Cheddar & Bacon Potatoes

Ingredients:

6 red potatoes, cut into fourths

1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

3 pieces bacon, cut into small pieces

Make It:

Boil potatoes for a couple minutes to soften them. Preheat oven to 375. In a skillet cook bacon over medium heat, until almost crispy, stirring often. Pour potatoes into a casserole dish. Pour bacon and bacon grease over potatoes, stir to coat the potatoes. Bake for 20 minutes, check potatoes and see if they are tender, if they are not cook another 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese and place under the broiler for 3 to 5 minutes until cheese is melted. Enjoy!

White Chocolate Chip & Coconut Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 stick butter, softened

4 ounces butter flavored crisco

3 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups flour

1 bag white chocolate chips

1 cup chopped pecans

2 cups shredded sweetened coconut

Make It:

Preheat oven to 350. In a mixing bowl beat together sugar, butter, shortening, and brown sugar until creamy. Add in eggs one at a time, mixing each one in before adding the next. In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. With mixer on low, slowly pour in flour mixture, a little at a time. Once all flour is poured in, mix until completely combined. Gently fold in chocolate chips, pecans, and coconut. Drop tablespoons of dough( I use a melon baller)onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then move cookies to a rack and allow to cool completely. Enjoy!

Mint and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 stick butter, softened

4 ounces butter flavored crisco

3 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups flour

1 bag mint and dark chocolate chips

Make It:

Preheat oven to 350. In a mixing bowl beat together sugar, butter, shortening, and brown sugar until creamy. Add in eggs one at a time, mixing each one in before adding the next. In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. With mixer on low, slowly pour in flour mixture, a little at a time. Once all flour is poured in, mix until completely combined. Gently fold in chocolate chips. Drop tablespoons of dough( I use a melon baller)onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then move cookies to a rack and allow to cool completely. Enjoy!

Fancy Pork & Beans

This might sound weird, but the mixture of sweet and spicy is really good. This recipe is also quick and easy.

Ingredients:

2 cans baked beans(I don't have a homemade recipe for these yet but i'm working on it)

1 package cheddarwurst, sliced

1 can ranch style beans

1 jalapeno, diced

1 shallot, diced

Ingredients:

Heat a large skillet over medium heat, spray with pam and add shallots and jalapenos. Cook and stir until softened. Add all cans of beans and stir, bring to a simmer. Reduce heat and cook for 15 minutes. Heat a separate pan over medium heat, and add cheddarwurst. Cook and stir for 5 minutes. Pour into beans, stir. Cook for another ten minutes. Enjoy!

S'more Cookies

This recipe comes out of a pillsbury magazine from 2007. I make them every year, and people just love them.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/3 cups flour

1 cup ground up graham crackers, Put about 8 whole graham crackers in a ziploc bag and seal it, crush graham crackers with a rolling pin until they are ground up.

1/2 teaspoon salt

120 mini marshmallows

30 hershey chocolate rectangles, broken in half

Make It:

Preheat oven 325. In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar, until creamy. Add egg and vanilla and mix until blended together. Add flour and graham cracker and salt. Beat on low until a stiff dough forms. Shape teaspoons of dough into 60 balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press the center of each ball down with your thumb, to make an indention. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven and press two mini marshmallows into each cookie, put back in oven and bake for 2 minutes. Remove from oven and place one piece of chocolate on each cookie. Allow to sit for ten minutes then smooth the chocolate around on the cookie. Move to a rack to allow to cool completely. Enjoy!

Christmas M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 stick butter, softened

4 ounces butter flavored crisco

3 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups flour

1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup christmas M&M's

1/2 cup dark christmas M&M's

Make It:

Preheat oven to 350. In a mixing bowl beat together sugar, butter, shortening, and brown sugar until creamy. Add in eggs one at a time, mixing each one in before adding the next. In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. With mixer on low, slowly pour in flour mixture, a little at a time. Once all flour is poured in, mix until completely combined. Gently fold in chocolate chips and M&M's. Drop tablespoons of dough( I use a melon baller)onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then move cookies to a rack and allow to cool completely. Enjoy!

Menu for December 21st - December 27th

Monday: The game this week is New York Giants at Washington Redskins, I might sound crazy but when I think redskins I think Pork! So i'm making Fancy Pork & Beans, oranges

Tuesday: Chicken and Biscuits

Wednesday: Beef Stir Fry, sticky rice

Thursday:Pork Loin Chop, Cheddar & Bacon Potatoes, Cauliflower

Friday: Christmas!

Saturday: Out of town

Sunday: Mozzarella Chicken with cavatelli noodles

Desserts of the week: Mint & dark chocolate chip cookies, Hershey kisses purses, Rice crispie treats, Peanut butter cookies, White chocolate chip & coconut cookies.