Kitchen Table Chat Recipes

~Mexican Cornbread Casserole~

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1/4 c chopped onion
2 T chopped green chilies
2 eggs, beaten
1 16 oz can creamed corn
2/3 c milk
1 package cornbread mix
4 slices American cheese (or your favorite)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425F.
2. Brown beef until crumbly and then drain remaining fat.
3. Combine Onions and pepper into the beef.
4. Combine eggs, 1/2 of corn and Milk and add to Cornbread mix.
5. Stir until moistened. Pour half of Cornbread batter into Greased 9 inch square pan.
6. Top with beef, cheese Slices and remaining Corn.
7. Pour other half of cornbread mixture on top. Bake for 25 to 30 Minutes.

Serves 6

Please leave a comment if you have tried this or find it interesting. And if you haven’t made it and are going to make it come back and leave a comment—-bad or good

This is a winter favorite around my house. It is made Early November through Dec. 31st. Kids LOVE This!

Ingredients-
Bars: 4 eggs
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
15-ounce can pumpkin
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Icing: 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions-
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Spread the batter into a greased 13 by 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars.

To make the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars.

Ingredients-
1/2 lb. hamburger
1/2 lb. saugage
1/2 lb. Velveeta cheese

Note: The above ingredients can be adjusted to use more or less. Just use equal parts.

Garlic Powder
1 Loaf Party Rye Bread

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Cook Meat; drain. Mix all ingredients in skillet. Set off burner. Spread some mixture on each slice of bread. Lay in single layers on a cookie sheet and back at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes.

You can freeze any unbaked bread on a cookie sheet laying with wax paper in between each layer. Take out what you need at a time and bake.

*I do not know why this is called Hanky Panky.

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
3 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
DIRECTIONS
In a mixing bowl, dream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin. Pour into two greased 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or until bread tests done.

*I know the ingredients sound like a lot, but this does yield two loaves of bread. This has bread is our favorite bread to make during Thanksgiving and Christmas Time.

*Great for Teacher Gifts!