Apple Dip

1 8 oz. package cream cheese
1/4 C. sugar
1 C. Brown Sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 bag Heath (or toffee) chips (estimated)

Mixfirst four ingredients. When those are well mixed, add the toffee chips to desired amount. Serve with green apples for dipping or any other fruit that you want. It's YUMMY!

Banana Split Cake

This yummy recipe is a great one to make the night before. If you are having dinner guests over and need to have something done ahead of time this one is fantastic! Enjoy!!

Banana Split Cake

Serves: 12-15

Ingredients:

9 Honey Grahams, finely crushed (about 1 1/2 cups)

1 Cup sugar, divided

1/3 Cup butter, melted

2 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened

1 can (20 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice, drained

6 bananas, divided

2 cups cold milk

2 pkgs. (4 servings each) vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling

2 cups thawed whipped topping, divided

1 cup planters chopped pecans (optional)

Method:

MIX graham crumbs, 1/4 cup of the sugar and the butter; press onto bottowm of 9x13 in pan. Freeze 10 minutes.

BEAT cream cheese and remaining 3/4 cup sugar with electric mixer until well blended. Spread carefully over crust; top with pineapple. Slice 4 of the bananas; arrange over pineapple.

POUR milk into large bowl, add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire wisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping. Spread over banana layer in pan. Top with remaining 1 cup whipped topping. Refrigerate at least 5 hours.

SLICE remaining 2 bananas just before serving; arrange over dessert. Sprinkle with pecans. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

**MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND LET SET FOR AT LEAST 5 HOURS.

Pictures are coming!!

Thank you to all of my readers. I just want to let you know that pictures are coming. Since this blog is new I wanted to get a few recipes on first, especially the ones that people have been asking for. I will update the posts with pictures to make it pretty. I love it when there is a picture along with the recipe....not because I couldn't make the recipe with out one, but because it makes it so much more fun! Remember stay tuned and look for the pictures!

Fall Favorites

Here are a few of my favorite fall recipes. The first is a really good one. When I tried it for the first time, I was with my mom and we about ate the whole pan together. Yum!

Pumpkin Bars

Serves: A crowd

Ingredients:

4 eggs (beaten)

2 C. Pumpkin

1 C. oil

2 C. Sugar

2 C. flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp. Salt

2 tsp. Cinnamon

1 tsp. Baking Soda

Frosting:

6 oz. Cream Cheese (softened)

1 C. Butter (softened)

2 T. Milk

2 tsp. Vanilla

3 1/2 C. Powdered Sugar

Method:

Mix the 4 beaten eggs, 2 C. pumpkin, 1 C. oil and 2 C. sugar. Then add 2 C. flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. cinnamon and 1 tsp baking soda. Mix well.

Spread on greased Texas cookie sheet. **This mixture makes 1 1/2 cookie sheets** Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes (until spongy in center). Let it cool. Mix together frosting ingredients and spread over top.

The second recipe is great also. I love this one, because it's super easy and tastes great!

Apple Dip

Serves: A crowd

Ingredients:

1 8 oz. package Cream Cheese (softened)

1 C. Brown Sugar

1/4 C. Sugar

1 tsp. Vanilla

1/4 Bag Heath or Toffee Chips (estimated)

Method:

Mix the first four ingredients together. Once they are mixed then stir in Toffee Chips. Serve with Green apples (or your favorite type of apple)

Berry Delish!

This recipe I got from my sister-in-law. She brought it to a family party and I think my brother-in-law had about 6 helpings of it. It was delicious! Just had to have it. Since then I made it and brought it to a few gatherings and have had many requests for this one. The best part is...is it a dessert or a salad....or both!?!?

Berry Cheesecake Salad

Ingredients:
3 small cheesecake jello's
3 cups milk
16 oz cool whip
1 Package Graham crackers
1 TBS Sugar
1 cube of butter
1 bag of frozen mixed berries

Method:
Mix 3 small cheesecake jello's and 3 cups milk. Blend together with a mixer. Next blend in 16 oz Cool Whip.
In separate bowl combine crushed graham cracker crumbs with 1 TBS sugar and 1 cube of butter. Cool mixture.
Add 1 bag of mixed frozen berries to jello mixture. Stir. Then just before serving add in graham cracker crumb mixture. Serve.

Olé!

The last few years I have learned how to can. This year I tried Salsa (since we had a bunch of tomatoes and peppers in our garden). I thought that it turned out pretty good. I thought that my version could have been a little hotter, but here is the recipe that I used and you can alter it to your liking. This recipe is from the Ball Blue Book. Hope you like it as much as we did....Olé!

Zesty Salsa
Yeild: about 6 pints

Ingredients:
10 cups chopped, seeded, peeled, cored tomatoes (about 6 pounds)
5 cups chopped and seeded long green peppers (about 2 pounds)5 cups chopped onions (about 1 1/2 pounds)
2 1/2 cups chopped and seeded hot peppers (about 1 pound)
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons cilantro, minced
3 teaspoons salt
1 1/4 cups cider vinegar
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (optional)

Method:
Combine all ingredients in a large saucepot, adding hot pepper sauce, if desired. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Ladle hot salsa into hot jars, leaving 1/4 in headspace. Adjust two piece caps. Process 15 minutes in a boiling water canner.Note: When cutting or seeding hot peppers, wear rubber gloves to prevent hands from being burned.

Something Magic

There is something magic about a good recipe. It's amazing how a few simple ingredients mixed in the proper order make something that tastes good....even magical. That's why I love to cook. I was inspired by my mother who also loved to cook. She was such a good cook that you could give her a recipe and as she was reading through the ingredients she could practally know how it would taste. I spent many hours in the kitchen with her learning and exploring and trying lots of new recipes. After helping her cook and many years of practice on my own....here I am. Since I have had requests for some of my recipes I decided to start this blog "the magic mixing bowl". As many of you may know, usually a good recipe comes from someone else. So thank you for all of you that have helped me get some really great recipes, and be able to start this blog.