Georgia Cracker Salad

Tie posted this on the ID board but I thought that we should have it here cause it's a keeper.

Georgia Cracker Salad (how appropriate, eh?)

1 sleeve saltines
1 large tomato finely chopped
3 green onions finely chopped
1 1/2 cups mayo
1 hard boiled egg finely chopped

Crush crackers. Mix all ingredients together and serve immediately.

It's from The Lady & Sons.
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Odee's Oatmeal Cookies - Even Bee Can Make 'Em!

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups un-sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup softened butter
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar,
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups Old-Fashioned Quaker oats
• 1 (11 ounce) package Nestle Toll House butterscotch-flavored morsels (about 2 cups)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside.
• Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Stir in oats and morsels.
• Drop by rounded Tablespoonfuls onto an un-greased baking sheet.
• Bake 7 to 8 minutes for chewy cookies, 9 to 10 minutes for crisp cookies.
• Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Pan Cookie Variation:

• Grease 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan.
• Prepare dough as above.
• Spread in prepared pan.
• Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool completely in pan on wire rack

BACON WRAPPED HERBED CREAM CHEESE STUFFED CHICKEN

This is the dish from Entree Vous....

I'm guessing at the amounts of spices & such that go into the cream cheese. You would adjust to taste anyway. . . .

1 8oz brick cream cheese, softened
1 clove garlic, smashed and minced
few leaves of fresh parsley finely chopped, or 1/2 tsp dried
1 - 2 chives, finely chopped, green included
1 red bell pepper, deseeded, deveined, and chopped
pinch salt
pinch pepper
four chicken breasts
8 slices bacon

Preheat oven to 325

Add garlic, parsley, chives and bell pepper to cream cheese and mix thoroughly. Set aside.

Put chicken breasts between two pieces of saran wrap and flatten (pound) to even thickness. Salt and pepper chicken.

Divide cream cheese mixture into fourths. Shape each fourth roughly into a ball. Place one cream cheese ball into the center of each chicken breast and roll chicken up from the short end. Wrap two pieces of bacon around the rolled up chicken breast. Do not overlap bacon.

Spray Pam in baking pan and place stuffed chicken in pan. Cover with alum. foil and bake for 30 minutes or until baked through. Uncover, turn oven up to 350 and cook 10 more minutes. Depending on your oven and the thickness of your bacon you may need to turn your oven onto broil for a couple of minutes at the end of the baking time, to crisp up the bacon.


Enjoy..

Tiedye

Best Bread Machine White Bread I've Ever Had

I was in the mood to start using my bread machine again last week and this. Tried a wheat bread that was okay...but this White Bread was REALLY good! The link to the original version is down below....the recipe came from allrecipes.com

Homemade Wonderful Bread
GAIL'S VERSION:
INGREDIENTS (in the order I put them in the machine in)

• 1-1/2 cup room temperature water*
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter (room temperature)
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup dry potato flakes
• 1/4 cup dry milk powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast (at room temperature)

DIRECTIONS.

1. Add ingredients in the order suggested by your manufacturer, including the yeast mixture. Select the basic and light crust setting.

Don't forget....do not use "old" bread flour (I used "Better for Bread"), or out of date yeast. These are things that could cause your bread not to rise properly. You can probably substitute a cup of wheat flour for a cup of white, but you'll want to add some "Vital Wheat Gluten". The rule of thumb is to add 1 tablespoon of vital wheat gluten for every cup of low- or no-gluten flour (such as wheat flour) that is being used in your recipe.

Want to make this a mix of wheat and white? Substitute 2 cups wheat flour for 2 of the 4 cups of flour. Just be sure to add 2 Tbs. of Vital Wheat Gluten to help the dough rise properly (1 Tbs per cup of wheat)


NOTE: * - original recipe said 1-1/4, but some reviewers found it necessary to add another 1/4 cup of water. If you'd like to read all the reviews, and all the way folks made variations of it, , or see the original version which included "proofing the yeast", here is the link: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Homemad...ad/Detail.aspx

BITS 'o BACON BREAD

Here you go, BeezieWeezie. This is a breadmaker recipe from a book called "electric BREAD" which is way WAY old - in fact it has a 1996 copyright which is when I got my first breadmaker, and I've been using it since then. But it has the most wonder-delish-mous bread recipes ever, like peanut butter bread (my #1 son's favorite in the world) and some of the most creative but still easy. Course they're all easy when you make 'em in the breadmaker, ain't dey? :)

The first measurement is for a small loaf and the measurement to the right is for a large loaf.

