Quick recipes that help you entertain
Impossible Cherry Pie
1 cup milk
2 tbls. butter, softened
½ tsp. almond extract
2 eggs
½ cup Bisquick baking mix
¼ cup sugar
1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling
Streusel:
½ cup Bisquick
½ cup brown sugar, packed
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tbls. butter
Grease pie pan. Beat all ingredients, except pie filling, until smooth (about 15 seconds in blender on high or 1 minute with hand mixer). Pour into pie plate and spoon pie filling evenly over the top. Bake for 25 minutes at 400°. Take out of oven; top with the streusel mixture and bake until the streusel is brown (about 10 minutes). Take out of oven and cool. Streusel: Combine Bisquick with brown sugar and cinnamon; mix well. Cut butter into Bisquick mix until crumbly. Yields 8 servings. Betty Mayo, Huntsville, Mo.
Raspberry Minute Pie
1 (8-inch) pie shell, baked
1 cup boiling water
1 (3 oz.) package raspberry-flavored gelatin
2 (10 oz.) packages frozen raspberries
Cool Whip
Bake pie shell. Pour boiling water over gelatin; stir to dissolve. Add frozen berries; stir to break berries apart. When mixture is partially set, pour into baked pie shell. Chill until set. Serve with Cool Whip if desired. Yields 8 servings. Dortha Strack, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Chuck Wagon Beans
½ lb. bacon, chopped
½ lb. ground beef
½ cup brown sugar
2 tbls. molasses
¼ cup ketchup
1 (16 oz.) can lima beans, drained
1 (16 oz.) can kidney beans
1 (28 oz.) can pork-n-beans
2 tbls. prepared mustard
½ tsp. chili powder
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
1 large onion, chopped
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup barbeque sauce
Preheat oven to 350°. In a skillet brown bacon, beef and onion; drain. In a large oven proof casserole dish, combine the meat and onion mixture with brown sugar, ketchup, barbeque sauce, mustard, molasses, chili powder, salt, pepper and all beans. Bake for 1 hour until heated through and bubbly. Yields 10 to 12 servings. Daniel Korte, Wentzville, Mo.
Susie’s Party Mix
1 cup corn oil
2 tbls. sour cream
2 tbls. onion powder
2 tbls. cheese powder
8 cups Cheerios
8 cups oyster crackers
6 cups Rice Chex
½ lb. pretzels
4 cups Honeycomb cereal
4 cups Kix (plain, not colored)
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large (13 qt.) bowl, mix corn oil with sour cream, onion powder and cheese powder. Stir in remaining ingredients; mix well. Transfer to baking sheets. Bake mixture for a few minutes. Do not brown. Yields 36 cups. Mrs. Eli Miller, Clark, Mo.
Microwave Caramel Corn
1 gallon popcorn, popped
1 stick margarine, melted
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup corn syrup
½ tsp. baking soda
Pour popped popcorn into a brown paper bag. Mix margarine, brown sugar and syrup and boil for 2 minutes. Add baking soda and stir. Pour mixture on popcorn in the bag. Place in microwave and cook on high for 1 minute. Remove and stir again. Repeat two more times. Then pour on a cookie sheet to cool. Yields 1 gallon. Marlo Bockting, Morrison, Mo.
Yummy Bars
2 (8 oz.) cans crescent rolls
2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
1 ¼ cup sugar, divided
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup margarine, melted
1 tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350°. Unroll one can of rolls into bottom of a lightly sprayed 13x9-inch baking dish. Don’t press seams together. Mix cream cheese with 1 cup sugar and vanilla. Spread over rolls. Place second can of rolls over the top. Again, not pressing seams together. Pour melted margarine evenly over the top. Sprinkle remaining ¼ cup sugar and cinnamon on the top. Bake for 30 minutes. Yields 8 servings. Sheryl Riley, Unionville, Mo.
Simple No-Bake Cookies
2 cups sugar
¼ cup cocoa
¼ cup butter
½ cup milk
3 cups quick oats
½ cup peanut butter
Boil all ingredients rapidly for 1 minute. Take from stove and add quick oats and peanut butter; mix well. Place on waxed paper by spoonfuls; let set until dry. Nuts can be added if desired. Yields 20 servings. Katie Miller, Clark, Mo.
Coconut Snowballs
1 quart ice cream, any flavor
1 1⁄3 cup coconut
Scoop ice cream into balls. Roll in coconut. Serve at once, or place in shallow pan, cover and store in freezer. Serve with fruit or chocolate sauce if desired. Yields 10 servings. Ada Yoder, Clark, Mo.