Blueberry French Toast Bake

8 (1.5 inch) thick slices of french bread

3 eggs

1 1/4c. milk

1c. brown sugar (divided)

1t. vanilla

1/2t. nutmeg

1/4c. melted butter

2c. frozen blueberries

-Combine milk, 3/4c. brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, nutmeg.

-Mix, pour over sliced bread.

-Cover and refrigerate over night

-remove from refrigerator

-combine butter and brown sugar.

-Drizzle over top

-bake (uncovered) @400 for 25 min

-sprinkle blueberries over top

-Bake 10 min longer (or until knife comes out clean)

We LOVE this at our house. This is what I do for Christmas and Easter morning and other things like conference Sundays. The thing I like about it is I can have it all ready the night before and the next morning it is ready to cook.

German Pancakes

6 eggs

1c. flour

1c. milk

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t.sugar

-Melt 1-2 T.butter in 9x13 pan

-Mix everything together with mixer until mixed well

-Pour into buttered pan

-bake @425 for 17-19 minutes

-Serve with syrup

This rises up over the pans edges ALOT, the kids love that!!!

This is somthing I make alot on Sunday mornings and Brian LOVES them

Paula Deen's Hurry Up Chicken Pot Pie

2 Cups cooked chopped chicken breast

2 hard boiled eggs,sliced

1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots

1/2 cup frozen peas

1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup

1 cup Chicken broth

salt and pepper (optional)

1 1/2 cups Instant biscuit mix

1 cup milk

1 stick melted butter

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a greased 2-quart casserole, layer the chicken, eggs, carrots, and peas. Mix the soup, chicken broth, and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Pour over the layers. Stir together the biscuit mix and milk, and pour this over the casserole. Drizzle butter over the topping. Bake until the topping is golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes.

Mom discovered this one and I absolutely love it. I am not a pot pie person, but this one is too yummy to pass up.

Don't get thrown off by the hard boiled eggs, I thought it was weird too, but so yummy!

Chicken Parmigiana

*3 Chicken Breast (or more depeding on how many you are feeding)
*1 Egg
*1 teaspoon salt
*1/4 teaspoon pepper
*1 cup breadcrumbs
*1 1/4 c butter
*10 1/2 oz pizza sauce
*6 slices of Mozzarella Cheese
*Parmesan cheese
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~Cut Chicken breast in half
~Beat egg, salt and pepper in bowl
~Dip Chicken into egg
~Coat with crumbs
~Saute Chicken in butter (Just until golden brown on each size)
~Arrange Chicken in crock pot
~Pour pizza sauce over Chicken
~Cook on low for 6-8 hours (mine usually gets done right at 6 hours)
~THE LAST 15 MINUTES OF COOKING place Mozzarella cheese over cooked chicken and sauce then sprinkle Parmesan cheese over top.

I got this recipe from Sarah's ward cook book. Its super easy and a husband pleaser for sure
This is one of Chris's favorite meals.

Banana Crumb Muffins

I got this recipe off of All Recipes (top 20 recipes). I made these for my class today and everyone was going crazy wanting seconds. Plus my kids really liked them too!

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 bananas, mashed
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.
In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Jim's BBQ Turkey

(this isn't really this recipe's picture - just something to give you an idea)

Sorry I had to call this "Jim's" - my dad came up with it - so just giving credit where credit is due. Anyway - its the best way to cook a turkey - so easy, so yummy, and no clean up. Enjoy!
-Nicole

Here's the ingredients for the rub - it's not an exact science, there aren't measurements or anything, but when we tried it we just guessed at amounts and it turned out great.

Spice Rub

Lawry's
salt
pepper
chili powder
dehydrated onions
celery salt
crushed basil leaves
crushed parsley flakes
thyme
rosemary
crushed red pepper
garlic powder

Here are the baking instructions:

-Preheat oven to 275
-Rub ample spice rub on outside and inside of turkey (after removing
insides)
-Place in turkey cooking bag and poke 4-5 holes for ventilation
-Wrap bird in 4-5 layers of the extra large size tin foil (the
regular foil just makes it harder to get a good seal - so use
extra long if you can find it)
-Poke holes in foil for ventilation - make sure to get clear
down to the cooking bag (we used shishkabob skewers to get
through all the layers)
-Place on baking sheet
-Bake at 275 for 12-13 hours
-Use a knife and cut through foil layers on the top - seperate
foil (this makes a bowl type thing with the foil, catches all
the juice and makes easy cleanup)
Wal-ah! 

