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1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs
2 pounds hamburger
1/4 cup dry parsley
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup dried onions
4 eggs

mix all by hand, put in 1 large and 1 small loaf pan. Sweet daughter likes plain meatloaf so I make a little pan for her without ketchup topping.

Top with - 1 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup brown sugar

Bake at 350 about 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Best Damn Salad Ever

1

1 package baby spinach

1 package spring greens

1/2 cup blueberries

1/2 cup strawberries

handful of blue cheese

8 oz candied pecans

1/4 red onion

poppy seed salad dressing

candied pecans - about 1/2 stick butter and 1/4 cup brown sugar, melt together, mix in pecans and then bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes on parchment paper. stir and let cool.

dressing - 1/2 cup veg oil (I used Canola oil)

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup white vinegar (I like rice vinegar)

1 t sesame seeds

2 t poppy seeds

1/4 cup orange juice

1/4 of a bottle of raspberry vinaigrette dressing (I use Ken's steakhouse)

Shake ingredients for dressing in a jar.

Chocolate bundt cake

This recipe is from Loopy Ewe -

Blue Cheese Dressing

Blue Cheese Dressing

1/3 cup sour cream

1/3 cup Hellman's mayo

1/3 cup ranch salad dressing

2 - 3 drops of Tabasco

a dash of garlic salt

a dash of pepper

1/2 tsp parsley

a little milk or buttermilk

whisk the above then add:

2 - 3 oz crumbled blue cheese

Let sit for an hour or so before serving. If too thick, add in a little bit of milk (or buttermilk)

Indoor BBQ Chicken

Indoor Barbecued Chicken

12 Chicken thighs

1 1/2 cups chili sauce (or ketchup, I like Chili sauce)

1 1/2 cups honey

2 or 3 cloves garlic, minced

Marinate the chicken (I use all cuts not just thighs), in the last 3 ingredients for about 20 minutes. Place in baking pan (line with foil to help with clean up), skin side down and bake in 400 degree oven for 1/2 hour, turn over and use up marinate and return to oven for 45 minutes or until browned on top. I serve with scallop potatoes that I cook the last hour with the chicken.

Apple Dumplings

Apple Dumplings

2 Granny Smith apples

2 cans crescent rolls

2 sticks butter1

1/2 cups sugar

1 teaspoons vanillacinnamon

1 small can Mountain Dew (8 oz)
Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes

Janice’s Tea Ring
* Dissolve 2 pkgs. yeast in 1/2 cup warm water (add 1 Tbsp. sugar to feed the yeast)Let sit 5-10 minutes.
In the meantime:
Put in Cusinart/Kitchen Aid bowl: (referred to as mixer in recipe)4 1/2 cups flour2 Tbsp. sugar1 1/2 tsp. salt
Mix in another bowl:1 cup milk1/4 cup melted shortening (not oil)1 egg
1. Add yeast mixture to milk mixture and stir.

2. With mixer on, slowly pour the liquid into the flour mixture.

3. Let the mixer knead the dough for 5 minutes or so. (Check the dough periodically and if too sticky add a Tbsp of flour at a time until you have a nice dough.)

4. Knead on counter a few minutes.

5. Place in a lightly greased bowl and let rise until double. (about 1 hour)
* Note - you can also make this in a bread machine, adding the ingredients in the order listed, and let it go through the first rise cycle. Then continue on with #6 in the instructions.
6. Roll dough out into a rectangle.

7. Spread with 1/4 cup melted butter and sprinkle generously with a cinnamon sugar mixture. (A little over 1/2 cup)

8. Roll up. Form a horseshoe and cut the dough every inch or so, but not quite all the way through. (I first cut off the ends and put in a separate pan for rolls)

9. Bring the dough together in a circle (on greased cookie sheet, or pie dripping pan) flipping each section on its side until it comes together.

10. Let rise again (about 30 - 45 min)

11. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown. (time varies a bit by oven…you don’t want it doughy)

12. Frost with powder sugar frosting.
POWDER SUGAR FROSTING
1 1/2 cups powder sugar

6 tsp. milk

1/4 tsp vanilla
Mix all together. Add additional milk tsp. at a time.