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BBQ Beef/corn Pie
Country (beef)Pie
Turkey Stir Fry with Peanut Sauce
Tuna Boats

MARBLED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE
Golden Peanut Butter Bars
"Impossible"French Apple Pie
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Tuna Boats (serves 4)
-From San Jose Mercury-
4 Medium baking potatos
1 green onion, sliced
3/4 Cup grated cheddar cheese (divided)
1/4 Cup milk
1  6oz can, water packed tuna
1/2 cup light sour cream (or ranch dressing)
Bake potato, 425 degrees for 45 min. (or microwave high for approx 10 min). When potatos are cooled enough to handle, cut in half lengthwise, scoop out most of insides. Place skins in baking dish or pan.

Add milk, and remaining ingredient (except for 1/4 cup of cheese). Stir. Spoon mixture into skins. Pile high if necessary. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake uncovered for 20-30 min until brown and crispy and hot all the way through.


BBQ Beef/corn Pie
1 lb ground beef
1/2 can- 4 oz- tomato sauce or ketchup
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
2 cups corn, heated/cooked
onions, garlic powder, italian seasonings to taste

Combine above after cooking meat

frozen pie crust, baked half way
1/2 bag "Tator tots"
1 cup grated cheese
Place meat in shell and add tator tots and cheese to top
put a boarder of tin foil to avoid burning the pie crust
Bake at 35 for 20 min




Country (beef ) Pie

Crust: 1/2 8oz can (1/2 C) tomato sauce
1/2 C bread crumbs
1 lb. Grd. beef
1/4 C chopped onions
1/4 C chopped green bell peppers
1 1/2 tsp. Salt
dash pepper
dash oregano

Combine above in bowl. Pat into bottom and sides of 9 inch pie plate

Filling:
1 1/3 cups minute rice (or 2 C cooked regular rice)(with reg. rice skip the salt and water below)
1 1/2 8oz cans (1 1/2 C) tomato sauce 1/2 tsp salt
1C water
1C grated cheese

Combine rice, sauce and salt, water and 1/2 C cheese. Spoon into meat shell. Cover with foil.
Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Then uncover, top with remaining cheese, bake uncovered for 10 -15 minutes.


MARBLED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE-By: Sunset Mag.-Serves:8-10

8oz Gingersnap cookies

2 TBSP sugar

3TBSP melted butter or margarine

2 8oz pkg light cream cheese (or reg.)

3/4 C firmly packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 can (1 lb.) pumpkin

Place 1/3 cookies in bag and crush with rolling pin., repeat until you have 1 3/4 cups crumbs. In a 9 in. cheesecake pan mix crumbs, sugar and butter. Press over bottom and 1 in. up sides. Bake crust in 325-degree oven for 15 min.

With mixer, beat together the cheese and brown sugar until blended. Add eggs, beat well. Remove 1/2 cup and set aside. Stir in spices and pumpkin until well blended

Pour pumpkin mixture into crust. Drop rounded spoonfuls of reserved mixture over pumpkin mixture. With sharp knife draw blade through to make marble pattern.

Bake in 325-degree oven until center barely jiggles when cake is gently shaken, about 50 min. Cool on a rack. Cover and chill until cold, at least 2 1/2 hours. Run a knife around edge of cake and remove pan sides.


Golden Peanut Butter Bars

By: Bisquick

2 cups Bisquick

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2/3 cup peanut butter

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 300 degrees

Grease and flour 9x13x2. Mix all ingredients, except choc. chips. Stir in chips. Spread in pan. Bake until tooth pick comes out clean. Approx. 30 min. Sprinkle with powdered sugar while warm if desired. Cool; cut into 2x1 inch bars. Makes about 4 dozen.




Turkey Stir Fry with Peanut Sauce:
This recipe created by:Armour-Turkey Select
1 pkg (about 1 ib) Boneless Turkey cut into strips
3 Tbsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp hot chile oil (optional)
2 Cups Broccoli flowerets
1 Cup (1 medium) red pepper, cut into 1/4 inch strips.
1/2 Cup green onions, cut into 2" pieces
1/2 Cup Chicken broth
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp ground pepper
1/4 Cup peanut butter
1/4 Cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
1/2 chopped peanuts
Cooked rice or oriental noodles
In a 10" skillet or wok heat sesame and chile oils over medium-high heat. Add turkey, broccoli, pepper and onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the turkey is fork-tender. In a medium bowl stir together the remaining ingredients except for the cilantro, peanuts and rice. Add peanut butter mixture to turkey mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is heated through. (5 to 7 min.) Stir in cilantro and peanuts. Serve over rice or noodles. Serves 4 to 6


Impossible French Apple Pie:
This recipe by: Bisquick
Heat oven to 325 deg.
Grease Pie Plate
6 Cups sliced and pared apples
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 Cup sugar
3/4 Cup milk
1/2 Cup Bisquick
2 eggs
2 Tbsp margarine or butter, softened
Streusel (see below)
Mix apples and spices; turn into plate. Beat remaining ingredients except Steusel until smooth. Pour into plate Sprinkle with Streusel. Bake until knife comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes
Streusel: Mix 1 cup Bisquick, 1/2 cup chopped nuts, 1/3 cup packed brown sugar and 3 Tbsp firm margarine or butter until crumbly.

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe created by:Unknown, but taste like the famous Mrs. Fields !
This recipe makes alot! About 8 dozen. You must use baking parchment/liners to keep from burning these cookies.

1 lb unsalted butter
2 Cups packed brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla flavoring
6 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups chopped nuts (optional)
2-3 bags (12 oz) chocolate chips
Preheat to 350
In a LARGE bowl mix:
Butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla, 3-4 min.
Add flour, soda and salt- mix until stiff
add chips
dropby spoonfuls onto lined pans
Bake for 10-12 min. (for large cookies)
Cookies will be soft until cooled
DON'T OVER COOK

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