143 & NJ2004BRIDE
  • 2 packages (16 ounces total) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin purée
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • dash cloves
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 9-inch graham cracker pie crust

Combine cream cheese, pumpkin, sugar, vanilla, and spices; mix with a hand mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix until blended. Pour into graham cracker crust. Bake at 350° F.
for 35 to 45 minutes, or until set. Cool. Refrigerate at least 3 hours, or overnight. Serve garnished with sweetened whipped cream or whipped topping.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Layer Pie

Recipe courtesy of e&c

1 package (15 oz) ready to roll pie crust (or homemade)

Cream Cheese Layer
1 8 oz package cream cheese, room temp (I use light cc)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg

Pumpkin Layer
1 cup pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
3/4 cup evaporated milk (I used skim eva. milk)
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (can substitute cinnamon/nutmeg combo)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten with 1 teaspoon water

1. Heat oven to 400 F.  Fit pie crust into 9 inch pie plate and crimp edges.  Refrigerate until ready to roll.  (You can use a second pie crust to cut out shapes with cookie cutter (1 inch size) to press over crimped edges).  You could also omit pie crust and substitute and pre-made graham cracker shell.

2. Cream Cheese Layer
Beat Cream Cheese, Sugar, Vanilla, & Egg until smooth.  Spread evenly into bottom of piecrust.

3. Pumpkin Layer
Beat Pumpkin Puree, Milk, Brown Sugar, Eggs, Pie Spice & Salt until smooth.  Using a ladle, gently spoon pumpkin mixture over cream cheese mixture.

4. Brush edge of pie with egg-water wash.  Overlap shapes if using.  Bake at 400 F for 15 minutes.  Cover edges with foil, reduce heat to 350 F and bake for an additional 45 minutes.

5. Cool pie completely on rack.  Refrigerate until completely chilled.  Before slicing, leave out for 30 minutes.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Recipe courtesy of melbride2005
  • 1 (16 ounce) package pound cake mix (I used yellow cake mix)
  • 3 eggs, divided
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
  • 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, divided
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened (I used low fat)
  • 1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk) (I used fat free)
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large mixing bowl, on low speed, combine cake mix, 1 egg, butter and 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice until crumbly. Press onto bottom of 15x10-inch jellyroll pan.
  2. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese on low until fluffy. Gradually beat in EAGLE BRAND® then remaining 2 eggs, pumpkin, remaining 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice and salt; mix well.
  3. Pour over crust; sprinkle with nuts. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Cool. Chill; cut into bars. Store covered in refrigerator.

Pumpkin Cake With Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe courtesy of al320

CAKE:
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for greasing pans
  • 1 cup firmly packed dark-brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk mixed with 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin


Frosting:
  • Two (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup


Make THE Cake
1. Preheat the oven to 350¡ã. Butter two 8-by-2-inch cake pans, line them with parchment circles, butter the parchment, and coat the pan with flour. Tap out the excess.

2. In a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugars on medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and pepper into a medium bowl.

3. Add the eggs 1 at a time to the mixer, scraping down the sides after each addition. Alternate adding the flour and milk mixtures, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat in the pumpkin until smooth. Divide the batter equally between the pans. Rap the filled pans once on the counter to release any air bubbles. Bake the cakes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 to 40 minutes. Cool the pans on racks for 10 minutes. Invert the cakes onto racks and remove the parchment paper. Cool completely.

Make THE Frosting
In a stand mixer beat all the ingredients on medium until fluffy. To assemble the cake, frost the top of one cake, place the other cake on top. Frost the sides and top, swirling decoratively. Refrigerate the cake for 30 minutes to set up frosting.

Pumpkin Butterscotch Trifle

Recipe courtesy of klodandmeg

Gingerbread cake mix-make according to directions
15 ½ oz of cool whip (fat free is fine, thawed)
15 ½ oz can pumpkin (not pie filling)
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Allspice
1/4 teaspoon Ginger
4   1 oz packages sugar free instant butterscotch
pudding mix
4 cups of fat free milk

Make cake, let cool. Crumble cake once entirely
cooled, put in zip lock bag. Make pudding according to
box. Let sit 2 minutes. Take pumpkin and all spices,
mix into pudding. Let chill for at least 2 hours.  In
trifle bowl~ 1st layer, 1/4 of the gingerbread,  2nd
layer  ½ pudding/pumpkin , 3rd layer, 1/4 of the
gingerbread, 4th layer, half of Cool Whip, 5th layer,
1/4 gingerbread ,6th layer, other half of
pudding/pumpkin, 7th layer, 1/4 gingerbread, top with
other half of Cool Whip. Refrigerate until use.