P.S. If you make gravy from the drippings, make sure to add
plenty of water because the spice rub and method of cooking
make the drippings very flavorful and salty.

Easy cheese cracker chicken strips

Cheese crackers (Cheez-it, Nips, etc.)
Chicken tenderloins
Egg whites

Put enough crackers in a big ziplock baggie and crush the crackers. (Almost to resemble bread crumbs). Dip the chicken in the egg white and then in the crackers. Make sure the chicken is well covered with the crackers. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 20-25 on each side. Serve with your favorite dip. My kids love these!

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats

3 Tablespoons Margarine or butter
1 Package (10 oz., about 40) regular Marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
6 Cups Rice Krispies cereal
4-6 large Reece's peanut butter cups (the Easter ones are the best!)

Melt it!
Melt Margarine or butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted remove from heat.

Mix it!
Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated

Spread it!
Using a buttered spatula or waxed paper, press mixture evenly into a 13x9x2-inch pan coated with cooking spray.

Melt it!
Put Reece's Peanut Butter cups in microwave for 30 plus seconds- spread over rice krispies.
Cut in 2-inch squares when cool. Makes 24 Squares

These are super yummy!! The Easter Reece's Peanut Butter cups are the best. Also very good the 2nd day.

Cream Cheese party dip

1 8z. soft cream cheese
1 16oz jar of salsa
1 alvacado

Put everything in a blender and blend. Serve with chips.

Salsa

We love salsa (even my kids) buy everyone (except Dan) hates the chunks. So when I get a new bottle I empty it into the blender and puree it. Then I stick it right back in the bottle and none of it goes to waste.

(It tastes just like Chilis salsa, I am convinced that is all they do anyway).

Yummy Guacamole

Yummy Guacamole

INGREDIENTS
2 avocados
1/2 lemon, juiced
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil

1 to 2 tablespoons salsa



DIRECTIONS
Cut the avocados into halves. Remove the seeds, and scoop out the pulp into a small bowl. Use a fork to mash the avocado. Stir in lemon juice, onion, salt, and olive oil. Cover the bowl, and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.

Lisa's Quick Breadsticks...

1 Tablespoon Yeast
1 1/2 cup warm water...let dissolve with yeast for about 5-7 minutes

add
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
4 cups flour (till dough does not stick to sides of the bowl)

Roll into a big rectangle. Use pizza cutter and cut strips. Fold stripes together and twist.

Melt 1/2 cube butter on a cookie sheet, roll strips in butter and bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes. (until light brown on top)

I sprinkle the top with Garlic salt and bake. So QUICK and so EASY.

Pizza Loaf

1 loaf (1pound) frozen bread dough, thawed

2 eggs, spearated

1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese

1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil

1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon pepper

8 ounces sliced pepperoni

2 cups (8 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese

1 can (4 ounces) mushrooms (opt.)

1/4 to 1/2 cup pickled pepper rings (opt.)

1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained (opt)

1 can (15 ounces) pizza sauce

On a greased baking sheet, roll out dough into a 15 in. rectangle. In a bowl, combine, egg yolks, parmesan cheese, oil, parsley, oregano, garlic powder and pepper. Brush over the dough. Sprinkle with pepperoni, mozarella cheese, and other toppings of your choice. Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal and tuck ends under. Place seam side down; brush egg whites. Do not let rise. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Warm the pizza sauce; serve with sliced loaf. Yield: 10-12 slices.

Caramel Apple Pie

BTW- this won for best pie when I made it for a pioneer ward activity.

