Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

2/13/2010

Lime Sherbet Float

Ingredients:

3-4 scoops lime sherbet
2 Tbs fruit punch frozen concentrate
1 can cold citrus flavored soda, (Squirt brand preferred)

Directions:
Scoop lime sherbet into a glass with fruit punch concentrate. Pour soda over the sherbet and fruit punch, stir to mix. Drink with spoon, as a root beer float type drink.

Enjoy!!!

Notes: To make for a group, use a full tub of lime sherbet and a half can of fruit punch concentrate in a punch bowl or large pitcher. Top off with a full 2 quart bottle of Squirt soda. Serve

7/31/2008

Beef Cheese Ball

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Ready In: 2 Hours 5 Minutes
Servings: 10

Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese,softened
3 ounces dried beef
2 green onions, chopped 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
1 1/4 teaspoons monosodium glutamate (Brand name, Accent)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions:
1. In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, dried beef, green onions, onion salt, monosodium glutamate, and Worcestershire sauce. Form the mixture into a ball and refrigerate before serving.

7/17/2008

Cherry Dump Cake

1 can cherry pie filling
1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple with juice (do not drain)
1 yellow (or butter) cake mix (dry, straight out of the bag)
1 8 oz. bag chopped pecans (optional)
1/4 cup butter, melted (1 stick)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Take out, but do not prepare, 13x9 inch baking pan.

Dump cherry pie filling and undrained pineapple into pan. Spread around to combine fruit just a little. Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over the fruit. Sprinkle nuts over cake mix. Drizzle butter evenly over nuts.

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until mixture looks just a bit browned. Let cool for 15 minutes or so. Serve with or without Ice Cream.

Prep time: 5 minutes; Serves 12

7/15/2008

No Bake Cookies

½ cup (1 stick) butter
½ cup milk
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup cocoa*
½ cup peanut butter
2½ cups uncooked oats

Add butter, milk, sugar and vanilla together. Boil 2 minutes. Stir in peanut butter until well incorporated. Stir in oats and cocoa until well mixed. Spoon drop onto wax paper.

*chocolate chips can be melted and used in lieu of cocoa.

7/12/2008

Grandma's Easter Rolls

1 pk yeast
1/4 cup warm water
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1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or oleo
1 1/2 cup boiling water
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5 1/2 cups flour
1 teas salt
2 eggs
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Combine yeast and warm water. Add sugar, butter and boiling water together. Mix together with the yeast and water. Add flour, salt and eggs.

Cool

Refrigerate overnight.
Next morning make into rolls - let rise.
Bake at 350 degrees.



This is my Grandma's recipe for the best, melt in your mouth rolls, ever. After Easter dinner, I asked Grandma for the recipe and she sat right down and jotted down the note above.

Grandma was a GREAT cook - and boy do I miss her, but not just for her cooking.

~C