Chili Pie

1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 small onion, finely chpped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 lb extra lean ground beef
1 1/2 tbsp chili powder
1 141/2 oz can diced tomatoes
salt
1 15oz can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 8oz box corn bread mix
1 larege egg
1/3 cup milk
1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 400'. Warm vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add ground beef and cook, stirring to break up meant, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in chili powder, tomatoes and 1/2 tsp salt; cook mixture, stirring occasionally, until iquid is almost evaporated, another 5 minutes. Stir in beans and season to taste.

2. White chili is cooking, combine corn bread mix, egg, milk and cheese. Scrape chili into a 9 inch pie plate. Spread batter over chili. Bake until golden, 15-20 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes and serve.

Tips: You can use ground turkey or chicken instead of beef. Or use 2 more cans of beans instead of meat. For more of a bit, try pepepr jack cheese insetad of cheddar. Or add a dash of hot sauce to the meat mixture.

Marbled Sour Cream Cake

Nonstick vegetable cooking spray
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
1 package (18.25 oz) yellow cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup water
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs

1. Position rack in center ov oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Spray a 10 inch bundt pan with the cooking spray.

2. In a medium glass bowl, microwave chocolate morsels on high for 30 seconds. Stir to blend. Continue to microwave until morsels are melted and smooth, about 30 seconds longer. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, sour cream, water, oil, sugar and eggs. Using an electric mixer, beat until very well blended, about 2 minutes.

4. Spoon 2 cups of cake batter into melted chocolate, then mix throroughly to form chocolate batter. Spoon chocolate batter and yellow batter alternately into prepared pan.

5. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of ckae comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Transfer pan to a cooling rack and cool completely, or refrigerate for 30 mintues. Inver cake into a plattter, then carefully remove pan.

Cover tightly and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.

White Layer Cake with Raspberry Jam

Cake:
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup whole milk at room temperature
6 large egg whites, at room temperature
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 3/4 cups sugar

Frosting:
1 stick unsalted butter,at room temperature
4 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam

1. Preheat oven to 350'. Butter 3 8-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper, then butter parchment. Spoon a small amount of flour into pans, swirl to coat sides and bottom, then tap out and discard excess flour.

2. Make Cake: Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together milk, egg whites and vanilla in a medium glass measuring cup or bowl.

3. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat utter and sugar until well combined and light. Reduce speed to low and add 1/3 of flour mixture. Add 1/2 of milk mixture, beating constantly and scraping down sidea of bowl as necessary. Beat in another 1/3 of flour, the remaininging milk, beating just untl blwnded. Mix in remaining flour just until blended. Divide batter evenly among pans and smooth tops with a rubber spatula (don't worry if batter looks curdled).

4. Bake cakes for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center of each cake comes out clena. Transfer cakes to wire racks; cool in pans for 10 minutes. Run a knife around sides of pans, invert cakes onto wire racks and remove parchment. Let cool completely.

5. Make frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in alarge, deep bowl until ight and fluffy. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in confectioners sugar in 2 batches until smooth and creamy. Beat in vanilla just until combined.

6. Assemble cake: Using a serrated knife, gently slice horizontally across top of each cake layer tomake level. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Spread 1/4 cup jam evenly over layer. Add another cake layer and spread with 1/4 cup jam. Top with final cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake.

Cruchy Onion Chicken

2 cups original or cheddar french fried onions
2 tbsp flour
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 egg, beaten

Crush Frech fried onions with four in plastic bag.
Dip chicken into egg, then coast in onion crumbs.
Bake at 400' for 20 minutes until cooked through.

Brown Sugar Pound Cake with vanilla Glaze

Cake:
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 lb light brown sugar
5 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar

Glaze:
1 cup convectioners sugar
2 tbs milk
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350'. Butter and flour a 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan.

2. Make cake: Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Whisk buttermilk and vanilla in a small bowl. Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, 1 at a time. Reduce speed to low; alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk, starting and ending with flour.

3. In a dry bowl, beat egg whites on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar 1 tbsp at a time, beating until whites form stiff peaks. Fold 1/3 of egg whites into batter, then fold in remaining whites. Transfer batter to pan.

