Jumbo Breakfast Cookies

1 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup water
1 Tbsp vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup old fashioned or quick oats
1 cup raisins (or your favorite dried fruit)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 cups Cheerios

Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together sugar, butter, peanut butter, water, vanilla and egg. Stir in remaining ingredients except for cereal. Gently stir in cereal. On ungreased large cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded 1/2 cupfuls (rounded 1/3 cupfuls for 15 cookies) 4 inches apart. Flatten dough to about 1 inch thick. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. Store loosely covered. Makes 12 to 15 BIG cookies.

DIY Hand Soap

Buy foaming soap dispensers.  Those are expensive, but you will save so much money after that.  When you need some more soap, pour in 1/8 to 1/4 full of dishwashing liquid soap.  Fill to the top with water and stir.  I add in 1/2 drop of food coloring to make it pretty. 

I also use Dawn Hand Renewal soap.  We get dry hands and this doesn't seem to dry out our hands so quickly.

DIY Laundry Detergent

I know this isn't 'yummy food', but there were a few people who wanted this recipe ;-)
From Patti:

1 bar Naptha laundry soap (find at Fry's in the laundry aisle, towards the refrigerated section, at the top)
1 cup washing soda
1 cup borax
scented essential oil of choice (optional)
5-gallon bucket

Grate soap and melt in a dutch-oven size pot half full of water.  Empty into bucket.  Add another pot full of water and stir.  Add in washing soda and borax and stir.  Fill the bucket to the top with water and stir.  Let sit for 24 hrs.  Use 1-2 capfulls per load, depending on how strong you want it.

Patti says she likes to keep a smaller Tide (or whatever you have) container to fill up and use.  This 5 gallon bucket will last about 4 to 5 months.

Buttermilk Syrup

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup buttermilk or clabbered milk (1/2 cup milk with 1/2 Tbs. vinegar or lemon juice)
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2-1 tsp. vanilla

Melt butter in saucepan.  Add buttermilk, sugar, and baking soda.  Stir and let boil for 2 minutes.  Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.  This will make it expand so be careful!

Slow-Cooker French Toast Casserole

1/4 cup butter, sliced
6 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
8 slices bread, cubed

Loosely crumple a few pieces of foil and put on bottom of slow-cooker.  Line sides of cooker with foil.  Place another piece of foil over crumpled foil on bottom.  Slice butter into pats and place in slow-cooker.  Cover and cook on high until butter is melted (10-15 minutes).  Whisk together eggs, milk, cinnamon, sugar, salt, and vanilla.  Fold in bread cubes.  Pour batter over melted butter.  Cover and cook on high 1-2 hours or low 3-4 hours or until done in center.  Slice and serve hot with syrup and powdered sugar sprinkled over top.

Quick and Easy Quiche

6-8 slices bread

12 eggs, beaten

1 can (10 oz) Cream of Chicken Soup

1 C. evaporated milk or light cream

1 t. salt

¼ t. nutmeg

1 pd. Breakfast meat

½ c. diced green onion

¼ c. diced green pepper

1 pd. Swiss cheese

In a greased 9x13 pan, place slices of bread tightly on bottom. Add soup, milk, and seasonings to beaten eggs. Sprinkle meat, onion, and green pepper over bread. Cover with egg mixture and sprinkle cheese on top. Cover with foil and bake at 325 for 1 hour. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes.

Puffy Oven Pancake

6 TBSP Butter or margarine
1 1/4 c. milk
1 1/4 c. flour
6 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt

Melt butter in 9 x 13 pan at 450 degrees. In blender, mix all other ingredients. Pour into pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve with favorite toppings, syrup, powdered sugar, jam, fruit, etc.