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Tomato Pie

Ingredients:

1 pre-made pie crust sheet

2-3 Tomatoes

Fresh Basil

Feta Cheese

Mozzarella Cheese (approx 2 Cups)

Monterey Jack Cheese (approx 2 Cups)

Cracked Pepper

Sea Salt

• Thaw and prepare a sheet of pie crust (I prefer Pillsbury). Pierce a few fork holes on bottom and pre-bake until barely golden brown. Take out of oven.
• Slice tomatoes and pat each slice dry with paper towels.
• Layer pie filling starting with tomatoes, season to taste with salt and pepper and cheeses in desired amounts.
• Repeat. Top with cheese.

Bake at 350 until cheese is melted/bubbly and crust is golden. Garnish with fresh basil.

Slice and serve! Great as an appetizer with wine! Savory and delicious anytime.

Submitted by: Kelley Matkins

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Banana Bread

• 3-4 very ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Optional: Add a cup of rough cut pecans

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8½ x 4¼-inch loaf pan.
Mash bananas in a bowl, then add all the other ingredients and whisk to combine.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack, then turn it out from the pan and let it cool completely.

Enjoy!

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Cindy's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 and 1/3 cups butter flavored Crisco
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 to 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans
Bag of chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add vanilla and eggs. Mix. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add gradually to the butter, sugar and egg mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop in generous teaspoon portions onto cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 for 9-11 minutes