NaNaimo Bars

Bottom Layer

½ c Margarine

¼ c Sugar

5 Tbs Cocoa

1 tsp Vanilla

1 Egg

2 c Graham Cracker Crumbs

1 c coconut

½ c chopped pecans

Middle Layer

¾ Tbs milk

¼ c vanilla pudding mix

½ c melted margarine

4 c powdered sugar

Top Layer

½ c semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 Tbs margarine

Bottom Layer: combine margarine, sugar, cocoa, vanilla and egg in pot. Stir constantly over med heat until like thick custard. Put in separate bowl with graham crumbs, coconut and pecans. Pack firmly into 9x13 pan and refrigerate.

Middle Layer: mix with whisk. melt milk, pudding and margarine together. Add to powdered sugar slowly (don’t use it all) until it has a pudding like consistency. Spread over bottom layer and refridgerate until hard.

Top Layer: Melt chocolate chips and margarine over very low heat (double broiler) then spread over middle layer, let hard in fridge, then cut into squares and enjoy!

Muddy Buddies

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9	cups Rice Chex®, Corn Chex® or Chocolate Chex® cereal (or combination)
1	cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2	cup peanut butter
1/4	cup butter or margarine
1	teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2	cups powdered sugar

put cereal in a bowl and set aside. microwave chocolate and peanut butter on high for 1 minute, stir and then microwave for 30 seconds until smooth.

stir in vanilla then pour over cereal stirring until evenly coated.  put powdered sugar into a 1 gallon zip lock bag.  pour in cereal, seal the bag then shake until cereal

is evenly coated.  place on wax paper and let dry.

Crispy Clusters

1 cup small marshmallows
1 cup rice crispies
I cup cheerios
1 cup peanuts
(if you have allergies to peanuts, add 1 more cup of cereal,
maybe a cup of corn checks, Maybe even broken pretzels?)

1 lb Block candy coating
Melt the candy coating and pour over the dry ingredients, stir it all together
Spoon teaspoons size drops onto wax paper and let cool.
Voila! Easy peasy

almond bark popcorn mix

Mix together any combination of snacks that you want: popcorn, pretzels, m&m's, cranberries, rice chex, nuts, etc.  Melt some almond bark over top and enjoy!

Creamy Italian Chicken‏

1 cream cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 packet of italian salad dressing (it's a seasoning packet next to the salad dressings)
4-5 thawed chicken breasts {cut in half}

mix the sauce together and cook in a crock-pot on low for 3-4 hours. 
Serve over rice!  Super rich!

It's the perfect Sunday dinner

Boule (Artisan Free-Form Loaf)

1 1/2 tbsp yeast
1 1/2 kosher salt
3 cups warm water
6 1/2 cups flour

Mix it but don't knead it.  Put it in a big bowl and let it rise on the counter for 2 hours.  Then put it in the refrigerator for up to two weeks! You can use it immediately, but it is easier to handle if it is refrigerated first.  It is a very sticky dough.  

When you are ready to make a loaf, generously sprinkle a cookie sheet that doesn't have an edge (I use my airbake cookie pans) with cornmeal. Then sprinkle some flour on top of the bowl of dough and lop off a quarter of the dough.  Fold dough over itself, tucking edges under and smoothing top.  You can shape it into a circle or elongate it a bit..     

Place it on the cornmeal covered pan.  Set your timer for 20 minutes and let it rise. After 20 minutes, place a pan (best if it doesn't have an edge) or baking stone into the oven, with a broiler pan placed on the lower rack.  Preheat the oven to 450 and set the timer for 20 minutes.  When the timer goes off,
slide the loaf from the cornmeal covered pan to the heated pan in the oven. Then pour 1 cup of hot tap water into the broiler pan under it.  Bake for 30 minutes until the bread is golden brown.The outside of the bread will be perfectly crispy and the inside perfectly soft.

White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies

mix
1 c brown sugar
1 c white sugar
1 c crisco
2 eggs

add
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 c flour
dried cranberries & white chocolate chips (as many as desired)

bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes

*tip
-I run a fine chop through half the cranberries I add
-You can also melt some vanilla almond bark and drizzle for a fancier occasion