HippieDog's Favorite Recipes

Hot Apple Cinnamon Cider

Hot Apple Cinnamon Cider

1/2 gallon apple cider
3 cinnamon sticks
2 oranges, sliced

Add mixture to large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

 

Holiday Slush Punch

This is the BEST punch!

Do yourself a favor and make some tonight, pop it in the freezer and enjoy it for Hallow's Eve!

Holiday Slush Punch

6 cups water
1 1/2 to 2 cups sugar
1 46 ounce can pineapple juice
4 cups orange juice
2 3 ounce boxes strawberry jello mix
2/3 cup lemon juice
2 2 liter bottles lemon-lime soda
gallon freezer bags

Bring water, sugar and jello to a boil. Boil and stir for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.

Stir in pineapple juice, lemon juice and orange juice.

Divide mixture in two 1 gallon freezer bags. Freeze overnight.

Take out of freezer about 1 to 1 1/2 hours before your party and place in punch bowl. Pour one 2 liter bottle of lemon-lime soda in punch bowl, stir until slushy.

Repeat with remaining slushy mixture :)

Garnish with orange slices if desired.

Recipe adapted from allrecipes.com Luscious Slush Punch.

 

Halloween Cinnamon Sugar Crustos

 

I remember when I was little, my sister Susie would make us the BEST sugar crustos.

You can use your favorite pie crust recipe or ready made. This is one of my favorites from the Good Housekeeping Cookbook.

Pie Crust

2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
3/4 cups shortening
5 to 6 TB cold water

Combine flour and salt. Cut in shortening with pastry blender, adding water gradually.

Shape in ball and cover with saran wrap, refrigerate 1 hour.

On floured surface roll out pie crust and cut out shapes using cookie cutters.

Place on cookie sheet and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake 425 degrees for 7-8 minutes or until edges just begin to brown.

Susie always made us the long thick strips and lots of sugar and cinnamon :)

 

Daddy's Chili

Our Dad's Chili.......one of the easiest and best chili's you'll ever find. Thanks Dad!

2 16 ounce cans tomatoes cut up
1 8 ounce tomato sauce
1 28 ounce can chili beans
1 pound ground hamburger or turkey burger
1 onion, diced
1 celery stalk, diced
1 package Schillings chili seasoning mix

Boil celery and onions for 15 minutes, or until tender. Meanwhile, brown burger with a little bit of onion, salt, pepper and season salt. Cook until meat is brown and drain grease if using ground beef.

Add all ingredients to crock pot on low for 2-4 hours. Or bring to boil, and simmer for 1 hour.

Serve with sour cream, diced onions and mozzarella cheese cubes.

Recipe Source: My Dad

 

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread

15 ounce can pumpkin puree
3 cups sugar
2/3 cup water
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. ground ginger

Grease and flour 3 or 4 mini loaf pans depending on the size you are using.

Combine pumpkin, sugar, eggs, water and oil. Mix until well combined.

In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir together and gradually add to pumpkin mixture until combined.

Pour in prepared pans and bake 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until toothpick test :) Recipe from Allrecipes.com

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 8 ounce cream cheese
3/4 cups butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pound powdered sugar

Combine butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add vanilla until well combined. Gradually add powdered sugar. Frost and smile :)