Snicker Salad

Snicker Salad

8 apples cut up bite size

1 large container of cool-whip

1 bag of miniature snickers, cut in 1/2½

Mix together and chill

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffuns

Fall is my favorite time of year to bake. There are so many wonderful recipes out there that incorporate pumpkin. I think these come awfully close to Starbuck's muffins.

Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons brown sugar

4 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
5 tablespoons white sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons chopped pecans

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups canned pumpkin
1/3 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour 18 muffin cups, or use paper liners.
To make the filling: In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until soft. Add egg, vanilla and brown sugar. Beat until smooth, then set aside.

For the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, cinnamon and pecans. Add butter and cut it in with a fork until crumbly. Set aside.

For the muffin batter: In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center of flour mixture and add eggs, pumpkin, olive oil and vanilla. Beat together until smooth.

Place pumpkin mixture in muffin cups about 1/2 full. Then add one tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture right in the middle of the batter. Try to keep cream cheese from touching the paper cup. Sprinkle on the streusel topping.

Bake at 375 degrees F (195 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.

Pumpkin Cobbbler

Pumpkin Cobbler

3 eggs, beaten
15 oz. can pumpkin
12 oz. can evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
18 and 1/4 oz. pkg. yellow cake mix
1 and 1/4 cup margarine, melted (I use butter)
1 cup chopped nuts

Mix the first 8 ingredients together, pour into an ungreased 13 x 9 baking pan. Sprinkle cake mix over the top, drizzle with margarine. Bake at 350 for 25 min. top with nuts. Bake for another 15 min.

Taco Soup

Took my friend's recipe and ran with it. It is a lot like my chili, but has corn and taco seasoning

1 pound Ground Turkey
1 16 oz Can Corn
1 Can White Beans -I like Cannellini
1 Can Kidney Beans
1 large can Diced Tomato - like the Mexican flavored ones
1 pkg. taco seasoning

Cook turkey, add everything else, including the juices from each can. Simmer for 25 minutes. Serve with fresh avocado, sour cream and tortilla chips.

Turkey Chili

Such a quick easy recipe, tastes good and is a crowd pleaser.

1 lb ground turkey
2 cans White Cannelloni Bean
1 Can other Bean, can be white or Kidney
2 Cans of Diced Tomatoes- I like Ro-Telle or other chili spiced tomatoes
1 Pkg. Chili mix.

Cook Turkey, Add beans, including juices, tomatoes and seasoning. Simmer for about 25 minutes. This gives you time to cook your cornbread.

Top with sour cream, cheese, avocado, tomato, and cilantro.

Avacado Dip

Combine
1 cup avocado
1 TBS Lemon Juice
1 TBS Grated Onion
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp chili powder

Spread 1/3 cup mayo over the top and seal with lid. Chill before serving 4-6 hours or overnight. Serve with Fritos

Death By Chocolate

1-1/4 C. Butter, softened
2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 C. All-Purpose Flour
1 t. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
3/4 C. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1-1/2 C. sugar
2/3 C. White ChocolateChips
2/3 C. Reeses Peanut Butter Chips

Preheat the oven to 350° F. In a large bowl, cream the butter, eggs and vanilla. Add flour. Sugar, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. Next add chips. Stir until well mixed. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto an ungreased baking sheet, spacing about two inches apart. Bake for eight to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool for five minutes; then remove to a wire rack. Let cool completely before dipping.

Chocolate Dipping Mixture
2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips
2-3 tsp shortening
Melt chocolate chips and shortening in heavy small saucepan over low heat or double boiler. May need to add more shortening to make dipping sauce thinner. Dip one side of each cookie in mixture; place on waxed paper. Let stand until chocolate is set, about 30 minutes.

White Drizzle
1-1/2 C. white chocolate chips
1-1/2 tsp shortening

Melt chocolate chips and shortening in heavy small saucepan over low heat or double boiler. May need to add more shortening to make dipping sauce thinner. Quickly spoon into a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off. Drizzle over the cookies. Store between pieces of waxed paper in an airtight container.