TACO RING

Ingredients

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• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 pkg taco seasoning mix
• 1 cup (4 oz) cheddar cheese
• 2 Tbsp water
• 2 8 oz refrigerated crescent rolls
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• Garnish:
• green bell pepper
• salsa
• lettuce
• tomato
• Chopped onion
• pitted ripe olives
• sour cream

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How to make it

Preheat oven to 375

• Brown ground beef and drain grease.
• Stir in taco seasoning, water and cheese.
• Unroll crescent rolls and separate. Arrange triangles in a circle on a round baking stone with wide ends
•  overlapping in center and points toward the outside. There should be about a 5 inch diameter in the center.
• Scoop meat mixture evenly onto widest ends of dough at center of ring. Bring points in and over
•  and tuck underneath the wide end.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• You can garnish with bell pepper, lettuce, salsa, tomatoes, onion, sour cream, olives, etc.

Snickers Fudge Brownies

Snickers Fudge Brownies
1 box brownie mix
Ingredients for brownies
2 9-oz. bags snack-size Snickers*, chopped
1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 12-0z. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
Pinch of salt

Line a 13x9 baking pan with aluminum foil and spray generously with cooking spray.  Make the brownies in prepared pan according to package directions for a 13x9 pan.  Cool for about 20 minutes then make the fudge by melting sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips and salt over medium-low heat, stirring until smooth.

Top brownies with chopped snickers then spread fudge evenly over snickers (to spread mine evenly, I covered it with a sheet of waxed paper and pressed it with my hands).

Refrigerate until firm then remove brownies from pan by lifting up aluminum foil lining.  Cut to size then serve and store at room temperature.

*Use any chocolate candy... I'm thinking Rolos or Milk Duds would be divine!

WORMS

Ingredients:
2 packs (3 oz) Raspberry jello
1 pkg unflavored gelatin (for extra firmness)
3/4 cup whipping cream
3 cups boiling water

15 drops green food coloring
100 flexible straws (or enough to fill your container)
Tall container (1 quart or 1 liter carton of milk)

Directions::
Combine gelatin in bowl and add boiling water.
Let it cool to lukewarm and then add the whipping cream and 15 drops green food coloring.
Gather your straws (don’t forget to flex them out) and put them in the container. It’s important that the straws have a tight fit so the jello stays in the straws. For this reason, a 1 liter carton may be better; you will probably get longer worms since there is a tighter fit. If you have a bigger container, a rubber band around the straws is helpful. Or you could just add more straws to fill the container.
Add the gelatin mixture to the straw-filled container and let it set until firm.
There are multiple ways you can remove the worms from the straws. You can roll a rolling pin over the straws and squeeze them out or you can hold the straws over warm water. The worms will slip right out.

Chocolate and Vanilla Red Velvet Cake

The two greatest foods in the world...

 CHOCOLATE AND RED VELVET.. 

• Pre Heat Oven to 350*

1.  3 eggs
2. 3/4 cup butter
3. 3 cups all-purpose flour
4. 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
5. 3/4 teaspoon salt
6. 2 1/4 cups sugar
7. 1   1 ounce bottle of red food coloring ( use 2 tablespoons)
8. 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
9. 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
10. 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
11. 1 1/4 teaspoons vinegar

I use just regular Duncan Hines Vanilla Frosting

and Chocolate Frosting one can each.

You can use any kind of Vanilla filling or frosting and Chocolate Frosting.  

YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS TO THE EXACT  DIRECTIONS OR IT WILL NOT TURN OUT RIGHT..

• Allow eggs and butter to stand at room temp for 30 minutes
• Grease your pans or spray them  3 pans  I use a square 9x9x2 inch pan

• In a bowl stir together flour, cocoa powder and salt set aside.
• In very large bowl beat butter, with mixer on med to high for 30 seconds. 
• Gradually add sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time beating on med speed until well mixed
• Scrape the side of the bowl and mix 2 more minutes
• Add eggs one at a time beating after each one
• Beat in  red food coloring and vanilla 
• Alter add flour mixture and butter milk beating on low speed until all combined.

• In a small bowl combine baking soda and vinegar slowly fold into batter add into baking pans

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick is clean.  Cool layers on wire racks for 10 minutes. 

Once layers have cooled place bottom layer and frost with vanilla frosting, add layer two frost with vanilla frosting place third layer and then frost with Chocolate Frosting.  

NOTE place wax paper on your cake plate then add the first layer, one you have finished frosting pull the wax paper out and it leaves your plate clean

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Warm Bacon Dip

Bacon Dip

8 oz soften cream cheese

2 cups sour cream

3 oz cooked bacon crumbled or bacon bits

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup chopped green onion

  

Bring cream cheese to room temp.

Pre heat oven 400*

In a bowl combine all ingredients

Place in 1 quart baking dish

Cover

Heat 25-30 minutes. 

Serve with French Bread, crackers or chips

Cheesy Taters

CHEESY POTATO CASSEROLE

• 1 28 oz package of frozen Ord-Ida O'Brien potatoes with pepper and onions, thawed. 
• 10.75 oz can of cream of mushroom soup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
• 1 cup Muenster cheese, shredded
• 1 tablespoons dry Panko breadcrumbs
• 2 teaspoons melted butter

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Heat oven to 350*, Spray 2 quart casserole dish with cooking spray;

In large bowl, combine all ingredients EXCEPT

breadcrumbs and butter. mix well

Spoon the mixture in to dish. Mix the breadcrumbs and butter. sprinkle over potatoes. 

Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until bubbly. 

  

SNICKERDOODLES

SNICKERDOODLES

COOKIES

ADDING THIS FOR MY WONDERFUL FRIEND

CHRISTIE HACKER CHASE.. SO SHE CAN MAKE THEM FOR MY SWEET BABIES

Pre heat oven to 400* after you mix up your batter, about 30 minutes 

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2 3/4    cups flour

2 teaspoons    Cream of Tartar

1 teaspoon    baking soda

1 3/4   cups sugar  divided

1/2 cup or 1 stick butter softened

1/2 cup shortening

2 eggs

2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon

Mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda in a bowl.  Set aside

Beat 1 1/2 cups of  sugar, butter and shorting in bowl with mixer until light and fluffy

add eggs and vanilla mix well then gradually beat in flour mixture on low until mixed well.

Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Mix remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and cinnamon, shape dough into 1 inch balls and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat.  Place on baking sheet.  

Bake 9 to 11 minutes. Lightly browned.. Cool on wire rack.  Makes 5 dozen..