Creamy Italian Sausage Pasta

We tried this and it was delicious!  I used bowtie pasta instead and shaved parmesan cheese.  I think it would also be delicious with mushrooms added!

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/creamy-italian-sausage-pasta

Flour's Famous Banana Bread

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/flours-famous-banana-bread-recipe.html

Grandma Doug's Sugar Cookies

Hey Guys,
Niki Roberts passed on to me Grandma Dougoveto's sugar cookie recipe.  Remember those light, crunchy ones she used to make that weren't decorated but just coated in sugar?  I'm excited to try them.  Here's the recipe:


Sugar Cookies


1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup sugar
1 cup margarine softened
1 cup salad oil
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cream of tartar


Cream sugars and margarine.  Ad oil, eggs, and vanilla.  Beat until combined. Sift together flour, salt, soda, and tartar. 


Add and mix till combined.  Shape dough into 1" balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Flatten each ball with a glass dipped in sugar.  (I run my finger under water and rub the bottom of the glass...makes the sugar stick.)


Bake @ 375 for 10 min.

Apple Crisp (Best Ever) - Once it hits the lips...

3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Oats
1/3 Cup Butter, Soft
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
4-5 apples

Peel and slice apples, place on the bottom of a square pyrex dish (i think its 8x8). Mix all ingredients till fully incorporated. Cover apples. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Savor.

Grandma Ople's Apple Pie

Prepare pie crust for a 9" double crust pie.

1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup (minus 1 tablespoon) water
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
sliced up apples ( I used about 5 cups of macintosh)

Preheat oven to 350.  Melt butter in saucepan.  Stir in flour to form paste.  Add water, cinnamon, vanilla, sugars, and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to low.  Place bottom crust in pie plate.  Brush bottom and sides with egg white.  Fill with apples, mounded slightly.  Pour 3/4 of warm cinnamon/sugar mixture onto apples.  Cover with lattice crust.  Brush or spoon remaining 1/4 of mixture over crust.  Bake for an hour or until the visible crust is lightly browned.

* Place pan with foil underneath pie to catch drippings!

Baked Onion Dip

1 large vidalia onion diced
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese
1/3 cup mayo
1 T parsley
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 bag shredded swiss cheese (8oz)
1 small bag sliced almonds

Bake in greased glass pie plate at 400 for 15-20 minutes until the top is browned and bubbly.  Serve with tostito chips for dipping!

Cranberry Chicken

Prep Time: 10 min. Cook Time: 5 hours Ingredients:

1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 4 lbs.), cut up

1 can (14 oz.) whole-berry cranberry sauce

1 cup BBQ sauce

1 onion, finely chopped

1 celery rib, finely chopped

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

hot cooked rice

Place the chicken in a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, BBQ sauce, onion, celery, salt, and pepper. Pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until the chicken is tender. Serve with rice. *Notes: I used a whole chicken, but I didn't cut it up until after it was cooked. Next time I try this recipe, I'm going to use chicken breasts instead. It would be easier to serve. However, Luke and I both loved this meal. Give it a whirl!