1 Pastry crust for a deep dish 9" pie (you can make one or purchase a ready-made one)
1/2 C Sugar
3 Tbsp Flour
1 tsp Cinnamon

1/8 tsp salt
6-8 Cups Apples, sliced thinly (use my apple/peeler/slicer/corer from Williams Sonoma)
Caramel
Chopped pecans

Crumb Topping:
1 C Brown Sugar
1/2 C rolled oats
1/2 C Flour
1/2 C Butter

Directions for crumb topping: Stir together brown sugar, flour & oats. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until topping resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, flour, spice & salt. Add apples & toss to coat. Put into pie shell.
2. Add all of the crumb mixture on top of the apples (until all the apples are covered with the mixture). You will need to press it onto the apples to make it stay. Pre-heat oven at 375. Make sure to place on cookie sheet while cooking to prevent juices from dripping in your oven. Cover the edges of the pie with aluminum foil for the first 25 minutes to prevent burning, then put back in the oven for 20 more minutes without the foil. Allow the pie to cool for 10-15 minutes & drizzle the top with your favorite caramel & pecans.

Southern Fried Chicken by Paula Dean

This is the best fried chicken recipe. My kids love it. I use chicken tenderloins. It is not spicy. My kids love it! It comes from Paula Dean from the Food Network. I make almost once a week. Notice it gives directions for a "house seasoning". You only have to make that one time and store it. So this is a really fast recipe.

3 eggs

1/3 cup water

About 1 cup hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete)

2 cups self-rising flour

1 teaspoon pepper

House seasoning, recipe follows

1 (1 to 2 1/2-pound) chicken, cut into pieces

Oil, for frying, I use Canola oil

In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs with the water. Add enough hot sauce so the egg mixture is bright orange. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper. Season the chicken with the house seasoning. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour mixture. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot. Do not fill the pot more than 1/2 full with oil.
Fry the chicken in the oil until brown and crisp. Dark meat takes longer then white meat. It should take dark meat about 13 to 14 minutes, white meat around 8 to 10 minutes.

House Seasoning:

1 cup salt

1/4 cup black pepper

1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

New York Style Cheesecake

This truly tastes just like something you would get in a deli in New York. It is worth trying if you like cheesecake. I got the recipe off of All Recipes and it had 5 stars and is listed on their top 20 recipes. It was so good!

Crust: 15 graham crackers, crushed- 2 T Sugar- 1/4 C melted butter
Filling: 4- 8 oz pkg cream cheese, 1 1/2 C white sugar, 1 tsp lemon juice, 3/4 C milk, 4 eggs, 1 C sour cream, 1 T vanilla, 1/4 C flour
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 inch spring form pan. In a medium bowl mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan.
In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in milk, and then mix eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn off oven and leave cake in the oven for 5-6 hours .
Tips: I cooked mine in a water bath because that helps it cook better. If you have no clue what a water bath is (that was me) it is putting the springform pan in the center of a jelly roll pan and filling the jelly roll pan with water. I also wrapped tin foil around the springform pan to keep the water from seeping into the cake. Once it has been in the oven for 6 hours take it out and put it in the fridge to help it set up. The reason you are supposed to leave it in the oven is because it keeps it from cracking and sinking.

Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips

This is such a great recipe. I got it off of All Recipes. It had 5 stars and it is on their top 20 recipes. So good!

INGREDIENTS

2 kiwis, peeled and diced

2 Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored and diced

8 ounces raspberries

1 pound strawberries

2 tablespoons white sugar

1 tablespoon brown sugar

3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor

10 (10 inch) flour tortillas

butter flavored cooking spray

2 cups cinnamon sugar

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, Golden Delicious apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Coat one side of each flour tortilla with butter flavored cooking spray. Cut into wedges and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle wedges with desired amount of cinnamon sugar. Spray again with cooking spray.Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit and spice mixture.

French Bread

This is the best, fastest, easiest french bread recipe there it. It makes 4 loaves so you can stick them in the freezer and use them for several meals. I used a baguette pan but mom told me you don't have to have a baguette pan!

