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Moms Favorite Cheddar Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups bisquick
• 2/3 Cup milk
• 1/2 Cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 Cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1/4 Teaspoon garlic powder

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Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Mix Bisquick, milk and cheese until a soft dough forms. Drop by spoonfulls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown. Mix butter and garlic powder. Brush mixture over warm biscuits befor removing from cookie sheet.

Serves: 6

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Moms Famous Pulled Meat BBQ

Ingredients:

• 1 Medium onion, chopped 
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 2 Tablespoons vinegar
• 1/4 Cup brown sugar
• Juice from 1/2 a lemon
• 3 Tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
• 1 Cup broth from meat
• 1/2 Teaspoon mustard
• 1/2 Cup celery, chopped
• 1 Large bottle Catsup
• 4 Pound pork roast
• 3 Pound beef roast

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Directions:

In a large crockpot cook both the pork and beef roast together filling pot half full of water. Cook three hours on medium high heat. Check water level periodically and add when needed. Continue cooking until meet pulls apart (shreds easily) with a fork. Remove meat from crockpot and pull meat until it is shredded to sandwich size. Empty all stock from crockpot saving 1 cup. Put pulled meat back in crockpot and add remaining ingredients and 1 cup stock. Simmer on medium low heat for 2 hours. Serve BBQ on kaiser rolls and garnish with dill pickle slices.

Serves: 8

Mothers Friendship Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

• 4 Cups cubed cooked chicken
• 1-1/2 Cups seedless green grapes, halved
• 1 Cup celery, thinly sliced
• 3/4 Cup sliced green onion
• 3 Hard boiled eggs, chopped
• 1/2 Cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 Cup sour cream
• 1 Tablespoon prepared mustard
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1/2 Teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 Teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon celery salt
• 1/8 Teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/8 Teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 Cup slivered almonds, toasted
• 1 Kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced (optional)

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Directions:

• In large bowl combine chicken, grapes, celery, onionsand eggs.
• In another bowl, combine the 9 ingredients; Stir until smooth
• Pour over chicken mixture and toss gently
• Stir in almonds and serve immediately, or refrigerate and add almonds right before serving.
• Garnish with kiwi fruit if desired.

 Serves: 8

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Mom's Favorite Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients:

Cake:

• 1-1/2 Cups shortening
• 1-1/2 Cups sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Ounces red food color
• 2 Tablespoons cocoa
• 1 Cup buttermilk
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1 Teaspoon baking soda
• 1 Teaspoon distilled white vinegar
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 Teaspoon butter flavored extract
• 2-1/2 Cups flour

Icing:

• 1 Cup butter
• 1 Cup granulated sugar
• 1 Cup milk or half and half
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 Teaspoons flour

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Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2- 8 or 9 inch pans.

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until well blended. Make a paste out of the cocoa and food color add a few drops of water if necessary and add to the bowl of shortening.

Mix together buttermilk, vinegar, and extracts. Alternating adding buttermilk mixture and dry ingredients, to shortening mixute; adding until well mixed. Divide mixture between the prepare cake pans and bake for 30 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completly on wire racks before frosting.

For icing cook flour and milk in a small saucepan over low heat until thick. Set aside and cool. Cream sugar, butter, vanilla, and then beat until fluffy. Beat in cooled milk mixture and beat until whipped cream consistency. Frost cake after cooled!

Serves: 8

Classic Vanilla Caramel

 Ingredients:

• 1 Cup butter
• 1 Pound light brown sugar
• 1 (14 Ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 Cup light corn syrup
• 1 Pinch salt
• 1-1/2 Teaspoons vanilla extract

Grandma's Fruit salad

Ingredients:

• 1 Can fruit cocktail mix, drained
• 1 Can mandarin orange, drained
• 1 Bag mini-marshmallows
• 2 Bananas, sliced
• 1/2 Cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 Pound seedless green grapes, halved
• 1 (16 Ounce) container cool whip

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Directions:

Mix all seven ingredients together in large bowl with lid. Refrigerate for 2 hours, and enjoy!

Serves: 8

Mom's Summer Tyme Strawberry Smoothies

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups strawberries, hulled and halved
• 2 Containers (6oz.) strawberry yogurt
• 1 Cup vanilla ice cream
• 1-1/2 Cup milk

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Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend until well-mixed (about 30 seconds). Pour into 6 glasses and serve immediately.

Serves: 6

Grandma's Yummy Orange Moosicle Treats

Ingredients:

• 4 Cups (1qt) vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1 can (12oz) frozen orange juice concentrate, softened
• 2 Cartons (6oz. each) orange yogurt

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Directions:

In a large bowl, mix softened ice cream, juice concentrate, and yogurt, stirring until thoroughly blended.

Pour into twelve 5-oz. paper cups. Freeze for 10 minutes.

Place a wooden popsicle(TM) stick in the center of each cup. Freeze until hard (about 6 hours). Remove paper cups and serve.

Makes: 12