Bacon Wrapped Wienies

These are to die for! I have made these for weddings, and I can never keep them on the plate.
They are one of my families favorites for all occasions. Next week is SUPER BOWL Sunday Perfect.
1 - 2 lbs. little smokies
1 lbs. bacon
1 lbs. brown sugar

Cut bacon into 4 pieces, wrap each sausage with a small piece of bacon and use a toothpick to hold it together. Lay them out onto a foiled lined cookie sheet close together. ( You can fit up to 11/2 pounds of wrapped sausages onto one cookie sheet.) Spread brown sugar over the sausages covering the whole sheet generously. Cook in a 375 oven for 1/2 hour. You can turn the heat up some if you are in a hurry. The bacon should be cooked and the brown sugar caramelized.

Lauren's Twiced Baked Potatoes

5 russet potatoes baked until soft. ( I usually do this in the microwave)
1-4 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
Milk to moisten and make smooth
Salt & Pepper to taste
cheddar cheese
wash and poke potatoes with fork bake until softened, let cool and cut in half, scoop out in insides
of the potato, put into mixing bowl, add cream cheese, butter, sour cream and milk mix until smooth add salt and pepper to taste. scoop filling into the potato skins, place skins on a cookie sheet and place a slice of cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Hot Artichoke Dip

We got this recipe from my daughter in law Lisa It was one of her families favorites, and we adopted it to our family. This is the BEST ARTICHOKE DIP EVER!!!!!


1 8 oz pkg. softened cream cheese
1 can 14 oz artichoke hearts drained chopped. I also use the big jar from Costco I measure 14 oz out.
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 clove garlic minced
mix all ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended, spoon into 9 inch pie plate or quiche dish
Bake at 350 for 20 25 minutes or until lightly brown on top
Serve with crackers, pita chips, bread wedges, veggies.

Our Favorite Cheese Balls

Our Family has two favorite cheese ball recipes. Lauren made these cute pine cones and snowman with the cheese balls this year. Everyone always goes crazy for these, and they are so easy. I have made these as Christmas gifts and give with a box of crackers.

Ranch Cheese Ball

1 8oz pkg softened cream cheese

3 green onions chopped use the green part

1 cup sharp cheddar cheese grated

1 pkg. hidden valley ranch dressing mix (dry) Mix all together shape into ball, snowman, pine cone. Roll in nuts if you like. Chill until ready to serve with crackers.

My Favorite Cheese Ball

1 cube softened real butter

1 8 oz softened cream cheese

3 tsp. chopped black olives

3 green onions chopped use the green part

2 shakes of Lawry Season Salt

Mix all together form into ball, it tastes good plain or roll it in chopped toasted pecans. I use wax paper to roll and chill in. Chill until ready to serve with crackers.

French Apple Pie

My Easy French Apple Pie

8 apples I use 4 granny smith and 4 jonagolden or braeburn

1/4 cup lemon juice

3/4 - 1cup sugar depending how sweet you like it.

1/4 cup flour

cinnamon and nutmeg to taste

Peel and slice the apples place in a bowl, mix in the remaining ingredients.

Cook in the microwave for 8 minutes.

Roll out a Pillsbury pie crust in between 2 pieces of wax paper. This is my easy way!

Place in a pie pan crimp the edges, place apples that have been microwaved in the pie crust.

Now we are starting on the french apple crumb. I got this recipe from one of my roommates in college. Whenever she would make this we always we eat half of the crumbs before they got on the pie.

1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

cinnamon & nutmeg to taste, mix this all together and add melted butter.

1/2 cup melted butter

Sprinkle over apples

Bake at 375 for 40 minutes

Oven Bacon

This is a trick I learned a couple of years ago. I love crispy bacon and it makes it crispy everytime and you don't have to sit and turn it. The mess is easy to clean up, fold up the used foil and throw away.

Bacon ( I like the pepper bacon from Sam's club)

large cookie sheet

foil

line your baking sheet with foil, place bacon on top. Bake at 375 for 15 -20 minutes depending on how crispy you like it.

Coconut Cream Dessert

I know this is not the best picture, my mom made this for my Auntie's 94th birthday,everyone loved it. Every time my mom makes this it is devoured!!!

1 cup all purpose flour
2 TBLS. sugar
1/2 cup cold butter
1/2 cup chopped pecans
mix and cut in the butter into the flour and sugar until crumbly, add the pecans. Press into a greased 9x13 bake at 325 for 20-25 min Then let cool
1-8 oz cram cheese softened
1 cup powder sugar
1 cup cool whip
4 cups cold milk
3 pkg. instant coconut cram pudding
Mix cream cheese and powd. sugar beat until smooth then fold in the cool whip. Spread on the cooled crust. Beat pudding and milk for 2 minutes then let stand for another 2 minutes. Spread over the cream cheese mixture, Then spread the remaining cool whip from the carton. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup toasted coconut. Chill best chilled overnight.