Caramel Bars

Bar ingredients

2 c Flour

2 c Oatmeal

1 1/2 c Brown Sugar

3 cubes Butter melted

1/2 tsp Salt

1 tsp Soda

1 c Pecans

1 1/2 c Caramel

Caramel ingredients

1 cube Butter

2 c Brown Sugar

1 c Corn Syrup (light)

1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 tsp Vanilla

Mix all bar ingredients together. Spray a 10X15 pan and put 2/3 of dough in pan. Bake for 13 minutes. While bars are cooking put all ingredients (except vanilla) for caramel in sauce pan. Bring to an almost boil making sure all sugar has disolved. Add vanilla after taking off heat. After bars have baked remove from oven. Sprinkle pecans and then caramel. Add the remaining dough. Bake for an additional 18-22 minutes. Enjoy!

If you don't want to make the caramel you can always use caramel in the jar.

Better than Pumpkin Pie

First step

1 yellow cake mix (reserve one cup of cake mix)

1 egg

1 cube melted butter

mix together spread in 9X13 dish

Second Step

Mix together

1 can pumpkin

1 can evaporated milk

2 eggs

3 tsp pumpkin spice

1/2 c brown sugar

pour over cake

Third Step

Mix with a fork

1 cup of reserved cake mix

1/2 cube of softened butter

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 c brown sugar

crumble over the top of pumpkin mixture

Bake @350 for 48-50 minutes

Serve with whip cream

Apple Crisp

7 apples or 1 1/2 cans of apple filling

2 cubes of softened butter

2 c Sugar

2 c Flour

1 c Oats

pinch of salt

Cinnamon and Sugar

Layer 9X13 dish with apples then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Mix rest of ingredients together and sprinkle on top of apples, then add more cinnamon and sugar. Bake @ 350 for 30 minutes or until light brown. Serve with ice cream or cool whip.

optional-drizzle caramel over the top of dessert after taken out of oven

Homemade Bread

1 c warm water

3 Tbsp Butter

3 c Better for Bread Flour

1/3 c Sugar

1 tsp Salt

2 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast

1 tsp your choice of spice (I use rosemary)

Place ingredients in your bread machine in the order above. I use the setting to mix and then 1st rise. It takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Then I remove from bread maker and divide into 4 sections and place in my mini loaf pampered chef pan. Bake @ 375 for 15-18 minutes or until bread is light brown.

This makes 1 large loaf or 4 mini loafs

You can also make dinner rolls or cinnamon rolls with the same recipe

Artichoke Dip

1 8 oz cube of Cream Cheese

1 C Sour Cream

1 C Mayo

1 can of Artichoke Hearts chopped up

3 Garlic Cloves

2 C Parmesan Cheese

Mix all ingredients together except 1/2 cup of cheese. Put in baking dish and top with remaining cheese. Bake @ 350 for 35-40 min.

Serve with crackers, tortilla chips, or melba toast.

Oreo Cookies

1 Box Devils Foodcake

2 Eggs

1/3 c Oil

Cream cheese frosting (I like Betty Crocker whipped the best)

Pre-heat oven to 350. Mix ingredients all together and roll into balls. Bake for 10 min or until cookies start to crack. Frost when cooled.

Chocolate Chip Cookies (with shortening)

1 c Shortening
1/2 c Sugar
1 C Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
2 Eggs

Mix well then add

2 c Flour
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Soda
2 c Reese's Pieces mini baking chips

Bake @ 375 for 11 min.