Strawberry Pretzel Salad

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
4 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup white sugar
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (6 ounce) package strawberry flavored gelatin
2 cups boiling water
1 (16 ounce) package frozen strawberries


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Mix together the pretzels, 4 1/2 tablespoons sugar and melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Bake for 10 minutes, or lightly toasted. Set aside to cool completely.
In a medium bowl, beat the sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread evenly over the cooled crust. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
In a medium bowl, stir together the gelatin mix and boiling water. Mix in frozen strawberries, and stir until thawed. Pour over cream cheese mixture in pan. Refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 1 hour.

Red Velvet Cookies

These are fun and very, very easy for a quick treat for Red Velvet Cake lovers.

Ingredients:
1 Box Duncan Hines Red Velvet Cake Mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil

Cream Cheese Frosting
1 8 ounce package cream cheese -- softened
1/4 cup stick margarine or butter -- softened
2 teaspoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Beat cream cheese, margarine, milk and vanilla in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. *** I added about 2 teaspoons of water to the batter. Directions:Mix all ingredients together. This will make a cookie dough. Roll into balls and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Flattendown slightly (depending on the thickness you desire). Bake at 375° until the tops crackle (about 8-10 minutes) or until desireddoneness. Cool and then frost

** I would half the recipe for the frosting. I used the basic cream cheese and didn't add chocolate.

Corn and cabbage

Ingredients:

4-5 slices bacon--cooked crisp
liquid from 1 can of corn
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
3 c. shredded cabbage or 1 large head
1 can corn

Directions:

Fry bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon from pan. Add corn liquid, sugar and salt to bacon drippings. Bring to boil; add cabbage and cook until tender--7-10 minutes. Add corn and heat. Garnish with crisp bacon. Make 6 generous servings

Peanut Butter Pie

INGREDIENTS
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup milk
1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crusts ( I like to use chocolate crusts)


Beat together cream cheese and confectioners' sugar. Mix in peanut butter and milk. Beat until smooth. Fold in whipped topping.
Spoon into two 9 inch graham cracker pie shells; cover, and freeze until firm

I add chocolate syrup over top of the pie and spread to make a design. Garnish with resee's peanut butter cups when serving...

Scotcheroos

INGREDIENTS
1 cup white sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup peanut butter
6 cups crispy rice cereal
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips


Butter a 11 x 15 pan

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar and corn syrup, and bring to a rolling boil. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter. Mix in the rice cereal until evenly coated. Press the mixture into the prepared pan.
In a glass bowl in the microwave, melt the chocolate and butterscotch chips, stirring occasionally until smooth and well blended. Spread over the top of the bars. Chill until set, then cut into bars.


I have found adding a little extra corn syrup will make them more chewy.

Apple Dumplings

Ingredients:

1 package Crescent Rolls (8 roll package)
1 Granny Smith apple - peeled, cored, and cut in 8 pieces


Directions:

Wrap each apple slice in Crescent roll and place in baking dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Mix together

:1 cup sugar1/2 stick butter2/3 cup Sprite Bring to a boil and pour over rolled apples. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Chicken Reuben

This is a favorite of mine....

4 Whole chicken breast, split, skinned and boned
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 can (16 oz) sauerkraut, well drained
4 slices Swiss cheese
1 1/4 cups French Dressing
Parsley


Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place chicken in a single layer in a greased baking pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Press excess liquid from sauerkraut; spoon over chicken. Arrange cheese slices over sauerkraut. Pour dressing evenly over the top. Cover pan with aluminum foil. Bake about 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is tender.

It really doesn't matter what order stuff goes on. I usually put the dressing on over the sauerkraut....