Pumpkin Crunch Cake

I find this cake addictive.  I think I like it better than pumpkin pie. I can't make it very often or if I do I have to share it or I will eat the whole pan.  I like it that much.  It is pretty much pumpkin pie on the bottom and then cake mix with butter and nuts on the top.  I compare it to cherry dump cake.  If you love pumpkin than you should try this asap!

Pumpkin Crunch Cake
from various sources

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INGREDIENTS

1 box yellow cake mix

1 (15 oz) can pure pumpkin

1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk

3 whole eggs

1 cup sugar

1 TB. cinnamon

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup melted butter

DIRECTIONS

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9X13 pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon until well blended. Spread pumpkin mixture in prepared baking dish. Mixture will be very wet.
3. Sprinkle cake mix evenly on top of the batter. If adding pecans, sprinkle them over the cake mix. Pour melted butter over the top of the cake mix. Bake 60 minutes.
4. Cool. Top with whipped cream or ice cream.

Apple Turnovers

These turnovers are so easy to make.  They are so yummy.  I am not a huge fan of apple but these are very good and I have made these turnovers in cherry.  I picked this recipe to make for my Simple, Easy, Cooking Class at the library.  They were a big hit.  The recipe calls to make them them big but I have cut them down and made the turnovers smaller.

Apple Turnovers
from Taste of Home

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INGREDIENTS

1/3 cup sugar   

1 TB. all-purpose flour  

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

4 cups chopped peeled apples

1 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry, thawed

Topping:

3 TB. Butter, melted

2 TB. Sugar

¼ tsp. Cinnamon

vanilla ice cream, optional

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon; add apples and toss to coat. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each pastry sheet into a 12-in. square. Cut each into four squares.  Or eight if you want smaller turnovers.
2. Spoon 1/2 cup apple mixture into the center of each square; fold diagonally in half and press edges to seal.  If doing eight squares per sheet do about 2 TB of mixture. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.  Or I like to use my spill mat sheets.
3. In a small bowl, combine the butter, sugar and cinnamon; brush over pastry. Bake at 400° for 12-16 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream if desired. Yield: 8 or 16 servings. 
   If you want cherry use a can of cherry pie filling. 

Mashed Potato topped Meatloaf Cupcakes

 I'm not a huge fan of meatloaf but these babies were really yummy.  You could really taste the A1 sauce and I think that just gave them really good flavor along with the Stoved Top Stuffing.  Top them with cream cheese mashed potatoes and beef gravy and you have a very delicious meal!

Mashed Potato topped Meatloaf Cupcakes
from Kraft Recipes

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1 lb. very lean ground beef
1 pkg. 6oz Stove Top Stuffing
1 cup water
2 T. A1 sauce
6 oz. low fat cream cheese, softened and cubed
1 T. minced garlic cloves
3 cups hot mashed potatoes
1/4 cup fresh parsley, optional
1 jar (12 oz) beef gravy, warmed

Heat oven to 375

Mix meat, stuffing, water and steak sauce together and press into 12 muffin cups sprayed with cooking spray.  Bake for 20 to 25 min. or until done.







Add cream cheese and garlic to potatoes; stir until cream cheese is melted. Stir in parsley. Scoop over meatloaves. Serve with gravy. 

Open Face Lasagna Sandwiches

I was going to make meatballs and it just sounded like too much work so I decided to make Italian sloppy Joes.  After I cooked the meat and poured the spaghetti sauce in I thought putting provolone cheese sounded good on it and then I thought why not add cottage cheese while I was at it.  There you have it, Open Face Lasagna Sandwiches.  Oh my were these yummy!

Open Face Lasagna Sandwiches
a Lacey Creation

6 servings, 13 WW points per serving

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1 lb. very lean ground beef
1 jar of spaghetti sauce
1 1/2 cups fat free cottage cheese
6 French Bread rolls
12 slices of provolone, I used Sargento's thin sliced

Pre-heat oven to 350

In a skillet brown the ground beef.  Drain.  Place back in pan and add the spaghetti sauce and heat through.  On a baking sheet place the 6 French bread rolls opened up.  Spread 1/2 cup of the meat mixture on each roll.  Spread 1/4 cup of cottage cheese on top of the meat mixture.  Place two slices of the provolone on each roll.  Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese is nice and melty.  The bread gets nice and crusty.

Lazy Woman's Banana Cake

I think we all know how much I love banana's.  I really wanted banana cake one night but was feeling lazy so I just whipped up a white cake and threw in some mashed banana's.  It turned out really good and it's very moist.  I added some canned buttercream frosting and it was finished.

Lazy Woman's Banana Cake
a Lacey Creation

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1 box of white cake mix
1 1/4 cup of water
1/3 cup oil
3 egg whites
4 mashed ripe banana's

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

In a bowl mix together the cake mix, water, oil, egg whites, and mashed banana's.  Spray a 9X13 pan with cooking spray and pour in the cake mixture.  Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.  Once cool frost with icing of choice.  I like the canned buttercream frosting but cream cheese frosting is great too.