4. Bake 75-85 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cake stand in pan 10 mintues, invert onto wire rack; let cool.

5. Make glaze: Mix sugar, milk and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Spoon glaze atop cake.

Mini Blueberry Muffins

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup milk
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen

Preheat oven to 375'. Mist 2 24-cup miniatre-muffin tins with cookign spray.

In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a seperate bowl, whisk eggs, milk, oil, sugar and vanilla. Stir dry ingredients gently into milk mixture. Fold in berries.

Spoon batter into muffin tins so they're 3/4 full. bake until a totohpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15-20 minutes. Let cool in pans on wire racks for 5 minutes, then turn muffins out onto racks. Serve warm.

Tip: Stir a few tesp of grated lemon zest or orange zest into the milk mixture.

Onion Rings

nonstick vegetable cooking spray
1 large onion
1 1/4 cups italian style bread crumbs
1/2 tsp bottled minced garlic
1 cup low fat milk
1 cup all purpose flour
3 large egg whites, lightly beaten

1. Preheat oven to 400'. Spray 2 large cookie sheets with nonstick spray.
2. Cut onion into 1/2 inch slices. Seperate slices into rings
3. In a small bowl, combine bread crumbs and garlic. Set aside.
4. Place milk, flour and egg whites into 3 seperate small bowls. Dip each onion rin into milk, flour, eggwihte and bread crumbs (in that order).
5. Place on prepared cookie sheets and bake for 20 mintues. Turn onion rings over and bake until golden brown, about 10 mintues longer.

Easy Turkey Pot Pie

1 2/3 cup frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 cup cut up cooke dturkey
1 10 3/4 oz can condened cream of chicken coup
1 can original bisquick
1/2 cup milk
1 egg

Heat oven to 400'.
Stir vegetables, turkey and soup in ungreased 9 inch pie plate.
Stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into pie plate. Bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes 6 servings.

Low Fat Chocolate Cheesecake

vegetable cooking spray
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
3 8-oz packages fat free cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
3 tbs flour
1 14-oz can fat free sweetened condensed skimmed milk
3 egg whites
1 egg
1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips, melted
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 300'. Spray bottom of 9 inch springform pan with cooking spray. Combine crumbs and sugar; sprinkle evenly on bottom of pan. In a large mixer bowl, beat cheese until fluffy. Mix in cocoa and flour. Add the condensed milk, egg whites, egg, chips and vanilla; mix well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 45-50 minutes or until center is set. cool. Chill. Garnish as desired (raspberries or cherries). Refrigerate leftovers.

Burnt Sugar Cake

1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup hot water
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup butter or shortening
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 eggs, unbeaten
3 tbs burnt sugar syrup
2/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla

To make burnt sugar syrup, place 1/2 cup sugar in heavy skillet over medium flame. Stir constantly as sugar melts, then becomes dark mahogany color, and smokes noticeably. Remove at once from fire, add very slowly 1/3 cup hot water, and stir until dissolved. Let cool.

In a mixing bowl add flour, baking powder and salt, and mix together. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cram until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thorougly after each. Then add 3 tbs burnt sugar syrup and blend. Add the flour mixture, althernately with milk, in small amounts, beating until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in 2 greased 9 inch layer pans at 375' for 25-20 mintues. SPread cake generously with Brunt Sugar Frosting.

Burnt Sugar Frosting

2 egg whites, unbeaten
5 tbs water
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 tsp light corn syrup
2 tbs burnt sugar syrup

Combine egg whites, sugar, water and corn surup in top of double boiler, beating with egg beater until throroughly mixed. Place over rapidly boiling water, beat constantly with egg beater and cook 7 minutes,or until frosting will stand in peaks. Remove from boiling water; add sugar syrup and beat until thick enough to spread.

