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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Easy Crab Meat Dip








Ingredients:
Crab Meat
Cocktail Sauce
Cream Cheese

Spread Cream cheese in small dish. Pour cocktail sauce over cream cheese and top off with crabmeat. Serve with your favorite Crackers.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Mini Cinnamon Crescents


Ingredients:
Crescent Rolls
1/4 Cup Butter or margarine melted
4 Tsps. granulated Sugar
2 Tsps. ground Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Raisins (optional)
1/2 powdered sugar
1 tblsp. Milk


Directions:

Preheat oven to 375°F.
Unroll dough; separate dough into 4 rectangles. Firmly press perforations to seal.
Spread 1 tablespoon butter evenly over each dough rectangle. In small bowl, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over rectangles. Sprinkle each with raisins. Starting with short side of each rectangle, roll up; pinch edges to seal. With serrated knife, cut each roll into 5 slices. Place slices, cut side down, in ungreased 8- or 9-inch square pan.
Bake 17 to 23 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix powdered sugar & milk until smooth. Drizzle over rolls. Serve warm.

If you love cinnamon rolls---You will LOVE these!!

Easy & delicious!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Delicious White Bread

Ingredients:
1 Cup MILK
1 EGG
2 tsp SALT
3 1/2 Cups FLOUR
1/3 CupWARM WATER
1 PKG DRY YEAST

FIRST MIX THE DRY YEAST WITH WARM WATER IN CUP SET ASIDE. NEXT MIX TOGETHER FLOUR AND SALT IN A BOWL. ADD EGG AND MILK WITH YEAST MIXTURE INTO BOWL MIX TOGETHER.


NEXT ADD LIQUID MIXTURE TO DRY INGREDIENTS IN BOWL, MIX TOGETHER UNTIL DOUGH HOLDS TOGETHER. PLACE ON A LIGHTLY FLOURED BOARD AND KNEAD TOGETHER WITH HANDS FOR ABOUT 5-7 MINUTES.

PLACE DOUGH IN LIGHTLY GREASED MIXING BOWL AND COVER WITH TOWEL & LET DOUGH RISE UNTIL IT REACHES DOUBLE IN SIZE. KNEAD FOR 2 MINUTES MORE. SHAPE INTO LOAVES. PUT INTO GREASED LOAF PANS, LET RISE TILL DOUBLE IN SIZE.

BAKE FOR 25-30 MINUTES AT 350 DEGREES. NEXT TAKE OUT OF OVEN AND LET SIT FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE REMOVING FROM PANS.
AFTER LETTING IT SIT IN LOAF PANS FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, I BRUSH EGG WHITES ON TOP. ENJOY!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Vicki's Cabbage Casserole




1 Small head of cabbage
1 Med. onion
1/4 c. butter
salt & pepper to taste
1/ cup Mayo
1 Can Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Chicken soup

Topping:
1/4 Cup Butter
1 Cup grated, sharp cheddar cheese
1/2-1 Stack Ritz crackers, finely crushed
Place Cabbage into a casserole dish, sprinkle the onions over top of the cabbage.
Melt 1/2 stick butter and pour 1/4 cup over cabbage. Sprinkle salt and pepper. In a small bowl, mix soup and mayo and spread over the cabbage mixture. Mix the other melted butter with crushed crackers, and grated cheese. Spread over the top of casserole and bake 350 for about 45 minutes or until brown and inside is bubbly.
This is great!
Thanks Vicki!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Ranch Cheddar Chicken




Ingredients:
8 boneless chicken breast
1 cup of Ranch dressing
2 tbs. of flour
1/2 cup of parmesan cheese
1 cup of cheddar cheese (shredded)

Directions:
Mix dressing and flour together and roll each breast in this. Place in Baking dish and cover with parmesan cheese and then top it with lots of cheddar cheese. Bake 375 for 25 minutes.

This is delicious!


Cherry Coke Salad

Ingredients:
2 pkgs. Black Cherry Jello 6 oz.
1 lg. can of crushed pineapple
1 Cup pecans
2 cups of juice - (reserved from fruit) plus a 12 oz. coke
Dissolve jello in hot juice, then add coke and refrigerate until it begins to set. Add fruit and nuts and refrigerate. Serves 12-16

I forgot to take a picture before this was eaten. It is a very good, light gelatin dessert.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Hot Sauce







Ingredients:
1 Can whole tomatoes (I used fresh tomatoes because I have plenty)
1 Can Rotel Tomatoes & Green chilies
2 Large Jalapena peppers-chopped
Directions:
Put all in blender and blend 5 to 6 seconds. Put in quart jar and refrigerate.
Enjoy!
This is really good with the Brunswick Stew below! This recipe makes more than you think. It will last a long while.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Easy Brunswick Stew



Ingredients:
2 Cans Cream Style White Corn
2 Cans Stewed Tomatoes
1 Bottle Hot Chili Catsup
2 Cans Chunky White Meat Chicken
1 Bottle Barbecue Sauce
1 lb. Ground beef ( I use ground turkey or deer meat)
2 tblsp. Worchestershire Sauce
2 tblsp. Lemon Juice
Dash of Tobasco Sauce

Directions:
Brown beef, drain, and mix all ingredients and let simmer all day in crock pot. 
I always triple this recipe and put some in the freezer for those days when I don't want to cook.
This recipe is so easy and so delicious!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Crock Pot Apple Butter




It's that time again.....




Crock Pot Apple Butter
Chop up 5 quarts of apples
4 cups sugar
4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
Place apples in crock pot.
(lid may not fit until apples cook down)
Drizzle all other ingredients over apples. Turn on high until your apples cook down so the lid will fit. Then turn on low for approx 10 hours or overnight. Cool down and spoon into containers and refrigerate until you use all.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Caramel cake


OOOOHHH this is so good and so simple!!! I haven't got to post on this blog much because I have been so busy with the garden. Now I will have more time to try out new recipes.
Ingredients:
1 Box Yellow Cake Mix
2 1/2 Cups Sugar
2 Sticks Butter (Marg.)
1 Can Evaporated Milk
Directions:
Cook yellow cake mix until light brown. Cook 2 1/2 cups sugar, 2 sticks butter, and 1 can evaporated milk until thickens. Put holes in cake and cover cake with caramel mix.

For some reason, my caramel didn't get really thick, so you can't even see it on the cake, but let me tell you, you can taste it! This cake is easy & excellent!