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[Jo Ann]

I thought, with the holiday season, we might like to share some recipies with each other. 
It is always nice to surprise family with a new recipe. 
My desert favorite is cheese cake, but your recipe could be anything!

*CHEESECAKE*

A 9" Springform pan is a MUST.

Cooking Time: 10 minutes + 2 hours 10 minutes
Oven Tempature:  Crust 350 - Cake 450 & 250
(Best made the day before and chill overnight.)

CRUST:
2 & 1/2  cup crushed Vanilla Wafers
     1/2  cup Sugar
     1/2  cup Chopped Pecans or Walnuts (optional)
     1/2  cup melted Butter

COMBINE crumbs, sugar and pecans.
STIR in butter.   
PRESS into bottom and sides of a 9" round spring form pan.
BAKE at 350 for 10 minutes   
COOL.

FILLING:
 5 - 8 Ounce Cream Cheese Softened  (40 ounces)
 1 & 3/4  cup Sugar
 3 - Tablespoons Flour
 5 - Eggs + 2 Egg Yolks
1/2 Cup Whipping Cream
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla

BLEND Cheese, Sugar, Flour and Vanilla at high speed. 
ADD eggs & yolks, 1 at a time, beat until smooth ...
SCRAPE the sides occasionally.
BEAT in cream. 
POUR into crust.
BAKE at 450 for 10 minutes ...
BAKE at 250 for 2 hours.
COOL completely ... leave in pan, then cover with plastic wrap.
REFRIGERATE

TOPPINGS  (optional)
Some people do not like to add a topping, but that can be done at, or just before, it is served. 
Be very light on the topping, the cheesecake itself is very rich.

Suggested toppings: (One or a combination of two.)

Pie filling: cherry, blueberry and/or peach
Drizzle: chocolate, butterscotch or caramel (ice cream toppings)
Sprinkle: chopped pecans, walnuts or sliced almonds

Serves 16 to 24

Well worth all the work and time.

Start dieting now so you can have some!   Enjoy!   

[Chins To Love]

I just made this today. Instant Hot Chocolate Mix!

1 large box powdered milk
1 large container powdered creamer
1 large bag powdered sugar
1 large can of Nestle Quick

Mix altogether and enjoy.  Great to put in canning jars with a ribbon and put in your Christmas baskets.

[Sillychinchilly]

I have two that I make special for the holidays:

Sweet and Sour Green Beans:

One can of green beans
1 tbsp Vinegar
2 tbsp sugar
2 slices crispy bacon

Chop bacon into 1/8 inch bits and add to the undrained green beans. Combine with vinegar and sugar. Serve hot.

The first time I made that I was like... I don't think this is going to  be very good, but what the hey... So I did, and we took it to a family potluck... It was the first dish gone, and everyone was asking for the recipe! The best part about it is that its soooooo simple!!

The second I usually make for Christmas eve...

Stuffed Pork Chops (This is, as far as I know of my own invention)

4 one half pound pork chops, tenderized
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 of a Granny Smith apple, chopped into small, thin pieces.
1 Cup crumbled Feta cheese
1/4 tsp Oregano
1 fresh clove, ground
1 large allspice, also ground
1/4 tsp basil

Over medium heat, combine white wine, sugar, and apple. Let it heat up while you prepare the chops.
Cut a pocket into the pork chops (Don't cut all the way through, or you won't have a way to keep your stuffing where you want it!!)
Take a slice of the apple and put it into the pork chop, and put the pork chop into the wine mixture.
Let this cook until the wine mixture reduces. Make sure to flip the chops about half way through. Be sure to watch that your apples aren't burning!!

While the pork chops are cooking, combine the feta, oregano, clove, allspice, and basil in a bowl with a lid. Shake until its blended.

Once your wine has reduced, take out the pork chops, and remove the slice of apple. THEN, take the apple bits that were in the wine and mix it with your feta mixture. Distribute evenly between all four pork chops, and put them in the oven for about ten minutes. Take them out and enjoy!!

