Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

1 Cup Sugar*
1 Large Egg, Slightly Beaten
1 Cup Peanut Butter (Smooth)

*Brown sugar makes them more chewy, white sugar makes them more crisp, and sugar substitutes  makes them crumble. I like to do 1/2 cup of each type of sugar.

Preheat oven to 350
Mix  all ingredients
Drop by teaspoon   onto an un-greased cookie sheet
Bake for 8 to 12 minutes

Berry Oatmeal to GO

I found this on pinterest! Well kinda... someone pin another to go cup and I found this after reading the first pin.... But Green Lite Bites is where you can find the original recipe I changed her recipe a little. I didn't have milk so I thought I try the apple cider I had. Plus I don't do artificial sugars so I added a little brown sugar (afraid to add to much for the apple cider is sweetened!!) Plus I only had 2 brown bananas, I thought I hoped that the applesauce will help...

 2 mashed bananas
 2 tablespoons apple sauce
1 cup apple cider
2 tablespoon brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbps Baking powder
3 cups quick oats
2 cups frozen blue berries or mixed berries [still frozen]

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

 Mix all ingredients except the berries together, and let sit for 5 minutes.
Stir in the berries.
 Spray a muffin pan and/or liners with with non-stick spray.
Divide batter into 15 muffin cups. They should be just about filled.
 Bake 20-30 minutes, you’ll see the edges just starting to brown.
 The muffins may stick when hot. Just cool for a minute.

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal to GO

Back in a day before I tried to make most things from scratch; I liked the apple and cinnamon  instant flavored oatmeal packages... so after trying the Berry Oatmeal to go I was talking and said that they are ok and then I thought wow I wonder if I could make a apple cinnamon cup..... just like my favorite oatmeal.....

1 cup of applesauce
2 apples grated or finely chopped
1 cup milk
1/4 cup brown sugar (divided)
2 eggs
1 tbps Baking powder
3 cups quick oats

 Preheat oven to 375 degrees

 Mix all ingredients  except about 1 tablespoon or more of the brown sugar and  the grated/chopped apples together, and let sit for 5 minutes.
Stir in the grated/chopped apples.
 Spray a muffin pan and/or liners with with non-stick spray.
 Divide batter into 15 muffin cups. They should be just about filled.  Sprinkle the saved brown sugar over your cups.

 Bake 20-30 minutes, you’ll see the edges just starting to brown.
 The muffins may stick when hot. Just cool for a minute.


When I make oatmeal I sprinkle the brown sugar on top and eat it with the oatmeal.  I don't like to stir it in, I think it tastes sweeter that way! So I did my cups like that just because that is the way I eat my oatmeal.  You can skip this step if you like......

Very yummy... both hot or cold...

Upside down Banana Split

Funny how you remember some crazy stuff.  I remember Upside down banana splits.

When I was younger...my uncle was taking us for ice cream...  talking about banana splits. I don't really like banana splits just cause of the yucky pineapple topping, I said.  So my uncle told me he would take me somewhere that has upside down banana splits.  They are served in a cup and you don't have to have the pineapple topping. Weird thing is no one other than me remembers this.. they still tease me about it.  They said I should of marketed the idea and would have beat Dairy Queen out cause this was years, I mean years; before the blizzard...

So I would make my own upside down banana split when the mood stuck.  Even when the girl was little she would like her upside down banana split plain.  Just ice cream and bananas... Truth is many times like tonight it is a round about way to cut out the bad mushy rotten spots and still have a banana split.. with chocolate fudge topping minus  the yucky pineapple topping!

It was yummy!

Spiced Walnuts

Ingredients

* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1/4 cup brown sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 tablespoon maple syrup
* 1-1/2 cups walnuts (can use pecan halves)

Melt butter in a 4 quart glass casserole dish in the microwave.
Stir in the brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and maple syrup.
Microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir in the nuts so they are well coated.
Microwave for 4 to 5 additional minutes on high, stirring every minute. Spread cooked nuts out onto parchment or waxed paper to cool.

Berry Muffins

Heat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 3 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 3/4 cup milk
* 1/3 cup vegetable oil
* 1 egg
* 1 cup fresh berries, black, blue berries and raspberries

Line the muffin pans with baking cups.... Mix all the dry together. Mix all the wet together. Add the dry
to the wet ingredients. Stir only until moist. Add the berries..

Bake 20-25 minutes

Applesauce Muffins Mix

Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup wheat flour
2 tablespoons quick cooking oats
2 tablespoons corn starch

Mix or layer into a pint jar. Layer if giving as a gift. Will keep for 6 months.

Additional Ingredients:
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Cinnamon

To prepare Muffins:

In a bowl, combine egg, applesauce, butter and vanilla.
Stir in muffin mix just until moistened.
Fill greased or lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes our clean.
Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.