Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 8 servings

• .5 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• .5 cup flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Steps

1. Cream butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until fluffy. Add flour and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans. Spread in an unbaked pie crust and bake in preheated 325F oven for about 45 minutes or until done.

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Ingredients for 24 servings

• 1 cup butter, softened
• .25 cup sugar
• .75 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3.5 oz instant vanilla pudding
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2.25 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 pkg milk chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Cream butter, sugars, pudding, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in flour and baking soda. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by teaspoon, 2 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

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My kids love this casserole and it's so easy to make.

Ingredients for 6 servings

• 2 (15 oz) cans pork and beans
• 4 hot dogs, halved and sliced
• .5 cup ketchup
• .25 tsp onion powder
• .25 tsp mustard
• 3 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 pkg buttermilk biscuits, quartered
• .25 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Steps

1. Combine all ingredients, except biscuits and cheese, in a large saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Pour into an 8 x 8 baking pan. Place biscuits on top of bean mixture. Sprinkle with cheese. Place in preheated 400F oven and bake until bubbly and biscuits are golden brown (15-20 min).

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We love to make this for breakfast.

Ingredients for 8 servings

• 1.33 cups flour, divided
• .5 cup sugar
• .5 cup buttermilk
• .33 cup oil (I use half applesauce)
• .5 tsp vanilla (optional)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• .5 tsp baking soda
• .25 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• .25 cup packed brown sugar
• .25 butter, softened
• .25 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 400F. Spray 9 inch round pan with cooking spray. Combine 1 cup flour, sugar, buttermilk, oil, vanilla, baking powder, soda, salt and egg in mixing bowl. Beat until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
2. Mix remaining flour, brown sugar, butter, nuts, and cinnamon in a small bowl until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Bake about 25-30 minutes until done. Serve warm.
3. You can prepare the coffee cake without the topping and refrigerate overnight. Sprinkle the streusel over the cake and bake the next morning.

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Be careful when you make this, you might just eat the whole thing yourself!

Ingredients for 8 servings

• 16 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• .25 cup sugar
• 2.5 tsp vanilla
• 1 tbsp flour
• 3 eggs

Cake:

• .75 cup oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1.5 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1.5 tsp cinnamon
• .25 tsp allspice
• Dash nutmeg
• 8.5 oz can crushed pineapple, packed in juice, drained well (reserve juice)
• 1 cup grated carrots
• .5 cup coconut
• .5 cup chopped walnuts or golden raisins, optional

Frosting:

• 2 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 tbsp butter, softened
• 1.75 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tbsp reserved pineapple juice

Steps

1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in flour and eggs until smooth. Set aside.
2. Prepare cake: In a bowl, combine oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in dry ingredients, mixing well. Stir in drained pineapple, carrots, coconut, and walnuts. Spread 1 1/2 cups cake batter over bottom of greased 9 inch spring form pan. Drop half of the cream cheese mixture over batter by spoonful, top with the remaining cake batter. Drop by spoonful the remaining cream cheese mixture and then spread it evenly with a knife. Do not marble. Bake in 300F preheated oven for 70-80 minutes or until cake is set and cook through. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate. When cake is cold, prepare frosting and frost top only. Refrigerate 3-4 hours before serving.
3. Frosting: Beat frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost cooled cake.

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Ingredients for 10 servings

• 5 lbs red potatoes
• .75 to 1 cup butter
• 8 oz cream cheese
• .5 cup half and half
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 heads of roasted garlic

Steps

1. Cut potatoes into fourths, leaving peel on. Boil until tender. Drain and mash. Cut butter and cream cheese into potatoes and add half and half. Mash together and season with salt and pepper. Mash roasted garlic into potatoes.

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This is my dad's favorite!

Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 cup sugar
• 8 oz cream cheese
• Lemon Juice
• Dream whip

Crust:

• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• .25 cup sugar
• Butter

Steps

1. Combine crust ingredients and press into 9 x 13 pan.
2. Make Dream Whip according to package directions. Add sugar, cream cheese, and lemon juice and beat until smooth. Pour over crust and refrigerate for several hours. Top with pie filling.

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Ingredients for 48 servings

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• .75 tsp root beer concentrate or extract
• 4 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt

Frosting:

• 3.5 cups powdered sugar
• .75 butter, softened
• 1.25 tsp root beer concentrate or extract

Steps

1. In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in buttermilk and root beer concentrate, Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to the creamed mixture. Drop by tbsp 3 inches apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375F for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
2. Make frosting by beating butter and root beer concentrate together. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cookies.

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Ingredients for 8 servings

• 1 cup sugar
• .25 cup cornstarch
• .5 tsp salt
• 3 cup milk
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large firm bananas
• 1 pie crust, 9 inches, baked
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped

Steps

1. In a large saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, and milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat. Cook and stir 2 more minutes. Remove from heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into eggs and return all to the pan. Bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir for 2 more minutes.
2. Remove from heat. Gently stir in butter and vanilla. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Slice the bananas into the bottom of the pie crust. Pour custard on top. Chill for 6-8 hours. Pipe whipped cream on top when ready to serve.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• .66 cup coconut
• .66 cup pecans, chopped
• .66 cup chocolate chips
• 1 chocolate cake mix
• 8 oz cream cheese
• .5 cup butter
• 1 lb powdered sugar

Steps

1. Sprinkle coconut, pecans, and chocolate chips in bottom of greased 9x13 pan. Mix cake according to package directions and pour over nut mixture. Melt butter and cream cheese and stir in powered sugar. Pour over the top of the unbaked cake. Spread topping a bit thicker at the edges. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. Cool.

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