Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 3 oz pkg instant chocolate pudding
• .5 cup sugar
• .25 cup flour
• .25 cup oil
• 1 cup water
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Steps

1. Mix cake, pudding, and flour. Add sugar, oil, and water. Beat in eggs. Blend in sour cream and chocolate chips. Pour into a greased bundt pan and bake at 350F for 50-60 minutes. Cook for 1 hour.

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I once made this for breakfast when Lon's cousin who at the time was a college football player came to stay with us. He easily ate half the pan in one sitting. Apparently it's good!

Ingredients for 15 servings

• .75 cup sugar
• .5 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking podwer
• 1 tsp baking soda
• .125 tsp salt
• 1 cup sour cream

Topping:

• 1.25 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tbsp butter

Steps

1. Heat oven to 350F. Grease a 9 x 13 pan. In a large bowl, eat sugar and 1/2 cup butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs and mix well. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir flour mixture and sour cream alternating into sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. In a small bowl, combine all topping ingredients. Spread half of the batter in the greased pan. Sprinkle with half of the topping. Repeat with remaining batter and topping. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

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Ingredients for 4 servings

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 cup seasoned flour (1 cup flour, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper)
• 5 cloves minced garlic
• 1 tbsp dried parsley or 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 3 eggs
• .33 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 5 tbsp butter

Steps

1. Place seasoned flour in large gallon sized ziploc bag. Set aside. In shallow pie plate, beat eggs until mixed and add parmesan cheese. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
2. In large skillet, melt 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil over medium heat. Let it begin to heat and sizzle while preparing the chicken. Make sure to not burn butter.
3. Put chicken in the bag of flour, shake to coat. Dip in egg/Parmesan mixture. Place chicken in the oiled skillet. Let chicken cook on one side for 1-2 minutes until a nice golden crust has formed. Carefully flip the chicken and let cook for 1-2 minutes on other side. Remove the chicken and place in a 9 x 13 pan and set aside.
4. In the same skillet, melt the remaining 4 tbsp butter. Add garlic, lemon juice, and parsley. Simmer the sauce for 1-2 minutes, stirring and scraping up any browned bits that were on the bottom of the skillet.
5. Pour the sauce evenly over the chicken and bake for 35 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.

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These were my favorite food when I was growing up and no one could make them better than my mother. I remember of being sick and asking for these meat balls and Mother telling me I couldn't have them until my stomach "got better."

Ingredients for 8 servings

• 2 lb of ground beef
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 2 tbsp onion, minced
• 2 tsp salt
• .5 tsp pepper
• 2 (10.5) oz cans tomato soup
• 1.5 cups water

Steps

1. Combine meat, rice, onion, salt and pepper. Form into balls. Mix soup and water in a pan. Drop meatballs into the tomato soup and water mixture in the pan. Cover and cook slowly one hour.

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Ingredients for 8 servings

• .25 lb American cheese (chopped)
• 1.5 cups thin white sauce
• 2 cups boiled macaroni
• 1.5 cups chopped cooked ham
• 4 hard boiled eggs
• 1.5 tbsp chopped green pepper
• .5 cup bread crumbs

Steps

1. Add cheese to white sauce. (To make white sauce, use one tbsp butter and one tbsp of flour to 1 cup milk, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper). Put one cup macaroni in bottom of greased casserole, sprinkle 3/4 cup ham over macaroni, add 1/2 egg slices and green pepper. Pour 1/2 white sauce over this and add another layer of ingredients. Add more milk if mixture is too dry. Bake in 350F oven for 1/2 hour.

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This recipe comes from Stephanie Sundseth, Dan's niece. She made a ton of them for Katie's wedding reception. They had to be put under lock and key so there would be some to serve at the reception.

Ingredients for 30 servings

• 2 cups flour
• .75 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg beaten
• .75 cup cold butter (divided)
• 24 soft wrapped caramels (Wherthers)
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine flour, sugar and egg. Divide the butter in half (half of the 3/4 cup) and cut into the flour, making a crumble mixture. Press 2 cups of this mixture into a 9x13 pan and bake for 15 minutes. Meanwhile melt the remaining butter, caramels, and milk, mixing until smooth. Remove crust from oven and pour the caramel evenly over the crust. Top with the remaining crumbs. Bake an additional 20 minutes. Cool and cut into squares.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 cup flour
• .25 cup brown sugar
• .5 cup chopped nuts
• .5 cup margarine

Filling:

• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups sliced strawberries
• 1 cup cream
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Steps

1. Mix together the flour, brown sugar, nuts, and margarine. Spread into a 9x13 pan. Bake at 350F for 20 minutes. Take 2/3 of the baked crumbs and spread evenly in pan and reserve the rest to sprinkle on top.
2. Whip the cream and set aside. Beat eggs, sugar, juice and strawberries until stiff peaks, about 10 minutes. Fold in cream. Spread in the pan of crumbs. Top with the reserved crumbs and freeze.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• .25 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease 9x13 baking pan.
2. Combine eggs, oil, zucchini, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Stir in the flour, soda, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon and mix until just combined. Stir in the nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake for 45 minutes.

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Ingredients for 8 servings

• 1 lb hamburger
• 1 tbsp basil
• 2 cups crushed or diced tomatoes (1 lb can)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1.33 cups tomato paste (2 small cans)
• 10 oz lasagna noodles
• 24 oz cottage cheese
• 2 tbsp parsley flakes
• 2 tsp salt
• .5 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 beaten egg
• .5 tsp pepper
• 1 lb mozzarella cheese

Steps

1. Brown meat. Drain fat. Add basil, tomatoes, garlic, salt, and paste. Simmer 1/2 hour. Stir occasionally. Cook noodles in salted water and drain.
2. Prepare filling by mixing together cottage cheese, parsley, 2 tsp salt, pepper, Parmesan cheese, egg, and mozzarella cheese.
3. Layer in 9x13 pan: noodles, filling, sauce. Repeat and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

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My mom's caramels were a big tradition every Christmas. We all looked forward to them. I learned to make them and wrap them in wax paper like a Christmas gift. I now make caramels for my brothers and sister. My brother Richard said, "I appreciate you sending us the caramels for Christmas. It reminds me of mother."

Ingredients for 1 serving

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cups light corn syrup
• Few grains salt
• .5 cup butter
• 2 cups evaporated milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• .5 cup nuts (optional)

Steps

1. Boil together the sugar, syrup, and salt. When the syrup is very thick, add the butter. Add the milk gradually so that the mixture does not stop boiling. Stir constantly and cook until a few drops form a firm ball when dropped into cold water. This could take up to 45 minutes of stirring. Add the vanilla and nuts and pour into a greased square pan. Cool thoroughly and cut into squares and wrap. Keep in refrigerator until ready to eat.

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