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Thanksgiving Series: Winter Squash and Apple Soup



Today starts a series of recipe repeats focused on Thanksgiving. You can find plenty of great turkey recipes elsewhere, so I'm sticking with my favorite side dishes, accompaniments and desserts.

Thanksgiving is, of course, a time to stick with the traditional dishes your family loves, but sometimes there's room to change it up ever so slightly and add something that might become a tradition in years to come! This soup is just that. I made this many years ago when I hosted my first Thanksgiving. It has become a requested first or even main course, and not just at Thanksgiving. It's a wonderful soup, whenever you choose to make it!

This is a recipe repeat. For a full step by step, visit the original post. (If you've never dealt with butternut squash, it might be helpful to see the step by step.)

One year ago: Fish with Boursin Cheese and Tomato Sauce
Two years ago: Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin

Find more inspiration at Mangia Mondays, Mouthwatering Mondays, Meatless Mondays, My Recipe, Your Kitchen, My Meatless Mondays, Midnight Maniac's Meatless Mondays, Tasty Tuesdays, Tempt my Tummy Tuesday, Tuesday at the Table, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, A Little Birdie Told Me, Tasty Tuesday (#2), Totally Tasty Tuesdays, Made from Scratch Tuesday, Tasty Tuesday at Beauty and Bedlam, Let's Do Brunch, Recipes I Can't Wait to Try, Crockpot Wednesday, What's on your plate?, Real Food Wednesday, Cast Party Wednesday, Made it on Monday, What's Cooking Wednesday, These Chicks Cooked.

Winter Squash and Apple Soup

2 medium Golden Delicious apples
2 medium butternut squash (about 1 3/4 lbs. each)
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 can vegetable broth (or chicken)
1 Tbsp. fresh thyme or 1/4 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup half and half

Peel, quarter, and core each apple; cut into chunks. Cut squash, remove seeds and peel, and cut into 3/4 inch chunks. In a large Dutch Oven, heat oil over medium heat; add onion and cook until tender.

Stir in apples, squash, broth, thyme, salt, pepper and water; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer, stirring frequently, 20 to 25 minutes, until squash is tender.

Use an immersion blender to puree soup. Alternatively, spoon 1/3 of soup into regular blender and blend at low speed until very smooth. Repeat with all the soup. Return the pureed mixture to the pan.

Stir in half and half, and heat through over medium heat, stirring ocassionally (do not boil). Serves 8.


Today starts a series of recipe repeats focused on Thanksgiving. You can find plenty of great turkey recipes elsewhere, so I'm sticking with my favorite side dishes, accompaniments and desserts.

Thanksgiving is, of course, a time to stick with the traditional dishes your family loves, but sometimes there's room to change it up ever so slightly and add something that might become a tradition in years to come! This soup is just that. I made this many years ago when I hosted my first Thanksgiving. It has become a requested first or even main course, and not just at Thanksgiving. It's a wonderful soup, whenever you choose to make it!

This is a recipe repeat. For a full step by step, visit the original post. (If you've never dealt with butternut squash, it might be helpful to see the step by step.)

One year ago: Fish with Boursin Cheese and Tomato Sauce
Two years ago: Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin

Find more inspiration at Mangia Mondays, Mouthwatering Mondays, Meatless Mondays, My Recipe, Your Kitchen, My Meatless Mondays, Midnight Maniac's Meatless Mondays, Tasty Tuesdays, Tempt my Tummy Tuesday, Tuesday at the Table, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, A Little Birdie Told Me, Tasty Tuesday (#2), Totally Tasty Tuesdays, Made from Scratch Tuesday, Tasty Tuesday at Beauty and Bedlam, Let's Do Brunch, Recipes I Can't Wait to Try, Crockpot Wednesday, What's on your plate?, Real Food Wednesday, Cast Party Wednesday, Made it on Monday, What's Cooking Wednesday, These Chicks Cooked.