3 C. hot water
1 1/2 T yeast
1 1/2 T sugar
3 tsp salt (I use kosher but you don't have to)
6 C flour
1 heaping T rosemary*

* (for just plain french bread don't add the rosemary..but we love the italian taste of the rosemary)
Directions: Mix water, yeast, sugar, & salt in a bowl and let stand for 10 minutes (will be bubbly). Add flour & rosemary and mix until smooth and not sticky. (It may take little more flour). I put a little olive oil in a bowl and then put the dough back in it and make sure all of the bread is coated with a little oil. Then you let the dough rise until it is double in size. - Tip: I turned my oven on to WARM while I was mixing everything together and then when it was all warm I turned the oven off, put the dough in the oven with the door open just a little. That way it raised faster. I think I left it in there for 20-30 minutes.
Then take the dough out and put it on lightly floured surface & knead until smooth. Divide into fourths and roll into baguettes and let raise another 10 minutes. (My baguette pan only has a spot for 3 loaves so I only did 3, not 4) Put onto a baguette pan. Click here if you don't know what a baguette pan looks like. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/detail.jsp?select=C74&byCategory=C86&id=5394
Take an egg white and a little salt and mix in a bowl. Take a pasrty brush and brush egg on top of bread (it gives it a shinny look). Bake @ 400 for 20-30 minutes.
It is very simple and very fast. I started at 5pm and it was ready in about an hour.

Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

This recipe is the best pumpkin bread recipe I have ever used. Again, it came from All Recipes. It had 5 stars and is on their top 20 recipes.

INGREDIENTS:

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.Bake for about 50-60 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Oreo Cookies

This is my kids favorite. It also won the dessert contest at my ward party!

2 Devils Food cake mixes
1 C shortening
4 eggs

Filling:
8 oz cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 to 1 lb powdered sugar
milk as desired

Mix dry cake mix with shortening and eggs. Roll into 1" balls. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Cool. Mix filling and put between 2 cookies.

Super Easy Almond Toffee

I had a friend bring this toffee to me for Christmas one year. It was so good so I asked her where she got the recipe and she told me if was from All Recipes. I made it for neighbors and friends this year and everyone asked for the recipe. It is so simple. Don't let the fact that you need a candy thermometer scare you away...SUZANNE!!!

2 cups butter
2 C sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips (recipe calls for semisweet but I only use milk)
1 c finely chopped almonds

Directions:
1. In a large heavy bottomed saucepan, combine butter, sugar and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring until butter is melted. Allow to come to a boil, and cook until the mixture becomes a dark amber color and the temperature has reached 285 degrees F. Stir occasionally.

2. While toffee is cooking, cover a large baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.

3. As soon as the toffee reaches the proper temperature, pour it out onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top, and let it set for a minute or two to soften. Spread the chocolate into a thing even layer once it is melted. Sprinkle the nuts over the chocolate, and press slightly. Putting a plastic bag over your hand will minimize the mess.

4. Place the toffee in the fridge to chill until set. Break into pieces and store in airtight container.

Orange/Cresent Rolls

Note: You can also make these as crescent rolls

Crescent or Orange Rolls
2 tablespoons (heaping) yeast

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup Imperial (margarine), melted

3 cups warmed milk

2 eggs

1 tablespoon (rounded) salt

8-10 cups flour
Combine yeast, sugar and salt in Kitchen aid. Melt butter, then add milk and warm in the microwave (or on stove) Then add to yeast mixture. Let yeast sit 5-10 minutes, mix in eggs and add flour. Dough should be soft and barely sticky, mix for 10-15 more minutes with dough hook. Cover and let rise to a generous double, punch it down. Divide into desired portions and roll into circle on a floured surface.Brush with melted butter (margarine) and roll up, starting with wide end. Place on greased pan and bake at 350 for 15-20 min. (The silpat is a great alternative to greasing, bakes rolls nice and evenly) (At this point the rolls can be frozen on cookie sheet and stored in a Ziploc bag.)
Orange rolls:Prepare as above, then sprinkle cinnamon/sugar and orange zest over melted butter, and nuts if desired. Roll and bake. Cool slightly then frost with creamy orange glaze.

Orange glaze:

Mix together

1 stick imperial softened

1 2 pound bag powdered sugar

1/3 cup milk

2 tbs. orange concentrate

2 tbs. finely grated orange peel

1 tsp vanilla

This will be fun

Hi family! I have seen this family recipe blogs and thought we have so many awesome recipes in this family it would be fun to keep track of them.

Please add recipes you use all the time, or as you try new ones and you think they are worth sharing. This will be so fun to see all the fun recipes we can collect.

I am going to try and figure out so you can add them. If you don't have time to add a recipe feel free to send it to Sarah and I will add it. If you do add a recipe make sure you add a Label. You will need to put your name and what catergory it would fall into ie: main dish, dessert, etc.