holiday recipes

[wendy]

sweet tater souffle

1 large can sweet taters
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 stick butter, melted
2 eggs beaten
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Mix all ingredients together. Pour into a 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 300ºF for 25-30 mins. Remove from oven. Add topping and bake 15 more mins until crunchy and crisp.

Topping:
3/4 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup crushed cornflakes

melt butter and brown sugar, add chopped nuts and cornflakes, spoon on top of sweet taters.

Corn Pudding

Mix together....
1 8oz cup sour cream
1 stick of butter melted
3 eggs


1 box of jiffy corn mix
1 can creamed corn
1 can of whole corn with juice

Mix everything together. Pour into 9x13 greased pan at 350ºF for 1 hour.


Cranberry White Choclate Shortbread cookies
2 cups (4 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 cups flour
1 package white chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add flour and mix well.
Stir in choclate chips and cranberries
Drop rounded tablespoons of dough, 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Flatten each slightly
Bake 10-14 mins until lightly browned.
Cool 5 mins on sheet (very important or they fall apart)
remove to wire racks to cool after the 5 mins is up.


Spicy Pumpkin Cake

1 package spice cake mix
1 package (8oz) cream cheese softened and divided in half
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger (if you don't have it skip it)
1/2 cup thawed cool whip
2 tsp sugar

Preheat oven to 350ºF

Prepare cake mix as directed, reducing water to 1/2 cup and increasing oil to 1/2 cup (i use 1/2 cup of applesauce insted of oil). Add half of the cream cheese, the pumpkin, cinnamon,a nd ginger.

Beat on medium speed until well blended.

Pour into greased 12-cup fluted tube pan (like a bunt cake pan).

Bake 40-45 mins or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. ( I cooked it maybe 10 mins longer). Cool 10 mins, Remove from pan: cool completely on wire rack.

Mix remaining cream cheese, whipped topping and sugar until well blended. Spread on top of cooled cake.