Winter Squash and Apple Soup

2 medium Golden Delicious apples
2 medium butternut squash (about 1 3/4 lbs. each)
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 can vegetable broth (or chicken)
1 Tbsp. fresh thyme or 1/4 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup half and half

Peel, quarter, and core each apple; cut into chunks. Cut squash, remove seeds and peel, and cut into 3/4 inch chunks. In a large Dutch Oven, heat oil over medium heat; add onion and cook until tender.

Stir in apples, squash, broth, thyme, salt, pepper and water; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer, stirring frequently, 20 to 25 minutes, until squash is tender.

Use an immersion blender to puree soup. Alternatively, spoon 1/3 of soup into regular blender and blend at low speed until very smooth. Repeat with all the soup. Return the pureed mixture to the pan.

Stir in half and half, and heat through over medium heat, stirring ocassionally (do not boil). Serves 8.
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Date and Apple Muffins

The recipe for these delicious Date and Apple Muffins has been adapted from the Perfect Cupcakes, Cookies, and Muffins cookbook. These are large-size muffins because as suggested in the cookbook, I baked these muffins in a pan with jumbo (1 cup size) muffin cups.


Date and Apple Muffins
1 large green apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups self-rising flour, sifted

Topping
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 cup shredded coconut

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 6 large muffin cups or prepare with paper liners.
In a mixing bowl, combine the apple, dates, baking soda, and boiling water. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
In a mixing bowl, using a hand-held electric mixer on high speed, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Fold in the sifted flour, alternating with the mixture of apple and dates. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
To make the topping, cut the butter into the brown sugar, flour, and coconut until crumbly. Sprinkle topping over muffin batter. Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from pan to cool on a wire rack.



These muffins are filled with chopped apples and dates. Pour a cup of boiling water over the apples, dates, and soda, then bring to room temperature before mixing with the other ingredients.



The original recipe in the cookbook called for about twice as much topping as I used on these muffins. The directions also asked that the muffins be baked for 15 minutes and taken out of the oven to put the topping on, then returned to the oven to finish baking. Being the obedient girl that I am, I followed the recipe exactly the first time I baked them, but this method caused the muffins to sink in the middle, and they all looked like this:

I was very disappointed with the looks of this batch, but I loved the taste. By adjusting the topping amount and adding it before baking, the muffins do not sink in the middle. These look much better!

These muffins baked for 25 minutes.



Cool on a wire rack after removing from pan.


These Date and Apple Muffins are moist and delicious with fruit on the inside and brown sugar and coconut topping on the outside.




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Talking Dollars and Cents Muffin Monday
The recipe for these delicious Date and Apple Muffins has been adapted from the Perfect Cupcakes, Cookies, and Muffins cookbook. These are large-size muffins because as suggested in the cookbook, I baked these muffins in a pan with jumbo (1 cup size) muffin cups.


Date and Apple Muffins
1 large green apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups self-rising flour, sifted

Topping
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 cup shredded coconut

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 6 large muffin cups or prepare with paper liners.
In a mixing bowl, combine the apple, dates, baking soda, and boiling water. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
In a mixing bowl, using a hand-held electric mixer on high speed, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Fold in the sifted flour, alternating with the mixture of apple and dates. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
To make the topping, cut the butter into the brown sugar, flour, and coconut until crumbly. Sprinkle topping over muffin batter. Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from pan to cool on a wire rack.



These muffins are filled with chopped apples and dates. Pour a cup of boiling water over the apples, dates, and soda, then bring to room temperature before mixing with the other ingredients.



The original recipe in the cookbook called for about twice as much topping as I used on these muffins. The directions also asked that the muffins be baked for 15 minutes and taken out of the oven to put the topping on, then returned to the oven to finish baking. Being the obedient girl that I am, I followed the recipe exactly the first time I baked them, but this method caused the muffins to sink in the middle, and they all looked like this:

I was very disappointed with the looks of this batch, but I loved the taste. By adjusting the topping amount and adding it before baking, the muffins do not sink in the middle. These look much better!

These muffins baked for 25 minutes.



Cool on a wire rack after removing from pan.