Veal parmigiana

1 egg
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbs cracker crumbs
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
4 veal cutlets, about 1 lb
2 tbs vegetable oil
1/4 cup dry vermouth
1 medium onion, minced
1 cup (4 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
1/8 tsp pepepr
1/8 tsp oregano

Beat egg and salt in shallow dish. Combine cracker crumbs and parmesan cheese on waxed paper square. Place each veal cutlet between 2 pieces of waxed paper and pound with smooth surfaced meat mallet until 1/4 inch thick. Dip veal in egg, then in cracker crumbs, and set aside. Preheat 9 inch microwave browning dish 7 minutes on High, adding vegatable oil after preheating. Brown 2 veal cutlets at a time as follows: lay cutlets on dish, cover with waxed paper, and cook on High 1 1/2 -2 minutes. Turn and cook on High 1- 1 1/2 minutes. Remove and set aside. Brown second 2 cutlets in same manner. Then, arrange all 4 cutlets in browning dish. Add vermouth, sprinkle onion over meat, top with cheese, then sauce and season with pepper oregano. Cook, covered on BAKE (level 60) for 10 mintues, or until sauce is hot and cheese melted

Lemon Turkey Cutlets

1 1/2 lbs refrigerated boneless curkey cutlets
salt and pepper
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1 egg lightly beaten
2 tbs lemon juice
1 cup italian style bread crumbs
2 tbs finely chopped onion
1/3 cup vegetable oil


1. Rinse cutlets with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle cutlets with salt and pepper.

2. Place flour in a medium bowl. In another medium bowl, combine egg and lemon juice. In a third medium bowl, combine bread crumbs and onion.

3. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, dip cutlets into flour, then egg mixture, and then bread crumb mixture. Place cutlets in hot oil and cook until brown, about 3 mintues on each side.

Banana Grape-nuts Chews

nonstick vegetable cooking spray
6 tbs butter
1/3 cup packen golden brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups banana quick bread mix
1 cup grape-nuts cereal
2 bananas, peeled and coarsely mashed (about 1 cup)

1. Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Spray large cookie sheet with nonstick spray.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in yolks one at a time. Add quick bread mix and cereal and beat until just blended. Add mashed bananas and beat just to incorporate.
3. Working in batches, sppon 2 tbs batter for each cookie onto prepared cookie sheet, spacing evenly and forming 6 mounds.
4. Bake until cookies are golden brown on bottom and set in the middle, about 12 mintues. Using a spatula, transfer cookies to cooling rack. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

Cover tightly and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Banana Cream Pie

1 9-inch baked pastry shell
3 tbs cornstarch
1 2/3 cups water
1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
3 egg yolks, beaten
2 tbs margarine or butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 medium bananas
lemon juice from concentrate
whipped cream

In a heavy saucepan, dissolve cornstarch in water; stir i sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat; add margarine and vanilla. Cool slightly. Slice 2 bananas; dip in lemon juice and drain. Arrange on bottom of prepared crust. Pour filling over bananas; cover. Chill 4 hours or until set. Spread top with whipped cream. Slice remaining banana. Dip in lemon juice, drain and garnish top of pie.
Refrigerate leftovers.

Brownie Caramel Walnut Pie

1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
20 caramels, unwrapped
1 14-oz can low fat or fat free sweetened condensed milk
1 egg, beaten
2 tbs margarine
1 6-oz package semi sweet chocolate chips, melted

Preheat oven to 325'. Sprinkle nuts into pastry shell. In a small saucepan, over low heat, melt caramels with 2/3 cup condensed milk. Spoon over walnuts. In a mixing bowl, combine egg, margarine and remaining condensed milk; mix well. Stir in chips. our chocolate mixture over caramel layer. Bake for 35 mintues or until center is set. Cool. Serve warm or chilled.

Garnish with whipped cream and whole walnuts.

Easy Key Lime Pie

1 10 inch baked pastry shell
6 egg yolks
2 14=oz cans sweetened condensed milk
1 8-oz bottle lime juice from concentrate
yellow or green food coloring
whipped cream or whipped topping


1. Preheat oven to 325'. In a large bmixer bowl, beat egg yolks with sweetened condensed milk, lime juice and food coloring if desired. pour into prepared pastry shell and bake 40 minutes. Cool. Chill. Top with whipped cream . Garnish with lime slices if desired.