November 16, 2019

Chili

  • 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
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  • 1 medium chopped onion
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  • 1 small chopped green bell pepper
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  • 2 mined garlic cloves
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  • 16 ounces canned red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
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  • 14 1/2 ounces canned diced tomatoes
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  • 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
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  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
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  • 1 teaspoon salt
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  • 1 teaspoon pepper




Step 1
In a large skillet, cook ground beef, onion, bell pepper, and garlic over medium-high heat. Stir until beef crumbles and is no longer pink. Once cooked, drain mixture. 
Step 2
Place cooked mixture in a 5-quart slow cooker. Stir in beans, diced tomatoes, chili powder, pepper, salt, and ground cumin. Cook at HIGH 3 to 4 hours or at LOW 5 to 6 hours. To thicken consistency, stir in finely crushed saltine crackers until the desired thickness is achieved.

November 15, 2019

Marriage meatloaf

  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • ¾ cups quick oats, uncooked
  • 2 well-beaten eggs
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • ¾ cup tomato juice
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1½ teaspoons pepper
  • Sauce:
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons mustard
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar



  1. Combine all meatloaf ingredients thoroughly.
  2. Pack firmly into a loaf pan.
  3. Mix together sauce ingredients and spread over meatloaf before baking.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.


Amish Crescent Rolls

  • 2 packages of yeast
  • ¾ cup warm water (around 105-110 degrees F)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 to 4½ cups flour
  • 2 additional tablespoons butter

  1. In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
  2. Add sugar, butter, eggs, salt and 2 cups of the flour. Beat until smooth.
  3. Add enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough.
  4. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
  5. Place in a greased bowl, turn once to grease the top, and cover.
  6. Let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled.
  7. Punch down, divide in half and then roll each portion into a 12-inch circle.
  8. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter and brush over the dough.
  9. Cut each circle into 12 wedges.
  10. Roll each wedge up crescent-roll style.
  11. Place on a greased baking sheet 2 inches apart with the point-end on the bottom.
  12. Cover and let rise until doubled.
  13. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
  14. Brush with the additional butter.

November 14, 2019

Amish Breakfast Pizza

1 lb. sausage
1 c. hash browns
1 c. shredded cheese
6 eggs beaten with 1/4 c. milk, 1/2 t. salt and 1/8 t. pepper
1 pkg. (8) crescent rolls
Place crescent roll dough in 12 inch pizza pan. Brown sausage and spoon on crust. Sprinkle on potatoes, top with cheese and cover with pour egg mixture. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Serves 6 – 8 people.

November 12, 2019

Cream cheese bars

2 (8 oz.) cans refrigerated Crescent Roll dough
2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 Tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup white sugar
1 Tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a nine-inch by 13-inch baking pan.
Press one can of the crescent roll dough into the bottom of the prepared pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, one cup of sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Spread over crescent roll layer. Unroll the second can of crescent rolls and lay them on top of the cream cheese layer. Do not press down. Pour the melted butter over the entire contents of the pan. Combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the top. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is crispy and golden.

Mennonite Coca-Cola Chicken

  • 1 whole chicken, cut up or 4-6 chicken breast
  • 1 sm. bottle ketchup
  • 1 (32 oz.) bottle Coca Cola


Sprinkle salt and pepper over chicken.
Place in casserole.
Mix ketchup and Coca Cola well.
Pour over chicken.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

November 7, 2019

Carmel Apple Pecan Dump cake

2 cans apple pie filling
1/2 cup caramel sauce
1 tsp cinnamon
1 box spice cake or butter cake mix
1 cup melted butter
1 cup pecans
grease 9×13 baking dish. In mixing bowl, combine apple pie filling, caramel sauce and cinnamon.
spread apple mixture evenly into baking dish. Pour dry cake mix over apple mixture, spread evenly, top with melted butter.
Sprinkle pecans on top, bake 50 minutes at 350 degrees.