Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lb chicken breasts
• 2 T. minced onion (or 1/2 cup diced onion)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced (I used probably 1/2 tsp garlic powder)
• 1 T. vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 T. taco seasoning
• 4 cups water
• 12 corn tortillas or 4 flour tortillas
• 1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  

Directions:

1. Cook the chicken in a skillet with the onion and garlic in the vegetable oil, drain.
2. Stir in flour and taco seasoning, then add the water. Bring to a boil then reduce heat, cover and cook for 8 minutes.
3. Cut tortillas in half. Place cut edge on each side of 11 x 7 baking dish making a layer of tortilla, overlapping to fit. (if using flour tortillas, may have to cut them in quarters)
4. Spoon 2 cups of meat mixture over tortillas, then 1/2 cup cheese. Repeat layers. Top with remaining tortillas and sauce.
5. Bake uncovered at 375 for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake 5 minutes until melted.
6. Serve with salsa if desired.
   

Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

• Ingredients
  2 cups Bisquick
  1/2 cup oil
  1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
  4 eggs, beaten
  2 teaspoons cinnamon (2 teaspoons cinnamon plus Pampered Chef, Recipezaar has a mock pampered chef cinnamon plus recipe)
  4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  1/3 cup butter, softened
  1 tablespoon milk
  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  2 cups powdered sugar
  


• Directions
  1 Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2 Beat, oil, pumpkin, eggs and cinnamon mixture on medium speed for 1 minute.
  3 Stir in Bisquick and continue mixing at medium speed until smooth.
  4 Pour batter into a jelly roll pan or bar pan or 13 x 9" pan and bake for 23-26 minutes.
  5 Let cool completely before frosting.
  6 While bars are baking, cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla together until well blended.
  7 Slowly add powdered sugar until well blended.
  8 Store in the refrigerator until you are ready to frost your pumpkin bars.
  9 Let sit out at room temperature for 10 minutes before frosting.
  10 Can also be used to make pumpkin muffins/cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
  

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• Pumpkin
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 Tbsp oil
• 3 Tbsp applesauce
• 1 medium tart apple, peeled and grated

TOPPING:

• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp flour
• 2 Tbsp cold butter
• 1/2 cup oatmeal
• 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts
  

Directions:

1. In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, combine the egg, milk, oil and applesauce. Stir in dry ingredients just until moistened. Foil in apple. fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. For topping, combine brown sugar and flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in oats and nuts. Sprinkle over muffins. Bake at 400 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.
   

Crockpot Apple Butter

Ingredients:

• Fill crock pot full of chopped apples.
• 4 cups sugar, or less
• 4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cloves
  

Directions:

1. Drizzle over apples. Cook 1 hour on HIGH. Lower heat. Cook until smooth (9-11 hours).
   

Apple Snicker Bar Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 (8oz) carton of Cool Whip
• 2 (8oz each) cans of chunked pineapple, drained, reserved
• 3 sliced apples
• 3 Snickers bars, cut into pieces
• 1/2 cup whole salted peanuts
  

Directions:

1. Slice apples into pineapple juice to prevent from turning dark. Mix all ingredients together.
   

Apple Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 c. flour
• 1-3/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/3 c. margarine
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 c. milk
• 1/2 c. grated raw apple (I use slighty more about 3/4 c.)
  

Directions:

1. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and sugar. Cut in 1/3 c. margarine until mixture is fine.
2. Mix together egg, milk and grated apple.
3. Add all at once into flour mixture. Mix quickly.
4. Put into muffin tins
5. Bake at 350* for 20-25 minutes.
6. Remove from pans.
7. Roll in melted butter, then cinn-sugar mixture.