Pumpkin Roll

Fall is in the air and it makes me start craving Pumpkin . Here is a yummy recipe from one of my mother in-laws.

Pumpkin Rolls

3/4 c Flour

1 c sugar

1 tsp ginger

3 eggs

1 tsp lemon juice

2/3 C pumpkin

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp nutmeg

2 tsp cinnamon

dash of salt

Mix ingredients together. Pour on greased jelly roll pan. sprinkle with chopped walnuts on top. Bake at 375 for 15 mins. Remove from oven. Place on waxed paper covered with powdered sugar. Roll up with paper. Let cool 15 mins (can do the fridge). Unroll, spread with filling and roll up again. (You can freeze these to give out at a later time)

Filling

1 c powdered sugar

1/2 cube butter

6 oz. cream cheese

1/2 tsp vanilla.

Snickerdoodles

1 C shortening

2 eggs

2 tsp cream of tarter

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 C sugar

1 tsp Soda

2 3/4 C Flour

For cinn/sugar mixture:

2 TBSP sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly. Sift together and stir in flour, cream of tarter, soda, and salt. Roll into balls. Roll around in cinnamon and sugar mixture Place on ungreased cookie sheet Bake at 375 for 8-10 mins.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are one of the best choco chip cookies. I got this recipe in college from a friend and it is so yummy. The cookie dough is sooo good.

1 C sugar

1/2 C brown suger

1 C shortnening

Cream together above

2eggs

1 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

Mix, then

Add all together with 2 1/4 C flour and then a bag of choco chips.

Bake @ 350 for 7-8 mins (I had to do 360 the last time I made them)

Six Layer Brownies

1 box supreme premium browniemix
1/3 cup melted butter
1 egg
2/3 cup coconut (I only used about 1/4 cup)
2/3 c toffee bits
2/3 c semisweet choc. chips
2/3c chopped pecans
3/4 c plus 2 TBSP sweetened condesed milk

Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom only of 9 in pan with pam. In large bowl sirt brownie mix, pouch of chocolate syrup, butter and egg until well blended. Press into pan. Bake 14 minutes.

Top with coconut, toffee, choco. chips, pecans. drizzle evenly with condensed milk to within 1/2 inch of sides. Bake 35 to 39 minutes longer or until center is set. Cool completely. (use a plastic knife to cut cleanly cut brownies)

Upside-down apple pie

I don't usually post recipes that I haven't tried but I am today. This one looks yummy and I am planning on trying it.

3 cups flour
1TBS sugar
1 tsp salt
3/4 c cold butter, cubed
1/3 cup shortening, cubed
4 to 6 TBSP cold water

Pecans
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 c butter, melted
1 cup pecan halves

Filling
1 cup sugar
1/3 c flour
2 TBSP butter, melted
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
8 cups thin sliced peeled tart apples

In a food processor, combine flour, sugar and salt; cover and pulse until blended. Add butter and shortening; pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. While processing, gradually add water until dough forms a ball. Divide dough in half so that one portion is slightly larger than the other; wrap each in plastic wrap. refrigerate both for 45 minutes or until easy to handle.

Coat a 9 in deep dish pie plate with cooking spray. Line bottom and sides of plate with parchment paper; coat paper also.

In small bowl, combine brown sugar and butter; stir in pecans. arrange in to bottom of prepared pie plate with rounded sides of pecans facing down.

On alightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of dough to fit bottom and side of pie plate. transfer to plate; press the crust firmly against pecans and sides of pie plat. trim edges.

In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon. Add apples; toss to coat. Fill crust. roll out remaining pasty to fit tip of pie; place over filling. trim and seal edges. Cut slits in pastry. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet on a rack below the pie to catch any spills. bake pie at 375 for 60-70 minutes or until golden brown.

Carefully loosen the parchement paper around edge of pie; invert hot pie onto a serving plate. remove paper. Cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.

Carmel-Pecan Monkey Bread

We had this for dessert last night and we loved it. This is definetly my favorite Monkey bread recipe I have came across. I found it in a taste of home magazine

20 rhodes dough rolls frozen (can do a little more if you want)

Carmel sauce
2/3 c packed brown sugar
1/4 c butter, cubed
1/4 c heavy whipping cream

Assembly
3/4 c chopped pecans
1 c sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c butter, melted

Place rolls in greased pan to rise, cover (you can put them in the microwave for about 1 min. to speed up the process) and let rise until doubled in size. Once doubled pull apart and make into smaller balls. Then start the carmel sauce

For carmel, in a small sauce pan, bring the brown sugar, butter and cream to a boil. Cook and stir for 3 minutes. Pour half into a greased fluted pan; sprinkle with half of the pecans.

Mix cinnamon and sugar together in a bowl. Dip smaller balls into butter and then into cinnamon/sugar mixture and place around the bottom of pan. Once bottom of pan is full pour rest of carmel sauce over and sprinkle with pecans, then add rest of the rolls. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 mins.

Bake at 350 for 30-35mins or until golden brown. Cover loosely with foil so top doesn't brown to fast. Cool for 10 mins, before inverting onto a serving plate.

*Note I used rhodes dough, it actually came with a recipe to make the rolls if you want that let me know.

Zuchinni Brownies

2 c sugar
1 c oil
3 eggs
1/2 c milk
2 1/2 c flour (they are great with 1/2 wheat 1/2 white)
2 c shredded zuchinni
1 tsp soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
3 tsp vanilla
1/4 c cocoa

Mix oil and sugar and eggs then add rest of ingredients. Spray Jelly roll pan with pam then flour bake at 350 for 30 mins.

Frosting
1/2 c butter
2tbsp cocoa
1/4 c milk
3 1/2 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

While brownies are cooking heat butter, cocoa and milk in saucepan, stir until boiling. then add rest of ingredients and take off heat and mix until smooth. Pour over brownies as soon as they come out. Cool and enjoy