If anyone decides to try this, let me know if you like it or not!!
<3

Jo Ann!! I will have to try your cheese cake recipe! We grow pecans in our backyard and are always over loaded with them... I candy them, and make pecan pies and all sorts of other stuff, but we still have more than we can use! (Really its just another excuse to make cheese cake!! lol)

[kneesaa]

This one my Mom makes .
Raspberry Ribbons

1 cup Butter (no substitutes), Softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup raspberry jam

GLAZE
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and the salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Put size desrided size ball on a greased or foillined baking sheets. Do thumb print on the the balls. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Fill thumb depressions with jam. Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes.
Remove to wire racks. In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over warm cookies. Cool completely.
Or instend of doing thumb print, you can do the dough log shape, before you put the dough into the oven just do the indenting on the log. Just do like the thumb print cookies but it's a log. Then after the jam/cooking part slice and then put the glaze on.

Enjoy them, they are so good. We sent a shoe box full to my uncle when he lived in Dutch Harbor Alaska, he had them gone by the next day .

[kneesaa]

Here's another one that my Mom makes.

Christmas sandwich cookies. Yummy


1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
Sugar for putting the cutouts in.

 
Filling
1/2 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
1-1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Food coloring

In mixing bowl, combine butter, cream and flour; mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or untill dough is easy to handle. Devide into thirds; let one stand at room temperature for 15 minutes ( keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll out).

On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thinkness. Cut with a 1-1/2 inch round cookie cutter. Place cutouts in a shallow dish filled with sugar; turn to coat. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with a fork several times.

Bake at 375 for 7to 9 minutes or until set. Cool on wire racks.
For filling, in a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla. Tint with food coloring. Spread about 1 teaspoon of filling over half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Yields 4 dozen.
Enjoy them too

[Jo Ann]

   Here's one that is super simple, quick & easy! 
And it can be modified for those who can not tolerate milk
and/or those allergic to wheat
and/or must be on a gluten-free life-style.   

Fruit Cobbler or Muffins

*Be sure to check options at bottom before starting!

1 - 8" square pan or 9" x 12" pan for a thinner cobbler  ... buttered or a non stick spray coating.
OR muffin tin with paper cups.

Batter:
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour* (self rising) 
1 cup milk* 
1 stick butter*, melted 

Filling:
1 to 2 cups Fruit*

Sift sugar and flour together.
Add milk.
Add melted butter.
Mix until smooth ... will be a little thicker than pancake mix.

*Fresh fruit should be placed on the bottom of the pan and batter poured over it.
*Canned fruit pie filling (pour above batter into pan first) filling should be spooned on to the top of the batter mix.

Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until golden brown on top.
Can be served hot or cold.
Number of servings depends on size of serving.   
Enjoy!


Gluten Free*
Use fresh fruit, not canned (OR use homemade all-fruit-preserves that do not contain glutens)
Use gluten free oil, not butter or margerine (Butter that is made on a farm naturally usually contains no glutens)
Use Rice flour with the necessary gluten-free-additives to make it self-rising.

Milk Intolerant*
*Use all natural 100% fruit juice* instead of milk (Using the fruit juice ... careful of the color ... the cobbler crust will be the same color as the color of the fruit juice).
*Use margarine or corn oil instead of butter.

*JUICE - use juice that will compliment the flavor of the fruit being used such as:
apple juice with apples or mincemeat
pineapple juice with cherry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, strawberry or rubarb.

[Sweetnessheart]

This is what I am making for dinner tonight.....it is great on a cold night!

Hamburger Soup

1 pound ground beef
1 16-oz can chopped tomatoes
1 med onion, chopped
2 med carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/3 cup pearl barley
1/4 cup catsup
1 tablespoon instant beef bouillon granules (or 3 bouillon cubes)
2 teaspoon seasoning salt
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 bay leaf

In large saucepan cook ground beef until brown.  Drain off fat.  Stir in remaining ingredients plus 5 cups of water.  Bring to boiling.  Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.  Remove bay leaf before serving.