How To Cook a Turkey in an Electric Roaster - Info Barrel

This is a wonderful article for cooking your turkey this holiday season.  I highly recommend this method - it frees up your oven for other scruptous dishes and you can have your stuffing unlike deep frying.  If you are the main chef, make your holiday feasts as easy on yourself as you can. How To Cook a Turkey in an Electric Roaster - Info Barrel

Banana Nut Bread

This is a very dense and moist recipe.  You will need:

6 ripe bananas (as bananas ripen and do not get eaten I throw them in the freezer - when ready to use thaw slightly and peel - they make wonder banana nut bread)
1/2 cup applesauce (this is better than using oil and makes the bread really moist)
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar or 1 cup honey
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat ove to 350.  Grease 2 9X5 loaf pans.  In a large mixing bowl beat first 3 ingredients.  In separate bowl combine dry ingredients.  Slowly at dry mixture to wet mixture.  Stir in nuts.  Bake for 40-50 minutes.  Use a toothpick and poke the center.  If it comes out clean it is done.

Fruit Cocktail Cake

This is a recipe from my Mother.  These items are usually on hand.  I have substituted the fruit cocktail with canned peaches and it was just as wonderful.  Serve this warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

You will need:

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1 can fruit cocktail (the regular can size like soup can size)
2 eggs

Mix all ingredients together with spoon.  Pour in 9 X 13 cake pan and bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes until golden brown.

Frosting
1 stick of butter
1 cup of sugar
1 can of evaporate milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Put ingredients in medium sauce pan and bring to a boil for 3 minutes.  Stir frequently and be careful it will boil over!!!  Pour over hot cake and let it soak in.  Serve warm.

Mexican Wedding Cake

If you like cream cheese frosting you will love this cake!

You will need:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 eggs
1 large can crushed pineapple in heavy syrup
1 cup nuts

Mix all ingredients together in large mixing bowl.  Pour in a 9 X 13 pan.

Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.

Frosting

1 stick of butter (softened)
1 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar

Beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla together in a small mixing bowl.  Gradually add powdered sugar until well mixed.

Chocolate Peanut-Butter No Bake Cookies

This recipe is from foodnetwork.com and a favorite of the men in my house.

You will need:

2 cups of sugar
4 tablespoons of cocoa
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup of milk
1 cup of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of vanilla
3 cups of oatmeal
Waxed paper

In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk.  Let boil for 1 minute then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal.  On a sheet of waxed paper drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls until cooled and hardened.

Simple Praline Cookies

This is a recipe from meals.com - it is a wonderful sweet that is easy, quick and perfect for holidays!

You will need:

24 graham cracker squares
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 350

Line bottom of a cookie sheet (one with edges - you will be pouring liquid over your graham crackers): set aside.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix butter and brown sugar.  Bring to a boil - cook for 1 minute.  Remove from heat and stir in pecans.

Pour syrup over graham crackers.  Bake for 10 minutes.  Cool on wire rack before cutting into squares.

Halloween Ideas

Serve up some maggot stew for your goblins this Halloween. This is beef stew with orzo added to it.  Just prepare your beef stew the special way you do, load up on the veggies, add the orzo and presto!  You have a fun way for your trick-or-treater(s) to eat something good before they go out door-to-door for their dessert!

Also, you could add orzo to sloppy joes - Maggot Joe's Burgers - serve with carrot and celery sticks!

Quench your thirst with a tasty snot hocker beverage. Make jello (sugar free will ) in a sheet cake pan. Let the jello set up then slice the jello into small squares and add them to your punch. This makes for slimy things sliding down your throat when you drink it.

Ugly Pumpkins

Carve your pumpkins and when you do..cut the bottom out for gutting (not the top). This way the pumpkin set over the candle and the stem will stay in place.

Best and Worst Apples for Eating

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

You will need:

Bag of pretzel sticks or regular pretzel shape (for variation try the peanutbutter filled pretzels)

White, milk chocolate or dark chocolate baking chocolate

microwave

wax paper

sprinkles

crushed nuts

Place your wax paper on area for covered pretzels to cool. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. I set microwave 2 minutes at a time.

Dip pretzels in melted chocolate, place on wax paper and sprinkle with nuts or sprinkles. Let set.