Sugar Free Oreo Cookie Delight

 

 

Ingredients

2 packs Sugar-Free Oreo Cookies
1 large pack Sugar-Free Chocolate Pudding Mix
1 8-ounce tub Sugar-Free Cool Whip
1 box Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake Mix
2 ½ cups low-fat milk

Directions

 Bake cake mix as directed on box. Cool and crumble.

In a separate bowl, mix pudding and milk.

Then fold in 4 ounces of Cool Whip.

Using your favorite glass dish, start with a layer of crumbled cake mix, followed by a layer of pudding mixture, and finally Oreos.

Continue layering until all ingredients are used.

Top with the remainder of Cool Whip.

Cover and refrigerate for two hours before serving.

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Banana Nut Bread

 

 

Ingredients

2 1/3 CUP BISQUICK MIX

1/3 CUP VEGETABLE OIL

1 TEASPOON VANILLA

1 ½ CUP MASHED BANANAS

½ CUP PECANS (CHOPPED)

1 CUP SUGAR

3 EGGS

Directions

STIR ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER AND BLEND WELL.

BAKE IN A GREASED 9 X 13 PAN OR A LOAF PAN.

BAKE AT 350 FOR 40-45 MINUTES.

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Skillet Apple Pie

 

Ingredients

1 can apple pie filling

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 can 8 homestyle biscuits

1 stick butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1/2 cup powdered sugar

3 tablespoons cream or milk

Directions

Pour apple pie filling onto a cutting board and cut into bite-sized pieces.

Mix in vanilla and stir until mixed.

In a bowl, mix melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon until smooth.

Cut canned biscuits into bite-sized pieces and add to bowl.

Add in apple pie mixture and stir.

Pour into skillet.

Cook at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

While cooking, make glaze: whisk together 1/2 cup powdered sugar with 3 tablespoons of cream or milk.

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Bacon-Wrapped Smokies

Ingredients 

1 pack Lil' Smokies

1 pound bacon (cut in half)

1 bottle BBQ Sauce (any kind)

Directions

Line a cookie sheet with non-stick aluminum foil.

Wrap each smokie with bacon and secure with a toothpick.

Place on the cookie sheet.

Top with BBQ sauce.

Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes.

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Buttery Biscuits

 

Ingredients

1 STICK BUTTER

1 CUP BUTTERMILK

2 CUPS SELF-RISING FLOUR

Directions

MELT BUTTER IN A LARGE IRON SKILLET IN A 400°F OVEN. 

MIX FLOUR AND BUTTERMILK TOGETHER AND POUR OVER MELTED BUTTER.

USE A BISCUIT CUTTER TO MAKE INDENTATIONS IN THE DOUGH.

BE CAREFUL NOT TO CUT THROUGH THE DOUGH. 

BAKE ON 400 DEGREES FOR 15 to 20 MINUTES.

 

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Baked Chicken Spaghetti

 

Ingredients

1 CAN MUSHROOM SOUP

                           
1 CAN MUSHROOMS

1 CAN BLACK OLIVES (DRAINED)

1 ONION (CHOPPED)

2 CUPS SHREDDED MOZZARELLA

1 BELL PEPPER (CHOPPED)

1 CUP SHREDDED PARMESAN

      
1 JAR RAGU (GARDEN)

12 OUNCES SPAGHETTI (COOKED, DRAINED)

    
1 TEASPOON OREGANO

       1 BOX TYSON (DICED CHICKEN)

           
1 CAN TOMATOES

         1 TEASPOON BUTTER           

1 CAN ROTEL

Directions
SAUTE CHICKEN, ONION, PEPPER, BUTTER, OREGANO, AND SALT/PEPPER.

ADD TOMATOES, ROTEL, MUSHROOMS, AND OLIVES.

ONCE ALL VEGETABLES ARE TENDER, ADD RAGU AND MUSHROOM SOUP.

MIX SAUCE AND NOODLES IN A CASSEROLE  DISH.

TOP WITH CHEESE.

COVER WITH ALUMINUM FOIL.

BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FOR 35-40 MINUTES.

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Coconut Pie

 

Ingredients

3 EGGS (SLIGHTLY BEATEN)

1 CUP SUGAR

2/3 CUP MILK

1 CUP COCONUT

1 TEASPOON VANILLA

3 TABLESPOONS BUTTER (MELTED)

FROZEN PIE SHELL

Directions

MIX ALL INGREDIENTS AND POUR INTO THE PIE SHELL.

DOUBLE THE BATCH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TWO PIES.

BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FOR 25 TO 30 MINUTES.

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Cherry Yum Yum

 

Ingredients

4 CUPS CRUSHED GRAHAM CRACKERS

2 STICKS BUTTER (MELTED)

1 16-OUNCE CONTAINER OF COOL WHIP

2 8-OUNCE PACKS OF CREAM CHEESE (SOFTENED)

2 CANS SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK

2 CANS CHERRY PIE FILLING

2 PACKAGES INSTANT VANILLA PUDDING

3 CUPS MILK

Directions

MIX PUDDING AND MILK TOGETHER AND SET ASIDE.

MIX BUTTER AND CRACKER CRUMBS AND SET ASIDE.

BEAT CREAM CHEESE AND CONDENSED MILK UNTIL FLUFFY.

ADD PUDDING AND MIX WELL. FOLD IN COOL WHIP.

IN A LARGE DISH LAYER CRACKERS CRUMBS, PUDDING MIXTURE, AND CHERRY FILLING. REPEAT LAYERS.

SAVE A FEW CRUMBS TO SPRINKLE ON TOP.

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The Tasting - Lynne Phipps

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8 NIV

My granddaughters enjoy baking. As they age, I am teaching them how to read and follow a recipe.  They need to understand what ingredients to use, how to read the measurements, and how to follow the mixing method. Knowing and setting the oven temperature and time is vital, as is choosing the right container or tray to use for baking.

As we prepare and bake the recipe, the girls comment on how good it smells. However, we only prove its goodness when we taste it. Unfortunately, two out of three of us are disaccharide intolerant. This means we can understand, follow, and complete a recipe, but tasting it is out of bounds if the product contains double sugar called sucrose. 

Just as one granddaughter and I have to miss out on this final tasting step, when it comes to baking, we believers can also miss out on tasting and seeing that the Lord is good.  Perhaps we have followed God’s recipe for salvation by believing and accepting Christ into our lives. Maybe we are regular church attendees. Reading our Bibles and attending Bible studies or prayer meetings may also be spiritual habits. 

Nevertheless, if we miss the vital step of trusting God and his Word enough to taste it by putting it into daily practice, we may only taste the Lord’s true goodness irregularly. We may know God’s Word by memory. We may even enjoy reading it. But it is only in the practical application that we taste the truth, goodness, and wisdom within it.

Although we may follow it and put it into practice, some questions arise--questions I ask myself. How often do we worry? Do we trust God enough to tithe and give generously above tithing? Do we talk to the person who has wronged us or instead talk about them? Do we do good to those who wrong us or only to those who do good to us? Do we unwittingly choose to only trust and put into practice certain spiritual teachings?

These are only a few of the questions we can ask ourselves. But in light of them, we must reconsider how much we taste and see the Lord’s goodness.

How about you? Think of some areas in which you might need to taste a little more of God’s goodness by putting all of his Word into practical action?

Father God, thank you that as I apply the truth of your Word to my life, I can taste and know how good you are all the time. In Christ’s name, amen.

Lynne Phipps and her family live on a small hobby farm in the heart of Alberta, Canada’s farming country. She has been writing devotions for forty years and never tires of the spiritual correlation the Holy Spirit blesses her with. He uses normal everyday events and the behaviors of the multitude of glorious creatures He has brought across her path to point her to the truths of God. Lynne is a devotion writer for VineWords: Devotions and More.

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Cheesecake

 

Ingredients

2 BOXES JELLO CHEESECAKE MIX 

  

8 OUNCES CREAM CHEESE

8 OUNCES COOL WHIP

3 CUPS MILK

Directions

IN A MIXING BOWL, WHIP CREAM CHEESE UNTIL SMOOTH.

ADD CHEESECAKE MIX TO CREAM CHEESE. 

MIX WELL UNTIL IT FORMS A BALL. 

GRADUALLY ADD MILK UNTIL BLENDED.

FOLD IN COOL WHIP AND PLACE IN A PAN.

REFRIGERATE UNTIL READY TO SERVE. 

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Homemade Biscuits

 

Ingredients

2 CUPS SELF-RISING FLOUR

2/3 CUP BUTTERMILK

¼ CUP OIL

1 TEASPOON SUGAR

Directions

MIX BUTTERMILK, SUGAR, AND OIL. STIR UNTIL BLENDED WELL.

ADD FLOUR AND MIX WELL.

ROLL OUT BISCUITS ON A FLOURED SURFACE.

CUT BISCUITS AND PLACE IN A GREASED PAN.

BAKE AT 450 DEGREES FOR 10 MINUTES.

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