Thursday, November 20, 2014

Creamed Corn

Ingredients
1 pkg. frozen corn, cook and drain
2-3 oz. cream cheese
1 T. butter
3/4 tsp. dill weed

Directions
Add all to cooked corn and stir until melted. Thin with milk if it is too thick. 

Caramel Crunch Fudge Cake

This is my all time favorite Chocolate Cake! It's pretty easy too.


Ingredients
1/2 c. butter
2 oz. (2 squares) unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 c. water
1 c. rolled oats
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 c. white sugar
1/2 c. chocolate-flavored syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions
Heat oven to 350°. Grease 9x13 pan. In large saucepan, melt butter and chocolate. Add water; bring to boil. Stir in oats, sugar, brown sugar, chocolate syrup, vanilla, and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt into chocolate mixture, mixing well. Pour into greased pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched highly in center. As soon as cake is removed from oven make the topping. 


TOPPING:
1/3 c. butter
1/4 c. whipping cream
3/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c. chopped pecans

As soon as cake is removed from oven, in small saucepan combine all ingredients. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer 2-3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Pour over hot cake. Broil 4-6 inches from heat for about 2 minutes or until topping is bubbly and lightly browned. 
12 servings. 

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Alan's Stew

This is one of the first recipes my dad had ever made (back in 1993). Since then he's become quite the chef at our house. This stew is so yummy, especially on cold wintery days. It's easy too!

Ingredients:
6 potatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
6-7 carrots, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1 lb. hamburger
1/2 onion, diced
1 pkg. dry onion soup
1 can water
2 cans Cream of Celery soup
1 can Golden Mushroom soup


Directions:
Cook the carrots in salted water for 15-20 minutes, then add potatoes and cook another 15-20 minutes. Drain water and put vegetables in crock pot. Brown hamburger with onion, salt and pepper to taste. Drain and add to crock pot. Mix the soups and can of water together and add to crock pot. Mi all together and cook on low.

Chicken Alabam

Lion House Recipe. This is a family favorite! Seriously so delicious. 


8 pieces chicken
2/3 c. flour
1 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
1/2 tsp. dash of thyme
5 T butter
1/2 c. chopped onion
2 c. chicken stock
1 c. light cream
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
2 T Pimento (optional)

Dredge chicken pieces with mixture of flour, paprika, salt, pepper, and thyme. Shake off excess flour and sauté in about 3 T. cooking oil. Saute onion lightly in 2 T. butter for 5 minutes. Stir in excess flour from dredging chicken. Add soup stock. Cook and stir until thickened. Add light cream and cook until smooth and thick. Add lemon juice, then pimiento; blend well. Pour sauce over chicken in a 2 to 3-quart casserole dish; cover and bake 1 1/4 hours at 325 degrees, or until chicken is fork tender. Serve over cooked rice. Makes 4-6 servings. 

Pepperoni & Cheese Crescents


  • 30 min
  • total time
  • ingredients4
  • servings8

Ingredients

1
(8-oz.) can Pillsbury™ Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
24
slices (about 5 oz.) pepperoni
2
oz. (1/2 cup) shredded mozzarella cheese
1
cup tomato pasta or pizza sauce, heated

Steps

  • 1Heat oven to 375°F. Separate dough into 8 triangles; pat out each triangle slightly.
  • 2Place 3 slices pepperoni, slightly overlapping, on center of each triangle. Top each with about 1 tablespoon cheese.
  • 3Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle and rolling to opposite point. Place rolls, point side down, on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • 4Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Serve warm crescents with warm pasta sauce for dipping.




Peach Cobbler Dump Cake


Peach Cobbler Dump Cake Recipe:
Ingredients:
2 (16 ounce) cans peaches in heavy syrup
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Empty peaches into the bottom of one 9×13 inch pan. Cover with the dry cake mix and press down firmly. Cut butter into small pieces and place on top of cake mix. Sprinkle top with cinnamon.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes.
(source: http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/05/peach-cobbler-dump-cake-recipe.html)