Grandma's coffee cake

Put in a bowl

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp Crisco
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp vanilla

Heat 1 1/2 cups milk - put hot milk over the ingredients in the bowl.  Add 1/2 cup water and let the mixture cool.

In another bowl put

• 1/2 cup water (lukewarm)
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 2 pkg yeast

1. Stir and let dissolve.
2. Add yeast mixture to the first mixture.
3. Add two eggs and beat well.
4. Add flour - start with 4 cups and add until desired consistency.  Let rise, then punch down and let rise again.  Divide in two and put in pans. 
5. Take 1 egg and 1 Tbsp sugar.  Best well, brush on the dough before adding topping.

Topping

1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp melted butter
1 Tbsp cinnamon

Mix together and put on top of coffee cake dough.

Bake 26 minutes at 350.

Royal Rhubarb Cake

2 1/3 cups flour
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup soft butter
1 cup sour cream
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups rhubarb, cut in 1/2 inch pieces
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, salt and soda.  Add brown sugar, butter, sour cream, egg and vanilla.  Beat until well mixed.  Fold in rhubarb.  Turn into a buttered 9 x 13 pan.  Combine white sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top.  Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 50-55 minutes or until done.  Cool in pan.  Serve warm topped with whipped cream.

Cheese Dip

This recipe tastes a LOT like the Con Queso at Carlo's O Kellys.  Watch out cause it is good!!!

1 lb velveeta
4 oz sour cream
1 Cup salsa (I do get this from Carlo's O Kelly's)

Melt velveeta, add sour cream and stir in salsa.  Serve warm with tortilla chips!!!

Carrot Cake

Carrot cake is my husbands absolute favorite cake.  I love that it is so moist and easy. 

Ingredients

2 c sugar
1 1/4 c oil
4 large eggs
2 c flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
3 c grated carrots
1 c chopped walnuts

FROSTING

12 oz powdered sugar
2 3oz cream cheese room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp milk

1.In large bowl, beat sugar and oil. Add eggs and beat well.
2.Sift together flour, soda, cinnamon, and salt into egg mixture; mix well; fold in carrots and nuts.
3.Place batter in greased 9x13 pan; bake for 45 minutes in a 350 oven.
4. FROSTING: Beat together powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, butter and milk; spread on cooled carrot cake.

Monkey Squares

This recipe came from "The Girl Who Ate Everything" who borrowed from TheWelcomeMat.  I haven't tried this recipe but am going to try it and take them to my mom who is in a nursing home.  She loves banana bread so I think this will be a nice change. 

1 ½ cups sugar

1 cup sour cream
½ cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 ¾ cups (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour 10x15 jelly roll pan. Beat first four ingredients until creamy. Blend in bananas and vanilla one minute. Add dry ingredients and blend one minute. Stir in nuts and spread in pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown. Cool and frost with Browned Butter Frosting (recipe below).

Banana bread option: instead of spreading into jelly roll pan, this recipe will make about two regular loaves of banana bread, or about four small loaves. Regular loaves bake about 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Small loaves will bake about 25 minutes on 350.

Browned Butter Frosting

½ cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
about 3 tablespoons milk or half and half

Heat butter in saucepan over medium heat past the melting point until it boiling, and a delicate brown. Remove from the heat and immediately add the remaining ingredients. This should be thicker than a glaze and thinner than frosting. Using a spatula smooth over the top of the Monkey Squares immediately. The frosting will be easier to spread once it's on the warm bread.

Stuffed Mushrooms

I have not made these but they sound so good.  I will report back once I have tried these!

Pull stems out of mushroom caps

Chop stems, green top onions, add a little wine, salt and pepper.  1 tsp Italian spice, pinch of oregano.  Cook all together. 

1 lb spicy sausage, cook and drained.  Add to above mixture, than add 1/2 Pepperidge Farm bread crumbs or stuffing mix. 

Fill mushroom caps.  Bake 20  minutes at 350.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese on top and serve warm.

Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies

This recipe came from Betty Crocker's website.  These are so easy and so good.  My husband has forbid me to make these cause he always wants to eat the whole pan.

Brownie Box

1 box (1lb 6.5 oz) Betty Crocker Original Supreme Brownie Mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box

Filling

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons milk

Topping

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter

Heat oven to 350.  Grease bottom of 13 x 9 pan with cooking spray. 
In medium bowl, stir brownie mix according to box directions.  Spread in pan.  Bake 28 - 30 minutes or until toothpick  inserted comes out clean.  Cool completely, about an hour.
In medium bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.  Spread mixture evenly over brownie base.
In small microwavable bowl, microwave topping ingredients uncovered on high 30-60 seconds; stir until smooth.  Cool 10 minutes; spread over filling.  Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until set.  For brownies, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows.