Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cookies

Cookie Ingredients/Directions:
Bowl #1:
4 c. flour
2 c. oatmeal
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt

Bowl #2:
3 sticks butter
2 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

*Using one can of pumpkin (16 oz.), mix alternately with bowl #1 (dry ingredients) into bowl #2 (wet mixture)
Bake at 350 for about 8 minutes (check after 7-8).

Frosting Ingredients/Directions:
8 oz. cream cheese
3 c. powdered sugar
2 tsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
*Beat together and frost cookies!

Stove Top Surprise

Ingredients:
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1 box of Chicken Stove Top stuffing (with ingredients needed to prepare stuffing)
1/3 cup of sour cream
1 16 oz. bag of frozen veggies
1½ lbs. chicken

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Defrost frozen veggies and place on bottom of 9 x 13 pan.
3. Cook chicken and cut up into small cubes and mix in with veggies.
4. Prepare stuffing mix (follow directions on box) and set aside.
5. Mix cream of chicken soup and sour cream together in separate bowl, then mix with veggies and chicken in pan.
6. Top pan with stuffing mix.
7. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Spaghetti Pie

My husband and I are both not Spaghetti fans, but this, we love...

1 lb ground beef or turkey
1 jar spaghetti sauce
spaghetti noodles (I use angel hair and never really measure, I do about 1/3 a package for our small family of 3) use more noodles for bigger families.
1/2 stick butter
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup parmesean cheese
mozzerella or jack cheese

(As a side note...we're a small family, so I usually 1/2 this and cook it in an 8x8 pan. So I do 1/2 lb ground beef and 1/2 jar sauce...I still do 1/2 stick butter, 1 egg and 1/2 cup parmesean cheese though!)


*Brown ground beef and drain. Add sauce to meat and simmer while you do the rest. Cook the noodles till they're done, drain. Add the butter to the hot noodles until melted then add the beaten egg and the parmesean cheese. Put noodle mixture in a 9x13 pan, then pour the sauce and meat on top. Sprinkle with any kind of cheese, jack or mozzerella is great. Bake 350 for 35 min or until bubbly on sides.

Mini Mexican Pizzas

Ingredients:
1 crescent roll package
Tortilla chips
Refried beans
1 lb. ground beef
Taco seasoning
Shredded lettuce
Tomatoes (or salsa)
Onions (optional)
Sour cream
Green Goddess dressing (optional)
Shredded cheese (any kind is fine)

Directions:

1. Cook ground beef with 1/2 cup of water, browned and seasoned for tacos

2. Preheat oven to 350.

3. Lay crescent rolls flat on greased cookie sheet. You can also use a 9" greased pie pan.

4. On top of raw crescent rolls, add layer of refried beans, then sour cream, then ground beef.

*Kristin suggested mixing a little Green Goddess dressing to the sour cream, then spread.

5. On top of ground beef, add a layer of CRUSHED tortilla chips.

6. Top with shredded cheese, then another layer of crushed tortilla chips.

7. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes (check on it after 25).

8. Cut "pizza" into individual slices.

9. Following, top with shredded lettuce and tomatoes (I like to use salsa). Onions are also an option.

10. Enjoy!

Mom's Chili

Ingredients:
2 cans of kidney beans (I use 1.5 cans...)
2 cans chili beans
1 package of chili mix
1 large 29oz. can of Hunt's Tomato Sauce
1 lb. ground beef
Chopped green peppers (optional)

Directions:
1. Cook meat in separate skillet until browned and add salt and pepper.
2. Mix other ingredients (beans, mix, tomato sauce) in large pot .
3. When meat is ready, add chopped green peppers (if desired), then combine with chili mixture in pot.
4. Let cook on stovetop until hot.
5. Serve with cheddar cheese, sour cream, and cornbread muffins!