Grandma's Apple Turnovers...

Yummy...I just ate a yummy apple turnover that Grandma G made...here is the recipe...or the best I could get out of her.

Well, here you see, you take a can o' those there biscuits you can buy at the store. That's the nice thing about it see, their real easy to make and all. So, I took some dried apples (the sliced up ones) and cooked up to soften them. Just put some water and 'em dried apples in a pot on the stove and cook 'em 'till their soft. Then just take the biscuits out o' the can and roll 'em out...not too thin though. Then I put some splenda in the apples to sweeten' them a bit. Spoon the apples onto the biscuits and fold it over (put the apples on one side and fold it over like a hoggie sandwich sort of). Then just put some oil on a cookie sheet and put 'em on there, oil the top of 'em and stick 'em in the oven for a while at 425. (they are golden brown)

Yep...there you have it. They are really good!

Butterfinger Cake

1 pecan cake mix
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tub cool whip
1 butterfinger candy bar

Make you cake mix just like the box says. Poke holes all over your cake with the end of a wooden spoon. Pour s. c. milk in the holes. Let cake cool completely. Then spread your cool whip on top of the cake. Sprinkle the Butterfinger candy bar over the cool whip. Refrigerate and serve.

Maandazis

2 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
3 T sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 c milk

Mix all ingredients. Drop by rounded tablespoonfulls into hot oil and fry until golden, turning when lower side is brown. Serve with powdered sugar or honey.

Verandah Fruit Salad

5 tart apples
1 large stalk celery
1 c english walnuts
1 c whipped cream, whipped
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
2 T sugar
1/2 c shredded toasted coconut

Dice first three items. Mix with whipped cream. Stir in lemon juice, cinnamon and sugar. Add toasted coconut.

Note: Instead of 1 c whipped cream and sugar, you can substitute 1 package, dream whip.

Reeses Peanut Butter Bars

1 c peanut butter
1 c butter
2 c powdered sugar
2 c chocolate chips (or any other chocolate you want to use)

Melt peanut butter and butter in a medium pan. Once melted add powdered sugar and mix well, it will be lumpy for a while...just keep mixing. Once mixer is smooth pour into pan (use whatever size you want, the smaller the pan the thicker the bars will be) I put wax paper in the pan first to help get the bars out later. Place the peanut butter mixer in the pan into the fridge to harden. Melt chocolate, once melted take out peanut butter mixer and pour chocolate on top. Smooth over and place back in fridge. Let harden. Once hard, cut into squares.

Raw Apple Cake

1 c raisins
1/4 c water
2 T vinegar
1/2 c shortening
2 eggs
2 c sugar
4 c diced apples, sprinkled with salt
2 c flour
2 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 c chopped nuts

Boil raisins in water and vinegar. Stir until they take up all the water. Let cool before using.

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Add apples and raisins. Mix dry ingredients and add to batter. Beat well. Needs no liquid. Bake in loaf pan at 350 for 45 minutes.

High Altitude German Chocolate Cake

4 oz German chocolate or Bournville chocolate bars
1/2 c boiling water
3/4 c butter
1 3/4 c sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 3/4 c flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 c buttermilk

Melt chocolate in boiling water and cool. Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each. Add melted chocolate and vanilla and blend well. Sift flour, salt and soda together. Add flour mixture to batter alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition.

Pour batter into 3 cake pans lined on bottom with wax paper. Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 375.

Pumpkin Pie (homemade)

2 eggs
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 T flour
1/4 tsp ginger
3/4 c (6 oz) evaporated milk
1 c cooked pumpkin
1 unbaked pie shell

Combine all ingredients. Mix well and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 400 for 50 minutes.

Lumuru Pear Pie

6 large pears (softish)
3/4 c sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 T flour
2 T butter
Pastry for 2 crust pie

Prepare pastry. Peel, core and slice pears. Mix sugar, cinnamon and flour then mix with pears. Pour into pie shell. Dot with butter. Cover with top crust. Cut slits all over top crust to allow steam to escape. Bake at 425 for 35 minutes or until golden brown.

Creamy Chocolate Fudge (the best ever)

1/2 c cream cheese (4 oz)
1 T cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp cooking oil, for greasing (optional)
1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 T butter
wax paper

Mix together cream cheese, cocoa powder and powdered sugar in a bowl. Melt chocolate chips and butter. Stir in a Tblspoon of the cream cheese mixture. Stir it all together then put it into the pan with the wax paper lining. Smooth top and put into the fridge to cool and harden. Cut into squares and serve.

Peanut Butter Squares

1 c flour
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c margarine (or butter, or oil)
1/3 c peanut butter
1 egg
1 c quick cooking oats
1 c chocolate chips

Mix well all ingredients except chocolate chips and press into a 13x9 greased pan. Mixture will be dry but will press in easily. If too dry, it will crumble and not stay together in squares. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Sprinkel chocolate chips on top to allow to melt. Then spread with icing.

Icing:
1/2 c icing sugar
1/4 c peanut butter
3-5 T milk
Beat all ingredients together until spreading consistency is obtained.

Brownies

1/2 c margarine
2 eggs
1 c sugar
pinch of salt
3/4 c sifted flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
5 T cocoa
1 c nuts (optional but yummy)
1 tsp vanilla

Melt margarine; add sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add salt, flour, baking powder and cocoa and stir together. Then and nuts and vanilla.

Bake on greased 8 inch round or square baking pan at 325 for 25 minutes or until brownies are firm but still moist.

Snickerdoodles

1 c shortening
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

2 T sugar
2 T cinnamon

Mix shortening, sugar and eggs. Sift flour (or not, I never sift it), cream of tartar, soda and salt; add to first mixture. Mix well. Form into 1 inch balls and roll in mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Back at 400 for 8 to 10 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

1 c shortening
1/4 c peanut butter
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp soda
2 c rolled oats
1 to 2 c chocolate chips (or 3 large Bournville, chopped)
1 c chopped nuts (optional)

Cream together shortening, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix flour, soda and salt and add together with rolled oats and chocolate chips. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes.

Banana Fritters

1 1/2 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 T powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 c milk
1 egg
3 bananas, mashed and sprinkled with lemon juice
deep pan of oil

Get the oil super hot, drop batter in oil, take out and place on paper towels (or whatever you have to drain the oil out)...eat and enjoy!!!

Anyone made these recently that remembers how you know when they are good and done?