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Many times guests request recipes from us so, periodically, we will print some of them on our website.
 
This recipe for blueberry coffee cake with crumb topping is a morning treat favorite with our guests.
 
Cake:  1 box white cake mix, 3 eggs, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 1 1/4 cups sour cream.  Mix all ingredients together.  Gently blend in one pint of fresh blueberries.  Spread mixture in an oil and floured lasagne pan or a 15 inch x 10 inch jelly-roll pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
 
Topping:  while cake is baking, Mix together 4 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1 1/2 cups of melted butter (3 sticks).
 
Remove cake from oven and sprinkle clumps of topping over cake.  Return cake with crumb topping on it back into the oven for 25 minutes.
 
When finished baking, remove cake from oven and lightly dust with powdered sugar.  When cake is cool, redust with powdered sugar.  Cut and serve.

 Recipe for chocolate truffle cookies

 

Mix together 1 box of chocolate cake mix, 1  8-ounce package of cream cheese, 1 egg and 1 stick of 100 calorie/100 fat calorie oleo.  Scoop into Tablespoon-size balls and roll in powdered sugar.  Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.  Cool on pan for 5 to 10 minutes then transfer to cooling rack.    Simple and delightful.

German baked apples    

 

Peel, halve and core 12 medium-size apples.  Place core side up in a 13x9 inch pan. 

Crumb together 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 stick of butter.

Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the apples.

Lightly pour 1 1/2 cups orange juice over everything.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.