Pumpkin Apple Bread

Recipe courtesy of Happy8-13-05

*recipe makes 2 9-BY-5-INCH loaves, or 24 muffins*

FOR TOPPING
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
5 tablespoons of sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened

FOR BREAD
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 (15-ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 1/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and chopped (2
cups)

MAKE THE TOPPING:
Blend together flour , sugar, cinnamon, and butter in
a small bowl with your fingertips until mixture
resembles coarse meal.

MAKE THE BREAD:
Put a rack in middle of oven and preheat oven to 350
F.  Butter two 9-BY-5-inch loaf pans or two 12 cup
muffin trays.

Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon,
nutmeg, cloves, and allspice into a medium bowl.
Whisk together pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs in a
large bowl.  Add flour mixture, stirring until well
combined.  Fold in apples.

Divide batter between buttered loaf pans.  Sprinkle
half of topping evenly over each loaf.  Bake until a
wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of bread
comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

Cool loaves in pan on a rack for 45 minutes, then turn
out onto rack and cool completely, about 1 hour.

Perfect Pumpkin Pie

Recipe courtesy of heida73

Graham cracker pie crust (6oz)
1 can (15oz) pumpkin
1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs
1t ground cinnamon
1/2t ground ginger
1/2t ground nutmeg
1/2t salt

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

With mixer, beat pumpkin, milk, eggs, spices and salt. Pour into crust.
Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temp to 350, bake 35-40 minutes longer or until knife inserted 1" from crust comes clean. Cool.

Pecan Pie Coffee Cake

Recipe courtesy of ilovedave

This dessert is at its best with coffee. Make sure you lower the oven temperature to 325° before adding the topping to prevent it from burning.

Cake:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
2 ounces fat-free cream cheese
1 large egg
1 large egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (about 5 1/2 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup nonfat buttermilk
Cooking spray

Topping:
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup finely chopped pecans
1 large egg, beaten

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare cake, place granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, and cream cheese in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add egg and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Pour batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove cake from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.

To prepare topping, combine syrup, brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons butter in a 4-cup glass measure. Microwave at high 1 minute. Stir with a whisk until butter melts. Whisk in pecans and beaten egg.

Pecan Pie Bars

Recipe courtesy of cat429

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
  • 1/2 cup margarine, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups dark corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 2/3 cup yellow cake mix

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
  2. Reserve 2/3 cup cake mix.
  3. Mix together remaining cake mix, margarine, and 1 egg. Pat in prepared pan.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
  5. Beat together 3 eggs, vanilla, reserved 2/3 cup cake mix, corn syrup, and brown sugar. Pour on cake in pan. Sprinkle pecans on top.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30-35 minutes. 

Pat Quinn's Yummy Pumpkin Bread

Recipe courtesy of tpquinn72

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease 3 medium loaf pans.

  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 cup oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups pumpkin (1 pound can)
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
  • 3 1/4 cup flour


Mix sugar, oil, eggs and pumpkin.  Add water.  Set aside.  Sift together salt, spices, flour and soda; add to first mixture.  Fill medium loaf pans 2/3 full.  Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until done.  Turn out and cool.  When cooled add some powdered sugar on top.   These also freeze really well, but don't put the powdered sugar on before you freeze them. 

Paradise Pumpkin Pie

Recipe courtesy of wrysmyguy
Filling:
  • 8 oz. package of cream cheese
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • Dash salt
  • 1 ¼ cups canned or smoothly mashed, cooked pumpkin
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • Maple syrup

Prepare pie crust (I like Martha Stewart’s recipe but you can use a prepared Pillsbury one or a deep dish frozen one)
Heat the oven to 350*
In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, ¼ cup sugar and vanilla. Mix at low speed until well blended. Add egg; mix well. Spread cream cheese mixture in bottom of pie crust lined pan.
In a large bowl, combine ½ cup sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt, pumpkin, milk and eggs. Mix well. Carefully pour/spoon pumpkin mixture over cream cheese layer. Bake at 350* for 60-70 minutes or until set. Cool. Brush with syrup. Refrigerate until served.
Tip: Cover the edge of the pie crust in the last 15 minutes of baking to prevent excessive browning.

No Corn Syrup Pecan Pie

Recipe courtesy of njbride9/06

  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy, and stir in melted butter. Stir in the brown sugar, white sugar and the flour; mix well. Last add the milk, vanilla and nuts.

Pour into an unbaked 9-in pie shell. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until done.