These Date and Apple Muffins are moist and delicious with fruit on the inside and brown sugar and coconut topping on the outside.




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Deviled Eggs

My grandson Landon loves these Deviled Eggs. He was eating them at my house yesterday and wanted to know all the ingredients that I put in them. He's only six, but I think he'll be wanting to help make these soon. I'll probably be needing a little helper in the kitchen around Thanksgiving.



Deviled Eggs
8 eggs
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
Paprika

Place eggs in a large saucepan, cover with water. Bring to a boil; cover with a lid, remove from heat, and let stand 15 minutes. Drain immediately and fill the saucepan with cold water and ice to cool them down quickly. The eggs can be refrigerated overnight to make peeling easier, if desired.
Slice eggs in half lengthwise and carefully remove yolks. Place yolks in a medium bowl and add mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper. Mash the yolks with a potato masher and mix the ingredients together. Put the mixture in a pastry bag with a plain round or star decorating tip, or you can just put it in a ziplock bag and cut off one corner. Pipe the filling into the egg whites. Sprinkle with paprika. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Makes 16 deviled eggs.

Use a good quality mayonnaise in the Deviled Eggs. I like this white wine vinegar in my eggs, but you can use the kind of vinegar you prefer.

Mash the yolks with a potato masher until they are creamy and everything is blended. It is easier and not as messy to pipe the filling into the egg whites with a pastry bag and decorating tip.



These Deviled Eggs can be made ahead and are super easy.
My grandson Landon loves these Deviled Eggs. He was eating them at my house yesterday and wanted to know all the ingredients that I put in them. He's only six, but I think he'll be wanting to help make these soon. I'll probably be needing a little helper in the kitchen around Thanksgiving.



Deviled Eggs
8 eggs
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
Paprika

Place eggs in a large saucepan, cover with water. Bring to a boil; cover with a lid, remove from heat, and let stand 15 minutes. Drain immediately and fill the saucepan with cold water and ice to cool them down quickly. The eggs can be refrigerated overnight to make peeling easier, if desired.
Slice eggs in half lengthwise and carefully remove yolks. Place yolks in a medium bowl and add mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper. Mash the yolks with a potato masher and mix the ingredients together. Put the mixture in a pastry bag with a plain round or star decorating tip, or you can just put it in a ziplock bag and cut off one corner. Pipe the filling into the egg whites. Sprinkle with paprika. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Makes 16 deviled eggs.

Use a good quality mayonnaise in the Deviled Eggs. I like this white wine vinegar in my eggs, but you can use the kind of vinegar you prefer.

Mash the yolks with a potato masher until they are creamy and everything is blended. It is easier and not as messy to pipe the filling into the egg whites with a pastry bag and decorating tip.



These Deviled Eggs can be made ahead and are super easy.
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Southern Baked Beans

I had some friends over to eat last night, and I made these Southern Baked Beans as a side dish to go with Baby Back Ribs. There are several good ways to make baked beans, but this recipe is simple and uses canned beans. I made these in the crock pot because I knew my oven would be in use most of the day with the ribs, but these beans are equally as good made in the oven too.




Southern Baked Beans
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 onion, diced
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
3 (16 ounce) cans pork and beans
4 slices bacon, cooked and cut into pieces

In a medium skillet, saute the onion and green pepper in the olive oil until tender; set aside. In a small bowl, mix together the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, dry mustard, and vinegar. Pour beans into crock pot, add onions and peppers, then stir in barbecue sauce mixture and bacon. Cook on LOW for about 8 hours.

Oven directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Pour ingredients into a 9 x 13-inch baking dish that has been prepared with cooking spray. Cook bacon only about half way done in advance, and top the beans with the bacon pieces. Bake for about 2 hours or until sauce has thickened.


Add the onions and peppers to the crock pot with the pork and beans.

Mix the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, dry mustard, and vinegar together.

Mix all ingredients in the crock pot, add the cover, and cook on LOW for about 8 hours.


I forgot to get a picture last night after all the food was ready, so this is a photo of the Southern Baked Beans as leftovers. They're still delicious today!



