Here's another recipe from my mother in law. She is so good at finding some of the best recipes.


5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

(Use a large coffee mug with straight sides.  Mine is 4" tall and 3 1/2
inches wide and could be taller)

4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips (optional)
small splash vanilla

Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well.  Add the egg and mix
thoroughly.  Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.  Add the chocolate
chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.  Put your mug in
the microwave and cook for 3 minutes in 1000 watt microwave.  May have
to adjust time if unit does not have 1000 watts.  The cake will rise up
over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed.  At the end of cooking
time, set out on counter and allow to cook slightly.  It will sink back
almost to level of cup.  Place a saucer on top of mug and invert to
remove.  Be sure to get the goodies from the bottom of the mug, too!  I
cut mine in two pieces lengthwise and add the necessary ingredients (you
know, like ice cream, chocolate syrup, caramel sauce.....)  Enjoy!

My mother in law sent me this recipe today.  I am
looking forward to trying it out.
It sound yummy.....

Old Fashioned Bread Pudding
Buttering each  slice of bread and sprinkling it with cinnamon before
cutting it into cubes makes every bit especially tasty!

5 slices whole wheat bread
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup white or brown sugar
1/2 cup raisins
3 eggs
2 cups milk
1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350.  Spread one side of bread with margarine or
butter.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.  Cut bread into 1 inch cubes.  In
medium bowl, combine bread cubes, sugar and raisins.  In another bowl
blend eggs, milk, salt and vanilla.  Pour liquid over bread mixture and
lightly mix.  Transfer to baking dish sprayed with oil or non-stick
spray.  Bake uncovered for 50 to 60 minutes till a metal knife inserted
near center comes out clean.  Serve warm (mmmm) or cold.

Butter Cream Frosting
This is a pretty standard recipe, but the butter flavoring makes this frosting really yummy. I always used Almond flavoring, but the butter flavoring is real treat. I got this recipe from a lady who had made Anna's birthday cake this past December. The next time I make this I am planning on using coconut oil to replace the Crisco in hopes to make it not so bad for you.

1 cup Crisco
1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring
1/2 bag powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup milk
pinch of salt

Cream all the ingredients together. Add more milk or powdered sugar to get the thickness you want. Spread on cake or cupcakes and Enjoy:)

Bread Pudding
This is what we made at my mom's house this weekend. So yummy and I found out my husband really like's it too. It has been years since I have eaten bread pudding and I think now I will be making it more. It will be a good way to use up that extra bread that is getting old & dried out.

4 1/2 c dried bread cubes
1/2 c sugar
4 eggs
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups milk

Put the bread cubes in a 8 x8 pan. Then mix up the sugar, eggs, cinnamon, salt, vanilla & milk and pour over the bread cubes. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 mins or till it is golden brown & look like it's set.

Nutmeg Sauce:
3 c. water
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp cinnamon

Heat all ingredients together and then in a separate bowl mix up 3 Tb. corn starch with some water and use it to thicken the sugar nutmeg mixture.

Cream Cheese Bars
These are super easy to make and are so yummy.



Ingredients:
2 pkg. crescent rolls
2 pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 egg yolk & save egg white
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. sugar or honey

Directions:
Beat together cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla & honey. Then take one pkg of crescents and place them in the bottom of a 9x12 pan as the crust. Then pour the cream cheese filling on top. Then take the second pkg of crescents and roll out nicely to place on top of filling mixture. Then brush the egg white on top and sprinkle with white or cane sugar & cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees or 30 mins or till nice and gold brown. Let cool and Enjoy:) It also very easy to make a 8x8 pan by just cutting the recipe in half.

Streusel Pumpkin Pie Recipe......

Here the Streusel Pumpkin Pie Recipe that I posted on my other blog a while back. I wanted to add it to my collection here on my cooking blog. So to find the recipe you can go here.

Apple Cherry Pie

I absolutely love to make pies and eat them, but Brandon and I have decide to try and eat a little more healthy so the recipe below uses healthier ingredients.

Pie Crust:
1/2 c. coconut oil
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1/2 c. white flour
1/2 c. wheat flour
1/4 c. ice water

Put in your mixing bowl coconut oil, sea salt and flour's. Cut all the ingredients today and then add the water gradually. Mix well then added the water till all the ingredients come together and form a nice ball. Then flour your surface and roll out for you pie tin. This recipe makes 1 good size pie crust.

Apple Cherry Pie Filling:
4 apple pealed & sliced up
2 cups of pie cherries
1/3 c. flour
1 Tb. corn starch
1/2 c. demerara cane sugar
1/4 c. honey

This is the amount of apples and cherries I used, but you may need to use more or less depending on your pie pan. I mixed the apples & cherries with the flour, corn starch & cane sugar. Then pour the filling in the pie crust. Drizzle the honey over the filling.

Crumb topping:
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. demerara cane sugar

Mix topping together well and pour on top of the pie. You can sprinkle with cinnamon if you want, which I guess I didn't do.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or till it is nice and browned and filling is bubbling. Let it cool and enjoy.

Haystack's

is a family favorite and mom especially like's it because it is so easy to make. We tend to make this when we have company and they always rave about it. To find the recipe just click here.