Homemade Pancakes

Homemade Pancakes

Ingredients
2 Tbsp oil
1 egg
2 Tbsp sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
dash salt

Directions
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Cook like you normally would a pancake. Serve with butter and syrup.

For variations, try the following:

*Add chocolate chips (about 1/2 cup) and a mashed banana for banana chocolate chip pancakes.
*Add one mashed banana to the batter for banana pancakes.
*Add blueberries or strawberries or a mixture of both for berry pancakes.
*Add 1 to 2 peeled and chopped apples and some cinnamon (to taste) for apple cinnamon pancakes.

Easy Friendship Cake

Ingredients

• 1 package yellow cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups fruit cocktail, drained
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix with eggs and oil. Mix thoroughly and stir in fruit and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool. Optional to sprinkle with powdered sugar or add whipped cream.
   

Raspberry Oatmeal Bars

Raspberry Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients:

1 pkg. yellow cake mix

2 1/2 C quick cooking oats

3/4 c melted margarine

1 C raspberry jam

1 T lemon juice or water

Directions:

Grease 9X13 inch pan. Oven on at 375 degrees. Mix cake mix, oats and butter. Press firmly 1/2 of oats/cake mixture in pan. Combine jam and lemon juice in separate bowl. Spread over crust. Add remaining oats/cake mixture on top of raspberry jam. Bake 15-20 minutes or until top is lightly browned. Cool before cutting into bars

Zucchini Nut Bread

Zucchini Nut Bread
makes 2 loaves or 24 muffins

3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups sugar
2 medium zucchini, ends removed, grated with peel on
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tbsp. cinnamon
3 cups flour
1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans or 24 cups for muffins. Beat eggs until lemony yellow; add oil, sugar, zucchini and vanilla. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients; mix just until all flour is mixed in. Pour into prepared pans. Bake loaves 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes. Bake muffins 15-20 minutes (this can take longer...it is very dense). Makes delicious finger sandwiches with cream cheese

(Recipe from: Amanda Neeley)

Peanut Butter Balls

Peanut Butter Balls

Ingredients:
1 1/3 c graham cracker crumbs
1 3/4 c powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c melted crisco vegetable shortening
3/4 c peanut butter
2 c melted semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Combine ingredients up to chocolate chips and mix very well. I usually just use my hands. Form into balls the size of your choice and freeze about two hours. Melt chocolate chips with about 2T crisco in saucepan and then roll balls in chocolate. Refrigerate overnight.

Chicken Nacho Casserole

Chicken Nacho Casserole

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked, chopped chicken breasts
2 C. grated cheddar and/or monterey jack cheese (you can add as much as you'd like)
1 can Rotel with green chilies, drained well
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can Green Giant Mexicorn
1 tsp. taco seasoning
1/2-1 cup instant rice

Directions:
Mix all of the above together well and spread evenly into a 9x9 casserole dish sprayed with Pam. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle 2-3 cups crumbled Tostitos of your choice, followed by more grated cheese on top. Place back in oven uncovered until cheese is melted to your liking and casserole is nice and bubbly.

S'mores Sandwhich Bar Cookies

S'mores Sandwhich Bar Cookies!

Ingredients:
1/2 C. Butter or margarine softened
3/4 C. Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
1 1/3 C. All-purpose flour
3/4 C. Graham cracker crumbs
1 tsp. Baking powder
1/4 tsp. Salt
3 C. Miniature marshmallows
1 1/3 C. Hershey's mini milk chocolate bars or 5 Hershey's milk chocolate bars (1.55 oz. each)

Directons:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 8-inch square baking pan.
2. Beat butter and sugar until well blended in large bowl. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Press half of dough into prepared pan. Bake 15 minutes.
3. Sprinkle mini chocolate bars over baked layer or arrange unwrapped chocolate bars over baked layer, breaking as needed to fit. Sprinkle with marshmallows; scatter bits of remaining dough over marshmallows, forming top layer. Bake 10 to 15 minutes or just until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

(Recipe from: Hershey's 3 Books in One Cookbook)