This recipe was shared with:
StoneGable On the Menu Monday
Melt in Your Mouth Monday 
Naptime Creations Tasty Tuesday
Lady Behind the Curtain Cast Party Wednesday
Not Your Ordinary Recipes Foodie Friday
Momnivore's Dilemma Creative Juice Thursday
Junk in Their Trunk 
Dining with Debbie Crock Pot Wednesday
I had some friends over to eat last night, and I made these Southern Baked Beans as a side dish to go with Baby Back Ribs. There are several good ways to make baked beans, but this recipe is simple and uses canned beans. I made these in the crock pot because I knew my oven would be in use most of the day with the ribs, but these beans are equally as good made in the oven too.




Southern Baked Beans
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 onion, diced
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
3 (16 ounce) cans pork and beans
4 slices bacon, cooked and cut into pieces

In a medium skillet, saute the onion and green pepper in the olive oil until tender; set aside. In a small bowl, mix together the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, dry mustard, and vinegar. Pour beans into crock pot, add onions and peppers, then stir in barbecue sauce mixture and bacon. Cook on LOW for about 8 hours.

Oven directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Pour ingredients into a 9 x 13-inch baking dish that has been prepared with cooking spray. Cook bacon only about half way done in advance, and top the beans with the bacon pieces. Bake for about 2 hours or until sauce has thickened.


Add the onions and peppers to the crock pot with the pork and beans.

Mix the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, dry mustard, and vinegar together.

Mix all ingredients in the crock pot, add the cover, and cook on LOW for about 8 hours.


I forgot to get a picture last night after all the food was ready, so this is a photo of the Southern Baked Beans as leftovers. They're still delicious today!



This recipe was shared with:
StoneGable On the Menu Monday
Melt in Your Mouth Monday 
Naptime Creations Tasty Tuesday
Lady Behind the Curtain Cast Party Wednesday
Not Your Ordinary Recipes Foodie Friday
Momnivore's Dilemma Creative Juice Thursday
Junk in Their Trunk 
Dining with Debbie Crock Pot Wednesday
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Chocolate Cream Pie

This is the same Chocolate Cream Pie that I have been making since I got my first cookbook as a bride. The recipe has only been slightly adapted over the years from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook (published 1965). We loved this Chocolate Cream Pie then, and we still love it today.







Chocolate Cream Pie
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9-inch) baked pastry shell

In a double boiler, combine sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt; gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Cook 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return to hot mixture; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla; cool to room temperature. To prevent a crust from forming, put clear plastic wrap directly on top, touching surface of the hot pudding to the sides of the bowl. When cooled, pour into baked pastry shell.

Meringue 
Beat 3 egg whites with 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until soft peaks form. Gradually add 6 tablespoons sugar, beating until stiff peaks form and all sugar is dissolved. Spread atop pie, sealing to pastry. Bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees F, about 12 to 15 minutes, or until meringue is golden. Cool.

I started by baking a single crust pie shell using My Mother's Pie Crust recipe.


It is best to cook cream pies like this in a double boiler because it is very easy to scorch the milk and sugar mixture.



Stir some of the chocolate mixture into the egg yolks before adding them to the hot mixture.



After the cooked mixture has cooled, pour it into the baked pie shell.



Top the chocolate filling with meringue.



Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 - 15 minutes or until meringue is golden. Cool before serving.







This recipe was shared with:
This Week's Cravings
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Not Your Ordinary Recipes Foodie Friday
Jane Deere Fusion Friday 
Sweets for a Saturday 
A Well Seasoned Life Sweet Indulgences Sunday 
Melt in Your Mouth Monday
Crazy for Crust Crazy Sweet Tuesday  
Lady Behind the Curtain Cast Party Wednesday
This is the same Chocolate Cream Pie that I have been making since I got my first cookbook as a bride. The recipe has only been slightly adapted over the years from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook (published 1965). We loved this Chocolate Cream Pie then, and we still love it today.







