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INGREDIENTS:

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
2 tablespoons shortening
1 egg, well beaten
1 1/2 cups Ocean Spray® Fresh or Frozen Cranberries, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped nuts

(I don’t like the extra tartness [...]

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This is a recipe that started with my Mother, she had a Jell-O cookbook and in it was recipes for Jell-O cheesecake…. the book called for layers but to save time and effort the layers got combined. Or I think that’s how things went, anyway this is what I do.
Crust:

2 packages graham crackers crushed
2 Tsp. [...]

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1 yellow cake mix
1c. butter or margarine
1 c brown sugar firmly packed
2 20 oz. cans crushed pineapple in heavy syrup drained (May reserve liquid for cake)

First thing I do is start the pineapple draining, well drained pineapple makes a better cake…. Melt butter pour into bottom of a 13 x 9″ baking dish crumble the [...]

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3/4 c. butter
1/2 c. peanut butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/4 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 c. Quick rolled oats
1/2 c. granola
1/4 c. raisins
1/2 c. Craisins
1/2 c. pumpkin seeds
1/2 c. sunflower seeds
1 cup M&Ms

Drop onto cookie sheet by teaspoonfuls. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 [...]

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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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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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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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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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1 c. creamy peanut butter
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cream the peanut butter and sugar into a mixing bowl. Beat in baking powder. Add egg. Mix well. The dough will be sticky, so be prepared to get your hands messy. Roll dough into a ball about [...]

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