Pasta sauce

This recipe is very open to interpretation. It's very easy to tweak to your family's specific needs/wants and is very easy to make. Also, please keep in mind my family size and that I often make too much, so I can freeze some. Some of these ingredients may also be estimates, since I never use the same amounts each time.

About 30 tomatoes (I fill my largest crockpot about 3/4 full)
(These tomatoes can be chopped, crushed, stewed, however you wish. )
1 tbsp parsley
2 tbsp garlic (can be crushed, minced, also however you wish)
2 tsp basil
2 tsp oregano
4 cans tomato paste
2 tsp pepper
2 medium onions, chopped
3 lbs. ground turkey

All of these are optional:
Can stewed tomatoes
green bell pepper, chopped
fresh mushrooms, chopped

Fix tomatoes however you wish. Place them in crockpot. Add other ingredients. Cook on low in crockpot for 8 hours, or until pasta sauce is nice and thick.

Cinnamon Rolls

ROLLS:
2 packages active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 cup butter
7 cups flour
2 tsp salt

FILLING:
1 cup brown sugar
4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup chopped nuts

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Blend in sugar, eggs, sour cream, and butter. Mix flour and salt in seperate large bowl. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture. Pour wet mixture into center of well. Slowly work mixtures together into a large dough ball with your hands.
Mix together all ingredients for filling.
Roll dough into large rectangle. You CAN brush melted butter onto the rectangle, but we opted not to. Pour filling mixture onto rectangle, using your hands to gently push filling slightly into dough.
Roll dough up like a jelly roll. Slice into 2 dozen rolls. Place on baking sheets, cover with plastic wrap and hand towel. Let rise for about half an hour.
Bake on 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until SLIGHTLY browned.

Puffed Apple Pancake

This turned out so well, the boys have requested it again this week!

1 cup milk
4 eggs
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2/3 cup flour
2 tbsp butter
2 peeled, cored, and thinly sliced apples
3 tbsp brown sugar
powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 425°F. Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon in large bowl until well blended. Add flour and whisk until batter is smooth. Place butter in 9-inch round baking stone/pan. Place dish in oven until butter melts, about 5 minutes. Remove dish from oven. Place apple slices in overlapping rows atop melted butter in baking dish. Return to oven and bake until apples begin to soften slightly and butter is bubbling and beginning to brown around edges of dish, about 10 minutes.
Pour batter over apples in dish and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake pancake until puffed and brown, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired. Serve warm.

Cinnamon nut crescent rolls

Rolls:
2 packages (.25 oz.) of active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup shortening
4 cups flour

Filling:
2/3 cup brown sugar
4 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped nuts (your choice)
1/4 cup raisins (optional)

Dissolve yeast in warm water.
Stir in sugar, salt, eggs, shorteinings, and 2 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in remaining flour until smooth. Knead dough, then cover it and let it rise in warm place until it doubles in size.
Punch down dough. Divide in half. Roll each half into rectangle. Cut into triangle wedges.
Mix together ingredients for filling.
Spoon 1 tbsp of filling onto the wider side of each triangle. Roll towards narrow side, forming crescent roll.
After all rolls have been done, bake on 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until tops are lightly browned. Serve warm.

Strawberry whipped sensation

This is a Cool Whip brand recipe. For once, I didn't have to change a whole lot. I did, however, substitute fat free versions of the ingredients.

2 cups strawberries, chopped
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 8oz tub whipped cream
10 chocolate cookies, chopped

Line loaf pan with plastic wrap or aluminum foil to where it's hanging generously over the sides. (You'll later need it to help cover the top)
Mix together whipped cream, condensed milk, chopped strawberries, and lemon juice.
Pour into waiting pan.
In a large zip top bag, crush cookies until they are finely crumbled. Sprinkle on top of panned mixture. Take ends of plastic wrap or aluminum foil and cover the top, lightly pressing cookies into whipped mixture.
Freeze overnight, or at least 4 hours.
To serve, invert over plate. Remove paper. Can cover outside with layer of whipped cream, but we opted not to. Also, can top with sliced strawberries.
Store leftovers in freezer.

Lemon herb crockpot chicken

6-8 chicken breasts
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp thyme
3/4 tsp paprika

Rinse chicken. Place in crockpot. Pour lemon juice and onion over chicken. Sprinkle spices over chicken. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours or on high 4-5 hours.

Apple coffee cake

Can you guys tell I'm trying to find recipes for fruit, before it goes bad?
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Cake:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3 tsp baking powder
3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups milk
4 tbsp butter, melted
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups apples, chopped (I used red delicious apples)
cooking spray

Streusel:
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tbsp chilled butter

Preheat oven to 350.
To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine milk, melted butter, vanilla, and egg, stirring with a whisk; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in apple. Pour batter into an 9x13-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
To prepare streusel, combine brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle streusel evenly over batter. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack before serving. Serve warm.