Pizza Dip

The holidays are fast approaching and lots of family gatherings will
be happening. This fast and easy dip can be made ahead to bake
or at the very last minute for company.

1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided

2  8 oz packages of cream cheese, room temp

1/2 cup sour cream

1 cup pepperoni, sliced in halves or quarters

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese and sour cream together.

Then add garlic powder, salt, 1 cup mozzarella and pepperoni.

Once well mixed, add to greased baking dish. (I used a 2 quart dish)

Top with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella and top with a few pieces

of pepperoni.

 

Bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes or until golden bubbly.

Serve with pieces of crusty bread, pita chips or crackers such as Ritz.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Pumpkin Monkey Bread

This recipe is just perfect for the fall as well as for the holidays. The smell
of this throughout the house is just amazing.

2 16.3 ounce cans Pillsbury grand biscuits (whatever one is your favorite)
1/2  cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup raisins (I leave them out cause I don't like them)
1/2 cup pumpkin "puree" (in a can)
3/4 cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.

Cut each biscuit into quarters so that you end up with 64 pieces.
In a bowl mix together sugar, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Mix together.
Then in a larger bowl (I spray with a little bit of Pam so dough won't stick)
put in the biscuit pieces. Then pour the sugar mixture over the pieces and
mix together to coat them.

Spray a bundt or fluted cake pan with Pam. Then arrange monkey bread pieces
in the pan and sprinkle raisins over the top or throughout as you layer biscuit
pieces. Leave the raisins out if you're like me and don't like raisins in stuff like this.

In a small bowl combine melted butter with brown sugar and pumpkin puree.
Pour the mixture over the monkey bread.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until good and golden brown.
Allow the monkey bread to cool for 10 minutes, then carefully flip the pan
upside down onto a large plate.

Suggestion - dried cranberries are a great choice to replace the raisins with.

Everyone is going to love it!! Enjoy!!

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

 2 sticks butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 lb. powdered sugar

Melt the butter and peanut butter (you may use microwave).
Stir in vanilla. Beat in powdered sugar. Quickly spread into
a buttered 8x8-inch square buttered dish. Chill to set.
Cut into 64 squares.

Tomato Pie

1 whole 9-inch Frozen Traditional DEEP Dish Pie Shell
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup finely shredded cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon hot sauce or a little more if you like it
1 small onion diced
4 large ripe tomatoes, slice about 1/4 inch thick (pat dry with paper towel)
salt, pepper, italian seasoning, garlic powder to taste

Bake your pie crust for about 10 minutes first on 400 degrees. Take out
of oven to rest while you prepare your tomatoes.
Then layer your sliced tomatoes in the crust. About 1/2 way through
layering tomatoes I sprinkle half of the diced onion and put some salt,
pepper, italian seasoning and garlic powder. then finish layering tomatoes,
onion and do seasonings again.

Mix mayo, parmesan, cheddar, hot sauce together (might need a little
more mayo if it is to thick). Then spread all over top of tomatoes.

Bake 400 for about 45 minutes...til good and bubbly brown on top.

I cover the "edge" of crust while baking with foil so it doesn't get to over done.

This is really good and truly southern. Enjoy!

Ann's Meatloaf

Ann's Meatloaf

2 to 2 1/2 lbs. ground round
1 cup tomato sauce
1 onion diced
1/2 bell pepper diced
1 to 1 1/2 cups Italian breadcrumbs or crushed saltine crackers
1/2 cup ketchup or Heinz chili sauce
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tblsp Dijon mustard
2 tblsp worchestershire sauce
2 teaspoons texas pete
1 tblsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp chili powder
2 eggs beaten

This really is easy...I put everything in 1 big bowl and mix well
(with my hands).  Then put in your loaf pan. I spray mine with Pam.

I then mix about 1/2 cup ketchup with 1 tblsp of brown sugar
and mix well. Then spread over top of meatloaf. Do not cover it.

Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.

After you take it out of oven "do not" drain it and let it rest about
15-20 minutes. This is what makes it really moist and not dry.

Nana's Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Nana's Cream Cheese Pound Cake


This cake brings some special memories to mind. My Mom always made
this cake with such love. So while I'm making it I always think of her
and how much she loved baking and sharing what she had made with
our family. This cake is so simple yet sooo yummy.

3 sticks butter (salted or unsalted it doesn't matter) room temperature
1 8oz. regular cream cheese - room temperature
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons vanilla


Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan. I
actually spray mine with flour baking spray and it works wonderfully.

In your bowl cream butter and cream cheese until very smooth. Add
sugar gradually and beat until very fluffy. I usually beat this about 3
or 4 minutes.

Add 1 egg at a time....beating well with each egg until all are added.
Then add flour in a cup at a time until all is mixed in. At this time add
and mix in vanilla.

Pour mix into greased pan. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Allow to
cool before flipping out of pan after baking or at least 20 minutes then
allow to come to room temperature.

**Do Not Use regular Pam to spray pan....cake will stick. USE Baking
Pam with flour or Pillsbury Baking Spray**

Baking Tip - You can also add 2 teaspoons of lemon extract OR 2
teaspoons almond extract to this recipe and make it the flavor you
like. You would still add the vanilla.

ENJOY!!!

Hot Chocolate Mix

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

8 cups dry milk
4 3/4 cups powdered sugar
1 3/4 cups cocoa
1 1/2 cup non-dairy creamer
1 sm. pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix

Sift the ingredients into a large bowl.
Place the mix into an airtight containers.

Attach this to the jar:

Place 5 tblsps or (1/3 cup) Hot
Chocolate Mix into a mug.
Add water. Stir until Hot Chocolate mix
is dissolved. Garnish as desired with
marshmallows or whipped cream. I sometimes
just add a splash of cream or 1/2 & 1/2.

ENJOY!!