Maple Sweet Potatoes
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
8 cups of sweet potatoes
⅓ cup of maple syrup
2 tablespoons of butter, melted
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cut and arrange sweet potatoes in a baking dish.
Combine maple syrup, butter, salt, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
Pour mixture on the potatoes and toss to coat them.
Cover and cook sweet potatoes for 45 to 50 minutes.
Stir every 15 minutes.
Take out when tender.
Let cool and enjoy.
Stuffed Peppers
Serves: 3
Ingredients:
3 large orange bell peppers
15 ounce can of tomato sauce
½ pound of ground beef
⅓ chopped onion
1 cup cooked rice
⅛ teaspoon of salt
⅛ teaspoon of pepper
⅛ teaspoon of garlic powder
Directions:
Cut the tops off of the peppers and remove the seeds.
Put them in a small saucepan and cover with water then bring to a simmer.
Bring to a simmer and cook for three minutes.
Drain and dry.
Cut little faces into each of the peppers. (optional)
Cook the ground beef and onion in a skillet, then drain.
Add the salt, pepper, rice, garlic powder, and half of the tomato sauce.
Fill the peppers and top with the rest of the sauce.
Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350.
Pie Crust Recipe
Serves: 8
Yields: 2 pie crusts
Ingredients:
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
⅔ cup butter or ⅔ cup shortening
5-7 tablespoons cold water
Directions:
Put flour into mixing bowl with the butter
Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour
Add salt and water
Mix until dough is formed
Roll out on flat surface
Bake at 375 degrees until brown
Prick crust prior to baking for non filled baked pies
Pumpkin Hand-Pie Recipe
Serves: Varied
Yields: Varied
Ingredients:
2 pie crusts
1 cup pure pumpkin
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
¼ teaspoon allspice
1 beaten egg
Directions:
Mix together pumpkin and sugar
Add butter then mix
Add spices then mix
Use a mini pie maker, cookie cutter, or cup to cut out your shapes from the pie crust
Put a teaspoon to tablespoon of your pumpkin mix in the middle of your pie crust
Fold over your pie crust and use a fork to crimp down the edges
Brush the beaten egg over the outside of the mini pie
Cut three vents into the pies
Place them on a cookie sheet and bake them at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes
Mini Apple Pies
Serves: 8
Yields: 8
Ingredients:
Crust (16” x 8” rectangle)
1 large apple
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425
Peel, core and coarsely grate the apple, put in a bowl and stir in the sugar and cinnamon
Cut the crust into eight 4” x 4” squares
Put about 1 tablespoon of the apple mixture into the middle of the squares of dough and fold the corners into the middle to cover the filling
Pinch the corners together to seal it and then brush the top with your beaten egg and move them to your baking sheet
Bake your mini pies for 8-10 minutes or until they turn golden brown
Apple Cider
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
1 orange, sliced
1 ½ teaspoons of whole clove
4 granny smith apples, sliced
4 red delicious apples, sliced
1 ½ teaspoon of whole allspice
3 sticks of cinnamon
8 cups of water
Directions:
Place all of the fruit and spices into a slow cooker.
Add the 8 cups of water and cook on high for 3 or 4 hours.
Uncover and mash softened fruit with a potato masher.
Cover again and continue cooking on low for 1 or 2 hours.
Strain and serve warm.
