Apple pie filling

8 quarts apples = 20 apples peeled
1 cup cornstarch
4 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 T cinnamon
1/4 t nutmeg
1 t salt
10 cups water

Mix 1 cup cornstarch and 5 cups water stir until dissolved.  Add other ingredients and other 5 cups water, boil until thick.  Add 3T lemon juice and  boil for 25 minutes.
Put in jars and water bath for 35 minutes.
Makes 6 1/2 quarts.

Freddie's Pie Crust

3 cups of flour sifted
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups butter or shortening

In a bowl mix:
1/2 cup ice water
1 soup spoon vinegar
1 egg
1TB sugar

Cut shortening into flour mix all together, store over night.

Brush with sugar water and sprinkle with raw sugar on top before baking.

Freddie Morgan

Butterfinger, milky way, chocolate chunk cookies

2 sticks butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp salt

6 funsize or 1 1/2 full size butterfinger candy bars, Crushed

6 funsize or 1 full size milky way, quartered

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat butter and sugar until well combined, add eggs and vanilla.  Slowly add dry ingredients.    Add your chocolate bars and chips.    Bake for 9-11 minutes.  I take mine out at 9 minutes for softer cookie.  Let them cool in pan for 5-7 minutes to set up then move to a cooling rack to finish. 

From Picky Palate

Cream Puffs

1 1/2 c. hot water

3/4 c. margarine or butter

1/2 t. salt

1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour

6 eggs

Bring water to a boil. Add margarine or butter. Combine salt and whole wheat flour and add all

at once to margarine/butter water. Cook, stirring vigorously, until it forms a ball. Add eggs one

at a time, and beat vigorously after the addition of each. Drop by teaspoonful onto greased

baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 min. and then at 325 degrees for 15 min. Remove

from oven. Turn off oven and replace in oven for 10 min. to dry. Fill with pudding, custard, or

whipped cream. These are also wonderful with chicken salad filling. Makes about 3 dozen.

Apple Toffee Tartlets

1 15 oz package rolled refrigerated unbaked piecrust (2 crusts)

2 medium apples cored and chopped

1/2 cup toffee pieces

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 TBs butter

1/8 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 375.  Let piecrusts stand according to package directions.  In a medium bowl, combine apples, toffee pieces, brown sugar, melted butter, and salt.  Set aside.  

On a lightly floured surface unroll one piecrust at a time,  Using a round 3 in cookie cutter, cut out dough.  Reroll scraps once to cut enough additional rounds to make 24 total.  Press dough rounds into 24 ungreased 1 3/4 inch muffin cups.  Spoon about 1 TB of filling  into each cup.  

Bake in preheated oven about 18 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.  Remove muffin cups and cool on wire rack.  

Store in refrigerator for up to 3 days or freezer for 3 months.

From: recipe center

Chocolate and Cinnamon cookies

2 sticks of butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups of flour

1 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp salt

1 cup cinnamon chips

1 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350.  Cream together butter and sugars.   Beat in eggs and vanilla until well combined.  Add flour, baking soda, and salt.  Then add chocolate chips.  

Bake for 9-11 minutes.  

These are a favorite.

From: Picky Palate

Grandma Murdock's Zucchini Bread

3 eggs

2 cups of sugar

2 cups grated zucchini

3 cups flour

1 t soda

1 t salt

1/2 t baking powder

1/2 cup nuts (pecans)

1 cup oil

3 t vanilla

3 t cinnamon

Makes 2 loafs.  Bake at 350 for 1 hour.  

From Grandma Murdock

Easy Pumpkin Bars

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 cup oil

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp cloves

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups flour

1 tsp soda

1 tsp nutmeg

1 15 oz can pumpkin

Mix well.  Pour into greased 10 x 15 cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.  Frost when cooled.  

Frosting

2 cups powdered sugar

1/3 cup butter or margarine

3 oz. cream cheese

1 TBs milk

1 Tbs vanilla

Spread over cooled pumpkin bars, then refrigerate.

From Patti Mortensen

Chocolate Cake

Mix in bowl:

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

Melt the following:

1 cup water

1 stick of butter

1/2 cup oil 

3 1/2 TBS unsweetened cocoa

Pour over dry mixture

Add:

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs 

1 tsp vanilla

Bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until done.  

Frosting

Melt the following:

1/2 stick of butter

2 TBS cocoa

3 TBS vanilla

Powdered sugar

Cake can be frosted warm.

From Aunt Katie 

Chocolate Zucchini Bread or cake

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup oil 

1  3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup milk w/ tsp lemon juice

2 1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup cocoa

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp cloves

1 tsp salt

2 cups shredded zucchini

chocolate chips

Bake at 325 for 45 minutes

By Candice

All-American Mini Apple Pie

2 medium tart baking apples

1/4 cup sugar

2 tsp flour

3/4 tsp cinnamon

1 sheet of pie crust

Combine apples, sugar, flour and cinnamon tossing gently.  Set aside.  

Use 4 inch wide bowl or cup and cut out five circles.  Press each circle inside a muffin tin.    

Evenly divide apple mixture into each prepared muffin cup.  Cut pie crust scraps into strips 1/4 inch wide.  Top each pie with  strips.  Fill remaining empty muffin cup 1/4 the way with water.  

Bake about 18 minutes at 425.  

Giant chocolate chip cookies

1/2 cup butter

1 cup light brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar          Blend for 2 minutes

2 large eggs

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup sour cream

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder                   Sift in dry ingredients

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Courtesy of Time Life

1 pkg chocolate chunks

1 cup pecans

Bake at 375 for 14-16 minutes