Boston Baked Beans

2 cups Dry Navy Beans
6 cups Cold Water
1 tsp Salt
1 lbs Bacon Ends (poor quality ask butcher if you can’t find it)
1 Medium Onion
2 tsp Dry Mustard
1/3 cup Brown Sugar firmly packed
1/4 cup Dark Molasses

Wash beans. Combine beans & cold water in large pot. Bring [...]

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Chicken & Dumplings

This is an “All Day” recipe; I find I need to put things on to cook by 3 pm to have dinner ready by 6 pm. I am having a hard time with writing this due to its a multi stage task.
Also remove any excess fat from chicken and cut off tail if not done [...]

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Brownies Meet Pumpkin Bread

I really can’t say I created this but it is a combination of two things, the recipes of pumpkin bread on this blog cut in half and cinnamon and nutmeg reduced and one package of brownie mix of your choice.
Pumpkin Bread

1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 [...]

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Teriyaki Stirfry Chicken

I created this recipes it was just one of those times I needed something new and so I started adding things and this is the result…. This makes enough to feed 3 teenagers two pre-teens and two adults (that is what I had at the time)

6 larger skinless boneless chicken [...]

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Famous Pumpkin Bread

I named this because my family considers it the one thing I would most likely bring to family holidays. It is actually from the book that came with my Moms Oster Kitchen center, but slightly modified. Yield: 2 loaves

3 1/3 cups sifted flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 cups sugar
1 cup chopped nuts [...]

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Favorite Pumpkin Pie

This is from the Betty Crocker picture cookbook published sometime in the early 50’s maybe; I modified this just a tiny bit.
You will need the largest mixing bowl you have for this makes 2 pies
2 9″ pie pans with crusts (uncooked)

1 large can pumpkin (unseasoned)
1 tsp sat
3 cups milk
4 large eggs (if measure [...]

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Peppers & Chili Pepper Chicken w/ Pepper Jack cheese

I made one of those dinners tonight in which I had very little to work with so I just kind of threw stuff together that seemed to go well together. It turned out so well I need to write it down so it wouldn’t get lost from my head….

5 or 6 chicken breasts cubed
One onion [...]

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Coffee Cake Meets Peach Cobbler

I am trying to recreate a desert I made sometime last year it was really good so I am going put here what I think I did and see if it works…. then if it doesn’t I will adjust is according to this and update as I go along.

3 cups Bisquick
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 [...]

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Flavorful Roasted Red Potatoes

1 1/2 lbs quartered new red potatoes
1/2 tsp rosemary leaves (dried)
1/4 tsp thyme (dried)
1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 package green onion dip mix (optional)
1 package Lipton onion soup mix
1Tbs honey
1/2 cup oil

Preheat oven to 450 degrees
I highly recommend lining your cooking sheet with foil because the honey will burn.
Bake in the oven at 450 for 30 [...]

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Stuffed Bell Peppers

4 medium Bell peppers
1 lb. hamburger
1 c instant rice
1 medium onion
1 Tbs oil
1 can 28 oz. tomatoes, do not drain
1 tsp garlic powder
1 Tbs sugar 1/4 tsp dried basil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a large bowl combine all ingredients except peppers. (The mixture will be [...]

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