Easy Apple Cinnamon Sugar Cake

 

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1 1/2 C brown Sugar
1/3 C oil
1 egg
1 C butter milk (1T lemon juice in a 1 C measuring cup filled the rest of the way with milk)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 C whole wheat flour
1 1/2 C chopped apples (pink ladies are good)
1/2 C sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 T butter

Combine everything from brown sugar to apples, Pour into a grease 13x9
Combine sugar cinnamon and butter with a fork to make a crumbly mixture.
Sprinkle it over the top of the batter
bake for 45 mins
Serve warm

Quick and Easy Cream Cheese Frosting

8 oz cream cheese
4 T butter
1-1 1/2 C powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
food coloring

In the kitchenaid with the wire whisk attachment, cream together cream cheese and butter. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Add food coloring.
Makes about 1 1/2C frosting

This frosting works great on these SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Seasoned Popcorn

1 cup Popcorn (unpopped)
2-3 TB coconut oil melted
3-4 TB nutritional yeast
popcorn salt*
1 large paper bag

*to make popcorn salt, just blend salt into powder in your blender. It sticks to the popcorn so much better.

Pop the popcorn in an air popper 1/2 cup at a time.  Pour it into the paper bag.  Pour in the coconut oil (trying not to get it all over the bag) and sprinkle in the nutritional yeast and popcorn salt.  Shake and serve.


This recipe makes a A LOT of really good popcorn.

Peanut Dressing (for cabbage salad)

3T peanut butter
3/4 C oil
1/2 C sugar
1/4C vinegar
2 T soy sauce

Combine peanut butter and oil. Stick in the microwave for 30 secs. Stir really well.
In a saucepan over medium heat combine everything and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute and let cool.
I chopped up cabbage and drizzled this over top. So very tasty. Next time I'll do carrots and craisins and maybe almonds in with the cabbage too.

Baked Bean Burritos

(The only thing worse than a crappy picture is a blog post without pictures. This one will have to do)

1 can pork and beans (throw away the pork chunks)

1 can black beans (rinsed and drained)

1 can green chilies

1/4 C onion chopped

1 clove garlic

1/2 tsp cumin

2 T oil

1 C frozen corn

1 1/2C rice (minute rice 1 C water 1 cup rice)

shredded cheddar cheese

12 flour tortillas (8")

Butter

Heat oil in pan and saute onion, chilies, garlic and cumin for about 2 minutes until onion is tender. add can of pork and beans. Cook for 2 minutes. Add black beans and frozen corn, cook for an additional 5 minutes. Stir in prepared rice. Remove from heat.

Butter one side of each tortilla, fill the un-buttered side with bean mixture, add a little cheese. Roll up and place seem side down on cookie sheet (butter side should be on the outside. Bake at 475 for 12 minutes. till light brown and crispy.