Thanksgiving in a burger!

1 lb. Ground Turkey
1 sweet apple; grated
1/2 onion
1/2 C chopped Celery
1/2 pkg dry stuffing
1 egg
1/2 C dry bread crumbs
Poultry seasoning.

Combine ingredients and shape into a ball. Divide into 4ths and make into patties. Fry over med-high heat flipping periodically until heated through. Remember with all poutry to be very sure the meat is fully cooked.

Top with Cranberry sauce or this fantastic Cider Gravy by Rachel Ray. It is super easy and while it makes the burger a bit messy is, as RR would say: YUM-O!

Grandma Jean's Applesauce Pie

When my dad was little he didn't like the chunks of apples in an apple pie, so my Grandmother came up with this recipe for Applesauce Pie, which if you ask me is just as good or better, and definitely quicker to prep!

1 48 oz jar of Cinnamon flavored Applesauce
2 cups water
1/2 cup corn starch
1 cup sugar
4 tsp lemon juice
2 prepared pie crusts

Pour entire jar of applesauce in a large pan. (You can use plain applesauce and then add cinnamon if you want.)

Pour water and corn starch into empty applesauce jar and shake until corn starch and water are mixed well. Add to apple sauce. Add sugar and lemon juice.

Bring mixture to a boil. Stirring often so that it doesn't burn to the bottom of the pan. As it boils the mixture will thicken and change color. Let the mixture boil until it can't be stirred down. When the mixture is thick, pour into pie crusts. It will make 2 pies. Bake at 375 until the pie crust is done. Let cool and then refrigerate until ready to eat.

Edible Turkeys!

We made these cute little turkeys for an activity at church tonight.
Thought you all might enjoy them! Follow the link for a list of ingredients...

Turkey Ingredients

Easy peasy applesauce crisp

2 c. applesauce
1 c. coarse graham cracker crumbs
1/2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 c. butter, softened
2/3 c. chopped nuts or rolled oats

Place applesauce in bottom of a buttered nine-inch square baking dish or other shallow wide dish. Mix cracker crumbs, brown sugar, butter and nuts together until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over applesauce. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned on top. Serve warm with sweetened whipped cream or Ice Cream. Makes about 6 servings.

Artichoke Dip

1 (8 oz) can artichoke hearts
1 C mayo
1 (4 oz) can chopped green chiles
1/2 C grated parmesan cheese
dash of tobasco (opt)

Combine ingredients and bake at 4oo degrees in 8x8 baking dish for 20 min

Serve with a crusty bread or tortilla chips

Crockpot Homestyle Apple Brown Betty

6 Cups of your favorite cooking apples
1 cup breads crumbs
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 C melted butter
1/4 Walnuts finely chopped
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp salt

Coat crockpot with cooking spray.  Place apples at the bottom
Combine remaining ingredients in a separate bowl and spead over apples

Cover and cook in crock pot on LOW 3-4 hours or on HIGH 2 hours until done.

Mimi's Corn Chowder

4 Tb Butter
6 chopped onion

Melt and cook till onions are clear

Add 2 1/2 C water
3/4 C celery
2 tsp salt
1 pinch of pepper
2 C cubed, potatoes

Cook until potatoes are softened

Add all but 1 C of 1/2 & 1/2 1 Quart carton
defrost 1 pkg of frozen corn

Mix left over  1 C 1/2& 1/2 with 3 Tb flour.
Whisk in to soup and simmer 30 min.

Grandma Teasdale's Pumpkin Coconut Bread

1 1/3 C oil
5 eggs (beaten)
1 small can pumpkin

Beat together and add:

2 C sugar
2 C flour
2 pkg coconut cream pie filling
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Nuts (optional)


Makes 4 small or 2 large loaves
325 degrees
45 min for small loaves
60 min for large laoves

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
2 spice cake mixes
1 large can pumpkin
1 12oz. pkg of chocolate chips
opt. nuts and raisins

Directions:
Mix all ingredients together - nothing but cake mixes, no eggs, oil or water.
Drop by spoonfuls on pan.   Cook for 12 to 15 mins. at 350 degrees. 

Number Of Servings:  About 60 cookies

Carmel Pecan Crisps

It is sort of a glazed, crispy graham cracker.

Ingredients:
aluminum foil
graham crackers.  
1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 to 1 cup chopped pecans or your favorite nut meats

Directions:
Line a cookie sheet with graham crackers.   I break them into squares, or bars and push them together so it looks like one big cookie.

In a sauce pan melt:
1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
stir in 1/2 cup white sugar

Boil for 2 minutes stirring occasionally.

Spread this mixture over the crackers and sprinkle with chopped pecans or your favorite nut meats.

Bake for 10 minutes or less at 350.

Remove to a sheet of foil as soon as possible!!!

They get hard fast.

Beve's Pumpkin Potpourri

a FALL TWIST for Gorp Ingredients: 1/2 c. Wild Berries (Red Jelly Beans) 1/2 c. Owl Rings (Cheerios Cereal) 1/2 c. Colored Flies (M&M's) 1/2 c. Butterfly Wings (Fritos) 1/2 c. Cobwebs (Coconut) 1/2 c. Ants (Raisins) 1/2 c. Earth Worms (Chow Mein Noodles) 1/2 c. Squirrel nuts (Shelled Peanuts) 1/2 c. Bat Bones (Pretzels) 1/2 c. Bird Seed (Shelled Sunflower Seeds) Directions: Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Makes 10 (1/2 c.) servings. A fun treat at Halloween time, thanksgiving time, or any time during the fall. Number Of Servings:How big are the hands grabing the goodies???

Butterscotch fruit dip

2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
2 (12-ounce) bags butterscotch morsels
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon vanilla flavoring

Directions:
Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, transfer to a bowl and serve with fresh fruit.