Brown Sugar Oatmeal Muffins

3 cups flour     1 c brown sugar, packed     1/2 c sugar
1 T & 1 1/2 tsp baking powder     1 1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 c shortening (I use butter flavor Crisco)    3 c quick oats


Combine all ingredients except the shortening & oats.  Mix well.  Cut in the shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in oats.  Store in an air tight container for up to 6 months.  Makes 9 cups of mix/ 3 batches of muffins


For muffins - preheat oven to 400 F; combine 3 cups of mixture from above with 1 egg & 2/3 c milk; mix well.  Fill paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full; bake for 10 to 15 min.  Cool for 5 min. before removing from pan.  Makes 1 dozen.


Very good plain, also taste great with chocolate chip, and/or nuts added.

Honey Baked Chicken

4 large chicken breast cut in half lengthwise                   2 tsp. salt

1 tsp lemon juice                           1 T oil                             1/3 c honey

1 T. prepared mustard                   1/2 tsp. oregano

Place chicken on bottom of shallow baking dish.  Mix remaining ingredients together; spoon half of mixture over the chicken.  Bake at 350 for 1 hour.  When chicken in almost done, add remaining honey mixture over chicken & finish baking.

Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal

Bake Pumpkin Oatmeal

3 cup quick cooking oats              1/2 cup brown sugar           1 cup milk

2 T butter                                         2 eggs                                    2 t baking powder

3/4 t salt                                           2 t vanilla                               1/2 t cinnamon

3/4 cup canned pumpkin              1/4 c brown sugar (for top)

In a large bowl mix together all ingredients except the 1/4 cup brown sugar for the top.  Spread into a grease 9x13 pan. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar on top.  Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.  Optional serve with milk & enjoy!

Buttermilk Bran Muffins

Buttermilk Bran Muffins

3 cups All Bran Buds cereal           1 c boiling water                  1/2 qt. buttermilk

1/2 c butter                                        1 1/2 c sugar                         2 eggs

2 1/2 c flour                                        2 1/2 t baking soda              1 t salt

dried fruit (optional)                         nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Bring water to boiling point; add butter & All-Bran cereal; set aside to cool or cool with buttermilk.  Add buttermilk. Beat sugar & eggs together & add to the cereal mixture.  mix dry ingredients & gradually add to liquid mixture.  Add raisins, dried fruit, etc. and/or nuts if you like.  Pour batter into paper lined muffins tins, filling 3/4 full.  Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 min.  Makes 3 dozen.

Batter can be store in  frig. up to 6 weeks in a covered container.

Double Chocolate Gluten Free Muffins

Double chocolate Gluten Free Muffins

1 1/4 c rice flour   3/4 c sweet rice flour  1/4 c cornstarch

2 c sugar                3/4c cocoa        1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda        1/2 tsp salt     1 c oil

1 3/4 c buttermilk    3 eggs     1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 c chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin tine with paper liners.  This makes 24 muffins. In a bowl combine, rice flours, cornstarch, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda & salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake for 17-18 minutes or until done. 

Home made Tomato Soup

Home made Tomato Soup

handed down to Lela Ruth Marshall (my mother-in-law) from her Aunt

Take 2 gallons of tomatoes - cut them up into small pieces.  Cook them until soft, then run through a sieve, saving the juice.  If you don't have tomatoes then 2 quarts of juice will work.

Take 1/2 stalk of celery & 6 onions.  Cut both up into small pieces & cook until soft enough to mash with a potato masher.  I use a small pressure cooker to cook the celery & onions, less time to cook.

In a small cooking pot heat together 1 cup butter, 1 c sugar, 1 c flour, 1 T salt & 1/2 t pepper.  Heat on med to low heat until butter is melted & all ingredients are mix well.

Take the juice, mashed celery & onions & put into a large pot.  Add the butter mixture & heat to just a boil.  Stirring occasionally.

Put in quart jars & pressure cook 10 min. at 10lbs pressure.  Makes about 3 quarts.

To make soup, take one quart jar of soup mixture pour into a pot.  Add enough milk to make it as thin as you like your soup.  Heat until just a boil. (I take the jar that had the soup in it & fill it half way with milk to add to the mixture.  My mother-in-law prefer to refill the quart jar completely to add to her soup).

Barbecue Meatballs

2 lbs hamburger             1/2 c minced onions       1/2 t pepper
2 eggs beaten                 1/2 t chili pepper          1 c milk (I use skim)
1/2 t garlic powder         2 c quick oats


Mix all the ingredients together, mixing well.  Shape into meatbalss & place in a 13x9 baking dish.


Next mix the following well -
2c ketchup                     1/2 water                     1 T liquid smoke
1 1/2 c packed brown sugar             2 t garlic powder
1/2 c minced onions


Pour this mixture over the meatballs and bake at 350 uncovered for 1 hour or until the meatballs are done.