Pumpkin Pie Squares

So these made their debut at Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately Curtis and I figured out afterwards that they probably should have been refrigerated, oops! So eat them warm and then refrigerate them! Cassidy said she liked them and doesn't like pumpkin pie, so don't be a hater and give these a shot :)

Yellow Cake Mix
3 Eggs
1 1/2 sticks of butter or margerine
30 oz can Libby's Pumpkin Pie MIX
5 oz can evaporated milk
1/2 c sugar
1t cinnamon

Preheat oven to 325. Set aside 1c of cake mix and combine the remainder with one egg and one stick of melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.

Mix the can of pumpkin mix with two eggs and evaporated milk. Pour over unbaked crust in the 9x13.

Mix reserved cake mix with sugar, cinnamon, and half a cube of butter. Cut in the butter and sprinkle over top of the pumpkin.

Bake 45-55 min and enjoy! (but let it cool first :) Goes well with whipping cream on top!

How to Prepare a Pop-Tart

OK, OK, so I know I should be posting serious stuff here...but the reality is that this IS serious for Katrina.

Steps:

1. Go to your favorite super market or grocer. Ask an employee to direct you to the aisle containing Pop-Tarts.
2. Choose your favorite. One with a little frosting, a lot of icing,or one plain. There are many flavors of Pop-Tarts.
3. Open the pop tart box and remove a pop tart from one of the inner bags. Remember, a bag comes with 2 pop-tarts. Place it in your toaster.
4. Toast on a low heat setting.Wait till it pops up.
5. Remove the pop tart carefully and place on a plate.
6. Allow it to cool for 35 seconds.
7. Eat your cooled Pop-Tart.

Tips:

1. It is better to cook an even number of Pop-tarts. If you cook an odd number of pop tarts, one of them will become stale without a bag surrounding it.

2. Pop-Tarts should be placed into a toaster vertically, not horizontally.

3. Try eating the crust around the pastry first. You will find that it has a very unique taste which would be otherwise undetectable because of all the fruit filling around it.

4. If the pastry is too hot, breaking the Pop-Tart in half will cool it faster than if you left it whole.

Warnings:

1. Pop-Tarts come in small plastic bags. Keep the bag away from anyone's face in order to avoid suffocation.

2. The icing on Pop-Tarts is flammable when it is over toasted. It is a good idea to watch it as it toasts.

3. Be sure to let the Pop-Tart cool before giving it to a small child to eat; the filling remains very hot much longer than the outside crust.

4. DO NOT put a Pop-Tart in the microwave with the wrapper on! This may damage your microwave.

And a photo for Mom, cause she likes photos with the recipes:

Beanchiladas

Taken from a lady in my home ward and modified to fit my tastes :) I love this one.

Filling
1 pound ground beef
1 15 oz can black beans
1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup sliced olives
4 teaspoons beef base
4 green onion
1 cup cheese

Sauce
6 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1/4 cup flour
4 cups water or bean juice
1 tablespoon beef base

Topping
1/2 cup sliced olives
8 tortillas
1 1/2 cups cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Brown and drain ground beef.
3. Combine sauce ingredients and boil over meduim heat 5 minutes.
4. Mix filling ingredients.
5. Spread a small amount of sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 so that the tortillas don't stick.
6. Fill eight tortillas with prepared filling, roll, and place seam side down in 9x13.
7. Pour sauce over the rolled tortillas and sprinkle cheese and olives on top.
8. Bake for 30 min at 350 degrees.