Tuesday 15 December 2020

Deluxe Potatoes

 

Deluxe Potatoes 

-2 1/2 lbs Potatoes
-1/4 cup melted Margarine 
-1 tin Cream of Chicken or Mushroom Soup
-1/2 cup Sour Cream
-1/4 cup Water
-1 cup shredded Marble Cheese
-1/2 tsp Sunset Gourmet Oh!So Onion (optional)*
-1/2tsp Sunset Gourmet Oh!So Garlic (optional)**
-Salt & Pepper to taste 
-1 cup shredded Marble Cheese
-1/2 lb Bacon, diced and fried

Place washed Potatoes with peel on into a pot. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer until the potatoes are just barely cooked. Do not overcook them! Drain the water and cool completely. Peel the potatoes and then shred with a large shredder. Or you can use a knife to slice thinly. Put the shredded Potatoes into a large bowl. Drizzle the melted Margarine over the Potatoes. 
In a separate bowl mix together the soup, sour cream,water, 1 cup shredded cheese, seasonings, salt and pepper. Then pour over the potatoes and mix well. Put potato mixture into a greased casserole dish. Top with 1 cup shredded cheese and bacon. 
Cover and bake for 45 minutes at 375. Uncover and then continue to bake for another 15 minutes. 
This recipe can easily be doubled but then the baking time will need to be increased. 

* This can be left out or replaced with 1/4 tsp dry onion flakes. Or you can add about 1/2 of a small onion, diced and fried
** This can be left out or replaced with a pinch of garlic powder or Seasoning Salt. 

Tuesday 1 December 2020

Fudge Puddles


 Fudge Puddles:

1/2 cup Butter or Margarine
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup white Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 large Egg
1/2 tsp Vanilla 
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 1/4 cup Flour

Cream Butter, Peanut Butter and Sugars. Beat in Egg, Vanilla, Salt and Baking Soda. Gradually add in Flour. 
Refrigerate for about an hour.
Shape into 1 inch ball. Place into greased muffin tins. Bake at 325 for 12-14 minutes or until 
lightly browned. Immediately press a 1/2 inch deep hole into the center of each cookie with the handle of a wooden spoon. Cool in pan for at least 5 minutes. Remove from pan.

Fudge Filling

2 cups Chocolate Chips
1 tin (14 oz)Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 tsp Vanilla 


Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave; stirring occasionally. Stir until smooth. Whisk in Sweetened Condensed Milk and Vanilla.

Fill each cookie with the warm filling. Sprinkle with peanuts, skor bits or candy spinkles if so desired. 

Leftover fudge can be refrigerated and reheated to use as an ice cream topping.