Sausage Ball left overs

We had lots of left over sausage balls after Christmas.  I was hungry for lunch one day and started to eat sausage balls, then I thought maybe I will make something with these.  So I took some crescent rolls, shredded velvetta cheese, and 2 sausage balls.  They were pretty big so I cut them into 4 pieces.  I laid out the crescent rolls in the 8 pieces they are meant to make rolls with.  I then put a little shredded velvetta on each triangle and put 1/4 of the sausage ball on each triangle.  Rolled them up and sprayed a little spray butter on the top of each.  I cooked them for about 10 minutes and tada....a creative leftover lunch.  It was pretty yummy too.  My husband agreed when he had a couple.

Easy cupcake and cake decorating

That new Betty Crocker cake Icing is Awesome!!!  I put the icing on these and it looks like I used a real cake decorating kit.  The can comes with 4 different tips to make different designs with the icing.  It couldn't be easier.  I don't really have the patience for real cake decorating so this is perfect for me.  Looks like I put so much effort in these.  Took me about 5 minutes total. 

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This is the finished product.Zaylei decorated these for my grandmother.  Pretty cute huh.  Just had to share them. 

Don't try this at Home....Chocolate Sprinkles....A true treat

Chocolate Sprinkles from Holland are something I LOVE.  I had my first taste when I was 17 and went to Holland as a Summer Exchange Student.  The way you are supposed to eat it is a piece of light bread with butter spread on it and chocolate sprinkles covering the butter.  Trust me, you do not want to try this with chocolate sprinkles made in the USA.  It is not even close to the same thing.  The sprinkles I had in Holland are REAL CHOCOLATE.  The ones here are just fake flavored stuff.  They don't smell or taste like real chocolate.  I barely got the box open before I could smell the Chocolate Sprinkles from Holland.  Unless you are willing to order this wonderful treat or try some at my house, don't try this.  You will be disappointed.  You probably think it is crazy anyway.  My husband did.  He looked at me like I was crazy the first time I ate this in front of him.  It's OK to think it is a crazy combination.  Maybe one day I can prove you wrong.


You can see I am not crazy as the picture on the box shows the same thing I eat.  I found these on Amazon. You can't imagine how excited I was!!!! I will continue to order these until they quit selling them.

Fancy Potatoes

I like this FANCY POTATO recipe because you can make it ahead of time and bake when you are ready to use.

Fancy Potatoes

10 medium potatoes
1 pkg cream cheese (small pkg)
1 carton sour cream (small)
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup chopped chives
Salt and Pepper to taste

Sometimes I add shredded cheese to the top.

Boil potatoes, beat sour cream & cream cheese together and add to hot cooked potatoes and beat until smooth, add remaining ingredients. Pour into a greased 2 qt casserole dish. Dot the top with the butter.

Put into a 350degree oven for 25 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

Let me know how it goes!!!!! Great for left overs too!

EASY Banana Bread

This Banana Bread is about the easiest Banana Bread you can make.....and it is GOOD!!

OK, Here it is. 

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
3 large ripe bananas, mashed (sometimes i will freeze bananas as they are about to go bad...those are perfect)
1 3/4 cups, self-rising flour, (unsifted or sifted)
2 eggs
nuts optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream sugar and melted margarine.  Add eggs and mashed bananas.  Mix.  Add flour and nuts (if using nuts).  Pour into greased pan.  Recipe can be used for:
4 small mini loaf pans (bake 30 minutes)
or
18 miniature muffins (bake25 minutes)
or
Regular loaf pan (cook until you think done)  I start with 30 minutes and then start checking.

If your oven is gas these times may be shorter.

The verdict on this is IT IS AWESOME!!!!  and EASY!!!. 

Let me know what you think. 

Simple Sides

Here are a couple of sides I like to make that are Super Simple.

Baked Carrots and Apples

2 cups of baby carrots
1 green apple, peeled and sliced (I used yellow apples because that is what I like.  Red aren't as great for something like this because they tend to fall apart.
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup margarine

Boil (10 minutes) and drain carrots
Combine carrots and apples in sprayed 8x8 pan.  Combine remaining ingredients and pour over the apples and carrots.  Bake for 30 minutes at 350.

To be so simple this is really yummy!!




Brown Sugar Apple Halves

Use 1 apple for each family member or 1/2 apple for each family member depending on how hungry your family is.

Cut the apples in half so that you cut from the top to the bottom of the apple through the middle of the core.  Remove all seeds and core.  This should leave you a little dip in the center.  I use a melon baller to make this easier.  Again I use yellow apples because they are my favorite. 

Place the apples with the meat of the apple facing up in a baking dish.  Place a pat of butter on each apple half.  Then top each half with a tablespoon of brown sugar.  Add a dash of cinnamon.

Bake for 25-28 minutes at 350 degrees. 

These apples are quick and easy and scrumptious. My family was begging for the recipe. 

No pics of either of these but I will add them the next time I bake them.  These are just a couple of good recipes from my archive that made it to "THE RECIPE BOOK"

Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies

I got this recipe from a website and I just couldn't resist the picture.  It looked so great I had to try them.

Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies

Filling

4 oz cream cheese, softened (from 8 oz package)
1 egg
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Brownies

1 Box Betty Crocker Original Supreme Premium brownie mix.  (this is the one with the hershey's syrap in the box that gets added to the mix)
Make brownie mix as called for on the box
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Grease the bottom of  9" square pan

In a small bowl beat filling ingredients and set aside

Make brownie batter in seperate bowl as directed.  Put 3/4 batter in the pan

Spoon filling over the top of the brownie mix evenly

Spoon remaining brownie over top of the filling.

Cut through with knife to make marbled design

Sprinkle with chocolate chips

Bake 40-44 minutes

Cool completely (1-1 1/2 hours)

Store covered in refrigerator.

OK...results are in.  First I will let you know I forgot to add the chocolate chips.  I'm sure they would have been a bonus but these brownies were awesome without them anyway.  They were so great this recipe is definately going in my favorites book!!