ThriftyFun Recipes - January 21, 2008

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• Plumping Up Raisins
• Looking for Jewish Apple Cake Recipe
• Gooey Buns Recipe
• Recreating a Friend's Chicken and Rice Casserole

Today's Recipes:

• Apple Baked French Toast
• Great Grandma's Sugar Cream Pie
• Stained Glass Salad
• Easy Shepherd's Pie
• Fudge Icing
• Oven-Crisp Potato Wedges
• Chow Mein Casserole
• Pizza Casserole

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Plumping Up Raisins

Can you plump up raisins? I want to make cinnamon rolls. I have a new box of raisins but they seem a little dry. Any way to make them moister?

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Looking for Jewish Apple Cake Recipe

Does anyone have an old Jewish apple cake recipe made with bisquick? About 12 years ago, I got a recipe for Jewish Apple Cake off of the Bisquick box. It was the best and easiest that I've ever made. I've searched the net, with no luck. Even emailed Betty Crocker, who said they no longer have that recipe. Thanks so much!

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Gooey Buns Recipe

I am looking for a childhood recipe called Gooey Buns. They were made with cubes of ham, cheese and I can't remember what else, but i loved them! It is a late 50's early 60's recipe.

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Recreating a Friend's Chicken and Rice Casserole

A friend of mine who used to make the most delicious chicken and rice casserole died suddenly and I would love to have the recipe. I overheard her once saying that she put a packet of something she bought at the store in it to season. I don't know if it was a packet of salad dressing mix or perhaps a dry soup mix, but the results were delicious. She put whole pieces of chicken on top of the rice that was seasoned and baked it in the oven. Has anyone got any idea what the recipe might be?

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Apple Baked French Toast

Ingredients:

• 1 large loaf French or Italian bread
• 8 large eggs
• 3-1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla
• 3 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 6 to 8 medium-sized cooking apples (I use Granny Smith)
• 2 Tbsp. butter

Directions:

Slice bread into 1-1/2-inch slices. Spray a 9x13 glass baking dish with margarine or cooking spray. Place bread in the baking dish with sides touching (snug fit). In a bowl, beat together the eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, milk and vanilla with whisk, for about 30 seconds. Pour one half of the egg mixture over the bread. Peel, core, and slice apples. Place sliced apples on top of bread to cover.

Pour balance of egg mixture evenly over apples. MIx remaining 1/2 cup sugar with cinnamon and nutmeg and sprinkle evenly over top of apples. Dot with butter. Cover and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Uncover dish and bake in oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and allow to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. Cut into squares and serve with warm syrup or powdered sugar.

Source: Gourmet magazine August 1, 2006

By Connie from Cotter, AR

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Great Grandma's Sugar Cream Pie

Place unbaked pie crust in a 9 inch pan.

Mix:

• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 2/3 cup sugar

Add:

• 1 2/3 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Sprinkle with:

• cinnamon
• pieces of butter

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Stained Glass Salad

Ingredients

• 1 box cherry gelatin (3 oz.)
• 1 box orange gelatin (3 oz.)
• 1 box black raspberry gelatin (3 oz.)
• 5 boxes lemon gelatin (3 oz.)
• 1/2 gal. vanilla ice cream

Directions

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Easy Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs hamburger, ground round or something that does not have a lot of fat.
• onions (optional)
• peppers (optional)
• 2 cans corn or favorite vegetables (drained)
• Leftover potatoes or boxed potatoes

Directions

You can add whatever you want to the hamburger; onions, peppers, etc. while you brown the hamburger. Drain hamburger when done.

Put hamburger into a 10 or 12 in pie pan or small square pan whatever you have on hand,

Drain 2 can of corn or favorite vegetables (in cans), I have found corn seems to give this a really good taste. Using the regular soup size cans for your vegetables.

Empty drained corn over hamburger and spread around on top.

Then, if you have at least 2 cups potatoes left over from a meal. Or you can buy a box of potatoes, using the whole box. Use as much butter or salt while making the potatoes as suits your taste. (I have found the more butter and just enough salt make instant potatoes really good.)

Last thing to do spread potatoes over corn. Add a little butter and some pepper on top or cheese, whatever your little heart desires.

Do not cover you do not have to grease the pan either. Put into 350 degree F oven.

Bake for 30 minutes or the potatoes are golden brown.

Note: The nice thing about this recipe is the fact that you can put it together so quickly and you can put it together the night before also using anything but aluminum pans to keep in the frig. Take it out and bake.

If you do this it will take a little longer to bake. depending on how your oven heats. I would say at the least 15 min extra. You can make a salad or have rolls to add to the meal because every thing you need is right there in that pan. I love it! I hope anyone who tries this will like it just as much as I do. You can do just about anything you want for this recipe to make it your own. It's quick and easy and you usually have the items on hand.

Source: The source is my Mother in law, I have been making it for about 30 years.

By Darlene from Fairview, PA

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Fudge Icing

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup white Karo syrup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Oven-Crisp Potato Wedges

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 lbs. small red potatoes
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• 4 tsp. finely minced garlic
• 3/4 tsp. coarse salt
• 1/2 tsp. paprika
• 1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 525 degrees F. Quarter potatoes and place in large bowl. Drizzle olive oil over potatoes and toss.

Sprinkle garlic, salt, paprika and pepper over potatoes; toss to coat well. Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly spray with vegetable cooking spray. Arrange potatoes on prepared baking sheet. Roast for 20 minutes, stirring once or twice during the cooking.

Raise heat to broil. Broil potatoes until crisp, watching closely not to over-brown, about 1 to 2 minutes.

Tip: If you have left-over potato wedges, reheat the left-overs with cooked crumbled sausage and chopped red peppers, and serve with scrambled eggs for the next morning's breakfast.

By Connie from Cotter, AR

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Chow Mein Casserole

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 1 cup raw rice
• 1 small bottle of soy sauce
• 2 cups celery diced

Directions

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Pizza Casserole

Pizza Casserole VIII

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. hamburger (I sometimes use ground chicken or ground pork)
• 1 onion
• 1 can tomato soup
• 1 jar pizza sauce
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 7 oz. macaroni
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 small bag sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 large bag mozzarella cheese

Directions

Brown hamburger and onion. Drain. Add pizza sauce, tomato soup and sugar. Let simmer for 10 minutes while the macaroni is cooking. Drain the macaroni and put in bottom of pan (13x9 inch and spray the pan for easy clean up)

Beat egg, and then mix it with the milk. Pour over the macaroni and mix well. Spread evenly over the bottom of the pan again. Pour the meat sauce over the macaroni and spread evenly. Do not mix. Sprinkle cheddar cheese over and follow with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

Source: The Fish Wrapper the Berks Edition

By Barbara from Shoemakersville, PA

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