Mom's Apple Crumb Pie

Recipe courtesy of gingergrl
The crumb topping is what makes this so good.  I usually buy a store bought crust, but if you have the time, it’s even better when you make that also.
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp butter
6 large tart apples, slice
Topping:
1 cup flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
Mix apples with sugars, flour and cinnamon
Fill an unbaked pie crust with mixture.  Dot with butter.
Mix topping ingredients with a fork until crumbly.  Cover entire pie with topping.  Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.
Grandma's Pie Crust:
3/4 cup Crisco
2 1/4 cup sifted flour
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup ice water
Sift flour and salt into bowl.  Take out 1/3 cup.  Cut Crisco into mixture.  Mix water with 1/3 cup of flour to make paste and add to flour-crisco mixture.  Cut in with 2 knives or pastry cutter.  Roll out.  
If you don’t have the patience, just throw it all in the Kitchen Aid mixer with the dough hook attachment and it comes out fine, though not as flaky as it will if you do it by hand.)

Low-Calorie Pumpkin Cheesecake

Recipe courtesy of wrysmyguy
Crust:
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
  • 3 tablespoons apple jelly

Filling:
  • 4 (8-oz.) pkg. fat-free cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 tablespoons brandy, if desired
  • 1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin
  • 1 cup frozen fat-free whipped topping, if desired
  • Nutmeg, if desired

1 .   Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch spring form pan with nonstick cooking spray. Coat sides only with 2 tablespoons of the graham cracker crumbs. In medium bowl, combine remaining 1 cup graham cracker crumbs and apple jelly; mix well. Press in bottom of coated pan.
2 .   Bake at 350°F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes. Refrigerate 5 minutes or until completely cooled.
3 .   Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in brown sugar and sugar until smooth. At low speed, add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until blended.
4 .   Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, brandy and pumpkin; mix well. Gradually add to cream cheese mixture; beat until smooth. Pour over partially baked crust.
5 .   Bake at 350°F. for 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until center is set. Turn oven off; open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake sit in oven for 30 minutes. With sharp knife, loosen cheesecake from sides of pan. Cool in pan on wire rack for 2 hours or until completely cooled. Refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
6 .   To serve, carefully remove sides of pan. Cut cheesecake into wedges. Top each wedge with 1 tablespoon whipped topping; lightly sprinkle with nutmeg. Store in refrigerator.

Grandma's Cheesecake

Recipe courtesy of biochemgirl
Crust
2 cups finely ground graham crackers (about 30 squares)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 stick unsalted butter, melted 

1st set of ingredients
1 lb. container cottage cheese (put through sieve, a must)
2  8 oz. containers of cream cheese
1  16 oz. container of sour cream
4 eggs
1.5 C sugar

2nd set of ingredients
1.5 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 lb. melted margarine
3 tablespoons corn starch
3 tablespoons flour
0.25 Cup milk

For the crust, mix the 2 ingredients in a bowl. Press into a 8 or 9 inch spring form pan as high along the sides as you like.

For the cheesecake, mix the 1st set of ingredients and then add 2nd set of ingredients, mix until smooth. Bake at 325 for 1 hour (let stand in oven for several hours after shutting oven off, without opening oven door). My grandmother tops hers with strawberries or blueberries but it’s just as good plain.

Grandmother's Cheesecake Recipe

Recipe courtesy of Zarabel

Ingredients:
Crust:
2 cups finely ground graham crackers or vanilla wafers
1/3 cup margarine to grease the spring form pan.
1/3 Cup Sugar
1/8 Tsp Salt

Mix together thoroughly and press in, and up sides of 8” springform pan. Bake 8-10 minutes in 350 ° oven. Let cool well.

Filling:

1 ½ lb Cream Cheese (3-8oz. pkgs.)
6 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tsp Lemon Juice
1 ½ pints sour cream

Mix eggs and sugar together. Add cream cheese, vanilla and lemon juice. Beat well.

Fold in sour cream. Pour mixture into spring pan.

Bake at 350° for 1 hour. (DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR)

After an hour turn oven off, and keep door closed for an hour longer.

Open door and leave cake in oven for one more hour.

Let cake cool completely on rack before taking outer ring off.

Gingerbread Pumpkin Bars

Recipe courtesy of al320

For the bars:
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1/3 cup rolled quick oats


For the filling:
  • 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 3/4 cups mashed pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 large eggs


For the drizzle:
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons milk


Preheat oven to 350

To make the bars:
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, sugar and molasses until creamy. Add dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Reserve 3/4 cup of this mixture and place in a small bowl. Scoop the remaining mixture into a 10¡å x 15¡å baking pan lightly coated with nonstick spray.
Add the oats to the reserved mixture and mix until combined - set aside.

To make the filling:
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add pumpkin, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves - mix until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing just until combined. Scoop the mixture over the uncooked base and use an off-set spatula to evenly spread the mixture over the top. Crumble reserved oat mixture over filling.
Bake until the topping is a golden brown, about 25-30 minutes. Remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the drizzle:
In a small bowl, mix together confectioners¡¯ sugar, butter and vanilla. Mix in just enough milk until the mixture will easily flow from a spoon - drizzle over cooled bars.
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