1 ½ cups self rising flour
¾ cup milk
1 cup chopped pecans
¼ cup butter or margarine, melted
½ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg

Combine flour, pecans and brown sugar in a bowl, set aside. Mix together egg, milk, butter and vanilla; add all at once to flour mixture. Stir only until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon into greased muffin pan, filling 2/3 full. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Yield 10 muffins.

Harvest Apple Cake

2 cups grated apples
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 cup pecans
1 cup flour
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine apples and sugar in a bowl. Beat egg and oil together and add to apples. Combine dry ingredients and add to apple mixture. Mix well. Stir in pecans and vanilla. Pour batter into a greased 8-inch square baking pan and cook in a 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with ice cream. Yield 8 servings.

SPICED PECANS

3 1/2 C pecans
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1/4 lb. butter
1 C sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
dash of salt

Blend sugar, cinnamom, and salt into egg whites. Stir in pecans. Melt butter in baking sheet. Spread pecan mixture over butter in pan and bake approx. 30 minutes (stir every 10 minutes) til pecans absorb all butter. Use 325 degree oven. Pecans will be golden brown.

LEMON PECAN PIE

3 whole eggs, unbeaten
1 1/2 C. white sugar
1 T. lemon extract
1/3 C. melted oleo
3/4 C. pecan pieces or halves
Juice of 1/2 lemon

Mix egg yolks and whites together well, do not use a mixer. Add other ingrendients and pour into a 8" unbaked pie shell. Bake in a 300 degree oven for about 1 hour, being careful not to brown too quickly.

PECAN CHICKEN

1/4 C honey
1/4 C Digon mustard
4 Chicken breasts (Skinless & boneless)
1 C pecans finely chopped

Combine honey & mustard. Spread on both sides of chicken. Roll Chicken in chopped pecans. Place in lightly greased baking dish. Bake at 360 degrees for 1 hour or until tender.

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