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Moist and delicious!
Preheat oven to 400
Mix the pumpkin, eggs, sugar, and oil in a mixer until blended. Slowly add in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Stir in chocolate chips.
Pour into baking muffin cups, filling about 2/3 of each cup.
Bake for 15-17 minutes.

This is one of those recipes that I look forward to when harvest rolls around. They are so moist and delicious, great for breakfast and dessert, and easy to throw in a sack lunch for Brennan in the tractor!
I’m not a big “pumpkin spice” person, I usually leave the spice out of my pumpkin recipes and add cinnamon instead. But, if you are a pumpkin spice lover you can easily substitute pumpkin spice for the cinnamon!
These muffins are best if you use a real baking pumpkin! Just cut the pumpkin in half and bake in the oven on a baking sheet at 400 for 1 1/2 hours or until it is soft. Then scoop out the inside and stick in a blender and purée! I often do multiple at a time and then freeze the puréed pumpkin in a ziplock bags! If you don’t have a real pumpkin or don’t want to mess with it- a can of pumpkin works great too!!
These muffins also freeze well so you can easily throw half of the muffins in the freezer and take them out another day!
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The best homemade bread recipe you'll ever find!
Place water, sugar, yeast in bread machine. Let yeast foam for 10 min.
Add all other ingredients into bread machine.
Run dough cycle on bread machine.
Once the cycle is finished, place dough in 2 greased loaf pans. Let rise again (approx. 30 minutes)
Bake @ 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
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Delicious oven baked chicken tacos.
Prepare rice as directed on package.
Heat skillet to low/medium heat and stir in the onion,chicken, taco seasoning, and diced tomatoes.
Place the taco shells in the baking dish, standing up. Back for 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven.
Spoon in rice into the bottom of each taco shell. Top with the chicken mixture, almost to the top of each shell.
Sprinkle each shell with shredded cheese and shredded parsley.
Remove from the oven and top with your favorite toppings.
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Creamy potato soup that can be loaded with all your favorite baked potato toppings.
Mix milk, half/half, velveta, salt, pepper, and potatoes in a large pot on low/medium heat. Use a whisk to break up the cheese and potato chunks.
Heat to boiling.
Let simmer uncovered for 4-5 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Serve with toppings.
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Soft and mild banana bread.
Mix all ingredients with hand mixer or in a standing mixer.
Split into 2 loaf pans, or into muffin trays.
Bake loaves at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
Bake muffins at 350 for 15 minutes.
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Classic Iowa recipe that everyone loves!
Mix ingredients together and form into balls. Place in baking dish. Mix sauce ingreidents together and pour over balls. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.
Freezer friendly: Prepare balls and sauce as stated above, cover with tin foil, place in the freezer UNCOOKED. When ready to eat, remove from freezer and bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours.
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This delicious thick soup is a favorite in our household! It’s super easy to throw together, (I’m all about easy recipes) and it’s a good one to use up leftover chicken(I love using leftovers to make a different meal).
Bring 6 cups water, wild rice and noodle soup mix to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.
Chop up veggies and add to soup mixture. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
Add chicken and cream of chicken soups. Simmer for another 10 minutes.

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After multiple fails at making a delicious scotcheroo, I finally found the perfect recipe.
Bring corn syrup and sugar to a boil, (not a rolling boil) let boil lightly for 1 minute. Stir while boiling.
Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter.
Stir in Rice Krispies.
Pour into greased 9×13 pan.
Melt butter, chololate chips and peanut butter chips on the stove. Spread on top of pars.
Let cool. (Or don’t, and just eat them hot and gooey.)

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These banana bars are moist and delicious. They make a large pan, but trust me, you won't have any issues eating them all.
Directions-
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add the creamed mixture. Stir in bananas.
Spread into greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 22-25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar to achieve desired consistency. Frost bars. Store in the refrigerator.

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A cookie that tastes like fall.
Preheat oven to 300
Blend together butter and shortening in a mixer. Add in 6 ingredients and blend well.
Add in egg yolks and vanilla.
Mix in flour.
Roll into 3 inch balls, place on a greased cookie sheet and press down with the bottom of a glass.
Bake at 300 for 12 minutes.
Whisk together glaze and drizzle over top.
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