2/3 cup WATER (1 cup)
1 2/3 cup WHITE BREAD FLOUR (2 1/2 cups)
1/3 cup WHEAT BREAD FLOUR (1/2 cups)
4 tsp SUGAR (2 tbsp)
1 tsp SALT (1 1/2 tbsp)
4 tsp BUTTER (2 tbsp)
1/2 tsp GREEN (black will do) PEPPER
CORNS, CRUSHED (3/4 tsp)
1/2 tsp BASIL (3/4 tsp)
pinch GARLIC POWDER (1/4 tsp)
1/4 cup BACON (with fat) (1/3 cup)
1 tsp FAST RISE YEAST (1 1/2 tsp) or
2 tsp ACTIVE DRY YEAST (2 1/2)

You cook the bacon until its almost crisp. Set the fat aside while you crumble the cooked bacon, then remix bacon and fat before measuring.

A couple of times I made a down and dirty loaf of this recipe with the Hormel real bacon bits and it was still really good - you could tell the difference if you'd had the real stuff, but still REALLY good.

Extra pepper's good, brushing with butter when it's partially cooled is really good, sprinkling coarsely ground salt on top is good.

It usually gets eaten up right out of the breadmaker while its still warm so I try to have soup ready for it.

Tiedye *_*

Boggles

Another fabulous recipe taken from one of Joanne Fluke’s books: “Fudge Cupcake Murder”. Check out the books at www.murdershebaked.com

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F., rack in the middle position.

1 cup		butter, melted (2 sticks)
1 cup		brown sugar
1 cup		white sugar
1/2 tsp		baking powder
1/2 tsp		baking soda
1/2 tsp		salt
2		eggs, beaten
1 tsp		vanilla
1/4 tsp		cinnamon
1/8 tsp		nutmeg
2 cup		flour
1 1/2 cup		sweetened dried cranberries (Craisins or another brand) ***
1 1/2 cup		rolled oats (uncooked oatmeal)

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt butter in large microwave-safe bowl. Add sugars and let cool a bit. Add eggs, baking powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Add flour and mix. Then add the cranberries and oats and mix everything up. The dough will be quite stiff. 2 Drop by teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a sheet. 3 Bake at 350 degrees F. for 12-15 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Remove to rack until cool.

Yield: 5 to 6 dozen, depending on cookie size

Cooking Tips

*** If you can't find the cranberries where you live you can substitute any chopped dried fruit such as dates, apricots, peaches, etc.

These freeze well if you roll them in foil and put them in a freezer bag.

Whippersnappers

I made the “Spice Cake” version and they are pretty good. (Have also had the Strawberry version, and plan to try a chocolate version next week). Once again taken from one of Joanne Fluke’s mystery books - “Candy Cane Murder” Whippersnappers (Lemon, Spice, or other flavors)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees - rack in middle 1 pkg (appx 18 oz) Cake mix, the size you can bake in a 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan 2 cups Cool Whip (measure this) 1 large beaten eggs 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 Combine dry cake mix, Cool Whip, and beaten egg in a large bowl. Stir until it's well mixed. 2 Drop by teaspoon into the bowl of powdered sugar and roll to coat the cookie dough 3 Place the coated cookie drops on a greased (using non-stick cooking spray) cookie sheet, 12 cookies to each sheet 4 Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Let them cool on a the cookie sheet 2 minutes or so, the move to wire rack to cool completely Yield: 4 dozen Cooking Tips This is an old church recipe that you can use any flavor cake mix in these cookies. The author especially likes Lemon Whippersnappers in the summer because they're simple to make and very refreshing. Original recipe done with Lemon

