Polish Style Pierogies with Kielbasa & Sauerkraut2 boxes of frozen Mrs. T's Pierogies (I prefer potato & cheese)2 full links of Polish Kielbasa1 bag Sauerkraut1 lb. bacon
2 lg. onions (Valdalia are the best)
Dill Seed herb ( if you can't find the seed, you CAN use dill weed, but seed is better)
DIRECTIONS:
Place Kielbasa in baking dish. Cover links entirely with sauerkraut. Sprinkle generously with Dill Seed. THAT'S IT! Cover & stick in oven at 350* for a hour or until Kielbasa starts to split.
PIEROGIES:
Saute' sliced onions in part canola oil (or olive) and butter. Remove onions and place in bowl lined with paper towel to drain off excess oil.
In same pan, fry up ALL the bacon until well done. You want the bacon crispy. Remove bacon and do the same as onions. DO NOT empty the frying pan of juices.
Place the frozen Pierogies (may take 3 fills) and brown each side. Do this over and over until all Pierogies are browned. (May have to add more butter as you go along)
Place the Pierogies in a baking dish. Top with onions and crushed bacon and layer as you brown the Pierogies. Repeat. When all Pierogies are done, cover with remaining onions and crushed bacons bits.
Cover and bake for 30 minutes.
Top Pierogies with Sour Cream when served on plate. DO NOT put sour cream over entire dish because of leftovers. You will have LEFTOVERS unless you have a crowd.
Apple, Peanut Butter, and Marshmallow Teeth
Red Apple slices for lips, peanut butter for gums and minature marshmellows for teeth.The cutest Halloween treat for children I have ever seen. Thanks Smokin' Hot Mamas and Bonnie Harker Tripi for sharing.
PEANUT BRITTLE½ cup dark corn syrup¼ cup each molasses and sugar2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
1 cup salted peanuts
1/8 teaspoon of baking soda
Cook first 4 ingredients until blended. Stir in peanuts, boil until a small amount of mixture separates in hard threads when dropped into cold water. (280 degrees -candy thermometer.)
Stir in soda ,pour into a buttered shallow pan. When firm, break into pieces. This ll makes about 9 ounces. Double for more, use 2 shallow pans.
FRIED MOZZARELLA PEPPERONI EGG ROLLS12 pieces of string cheese12 egg roll wrappers36 slices of pepperoniOil for deep-fryingMarinara or pizza sauce
On top of an egg roll wrapper, place three pieces of pepperoni as shown in the picture. Place a piece of string cheese on top. Fold corners over cheese. Fold bottom corner over cheese and pepperoni and keep rolling until cheese is tightly sealed. Moisten corners with water to seal. Repeat with the rest of wrappers, cheese and pepperoni.
In a skillet, heat oil to 375 degrees F. Fry sticks, a few at a time, for 30-60 seconds on each side until completely brown. Drain on paper towels. Serve with sauce.
Homemade Goo Gone
STICKY LABELS BE GONE EASYYou can make your own Goo Gone by simply combining vegetable oil and baking soda.Tested it out on a couple little glass jars and it really does work! Just vegetable oil or any other and some baking soda.
CHEESE BALLS BAKEDString cheese chopped into bite size pieces, dipped in milk and bread crumbs, baked at 400 for 8-10 minutes- serve with marinara sauce! The pan company likes my recipes so I am liking this one of theirs. it's good.
RUBY'S CRANBERRY AND PUMPKIN DIPcranberry sauce dip:1 can of cranberry sauce,1-8 oz cream cheese,one container of cool whip.Mix the cranberries and cream cheese then add cool whip. It does not sound good but it is. It is great with apples.
PUMPKIN DIP:
1 can of pumpkin,
1 container of cool whip
1-8 oz cream cheese.
Mix cream cheese and pumpkin and then add cool whip. This one tastes like pumpkin pie and I use graham crackers to dip it.
(picture shown is not this dip)
LOADED POTATOES AND BUFFALO CHICKEN2 pounds boneless chicken breasts, cubed (1")(Par boil for a few minutes to ensure doneness)8-10 medium potatoes, cut in 1/2" cubes1/3 cup olive oil1&1/2 tsp salt1 Tbsp. black pepper
1 Tbsp. paprika
2 Tbsp. garlic powder
6 Tbsp. hot sauce
Topping:
2 cups fiesta blend cheese
1 cup crumbled bacon( Fried already)
1 cup diced green onion
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9 X 13" baking dish with cooking spray. In a large bowl mix together the olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder and hot sauce. Add the cubed potatoes and stir to coat. Carefully scoop the potatoes into the prepared baking dish, leaving behind as much of the olive oil/hot sauce mixture as possible. Bake the potatoes for 45-50 minutes, stirring every 10-15 minutes, until cooked through and crispy and browned on the outside. While the potatoes are cooking, add the par boiled cubed chicken to the bowl with the left over olive oil/hot sauce mixture and stir to coat. Once the potatoes are fully cooked, remove from the oven and lower the oven temperature to 375 degrees.
Top the cooked potatoes with the parboiled marinated chicken. In a bowl mix together the cheese, bacon and green onion and top the parboiled chicken with the cheese mixture. Return the casserole to the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the topping is bubbly delicious.
Serve with extra hot sauce and/or ranch dressing.
CUTE PIG AND CHICKENSChickens are coconut colored yellow with food coloring. Put over the icing. They're beaks are sliced gummy oranges. M&Ms for eyes.Pigs: covered in pink icing. half of a pink marshmallow for nose with mini chocolate chips for nostrils. Ears are the other half of the marshmallow cut in half (1/4).M&Ms for eyes.
SUPERBOWL CAKE1 (18.25 oz.) box spice cake mix1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin pie filling3 large eggs1/3 cup beerFrosting:
4 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
1 stick (1/4 lb.) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon each yellow, orange and green food coloring
6 pretzel sticks
22 peanut M&M's in 2 colors
2 Hershey's Hugs
1 chocolate football ca
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-by-13- inch baking pan; set aside.
Combine cake ingredients in large bowl. Mix on low speed for 30 seconds; scrape sides of bowl. Beat on medium-high speed for 2 minutes. Spread batter in pan.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 32 to 35 minutes. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
Beat together cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth and fluffy. Set aside 3 (1/4-cup) portions of frosting. Leave 1 white. Tint 1 with yellow food coloring and another with orange. Tint remaining frosting with green food coloring; spread evenly over cooled cake.
Spoon white frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a small, round tip. Spread yellow frosting over 1 "end zone" and orange frosting over other. Pipe yard lines and end zone lines on cake. Use remaining frosting to write names of teams in end zones.
Use frosting and 3 pretzels to construct each "goal post"; stick a goal post in each end zone. Arrange "players," "refs" and "ball."
