Pumpkin Pie Cake

This was the one Lynn and I made for Claire's Open House.  The perfect dessert to serve in the fall. Super tasty- Like pumpkin pie, but with a yummy topping. Serve it hot or cold with a bit of whip cream.  I do find that it is better the first day because the crust does get a little soggy when it sits.

Pumpkin Pie Cake

Mix together:

Bottom Crust

1 box yellow cake mix

1⁄2 C. butter, melted

1 egg, beaten

Save one cup of this mixture and press the rest in bottom of buttered cake pan ( 9X13 or 10X15)

Filling:

1-29 oz. Can pumpkin

1 1⁄2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ginger

1⁄2 tsp. ground cloves

1 can evaporated milk

Mix and pour over crust.

Topping:

1 cup of the saved crust mixture

1⁄2 cup sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

1⁄4 cup soft butter

Mix topping and sprinkle on top. (Mine usually isn’t crumbly, so I make little pancakes of the topping

and drop it on top.) Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes or until knife test proves done.

Caramel Papcorn Balls

Caramel Popcorn Balls

A good recipe from Aunt Lynn
Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 can (15 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
5 quarts popcorn

Combine butter, sugar and corn syrup.  Stir well, boil over medium heat until sugar is melted.  Stir in condensed milk  and bring to a simmer.  Cook until it reaches a soft ball stage (235*-238* F at about 4500 ft.).  Take off heat and stir in vanilla.  Pour over popcorn and proceed to engulf in huge mouthfuls.

Chicken Bundles

Whenever I make these people ask me for the recipe.  They are a rather old-fashioned dish but still good. I serve them with rice and pour the sauce on both. It makes a nice looking plate with some colorful vegetables.

Chicken Bundles

6 oz. Cream Cheese (3 oz. with chive or green onion, 3 oz plain)
4 cooked chicken breasts, cut up in bite size pieces
1 Tbsp. butter
1 can mushrooms, drained
pkg. of 8 crescent refrigerator rolls
herb stuffing mix (like Pepperidge Farm) ( if I have the Italian Bread Crumbs on hand I just use those)

Mix the first 4 ingredients.  Put 1/4 cup of mixture into each crescent roll. Roll up and seal and dip into stuffing mix.  Cook in oven at 350* for 25 minutes. Serve with sauce on top.

Sauce

1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1/2 Cup sour cream
1 tsp. lemon juice

Mix in a sauce pan and stir on medium until heated through.