Candy Bar Salad

This is one your kids will enjoy! It's really easy, and surprisingly good. At least your kids will eat their apples now! Hope you enjoy it!

5 Snickers Candy Bars
4 Apples
1 small Carton of Cool Whip

Cut up candy bar into bite size pieces. Cut apple into slices and then into bit size chunks. Then combine and mix with cook whip, then serve.

Magic Peanut Butter Middles

If you like Chocolate and Peanut butter this recipe is definitely for you! This is another one of Kevin's Aunt's recipes, and it is very good! You will have to try to keep yourself from eating the dough while you make them. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

1 ½ cups flour
1/4 cup peanut butter
½ cup cocoa
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup butter

In a large bowl beat sugars, butter, and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg mix. Stir in flour cocoa and baking soda until blended. Refrigerate until needed.

Filling:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter

Blend well and roll into 1" balls.
For each cookie, shape 1 Tbl of dough around 1 peanut butter ball. Place 2"apart on cookie sheet. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes.

English Muffin Pizzas

English Muffin Pizzas

2 pkgs english muffins (12 total)
tomato sauce
jack cheese
garlic salt
oregano
anise seeds
paremesan cheese
1/2 lb. ground beef - cooked & drained
1/2 lb. italian sausage - cooked & drained
(I cook the meats together)

Split muffins in half and put on cookie sheets. Put one slice of jack cheese on each muffin. Spread 1-2 spoonfuls of tomato sauce on cheese. Put 1 large spoonful of meat on top of tomato sauce. Sprinkle oregano, garlic salt, a pinch of anise seeds and some paremsan on top of each pizza. Bake at 450 for 10-15 minutes. Watch them to make sure they don't burn. (The original recipe says to cook at 500, but that is just way too hot!)

Apple & Bacon Grilled Cheese

Apple & Bacon Grilled Cheese

Cheddar cheese
Bacon, cooked
Apple, sliced thin (I core mine and then slice it crosswise, so it looks like a donut)
Whole wheat Artisan-type bread or whatever kind of bread your family would like

Butter the bread on one side and place in a skillet
Add the cheese, bacon and apple on top of the bread
Cook until the cheese is melted and the bread is toasted
I cook mine open face and then put the two halves together to make a sandwich (less mess this way because the sandwich doesn't have to be flipped to toast the other side).

Creme Brulee French Toast

Creme Brulee French Toast

1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 TBSP corn syrup
1 loaf of Texas toast (thick sliced bread)
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups half and half cream
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

in a small saucepan melt butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup over medium heat until smooth, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture into large, greased jelly roll pan (cookie sheet) Spread to cover completely. Place 12 slices Texas toast bread in a single layer to cover pan. mix together eggs, cream, salt, and vanilla. Spoon mixture over each piece of bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. remove from the pan and serve. If not serving immediately, turn each slice over( this will prevent bread from sticking to the bottom of the pan.)

Creme Brulee syrup

1/2 cup of butter
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup sugar
2 TBSP white corn syrup

boil together over medium heat for 7-10 Minutes stirring constantly

after you remove from the heat
add:
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda

O' Henry Bars

O' Henry Bars

1 cup of sugar
1 cup of light corn syrup
1 cup of peanut butter
3 cups Rice Crispies
1 cup of chocolate chips
1 cup of butterscotch chips

Grease 9x13 pan

Combine sugar and corn syrup over heat. Bring to a boil- until frothy. Add peanut butter, mix well. Add Rice Crispies. Spread evenly in pan.

Microwave chocolate and butterscotch chips together in bowl for 1 minute. Stir. Microwave for 30 seconds longer. Stir again. Spread over Rice Crispies in pan. Refrigerate for 20 minutes to set frosting.

Malasadas

These are like little donuts. they are very good, and very popular in Hawaii. This is the quick way of doing them. Normally you would make a yeast dough to fry, but by using the bread and bisquick you save time, and they taste the same. They are like eating little homemade donuts if you have ever had those! Delicious and very quick!

2 cups Bisquick

1 egg

1 cup milk

Cut slices of bread in 4's .

Dip in batter and deep fry.

Roll in sugar

Tortillas

I can't take credit for the great recipe, it's Kevin's aunt's. But homemade tortillas are so much better than store bought. I once had a roommate who use to make tortillas for us on a weekly basis, and they were so good! Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I have.

4 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 to 1 ½ cup hot water

1/4 cup shortening

Mix dry ingredients. Cut in shortening add water. Break into small

balls and roll into thin circles. Cook on flat griddle or fry pan until

cooked on both sides. Cover with a dishtowel once cooked to keep soft.

Whole Wheat Waffles

1 C. Whole Wheat flour

1/4 tsp. Salt

2 rounded tsp. Baking Powder

1 C. Milk

1/4 C. Oil

2 Eggs

Beat mixture together until there are no lumps. Then cook in a hot waffle Iron. Serve with Butter and Syrup, or Fresh Fruit and whipped cream.

Shrimp and Chicken Etouffee

This is one of David's favorite meals of all time (he ate it growing up). It is a Creole dish-hailing from southern Louisiana- which is thicker than gumbo. In French, etouffee means to "smother." Pronounced, I think, eh-two-fay.

2 cans diced tomatoes with jalepenos

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 green peppers, chopped

2 yellow onions, chopped

2 large bunches green onions, chopped

1 stick butter

2 (8 oz.) cans tomato sauce

2 lbs. shrimp, shelled

1-2 chicken breast, cooked and cut into bite sized pieces

Saute onions, peppers, and green onions in butter. Add garlic. Cook for a couple more minutes. Add all canned items and simmer for 30-45 min. Add chicken and shrimp and cook for about 3-5 minutes or until shrimp is cooked through. Serve over rice.

(It tastes better the next day. We like to add more jalepenos and cayenne pepper to give it more kick. If you don't like spicy, use regular diced tomatoes. )