Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon table salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup whole milk

Instructions:

1. Heat the oven to 425 F (220 C).
2. Whisk together the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cut in the butter or margarine until crumbly in texture. Slowly add in the milk while stirring, until the dough reaches the right consistency.
3. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for roughly 60 seconds. Shape dough to 1 inch thick roll, and cut biscuits, and place them on a baking sheet.
4. Bake biscuits for about fifteen minutes, or until golden brown and fluffy.

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Ingredients:

• 8 ounces soft cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup butter (softened)
• 2 tablespoons diced pimento peppers
• 1 tablespoon diced parsley (fresh)
• 1 teaspoon onion (minced or grated)
• 7 ounces canned salmon prepared
• 1/4 teaspoon dill weed

Instructions:

1. Mix together the cheese, cream, butter, peppers, parsley and onion; beat ingredients until smooth and creamy. Add in the fish and dried dill weed. Leave to chill before serving.

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Mashed sweet potatoes with a touch of maple syrup, perfect for the holidays. Serves 6.
Ingredients:

• 6 medium yams (peeled and diced)
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 3/4 cup pure maple syrup

Instructions:

1. In a large pot, bring salted water to a boil. Cook sweet potatoes for twenty to thirty minutes, or until tender.
2. Beat the potatoes with a hand mixer, gradually adding in the milk. Once smooth and fluffy, mix in butter and syrup, and beat until it reaches the desired consistency.

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16 cinnamon -apple tea bags

1 gallon of water

10 envelopes of apple cider mix

64 oz of apple juice

1 to 1 1/2 cups of sugar

Bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add the tea bags; cover and brew for 5

minutes. Remove the tea bags and add the ap ple cider mix, apple juice, and the sugar.

Sweeten to taste.

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1 qt Apple cider

4 ea Cinnamon sticks

1 ea Whole nutmeg

1/2 c Honey

1/4 c Lemon juice

1 ts Lemon peel, grated

————–FLOATING CLOVED ORANGES————–

3 ea Oranges

3 ts Cloves, whole

Poke 1 t cloves into each orange for Floating Cloved Oranges. Add cider, seasonings, and Floating Cloved Oranges to crockpot; heat at least 1/2 hour, and the longer, the better. Orange Stars: cut oranges into 1/2″ slices. Stick 5 cloves around slice at equal intervals; cut out wedges between cloves. The result looks kind of like a star.

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1 cup of cocoa

2/3 cup of instant coffee

1/2 cup of sugar

1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

1/2 teasp oon of nutmeg

Mix all of the ingredients together and store in an airtight container. When ready to serve,

mix a heaping table spoon in a cup and add boiling water.

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1 cup cold coffee

1 cup low-fat milk

3 tablespoons granulated sugar

3 cups vanilla ice cream

3 tablespoons chocolate syrup

1. Combine the coffee, milk, and sugar in a blender and

mix on medium speed for 15 seconds to dissolve the sugar.

2. Add ice cream, and chocolate syrup then blend on high

speed until smooth and creamy. Stop blender and stir mixture

with a spoon if necessary to help blend ingredients.

3. Pour drink into two 16-ounce glasses.

Makes 2 large drinks.

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1 10-ounce box frozen sweetened sliced strawberries, thawed

1/3 cup pina colada mix

2 cups ice

2 ripe bananas

Garnish

whipped cream

2 fresh strawberries

1. Use a blender to puree the entire contents of the thawed

box of frozen strawberries.

2. Add 1/3 cup pina colada mix and 2 cups of ice to the blender.

3. Cut the end off end banana — set these pieces aside to use

later as a garnish — then put the bananas into the blender.

4. Blend on high speed until the ice is crushed and the drink

is smooth. Pour into two tall stemmed glasses, such as daiquiri

glasses.

5. Slice each strawberry halfway up through the middle and add

one to the rim of each glass.

6. Cut each banana slice halfway through the middle and add one

to the rim of each glass next to the strawberry. Top with

whipped cream and serve with a straw.

Makes 2 servings.

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Topping: 1/2 C. flake coconut

1/2 C. chopped nuts

1/2 C. sugar

1 Tsp. cinnamon

Cake: 1 Can Mandarin — (11 oz.)

oranges (reserve 1/4 c. juice) 1/2 C. vegetable oil

2 Large eggs

1 yellow cake mix (Jiffy) — (9 oz.)

For Topping: Combine coconut, nuts, sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. Set aside. Combine 1/4 cup of juice from oranges, oil and eggs in 2 cup liquid measure. Blend well. Add to cake mix. Stir until well blended (batter will be slightly lumpy). Spread batter in greased 9 x 2-inch round dish. Arrange drained oranges evenly on top. Cook in microwave, Full power for 4 minutes. Sprinkle topping over batter. Continue to cook on Full power for 2 to 3 minutes more until toothpick comes out clean. Let stand 3 minutes until done.

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