Scandanavian Almond Cake

Scandanavian Almond Cake (taken from Joanne Fluke's "Carrot Cake Murder" book...the Hannah referred to in the recipe is the main character, Hannah Swensen)
	Preheat oven to 350 degrees, rack in the middle 1/2 cup salted butter 1-1/4 cups white sugar 1 xtra large eggs 1/2 tsp baking powder 1-1/2 tsp almond extract 2/3 cup cream (can use half & half) 1-1/4 cups flour 1/4 cup sliced almonds 1 Before you start to mix up this recipe, grease (or spray with Pam) a 4-inch by 8-inch loaf pan.. 2 Cut a strip of parchment paper (or wax paper) 8 inches wide and 16 inches long. Lay it in the pan so that the bottom is covered and the strip sticks out in little "ears" on the long sides of the pam. (this makes for easy removal after your cake is baked). This will leave the two short sides of the pan uncovered, but that's okay. Press the paper down and spray it agai nwith Pam (or another nonstick cooking spray) 3 If you decided to use the sliced almonds, sprinkle a few in the very bottom of your paper-lined loaf pan). 4 HANNAH's 1ST NOTE: Don't let this next step scare you...it's extremely easy an dit will keep your cakes from turning too brown around the edges. 5 Place the stick of butter in a one-cup Pyrex measuring cup (or another microwave safe bowl). Zap it for 40 seconds on HIGH, or until it's melted) (You can also do this in asmall saucepan on the stove). Now pour that mleted butter through a fine-mesh strainer, the kind you'd use for tea (or a larger mesh strainer lined with double thickness of cheesecloth). After the melted butter has dripped through, dump the mmilk solids that have gathered in the strainer tinot he garbage (or throw away the cheesecloth) . What you have left is clarified butter 6 Set your clarified butter on the counter to cool while you.... Mix the white sugar with the egg in a medium sized bowl, or inthe bowl of an electric mixer. Beat them together until they're light and fluffy. 7 Add the baking powder and the almond extract. Mix well 8 Cup your hands around the bowl with the clarified butter. If you can hold it comforabley and it's not so hot that it might cook the egg, add it to your bowl now and mix in. If it's still too hot, wait until it's cooler and then mix it in. 9 ** Add half of the cream and mix it in. Add half of the flour and mix it in. Now add the rest of the cream, mix. And then add the rest of the cream, and mix. 10 Pour the batter into a loaf pan you've prepared and smooth the top with a spatula 11 bake the cake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 12 Let the loaf pan sit on a wire rack or a cold burner for 15 minutes. Then loosen the cake from the short sides of the pan (the non=papered sides) with a metal spatula or a knife. 13 tip the cake out on a pretty platter and remove the parchment paper. Let it cool and then dust the top with powdered sugar if you wish. Cooking Tips **HANNAH's 2ND NOTE: In the following steps you're going to add half the cream, and then half the flour. You don't have to be precise and measure exactly half. Just dump in what you think is approximately half and it's be just fine. HANNAH's 3RD NOTE: Mother's friends Joyce & Nancy have special half-round loaf pans especially for baking Scandinavian Almond Cake. Joyce's cake bakes for the same length of time as mine does. Nancy's pan has dark nonstick surface. It's heavier than Joyce's pan and the dark surface makes it bake faster. Nancy bakes her cake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Julia’s Cheesy Crock Pot Chicken

My Family LOVED This!!!

This came from an acquaintance of mine, and is cooked in a crock pot, but could certainly be modified to be done in the oven.

Cheesy Crock Pot Chicken

4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
8.oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 pkg. Italian dressing and seasoning mix

Soften cream cheese. Stir in other ingredients. Place chicken in crockpot and pour mixture on top. Allow to cook on low for 8 hours. Serve over rice or noodles. Enjoy!

Christa’s Heath Bar Cake

Got this recipe today at a reception at church. I got HALF a serving...went back and grabbed the other half after tasting it! I am NOT a Heath Bar person...so this was quite a surprise!!!

Christa’s Heath Bar Cake*

1 chocolate cake mix

1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

1 small jar butterscotch topping

12 ounces whipped topping

4 small Heath (or Skor) candy bars, chopped

Prepare cake according to directions on package and bake in a 9x13 inch pan.

While still hot, use a wooden spoon handle to poke holes in the top of the cake. Pour condensed milk evenly over the top, then pour butterscotch topping evenly over that. Sprinkle half of chopped Heath bars over the top. Refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Spread whipped topping over cake, then sprinkle with remaining Heath pieces.

*(recipe taken from 101 Things To Do With A Cake Mix by Stephanie Ashcraft)