Caramels

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup light Karo syrup
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients.
2. Cook 6 minutes, stirring every two minutes.
3. Stir and pour into lightly greased dish.
4. Let cool.
5. Cut, wrap in wax paper & store in air tight container.
   
   
   
   
   

Butterfinger Pie

• 6 (2 1⁄8; ounce) butterfinger candy bars , crushed
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (12 ounce) carton Cool Whip
• 1 graham cracker crust

Directions:

1. Mix first three ingredients together.
2. Put it in pie crust.
3. Chill
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Impossibly Easy Taco Pie

1 pound ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)

1 package taco seasoning

1 can (4.5 ounces) green chiles, drained

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1/2 cup origin Bisquick

3/4 cup cheddar cheese

1. Heat oven to 400. Grease 9-inch pie plate. Cook ground beef and onion in skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in seasoning mix (dry). Spoon into pie plate: top with chilies.

2. Stir milk, eggs, and Bisquick mix until blended. Pour into pie plate.

3. Bake about 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 8 to 10 minutes longer. Cool 5 minutes. Serve with salsa, sour cream and lettuce (if desired).

Better Than Sex Cake

1 pkg Devils Food Cake

1 can sweetened condensed milk

Caramel Ice Cream Topping

1 (8 oz) cool whip, thawed

4-5 Heath Bars, chopped up

Bake cake according to package directions for a 9x13 pan. Cool about 5 minutes. Using the handle of a wood spoon, poke holes into the cake. Let the cake cool for a little while. Slowly pour condensed milk over the cake, letting it sink into the holes. Drizzle some of the caramel over the top of the cake. Let the cake cool completely (cover it and out it in fridge for awhile). Top the cake with the whipped cream. Sprinkle the candy bar pieces in top of cool whip. Drizzle the caramel on too. Refrigerate a little longer, then serve.

By the chocolate chips (in store) they have Heath bars in a bag like that. That's what I bought

Peanut Butter Pie

Ingredients:

• 5 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup Peanut Butter
• 8 oz frozen whipped topping, thawed
• graham cracker pie crusts
• 3 tbsp Hershey's chocolate syrup

Directions:

Beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar together in a medium bowl.

Mix in Peanut Butter and beat until smooth. Fold in whipped topping.

Spoon into graham cracker pie shell; cover, and refrigerate until firm, at least 2-3 hours. Drizzle with chocolate syrup before serving.

Impossibly Easy Hamburger Pie

Hamburger Pie


24 oz. package mashed potatoes - I bought the tub of pre-made Betty Crocker kind
1 1/4 lb hamburger meat
1/2 cup chopped onion 
1/4 tsp salt
Dash of black pepper
2 1/2 cups frozen green beans, thawed
1 - 10 3/4 oz can of tomato soup
1/2 cup shredded cheese

In large skillet cook meat & onion until meat is done & onion tender. Drain & add salt & pepper. Stir in thawed beans & soup; pour into greased 2 qt (8x8 pan)

Spoon mashed potatoes on mixture. Sprinkle cheese over potatoes. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 30-35 mins. Makes 6 servings

Banana Pudding

4 bananas, sliced

3 cups milk

1 box Nilla Wafers

2 small boxes instant FRENCH vanilla pudding

1 (8oz) pkg. cream cheese

1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (12oz) container Cool Whip

1. Line the bottom of 9x13 pan with Nilla wafters.

2. Slice your banans and layer on top of cookies.

3. Combine the milk and pudding mix and blen using a handheld mixer. I've found that using two small boxes & the 3 cupos of milk makes an awesome consistency for the pudding. It just sets PERFECTLY.

4. In a seperate bowl, mix together cream cheese & condensed milk until smooth. Gradually fold in whipped cream.

5. Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mix & stir until well blended.

6. Pour the mix evenly over the bananas.

7. Layer the remaining Nilla Wafers on top of the mix to top if all off.

This is very sweet! But great!