Chocolate Cream Pie
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9-inch) baked pastry shell

In a double boiler, combine sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt; gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Cook 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return to hot mixture; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla; cool to room temperature. To prevent a crust from forming, put clear plastic wrap directly on top, touching surface of the hot pudding to the sides of the bowl. When cooled, pour into baked pastry shell.

Meringue 
Beat 3 egg whites with 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until soft peaks form. Gradually add 6 tablespoons sugar, beating until stiff peaks form and all sugar is dissolved. Spread atop pie, sealing to pastry. Bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees F, about 12 to 15 minutes, or until meringue is golden. Cool.

I started by baking a single crust pie shell using My Mother's Pie Crust recipe.


It is best to cook cream pies like this in a double boiler because it is very easy to scorch the milk and sugar mixture.



Stir some of the chocolate mixture into the egg yolks before adding them to the hot mixture.



After the cooked mixture has cooled, pour it into the baked pie shell.



Top the chocolate filling with meringue.



Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 - 15 minutes or until meringue is golden. Cool before serving.







This recipe was shared with:
This Week's Cravings
Mangoes and Chutney Fat Camp Friday
Not Your Ordinary Recipes Foodie Friday
Jane Deere Fusion Friday 
Sweets for a Saturday 
A Well Seasoned Life Sweet Indulgences Sunday 
Melt in Your Mouth Monday
Crazy for Crust Crazy Sweet Tuesday  
Lady Behind the Curtain Cast Party Wednesday
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Cranapana Bread



This is a delightful quick bread with a combination of fruits that I wouldn't have put together on my own! Banana, apple and cranberry combine to make a delicious bread that has very little fat because it gets its moisture from the fruit! It also looks beautiful sliced on a plate and would make a lovely addition to any brunch or breakfast buffet. And, it freezes well so you could make it now and save it for the holidays when you'll be glad to just pull something out of the freezer.

Start by combining the flour, sugar,



baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a large measuring cup, combine the milk, eggs, oil



and mashed banana. Whisk the wet ingredients well until blended, then add them to the flour mixture.



Stir this until well combined and then add the cranberries



and apple.



Stir gently to incorporate the fruits, then pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for an hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.



See how beautiful this on the inside?



One year ago: Garlic Herb Orzo Pilaf
Two years ago: Double Corn and Potato Chowder

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Cranapana Bread

2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup chopped cranberries
1 apple, peeled, cored, and chopped
1 banana, mashed

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and sugar. Add the oil, milk and eggs, and mix until well blended. Stir in the cranberries, banana and apple, and stir gently until fruit is evenly distributed. Pour into a greased loaf pan.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.


This is a delightful quick bread with a combination of fruits that I wouldn't have put together on my own! Banana, apple and cranberry combine to make a delicious bread that has very little fat because it gets its moisture from the fruit! It also looks beautiful sliced on a plate and would make a lovely addition to any brunch or breakfast buffet. And, it freezes well so you could make it now and save it for the holidays when you'll be glad to just pull something out of the freezer.

Start by combining the flour, sugar,



baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a large measuring cup, combine the milk, eggs, oil



and mashed banana. Whisk the wet ingredients well until blended, then add them to the flour mixture.



Stir this until well combined and then add the cranberries



and apple.



Stir gently to incorporate the fruits, then pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for an hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.



See how beautiful this on the inside?



One year ago: Garlic Herb Orzo Pilaf
Two years ago: Double Corn and Potato Chowder

Find more great ideas at Tempt my Tummy Tuesday, Tasty Tuesdays, Tuesday at the Table, Tasty Tuesday, Made from scratch Tuesday, Totally Tasty Tuesdays, Tasty Tuesday (#2), A Little Birdie Told Me, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Crazy Sweet Tuesday, Cast Party Wednesday, These Chicks Cooked, What's Cooking Wednesday, Made it on Monday, Real Food Wednesday, What's on your plate?, Crockpot Wednesday, Recipes I can't wait to try, Let's Do Brunch.


