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INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons soymilk
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups quick oats
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup pecans , chopped
raisins , to your liking (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Mix flour, quick oats, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
Mix oil and sugar and beat until creamy with an electric mixer (can do by hand, but it takes longer). Add cornstarch and mix. Add soy milk, then vanilla. Stir in [...]
Here’s a terrific quick bread for any time of day. If there’s any left over,
this bread is great when lightly toasted and spread with some cream cheese.
For an added tart flavor, substitute cranberries for half the apples.
Makes 1 loaf.
INGREDIENTS
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This is a wonderful combination of cookie and candy, with the crumbly crust serving as counterpoint to the chewy caramel topping. For a nice presentation, place the cookies in paper candy cups, and set the cups in a basket; wrap clear cellophane around the basket, tie it up with raffia and decorate it with pine [...]
The recipe for these melt-in-your-mouth pecan crescent cookies has been in my family for years,” says Marilynn Bonecki of Marengo, Illinois. “They can be made a couple of weeks in advance, but it’s hard to keep them in the house that long.”Be sure to chill the dough overnight before shaping and baking the cookies.
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INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup butter , melted
1 cup light Karo syrup
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs , lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups pecans , broken into small pieces
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 dash salt
1pie crust
DIRECTIONS
Melt butter. In a medium bowl, add butter, Karo syrup and sugar and mix well.
Add beaten eggs, vanilla,nuts & salt.
Pour into a pie shell and bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.You can do a toothpick test which should be only slightly wet.
Caryn’s [...]