Marinated Creamed Cucumber & Onion Salad

MARINATED CREAMED CUCUMBER & ONION SALAD

2 lg. cucumbers

1 lg. white onion

1/4 c. white vinegar

2 tbsp. sugar

1/2 c. vegetable oil

1 1/2 c. sour cream

1 tsp. chopped fresh dill

2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

Salt & fresh ground pepper

1/2 c. water

Thin slice scored cucumber and onion. Place in bowl and pour in vinegar, oil & water. Add sugar, salt, pepper, dill & parsley. Mix well. Let cool for 1/2 hour then drain off all liquid. Add sour cream. Mix well & refrigerate 1 hour

Chicken Spaghetti

Chicken Spaghetti

Serves 8

• 8 ounces angel hair pasta
• 2 cups chopped, grilled chicken or 1 large can of chicken
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 10-ounce can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chiles, undrained
• 8 ounces sour cream
• Sprinkling of Parmesan or Mexican-blend cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Boil pasta as package directs and drain. Mix all other ingredients (except cheese), add to cooked pasta and put in a 9" x 13" baking dish. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Sprinkle with your choice of cheese and return to oven to melt.

Fresh Cucumber Salad

7 cups unpeeled cucumbers - sliced thin (I peeled mine) - about 7 large cucumbers

1 cup sliced onions

1 cup sliced green peppers

1 tbsp salt

1 cup white vinegar

2 cups sugar

1 tsp celery seed

1 tsp mustard seed

Mix cucumbers, onions, peppers and salt; set aside.

Put vinegar, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed in a pot and bring to a boil.

Remove from heat and let cool for one hour.

Pour mixture over cucumbers.

Put in jars and store in refrigerator.

Will keep up to 2 months.

Makes 2 quart jars.

Baked Spaghetti

1 (16oz) package spaghetti

1 pound ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped

1 (26oz) jar meatless spaghetti sauce

1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt

2 eggs

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

5 tablespoons butter, melted

2 cups small curd cottage cheese

4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1. Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onions over medium high heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce and seasoned salt; set aside.

2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, Parmesan cheese and butter. Drain spaghetti; add to egg mixture and toss to coat.

3. Place half of the spaghetti mixture in a greased 9x13 baking dish. Top with half of the cottage cheese, meat sauce and mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and name at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake 20-25 minutes or longer until cheese is melted.

Banana Pudding Poke Cake

Ingredients:

 1 (10 oz.) box yellow cake mix

Ingredients needed to make cake (eggs, oil & water)

2 (3.4 oz.) packages instant banana pudding

4 cups milk

1 (8 oz.) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed

20 vanilla wafers, crushed

Directions:

 Prepare cake mix according to package directions for a 9x13 cake.Once cake comes out of the oven, allow it to cool for just a couple of minutes.Then, with a wooden spoon handle or some other similarly-sized object, begin poking holes in the cake.

 You want the holes to be fairly big so that the pudding has plenty of room to get down  in there. Be sure to poke right down to the bottom of the cake.

 In a bowl, prepare pudding.Whisk together instant pudding with 4 cups milk.Stir until all the lumps are gone. Let pudding sit for just about 2 minutes so it has just slightly begun to thicken but not fully set, it should still be easily pourable.

Pour pudding over cake. Taking care to get it into the holes as much as possible.

 Spread it all out and using the back of the spoon gently push pudding down into the holes.

Put the pudding into the fridge to set and cool.Once your cake has completely cooled, spread on whipped topping.

If you haven't done so already, crush your vanilla wafers.I just place mine in a ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin.Leave some of the pieces big. It's nice to have a bit of a crunch when you eat the cake.

 Spread crushed wafers onto the top of the cake. You can do this part immediately before serving the cake if you like. This will ensure the wafers are crunchy when you serve it. 

I think this cake gets more delicious over time.To me, it's even better the next day so it's a great dessert to make ahead of time.Serve with freshly sliced bananas. Keep refrigerated.

Stuffed Chicken

What you need:

1 pkg. (6 oz) Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Chicken

1 cup water

6 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 1/2 lb.)

1 pkg. (10 oz) frozen chopped broccoli, thawed, drained

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

1/2 cup fat free milk1 tsp. paprika

2 Tbsp. Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese

What to do:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine stuffing mix and water in large bowl. Let stand 5 minutes. Meanwhile, pound chicken to 1/4-inch thickness using meat mallet. Add broccoli to stuffing; mix lightly. Spread evenly over chicken breasts.  Roll up each chicken breast from the short end. No picture of this it is a two hand job. I roll with one hand, and hold the mixture with my other hand. Place the chicken, seam side down, in 13X9-inch baking dish. Mix soup and mild and pour over the top. Sprinkle with paprika and Parmesan Cheese. Bake 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through (170 degrees).