No Recipe Donuts!

OK, so these are the easiest things to make EVER! The secret is that these are made with the little premade biscuits that you buy at the grocery store! Just punch a hol in the middle with your finger and press them into little 'O's'. Heat up some oil to medium, medium high heat, and throw them in. Then, put some powdered sugar in one ziplock, some cinnamon sugar in another ziplock, drop some donuts into each and Voila!!! Delicious donuts!

Tip: Make sure the oil isn't heated too high, if they aren't in for about a minute, the middle won't cook.

Cake Fondant

Ingredients:

16 oz. mini marshmallows

2-5 Tbsp. water

2 lbs. confectioner's sugar

1/2 c. Crisco

• Microwave marshmallows and water at 30 second intervals, mixing until melted.


• Add 3/4 c. confectioner's sugar


• Grease hands and counter


• Use added sugar to help remove marshmallows from bowl and begin to knead


• Add remaining powdered sugar


• Knead for around 8 minutes until you reach desired texture

Form into a ball, coat with Crisco, wrap with Saran wrap, and chill in fridge. When ready, knead to warm up with corn starch until desired texture is reached. Cover cake, or add coloring and then cover and decorate!

German Chocolate Brownie

This recipe is SUPER easy and dripping with deliciousness!

Ingredients:

1 pkg. brownie mix 8x8 pan

1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

8-10 oz. caramel sauce (Smucker's)

2 oz. bag chopped walnuts

1/2 c. shredded coconut

Prepare brownie mix as indicated on box. Before cooking in oven, sprinkle semi-sweet chocolate chips over top.

Bake as directed.

Topping:

Bring caramel sauce to a boil and stir constantly for two minutes. Remove from heat and mix in walnuts and shredded coconut.

Pour over top of brownies.

Allow to cool.

Chill and serve.

Chicken Cacciatore

DELICIOUS!

Ingredients:

3 lbs. chicken cut up
1 large onion, chopped
2 - 6 oz. cans tomato paste
6 oz. sliced mushrooms
1 green pepper, chopped
2-4 cloves garlic
2 tsp. oregano
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. Mrs. Dash
1 tsp. salt
3/4 c. dry white wine
3 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

In a crockpot, add chopped onion on bottom, then chicken. Add the rest of the ingredients together and mix in a bowl. Pour into crockpot.
Cook low 7-9 hours or hi 3-4 hours.
Serve over rice or pasta.
I love it with the new steamfresh brown rice - microwave for 4 minutes.

Monika's Sloppy Joe's

I first had this at one of our friend's birthday parties and Chris and I couldn't stop chowin' down on it. I finally got the recipe, and I've made it twice this week!

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef

1 chopped onion

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. prepared mustard

3/4 c. ketchup

3 tsp. brown sugar

1 can corn

salt and pepper, to taste

Cook onion with EVOO in skillet, add ground beef and brown. Move to crock pot and add remaining ingredients. Cook on low for at least 3 hrs. Voila!

Cream Cheese Marble Brownies

What do you do with a brownie mix?

Here's an option: Cream Cheese Marble Brownies

Ingredients:

1 -6 oz. package cream cheese

3 Tbsp. butter

3 Tbsp. sugar

2 Large egg

2 Tbsp. flour

1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar, egg, flour, and vanilla. Set aside.

Prepare brownie mix -family size, 9x13 pan.

Put brownie mix batter in the pan, spoon cream cheese mix over batter.

Swirl with knife or spatula.

Bake 36-39 minutes.

Cool.

Chill two hours.

Cut and serve.