Jon's Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce.

 Ingredients:

2 1/2 c flour

2 t baking powder

3/4 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

2 t ground nutmeg

1/4 t ground ginger

1/4 t ground allspice

1 c oil

1 c sugar

1/2 c brown sugar

1 c unsweetened applesauce

4 large eggs

1 t vanilla

2 T orange juice

3 c chopped, and peeled apples( 1 tart and 2 sweet)

Preheat oven to 350,  grease 9X13 pan.  Whisk wet ingredients and stir into dry.  Fold in apples.

Bake 45-50 min. until toothpick comes out clean.  At 30 min mark tent ccake with foil.

Remove cake  from oven and cool on  cooling rack fro 30 min.

While cooling make caramel sauce.

Caramel sauce

1/4 c butter

1 c packed brown sugar

1/2 c heavy cream

1/2 c powdered sugar

In saucepan  on medium heat  mix butter, br sugar, and heavy cream. Stir constantly let mixture come to a rapid boil.  Boil for 1 minute. Give it a quick stir, Turn heat to low and let simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar.  Let sit  and thicken for 20 minutes. If sauce gets to thick heat in microwave.

Thackeray Reunion Granola

Preheat oven to 325

Ingredients:

Mix together in bowl

6 c rolled old fashioned oats

2 c. chopped pecans or sliced almonds

1 c shredded coconut

1/2 c brown sugar

Stir together with:

6 T coconut oil melted

1/2 c maple syrup or honey

1/2 t salt

1 t vanilla

Spread on 2 large cookie sheets.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Turn off oven and let it finish toasting. Cool.

Crumble/ break into pieces for cereal or toppings.

Sausage Egg Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole

Spray a 9x13 with cooking spray.

Place 8 frozen hash brown patties (or a layer of tater tots) in the bottom of 9x13.

Brown 1 lb sausage (could use bacon or ham) and sprinkle on potatoes. 

-If you want to add veggies (peppers, onions etc) sprinkle them on at this point too.

Whisk 12 eggs, 1 cup milk and salt and pepper in a bowl. Pour over potatoes and sausage.

Sprinkle 1c of cheese on top.

(You can cover this and keep in fridge until you are ready to bake)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Bake COVERED foil for 25 minutes. 

Remove foil and bake for another 20 minutes or so.  Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes, then cut into portions and serve.

Hawaiian Haystacks

3-4 cooked and diced chicken breasts

2 cans cream of chicken soup

Milk add  enough to make a gravy consistency

Heat in saucepan until warm  add more milk if needed.

Toppings:  Use only the toppings your family likes

Pineapple tidbits(sweetened)

grated cheddar cheese

shredded coconut

sliced mushrooms

chopped green pepper

chopped green onions

Maraschino cherries (no stems)

sliced black olives

diced  fresh tomatoes

crunchy chow mein noodles

Serve over rice, top with chicken gravy(made above) and the toppings of your choice. 

Rice Krispy Treats  Microwave 

So nice to be able to make rice krispy treats in the microwave.    Extra marshmallows make these extra yummy.  You will need a larger microwaveable bowl.  Julie's recipe.

1    9X13 buttered dish

3- 10 oz. bags of marshmallows

1 stick of butter

1 12 oz box of Rice Krispies cereal

Put 1 stick of butter sliced in thick chunks and 2 bags of marshmallows in bowl and microwave for 1 minute.  STIR  repeat this step until marshmallows are melted.  Add extra bag of marshmallows and stir. 

Microwave 30 sec more stir.  A few marshmallow chunks make this even yummier.

Add  box of rice krispies stir until coated and press into  buttered 9X13 dish.

PEANUT BUTTER VERSION:  add 1 cup of peanut butter with the first 2 bags of marshmallows and the butter.  Continue recipe.

Crockpot Thai Chicken Curry

 Crockpot Thai  Chicken Curry

1-2 Cups Chicken broth

2-4 T Thai red curry paste

1 T soy sauce

1 T sugar

1 T Minced ginger

3 cloves minced garlic

1 lb chicken breast or thighs,  cut into bite size pieces

1 zucchini,  cut into 1 inch cubes

1 med onion chopped

14 oz can coconut milk

1 large bunch kale or spinach, cut into small pieces

Put all ingredients in crockpot( not kale or coconut milk)   Set crockpot on high for 4 hours.     After 4 hours, stir in coconut milk and kale.   Thicken with flour.

SERVE over rice

More spice?  Add chopped chili peppers.

Garnish   lime, cilantro  optional.

Silver Dollar City Ginger Cookies

 These cookies are amazing.  This recipe is a knock off of the Ginger/Molasses cookies you can buy at Silver Dollar City.

Ingredients:

2 C Flour

1 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. cloves

3/4 c shortening

2 T molasses

1 t baking soda

1 t ginger

1/2 t salt

1 c sugar

1/4 c sugar set aside for rolling cookie

1 large egg

Cream shortening and  sugar.  Add molasses and egg. Mix dry ingredients together and  slowly mix with wet ingredients. Shape into balls( med ice cream scoop and roll in the 1/4 c of sugar, then slightly flatten.  Bake 12 cookies on a parchment lined  cookie sheet.  Bake 350 degrees for 15 minutes.  These are thick cookies and so delicious.