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Mom's apple cider

1 gallon of apple cider/juice
1 orange, poked with holes
1 tsp whole cloves, poked into the holes in the orange (optional to put into orange, just need to strain at the end if you don't)
squirt lemon juice
2-3 tbsp brown sugar
3-4 cinnamon sticks
 
boil for 20 minutes or so, until smells good!

Cinnamon rolls

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1/3 cup margarine, melted
  • 4 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
  2. After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
  3. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  4. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

Orange Julius

Place 6 oz. frozen orange juice, 1 c. water, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 c. milk, 1/2 c. sugar, and 12 ice cubesin a blender.   Whip all ingredients until smooth.

Chocolate Sauce

Mix 1/2 c. cocoa and 1/2 c. sugar in a pan.  Add 1/2 C. water and mix.  Add heat until almost boiling, take off heat and add 1 tsp. vanilla


Potato Bean Soup

Cook and stir 1 c. sliced celery, 4 medium carrots, shredded, 2 minced cloves of garlic, and 4 tsp. melted margarine over medium heat until tender (4 min).  Stir in 8 c. broth, 6 cut and peeled medium potatoes, and 2 tsp. dried dillweed.  Heat to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20-25 minutes.  Mash half of potatoes in the broth.  Add 2-15 oz. cans of drained Cannellini or Great Northern Beans to the mixture.  Mix together in a small bowl 1/2 c. low calorie dairy sour cream or plain nonfat yogurt, 1 tbsp flour, and 1/8 tsp pepper.  Stir into the potato mixture.  Cook ans stir until thickened and bubbly (1 min).

Colossal Pina Colada

Combine 2 c. skim milk, 2 c. unsweetened pinapple juice(freeze pinapple juice in trays prior to making this), 1 tbsp. vanilla, 1 tbsp. coconut extract, and 2 tbsp sugar in blender.  Blend until frothy. 


Manicotti

Mix 1 egg, 1 carton Ricotta cheese, 3 tbsp parmesan cheese, 3 c. Mozzerella cheese, 1 tbsp parsley flakes, 2 tsp sugar, and a dash of salt and pepper in a bowl.  Stuff mixture into one package of manicotti shells.  Heat 1 jar of spaghetti sauce and 8 oz. water in a pan until boiling.  Pour sauce over the stuffed shells in a 9x13 pan.  Cover with foil.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.  Remove foil for the last 5 minutes.


Oven Caramel Corn

Boil 2 c. brown sugar, 2 sticks margarine, 1/2 c. corn syrup, and 1 tsp salt together for 5 minutes.  add 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp vanilla to the mixture.  stir over 6 quarts popped popcorn.  Spread on cookie sheets covered in aluminum foil.  Bake at 200 for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.


Play-dough

Mix 1 c. flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 2 tbsp cream of tarter, and 1 envelope of Kool-Aid (unsweetened) together.  Add 1 c. water and 1 tbsp vegetable oil.  Stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until mixture forms a ball in the center of the pan.  Remove to floured surface.  Knead for 1 minute.  Store in an airtight container.


Vegetable Pot pie

Combine 1 can mixed vegetables, 1 can cream of potato soup, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 tsp dried thyme, and 1/2 tsp. black pepper.  Spoon into bottom of prepared, thawed, pie crust.  Cover with top crust and crimp edges to seal.  Slit top crust.  Bake for 40 minutes at 375, cool for 10 minutes.


Caprese

Cut 1 1/2 cups of fresh mozzarella  cheese (you can find it in the 'expensive' cheeses section at grocery stores, it is softer, spongier cheese than typical cheese) into slices.  Soak it in 1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar while preparing the rest of the recipe.  Slice 2 large tomatoes and arrange on plates, alternating with the cheese.  Remove basil stems of fresh basil leaves.  Chop and sprinkle over cheese and tomato.  Drizzle with 1/4 cup of olive oil.  Sprinkle with oregano and pepper.  You can also sprinkle with 1/4-1/2 of chopped red onion if you want.