Cranapana Bread

2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup chopped cranberries
1 apple, peeled, cored, and chopped
1 banana, mashed

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and sugar. Add the oil, milk and eggs, and mix until well blended. Stir in the cranberries, banana and apple, and stir gently until fruit is evenly distributed. Pour into a greased loaf pan.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
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Chocolate Cranberry Bars

Oh my! These bar cookies are made with sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter chips, dried cranberries, and walnuts over a chocolate crust. This yummy recipe has been adapted from the Hershey's Recipe Collection cookbook.





Chocolate Cranberry Bars
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 60 wafers, crushed)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup (or 10 2/3 tablespoons) cold butter, cut into pieces
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 1/3 cups (6 ounce package) sweetened dried cranberries or 1 1/3 cups raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the vanilla wafers in a food processor; process until finely crushed. Add the cocoa, sugar, and butter; process until mixture is crumbly. Press mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly with peanut butter chips and dried cranberries. Sprinkle nuts on top; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover with foil; let stand several hours before cutting into bars and serving. Makes 36 bars.


Process the vanilla wafers, then add the cocoa, sugar, and butter and process to make the mixture for the crust.



Press the mixture into the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.

Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crust.

Sprinkle a layer of peanut butter chips over the sweetened condensed milk.

Add the cranberries . . .



. . . and the walnuts . . . 


. . . then bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
Oh my! These bar cookies are made with sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter chips, dried cranberries, and walnuts over a chocolate crust. This yummy recipe has been adapted from the Hershey's Recipe Collection cookbook.





Chocolate Cranberry Bars
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 60 wafers, crushed)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup (or 10 2/3 tablespoons) cold butter, cut into pieces
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 1/3 cups (6 ounce package) sweetened dried cranberries or 1 1/3 cups raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the vanilla wafers in a food processor; process until finely crushed. Add the cocoa, sugar, and butter; process until mixture is crumbly. Press mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly with peanut butter chips and dried cranberries. Sprinkle nuts on top; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover with foil; let stand several hours before cutting into bars and serving. Makes 36 bars.


Process the vanilla wafers, then add the cocoa, sugar, and butter and process to make the mixture for the crust.



Press the mixture into the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.

Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crust.

Sprinkle a layer of peanut butter chips over the sweetened condensed milk.

Add the cranberries . . .



. . . and the walnuts . . . 


. . . then bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
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Sunflower Wheat Muffins

These muffins are filled with some ingredients you can feel good about. They have a whole cupful each of luscious sunflower seeds and whole wheat flour for a nutty taste and they're sweetened with honey instead of sugar. I have adapted my recipe from the Totally Muffins Cookbook.






Sunflower Wheat Muffins
1 cup + 1 tablespoon shelled, unsalted sunflower seeds
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup sunflower oil
3 tablespoons honey
1 cup 2% milk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease muffin pan or prepare with paper liners. Place 1/3 cup sunflower seeds in food processor or blender. Process until finely ground. In a large bowl, combine ground seeds, both flours, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, beat egg. Stir in oil, honey, and milk. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just to blend. Stir in remaining 2/3 cup sunflower seeds. Divide batter among muffin cups. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds over muffin batter tops. Bake about 25 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Makes 9 standard size muffins.

This recipe uses unsalted sunflower seeds and honey. The original recipe just called for "vegetable oil" and I opted to use sunflower oil in my muffins.


Sprinkle a tablespoon of sunflower seeds over the muffins before baking.

Remove muffins from pan after baking and cool on a wire rack.
These muffins are filled with some ingredients you can feel good about. They have a whole cupful each of luscious sunflower seeds and whole wheat flour for a nutty taste and they're sweetened with honey instead of sugar. I have adapted my recipe from the Totally Muffins Cookbook.






