HV Oyster Crackers

These crackers are awesome - quick and easy!

• 1 1-oz. packet Hidden Valley^® Original Ranch^® Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 2½ tablespoons freshly chopped dill (or 1 teaspoon dried)
• 1 16-oz. box oyster crackers

Preheat the oven to 250°F. In a small bowl, 

add the oil, Hidden Valley^® Original Ranch^® Salad 

Dressing & Seasoning Mix, and dill. Stir until mixed 

through. In a 1-gallon-size Glad^® Zipper Bag, add 

the crackers and oil mixture. Seal the bag and toss until

 well-coated.Arrange the crackers on an ungreased 

half-sheet pan in a single layer. Bake the crackers

 for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.

Peppermint Oreo Balls

Got the recipe from here

36 OREO peppermint Cookies finely crushed

1 pkg almond bark

 

1 pkg.  (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

SHAPE into 48 (1-inch) balls. Freeze 10 min. 
 

Dip balls in melted almond bark chocolate; 
place on parchment paper-covered rimmed
 baking sheet. Sprinkle with reserved candy.

 REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm.

 

Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole 

1 1/2 lb. sweet potatoes'                               1/2c granulated sugar

1/2 cup milk                                                    1 beaten egg

3 Tbsp. butter, cubed                                      1 tsp. vanilla

3/4 cup packed brown sugar                         2/3 cup all-purpose flour

orange rind                                                 ¾ C blended oj

2 Tbsp. butter It,                                         1 cup pecan pieces

Pecan halves                                                  cinnamon

Nutmeg                                                            ginger

.Scrub and peel sweet -potatoes. 

Cut off and discard woody portions and ends.

 Cut potatoes into cubes. Cook, covered, in a small amount 

of boiling water for 25 to 30 minutes 

or till tender. Drain.

Combine hot sweet potatoes, 

granulated sugar, milk, egg, 

the 3 tablespoons butter,oj and vanilla. 

I usually temper the hot sweet potatoes

 into the egg mixture so the eggs don't cook.

 With a wooden spoon, stir to break up potatoes 

but not completely mash them. 

Put mixture into a greased 2- quart 

square baking dish. 

Combine brown sugar and flour; 

cut in the 2 tablespoons butter till mixture. 

resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecan pieces

 

and sprinkle crumb mixture on top of potatoes.

 Bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree oven about 

25 minutes, or till set. Garnish with 

pecan halves, if desired.

 Makes 8 side-dish servings. ,

Baklava

Many years ago I got this recipe

 from a Greek Festival in AZ

1 1/2 lb melted Butter

1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 C Sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
2 Lbs Walnuts - chopped


2 lbs Filo dough *
while making this, make sure you cover the
dough as the sheets dry out quickly
I use a wet towel

 and will stick together an will be impossible to separate

Combine walnuts, spices and sugar in a mixing bowl

Brush the bottom of a 14x20 in pan with melted butter
an place one piece of filo on top of the butter layer

brush w melted butter, repeating this process
for a total of 8 layers.
 

Brush the 8th layer with melted butter,
sprinkle with nut mixture,
repeating the process until all
of the nut mixture is used. 

Then repeat 8 layers of buttered filo layers

 Cut into diamond shape:
Cut in rows

 then cut diagonally

 
Bake 15-20 min until lightly
gold at 350 degrees
reduce to 250 degrees for 1.5 hrs

Syrup
4 C Sugar
2 C water
1/2 C honey
1/2 lemon slice

Boil water and sugar
with a slice of lemon
 until it is dissolved and form as a syrup
Stir in honey and cool.
Spoon cooled syrup over the hot pastry 

 

Name Tile Ornaments

Tile Ornaments

This is a very easy project

You will need

drill (I use a dremel)

craft sticks

scrable tiles

glue (I use Aleenes Tacky glue)

5/8 in long eye screws

ribbon

 

Once you get all the letters together

I put the top tile in a vise and drill a hole

Screw in the eye hook

 then glue the tiles

 on the craft stick

The back side

 On the ones that the tiles

don't come to the end

I sanded the stick flush

They proably take more

time to dry than they do 

to make

I used ribbon to make the hangers

and put bows

 on the female names

I had to get creative 

with the babies

because I didn't have any y's

 

Cheesy Potatoes

This can be made up ahead of time. 

I waited until I out it in the oven to top w chips. 

I also added 1 can green chilies, black olives 

and cooked crumbled sausage

 The basic recipe

 2 lbs frozen hash browns

1/2 C Diced onions

1 can cheddar cheese soup or any cream of soup like chicken

1 lg container sour cream

1 C shredded cheese

1 stick of margarine or butter

Mix all ingredients in a lg bowl

 and turn into a 9x13 in pan

Top with 1 C crushed potato chips

 Bake at 375 for 1 hr