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Fox Run Farm’s Famous Oatmeal Cookies

What you will need:

3/4C Shortening

1C packed brown sugar

1C sifted flour (bread)

1/2C sugar

3C quick oats

1t vanilla

1t salt

1 egg

1/2 t soda

1/4C water

Beat shortening, sugars, egg, water and vanilla together until creamy — sift together flour, salt and soda — add to cream mixture, blend well –stir in oats

drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet

Bake at 350 for 12-15 min

For variety add raisins (1C)

Geri’s Great Granola

You will need:

2 cups oats

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 cup coarsely chopped nut

1/2 of cup of one or more of these: dried cranberries, raisins, cherries, blueberries, apricots

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 tablespoon melted butter

1/8 cup of honey

Toss and bake on parchment covered baking sheet with wides for 20 minutes at 330 degrees — turning once

Cool on baking sheet

Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 3 weeks.

Southern Pineapple Casserole

You will need:
2 – 20 oz cans of pineapple chunks/tidbits, drained
1/2 cup sugar
6 tablespoons of flour
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Topping: 40 Ritz crackers (crushed), 1/2 cup of melted butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Add all ingredients except crackers and butter to an 8×8 casserole dish (do not grease dish)

Mix butter and crackers together then spread on top of casserole

Bake for 25-30 minutes

Lemon Jello Cake

Grease and flour angel food cake pan and preheat your oven to 375

You will need:
1 Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
1 lemon jello
3/4 C oil
1 Cup water
2 eggs

Beat all for 4 minutes – bake at 375 degrees
For 40 minutes (clean toothpick) +8 min

When done, take out of oven and take the outer pan off cake and leave sitting to cool

While cooling, make topping.
You will need: powder sugar, lemon juice.

Mix powder sugar and lemon juice to a consistency that will drizzle

Once cooled, remove cake from remaining part of pan and drizzle with the powder sugar/lemon juice mixture.

Easy Pumpkin Custard Pie

Gigi’s Easy Pumpkin Custard Pie
(Recipe shared by FOODie Geralyn Campbell)

15 oz can pumpkin
3/4 C sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/2 t cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1/4 t ginger
1/8 t cloves
1 1/3 C milk or cream
9” unbaked pie shell

Preheat oven to 425.

Blend pumpkin, sugar, spices & salt. Add eggs & milk; blend well. Pour into pie shell.
Place in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 45-50 minutes until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool. Garnish with whipped cream.