Sunflower Wheat Muffins
1 cup + 1 tablespoon shelled, unsalted sunflower seeds
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup sunflower oil
3 tablespoons honey
1 cup 2% milk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease muffin pan or prepare with paper liners. Place 1/3 cup sunflower seeds in food processor or blender. Process until finely ground. In a large bowl, combine ground seeds, both flours, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, beat egg. Stir in oil, honey, and milk. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just to blend. Stir in remaining 2/3 cup sunflower seeds. Divide batter among muffin cups. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds over muffin batter tops. Bake about 25 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Makes 9 standard size muffins.

This recipe uses unsalted sunflower seeds and honey. The original recipe just called for "vegetable oil" and I opted to use sunflower oil in my muffins.


Sprinkle a tablespoon of sunflower seeds over the muffins before baking.

Remove muffins from pan after baking and cool on a wire rack.
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Chicken and Dumplings Bake

I can cook by following a recipe, but some people just have that real cooking talent of creating something new with a recipe. Mary at Deep South Dish has taken an old time favorite, chicken and dumplings, and has given it a brand new spin. The dish she has created is actually a casserole, but it tastes like classic chicken and dumplings.



Pour the melted butter into the bottom of the casserole dish, then add a layer of shredded chicken.

Whisk together the flour and the milk and carefully pour over the chicken.

Mix the chicken broth and cream of chicken soup and carefully pour over the chicken next without disturbing the previous layers. DO NOT STIR!

Bake uncovered in a 400 degree preheated oven for 35 - 45 minutes, and this is where the magic happens.

The casserole comes out a light golden brown with a crusty top, just yummy! This is the easiest, yet tastiest, chicken and dumplings dish I have ever made! Thanks, Mary, for a super recipe.






This recipe was shared with:
Not Your Ordinary Recipes Foodie Friday
Jane Deere Fusion Fridays 
Mangoes and Chutney Fat Camp Friday 
Bacon Time with the Hungry Hypo Anything Goes Friday 
Mom Trends Friday Food 
Mrs Happy Homemaker Makin You Crave Monday 
StoneGable On the Menu Monday 
Beyer Beware Hunk of Meat Monday 
Wise Antics of a Harried Homemaker Your Recipe My Kitchen
Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms Melts in Your Mouth Monday  
Naptime Creations Tasty Tuesday 
Lady Behind the Curtain Cast Party Wednesday 
This Chick Cooks These Chicks Cooked
Bake With Bizzy  
Miz Helens Country Cottage Full Plate Thursday 
Everyday Tastes Its a Keeper Thursday 
Tastetastic Thursday
I can cook by following a recipe, but some people just have that real cooking talent of creating something new with a recipe. Mary at Deep South Dish has taken an old time favorite, chicken and dumplings, and has given it a brand new spin. The dish she has created is actually a casserole, but it tastes like classic chicken and dumplings.



Pour the melted butter into the bottom of the casserole dish, then add a layer of shredded chicken.

Whisk together the flour and the milk and carefully pour over the chicken.

Mix the chicken broth and cream of chicken soup and carefully pour over the chicken next without disturbing the previous layers. DO NOT STIR!

Bake uncovered in a 400 degree preheated oven for 35 - 45 minutes, and this is where the magic happens.

The casserole comes out a light golden brown with a crusty top, just yummy! This is the easiest, yet tastiest, chicken and dumplings dish I have ever made! Thanks, Mary, for a super recipe.






This recipe was shared with:
Not Your Ordinary Recipes Foodie Friday
Jane Deere Fusion Fridays 
Mangoes and Chutney Fat Camp Friday 
Bacon Time with the Hungry Hypo Anything Goes Friday 
Mom Trends Friday Food 
Mrs Happy Homemaker Makin You Crave Monday 
StoneGable On the Menu Monday 
Beyer Beware Hunk of Meat Monday 
Wise Antics of a Harried Homemaker Your Recipe My Kitchen
Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms Melts in Your Mouth Monday  
Naptime Creations Tasty Tuesday 
Lady Behind the Curtain Cast Party Wednesday 
This Chick Cooks These Chicks Cooked
Bake With Bizzy  
Miz Helens Country Cottage Full Plate Thursday 
Everyday Tastes Its a Keeper Thursday 
Tastetastic Thursday
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