Archive for August, 2007

Sweet Potato Casserole

  • 3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 stick butter, melted
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Topping:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1/3 stick butter, melted

Combine all ingredients in baking dish.  Combine topping ingredients, spread over potatoes.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

7-Layer Cabbage Salad

From Dawn’s Aunt Sue

shred cabbage (in larger strips not fine like in blender)

add these as desired

  • cauliflower
  • carrot
  • parsley
  • celery
  • onion
  • green pepper
  • peas

Mix the following into the above (on the day before serving):

  • 1 pt mayonnaise
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • Romano Cheese to taste

The day of serving:

  • Add 1/2 pound crisply fried bacon
  • 2 hard boiled eggs

Re-toss all ingredients.

7-Layer Lettuce Salad

From Dawn’s Aunt Sue

  • shred head of lettuce- lay in 9×13 pan
  • chop 1 Spanish Onion
  • 1 layer of chopped celery
  • 1 layer of green pepper
  • 10 oz pkg of frozen peas (rinse well under cold water)
  • 1 pt mayonnaise
  • 2 tsp sugar – sprinkle over the mayo that you spread over the vegetables in pan
  • sprinkle with Romano Cheese

Make and refrigerate covered in pan 1 day before serving.

On day of serving:

  • slice 2 tomatoes
  • slice 2 hard boiled eggs
  • sprinkle crisply fried bacon (approx 1/2 pound)

Put over top of the salad.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

  • 1 package yellow cake mix
  • 1 package lemon pudding mix
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup poppy seeds

Mix all ingredients together. Pour into sprayed/greased loaf pan. Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Sugar Cookies

  • 1 cup butter/margarine or butter flavor crisco
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup cooking oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cream of tarter
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 1/4 cups flour

Cream shortening adding other ingredients in order given.  Form into small balls and flatten with a glass dipped in sugar.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes

Approx 9 dozen

Taco Salad

So, I asked Marcus to give me his recipe for Taco Salad. This is what I got:A Glob of Miracle Whip

  • A couple Glubs of Ortega
  • 2 heads of lettuce
  • 2 tomatoes
  • medium onion
  • 2 lbs of meat
  • taco seasoning
  • a brick of cheese ~ shredded~ whatever kind you want
  • Fritos (or Doritos works too)

Mix Ortega and Miracle Whip for sauce (you can add jalapenos if you like). Mix the rest, add the sauce to it. Add chips last.
Serves 10-15

*chuckle*

Death By Chocolate

2 cups Sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup Hershey™s Cocoa or Hershey™s Special Dark Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water1 jar Hot Fudge ice cream topping
2 containers whipped chocolate frosting
1 large Hershey™s Milk Chocolate Bar
1 large Hershey™s Special Dark Chocolate Bar

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans or one 13—9×2-inch baking pan.

2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

3. Bake 30-35 minutes for round pans, 35-40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. (Cake may be left in rectangular pan, if desired.)

Carefully cut each round into 2 layers, so there are 4 cake layers altogether. Use half jar of Hot Fudge on bottom layer of cake, add next cake layer- frost with whipped frosting, add third cake layer- use remaining Hot Fudge, add last cake layer. Frost top and sides with whipped frosting.

Take vegetable peeler and shave both chocolate bars. Carefully coat top and sides of cake.

Tri Bean Burger Bake

Approx 6 Servings

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
4 sl bacon; cut into 1″ pieces
1/2 c chopped onion
1 16 oz. can diagonal-cut
-green beans; drained
1 16 oz. can baked beans
1 cn {15 1/2 oz.} kidney beans;
-drained
1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
1 ts salt
1/2 c ketchup
1 tb vinegar
1 ts prepared mustard

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large skillet, brown ground beef, bacon, and onion; drain. All all remaining ingredients; mix well. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole. Cover; bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

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