Enjoy these tasty treats! :)

Spiced Tea

Ingredients

  • 2 cups orange-flavored drink mix (e.g. Tang)
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1/4 cup instant tea powder
  • 3/4 cup lemon-flavored instant tea powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine orange drink mix, sugar, tea powder, cinnamon and cloves. Mix well and store in an airtight container.
  2. To serve, put 3 teaspoons of mix in a mug. Stir in 1 cup boiling water. Adjust to taste.

Added 8/20/10
Quick and Easy Pretzel Turtles 

Ingredients

  • Mini round or twist pretzels
  • Chocolate covered caramel candy
    (such as "Rollos")
  • Pecan halves

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
  2. Place pretzels in a single layer on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  3. Places a caramel candy on the top of each pretzel.
  4. Bake four about four minutes, or until candy is softened.
  5. Remove from oven.  While warm, push a pecan half down into each candy topped pretzel.
  6. Let cool.  Enjoy!
    *Store any left overs in an air tight container for best results! :)
Added 10/02/10

Cinnamon Apple Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 2 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
    •  
    TOPPING: 
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup butter, cubed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
  2. Stir together 1 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt, baking powder and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix in oil, egg and milk. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling 2/3rds full.
  3. In a small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, butter and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix together with fork and sprinkle over unbaked muffins.
  4. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.
    Yields 12 muffins
Added 8/27/10

Delish! Apple Crisp

Ingredients

  • 10 cups sliced apples (about 5 apples)
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 tbsp. flour
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon (or more!) :)
  • scant 1/2 cup water
    TOPPING: 
  • 1 c. quick cooking oats
  • 1 c. flour
  • 1 c. brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 c. butter, melted

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Mix apples, sugar flour and cinnamon; place into a 9x13 inch pan.  Pour water evenly over apples.
  3. Combine topping ingredients and crumble over the apple mixture.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.
Added 9/04/10


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