Yummy tip for quick breads

When making quick breads (like banana bread and zucchini bread), sprinkle your pan with cinnamon and sugar after spraying!

Zucchini Bread

3 beaten eggs
1 c. oil
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1/4 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
3 t. cinnamon
3 c. grated zucchini
3 t. vanilla
1/2 c. nuts (chopped)

* Beat eggs until foamy. Add oil and sugar. Beat altogether until foamy. Mix and add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt. Add last the zucchini, vanilla, and nuts.
* Bake 1 hour at 375 degrees.
* Yield: 2 loaves

No Bake Cookies

2 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. cocoa
* Bring to full boil; full boil - 1 1/2 minutes; remove from heat

Add: 1 stick butter (1/2 c.)
1/2 c. peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
* Blend until smooth

Add 3 c. oatmeal or something like it.
* Drop by spoonful and cool.

Ritz Chicken

Chicken, cooked and cubed
8 oz. sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 package Ritz crackers
Butter (optional)

Line casserole dish bottom with chicken. Mix soup and sour cream then pour on chicken. Crush Ritz crackers on chicken mixture. Butter chopped on top. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees.

* I like to season my chicken with Creole; makes it nice and spicy. Also, I skip the butter on top.

* Serve with rice!!

Yummy Creamy Coffee Cake

1 c. sugar
1 c. margarine
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1 c. milk
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt

Topping:
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
2/3 c. brown sugar

* Cream sugar, margarine, and eggs; add vanilla. Mix 1 tablespoon vinegar in 1 c. milk and add alternately with flour, soda, and salt. Spread half dough in 13 x 9" greased pan. Sprinkle half topping and cover with rest of dough. Sprinkle rest of topping and optional chopped nuts over top. Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

Easy Caramel Corn

1 cube butter or margarine
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 c. brown sugar
1 c. corn syrup

* Boil 5 minutes. Pour over popped corn. Makes enough for 3 loads of hot air popcorn.

Orange Julius

6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 c. milk
1 c. water
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Ice cubes until thick & icy

* combine all ingredients in blender for 30 seconds (except ice cubes). Add ice cubes a few at a time until drink is thick & icy. Serve at once. Other juice concentrates can be used, as well as fresh fruit or frozen, in place of concentrate.