Zesty Slow Cooker Chicken

6 frozen skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 (12 oz) bottle of barbeque sauce
1/2 c Italian salad dressing
1/4 c brown sugar
2 T Worcestershire sauce

Place chicken in slow cooker. In a bowl, mix barbeque sauce, Italian salad dressing , brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over chicken.

Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 4-6 hours. (We like to shred it with a fork and eat it on rolls)

Cinnamon Caramel Corn with Pecans & White Chocolate {AKA Cinnamon Bun Popcorn!}

12 C. popped popcorn (about 1/2 C. kernels)

1 C. roughly chopped pecans
1 C. brown sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 C. Karo syrup (or honey makes a good substitution)
1 stick real butter (1/2 C.)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
3 squares almond bark

Place popcorn and chopped pecans in a large bowl and set aside. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a big, microwave-safe bowl. Chop butter into chunks and place on top of sugar mixture. Pour corn syrup (or honey) over the top of everything. Microwave on high for 30 seconds (just to soften the butter a bit) and then stir to combine. Return to microwave and heat for 2 minutes. Remove and stir and then microwave for 2 minutes more. Remove from the microwave and add in vanilla and baking soda. Pour it over the popcorn and pecans.  Stir until evenly coated. Place on foil-lined jelly roll pan & bake for 30 min in oven at 250 degrees, stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and drizzle melted almond bark over popcorn mixture.

*You don't have to bake the popcorn if you would rather eat it when it is still sticky. Or you can always not cook it for the full 30 minutes if you prefer. Cooking it makes it crunchy, like fiddle faddle.

Almond Poppy Seed Cake

1 box yellow cake mix
1 sm. box instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs
1 C. hot water
1/2 C. oil
1 tsp. almond extract
2 T. poppy seeds

Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees in a well greased bundt pan. Glaze with 3/4 C. powdered sugar and 2 T. water.

Janette's Easy, Tasty Cottage Cheese Salad

1 carton cottage cheese
3/4 container of cool whip
1 small jello
Mandarin oranges, drained

Mix cottage cheese with jello. Add cool whip and oranges. The end :)

Turtle Cookies (aka Waffle Iron Cookies)

2 Eggs, beaten
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Margarine, melted
1 tsp Vanilla
3 Tbs Cocoa
1 c Flour

Preheat waffle iron. Mix eggs, sugar, margarine, and vanilla. Add cocoa and flour. Drop good-cookie-sized spoonful onto each square of waffle iron. Cook 2-3 minutes. Remove and cool a bit. Ice heavily while still warm.

Turtle Frosting:
2 c Powdered Sugar
3 Tbs Cocoa
2 Tbs Margarine
4 Tbs milk
1 tsp Vanilla

Sausage and Rice Casserole

3/4 lb Sausage
1 medium Onion, chopped
1 small Green Pepper, chopped
1 pkg. dry Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup
1/2 c raw rice

Brown sausage. Add onions and peppers and saute. Bring 3 c water to a boil. Add soup mix, rice, and sausage mixture. Put into casserole dish and bake for one hour @ 350.

Yummier Rice Krispie Treats

13 oz Rice Krispie Cereal
Large Pkg. Marshmallows
1 Cube Butter

Melt marshmallows and butter in a large pan. Add Rice Krispies and stir until well coated. Spread half of the mixture in a buttered pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and more marshmallows.

Melt:
1 Pkg. Caramels
1/2 Cube Butter
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Pour over chocolate chips and marshmallows. Spread remaining Rice Krispie mixture on top. Delicious! (but really, with those ingredients, how could you go wrong? :)

Kathryn's Fudge Brownies

2 c sugar
2/3 c cocoa
2/3 c  melted butter
4 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 c chopped nuts

Bake in a 9x13 greased pan at 350 for 25 minutes (or double it and put it in a jelly roll pan) Delicious!

Margene’s Carrot Pudding

1 C.  sugar                                                               

1/2 C. butter

1 C. carrots, grated       

1 C. potatoes, grated

1 C. bread crumbs 

1 C. nuts, chopped 

1 C. dates or raisins

1 C. flour, sifted 

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. cinnamon 

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. cloves                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Cream butter and sugar then add the remaining ingredients.  Steam for 3 hrs.  Serve with Brown Sugar Sauce.

Brown Sugar Sauce

1 C.  brown sugar

1/2 cube butter

2 T.  flour

2 C. boiling water

1 tsp.  vanilla

Mix sugar and flour together.  Add butter and boiling water.  Cook until thick.  Add vanilla.  Serve over carrot pudding.

Judy's Carmel Syrup

1/2 c. sugar
2 T. corn syrup
3/4 c. buttermilk
1 t. soda
1 cube butter
2 t. vanilla

Combine all ingredients, except vanilla in a large pan. Boil slowly for 7 minutes. Add vanilla.

Janette's Candy Apple Salad

6 Granny Smith apples, peeled & chopped
5 candy bars, Milky Ways or Snickers, freeze & chop
1 8 oz Cool Whip

Mix just before eating and serve.

O'Henry Bars

2 C sugar
2 C corn syrup
2 C peanut butter
8 C rice krispies
1 12 oz pkg chocolate chips
1 12 oz pkg butterscotch chips

Bring corn syrup and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat and add peanut butter. Mix well. Spread in a large cookie sheet. Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips (careful to not burn). Spread over the top of the rice krispie mixture.

Judy's Syrup

2 C sugar
1 C water
1 tsp maple flavoring
1/2 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
1 T butter
glub, glub of corn syrup

Bring to a boil, stirring. Turn to low. Cover and cook 10 - 15 min to thicken.

Curt's Apple Crisp

In 9 x 13 pan:

1 can pineapple slices, drained
1 qt apple pie filling

Crumble over top, 1 cube butter & 1 white cake mix

Bake at 350 for 30 min. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

Charlie's Cube Steak

Cut up cube steak or round steak. Dip in flour and salt and pepper. Place in a crockpot with cream of mushroom soup, 1 pkg beef gravy mix, and 1/2 pkg. onion soup mix. Cook about all day. Serve with noodles or mashed potatoes.

Mary Ann's Rootbeer Ice Cream

2 liters or 5 cans of Rootbeer
1 pt whipping cream
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla

Mix together and freeze.

Margene's Baked Beans

2 large cans pork & beans or 4 small cans
1 C ketchup
1 green pepper, chopped
2 t worchestershire sauce
2 med onions, chopped
1 lb bacon, cut in pieces
1 C brown sugar

Cook bacon until half done, drain. Mix everything together and bake, covered, for 3 hr at 325. Large recipe. Cut in half if serving less than 10 people.

Judy's Meat Marinade for Rib Steaks

1/4 C red wine vinegar
2 T oil
2 T soy sauce
2 T ketchup
1/4 t onion salt
1/4/t garlic salt
dash of pepper

Mix and marinade meat at least 2 hrs or overnight

Margene's Roast

Bake for 5 hours at 275 degrees for a very tender roast.  Brown first for delicious gravy.