BRAN MUFFINS

Combine:
1 C Boiling Water
2 ¼ tsp Baking Powder
½ C Shortening or cube of Butter
1 C Sugar
Cool after mixing and stir in:
2 C Milk or Buttermilk
2 Eggs
2 ½ C Flour
½ tsp. Salt
2 C All Bran
1 C Bran Flakes crushed
Can add:
1 C chopped Nuts or Dates
Stir gently, but thoroughly, don’t stir again. Store in refrigerator in an air tight container. Use as needed. Will keep for 6 weeks.
Bake in greased muffin tins at 350* for 30 mins.

CHRISTMAS CHEESE BALL

2 8-ounce pks. Softened Cream Cheese
¼ C chopped Onion
½ C chopped Green Peppers
½ C diced Pimentos
1 14-ounce can cut-up Black Olives
1 C slivered Almonds
Chopped Pecans
Mix all ingredients except pecans, together and roll into a ball. Roll ball in the chopped Pecans. Serve with assorted crackers.

EXCELLENT WASSAIL

Boil:
2 ½ C Sugar
4 C Water
Add 10 whole Cloves
2 sticks of Cinnamon
Small piece of Ginger Root
Simmer for 1 hour
Add:
1 can Lemonade
1 can Orange Juice
6 cans Water
1 gallon Apple Cider
Serve Hot

OVERNIGHT WASSILL

Boil Together: Leave Overnight
4 C Water
1 C Brown Sugar
Put in Bag: Leave Overnight
5 tsp. whole Cloves
5 sticks Cinnamon
Just before Serving Add:
8 C Cider
1 large can concentrated Orange Juice
1 small can concentrated Lemonade
1 tsp. Salt

GRAPE FRIZZ

1 Quart Grape Juice
1 can Pineapple Juice
1 12 ounce bottle of 7-up
Mix chilled juices add 7-up just before serving.

HOMEMADE SYRUP

4 C Sugar
½ C Brown Sugar
2 C Water
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Maple
Combine sugar and water, bring to boil for 10 min. Remove and cool slightly. Add vanilla and maple. Stir only until mixed. Syrup will thicken as it cools.

BANANA SHAKES

2 sliced Bananas
2 C Skim Milk
2 C nonfat Vanilla Yogurt
1 C Pineapple Juice
1 Tbs Honey
Process all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.

Santa Clause Punch

2 pks. unsweetened Kool-Aid powder
1 C Sugar
4 C Cranberry Juice Cocktail
12 C crushed Ice and Water
Combine Kool-Aid powder with sugar, then add cranberry juice and stir until dissolved. Mix in crushed ice and water.

INSTANT WASSAIL

Combine:
2 C powdered Tang
¾ C powdered Lemonade
2 C Sugar
1 ½ tsp. Cinnamon
¾ tsp. ground Cloves
Add:
1 level tablespoon of mix to 1 teacup of hot water. Stir to dissolve. Makes 5 cups of mix or 80 teacups of Wassail.

BASIC BREAD RECIPE

1 Quart warm Water
1 Tbs Yeast
2/3 C Sugar
2/3 C Shortening
1 Tbs Salt
Mix the above ingredients together by hand or in a bread machine, then add the following ingredients
1 C Potato Flakes
5 C Flour
Let rise and split in half to make two loaves. Put in greased bread pan and let rise. Bake at 350* for 25 min.