Bread Sticks

Mix in a bowl and let rise:
1/2 cup hot water
2 TB yeast
2 TB sugar

Combine in mixer or separate bowl:
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt

Add with yeast mixture that has risen:
3/4 cup water

Kneed or mix in breadmixer for 3 minutes

Let rise for 20-30 minutes (till double). While dough is rising, cut almost 1 cube of butter up and let melt in a cake pan in the oven @ 375. Roll out dough the size of your cake pan. Slice in 1 inch strips with pizza cutter and put in hot pan. Top with garlic salt and parmesan cheese. Bake @375 for 20 minutes. Serve with spaghetti sauce for dipping.

I made the again.

I made the Turkey Burgers again. We had better buns and I didn't forget the shallots (small red onion). They were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo goood! Dave loved them this time. You have to make the patties thin, if they are thick they don't taste as good.

Mini Cheesecakes

Ingredients:

Graham Cracker Crust

- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

- 1/3 cup white sugar

- 6 tbsp butter, melted

- 1/2 tsp cinammon

Cheesecake

- 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened

- 1/2 cup sugar

- 1 tsp vanilla

- 2 egggs

Directions:

- line muffin tins with foil liners.

- Mix crust ingredients, press into bottom of liners (you can use vanilla wafers if they fit your muffin tins and liners)

- Mix cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar with an elctric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, and mix well. Pour over crust, filling 3/4 full.

- Bake for 25 minutes at 325 degrees. Remove from pan when cool. Chill.

- top with your favorite topping (I like to use cherry pie filling)

Rolo Pretzel Turtles

Rolo Pretzel Treats


Rolo chocolate candies
Mini pretzels


Preheat your oven to 350

1. Upwrap your Rolos. Place pretzels on wax paper/foil lined baking sheet. Top with a Rolo.

2. Bake in oven for 3-5 minutes, until the chocolate just begins to melt. The Rolo should be soft but not completely melted.

3. Remove from oven, lift whole sheet of wax paper and place on cooling rack. Immediately squish the chocolate with another piece of wax paper. Watch the caramel oooze out.

I put mine in the fridge to cool faster and then remove them from the wax paper

IMPORTANT: Eat as many as you can while they are still warm. Go ahead, I give you permission to stuff yourselves with sugar.

ALT: My friend has also done these using Hershey's Hugs N Kisses and she said they were delicious. Just imagine the possiblities.
When we made them tonight I put some M&M's in them when squishing them. I will have ot let you know how they taste!

SO EASY THE SMALLEST KIDDIES CAN HELP!

Easy Oreo Truffles

Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, divided
1 (8 ounce) package Cream Cheese, softened
2 (8 ounce) packages Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted

Directions

1. Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use. (Cookies can also be finely crushed in a resealable plastic bag using a rolling pin.) Crush remaining 36 cookies to fine crumbs; place in medium bowl. Add cream cheese; mix until well blended. Roll cookie mixture into 42 balls, about 1-inch in diameter.
2. Dip balls in chocolate; place on wax paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover chocolate can be stored at room temperature for another use.) Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs.
3. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store leftover truffles, covered, in refrigerator.

These are so easy! Daniel made them last year. I would use milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet, but that is just my preference.

Honey Baked Ham

Cut the ham off the bone of an already sliced spiral cut ham and put in cake pan. Pack 2 pounds of brown sugar inbetween the layers and on top of ham. Seal the pan tightly with tinfoil and bake at 190 degrees for 10 hours.

Monterey Jack Turkey Burgers

I got this one from the Weight Watchers cook book and thought they were pretty tasty. Dave said they were "interesting" but would like to have them again and Chandler ate his so I figure I should share.

Monterey Jack Turkey Burgers

3/4 pound ground skinless turkey breast

1 T reduced-sodium soy sauce

1T Ketchup

1t minced fresh garlic

1/4 t freshly ground pepper

1/3 cup shredded Monterey Jack Cheese

4 strips turkey bacon

4 hamburger buns, split and toasted

1 tomato sliced

shredded lettuce

1. In a large bolw, combine the turkey, soy sauce, ketchup, garlic and pepper. Blend in the cheese, then form into 4 burgers.

2. Heat grill or frying pan and spry with non-stick spray. Cook the burgers until done. Whe you turn the burgers, add the bacon to the pan/grill; cook untill crisp, 3-4 minutes each side. Seve the burgers in buns, with the bacon, tomato and lettuce.