Cherry Pie Bars

Batter
1 cup of butter softened
2 cups of sugar 
4 eggs 
1 tsp vanilla extract 
1/2 tsp salt 
1/4 tsp almond extract 
3 cups all purpose flour 
2 cans of cherry pie filling (can use just 1 if you need to) 

Glaze
Mix 1 c. Powdered sugar, 1 tsp almond extract, 2 tsp milk and drizzle over bars & cool

Preheat Oven to 350F 
In a mixing bowl, cream your butter, sugar- add eggs & extract. beat well to mix. Add flour & Salt, Mixing Well. Spread half of the batter in a greased 9x13 pan, Spoon the Pie Filling over the batter Randomly drop tablespoons remaining batter over the pie filling Bake for 35 min or until your toothpick comes out clean

Butterfinger Dessert

Butterfinger Dessert 

Ingredients:
1 prepared angel food cake
1 (1 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix (larger size)
2 (8 ounce) containers cool whip
4 (2 1/8 ounce) size butterfinger candy bars
1 1/2 cups milk

Directions:
Spray a 9 x 13" pan with cooking spray.

Tear angel food cake into bite size pieces.

Prepare pudding with 1-1/2 cups of skim milk and mix with 2 containers of Cool Whip Free.

Crush candy bars.

Layer 1/2 cake, 1/2 of pudding mixture and 1/2 of crushed Butterfingers. Repeat layer.

Life size lincoln logs

Life size Lincoln Logs made out of pool noodles. 15 pool noodles from the dollar store, cut in half, cut notches out easily, with scissors = hours and hours of fun playtime!

White Chicken Enchiladas

 White Chicken Enchiladas

10 soft taco shells 
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken 
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese ( I like the Kraft Tex Mex) 
3 Tbsp. butter 
3 Tbsp. flour 
2 cups chicken broth 
1 cup sour cream ( I use Greek yogurt) 
1 (4 oz) can diced green chillies (these are not hot) 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan 
2. Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese. Roll up in tortillas and place in pan. 
3. In a sauce pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly. 
4. Stir in sour cream and chilies. Do not bring to boil, you don't want curdled sour cream.
5. Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese. 
6. Bake 22 min and then under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.

baby starfish pattern

PHILLY CHEESE STEAK SLOPPY JOES

PHILLY CHEESE STEAK SLOPPY JOES

1 lb ground beef
1 small sweet onion chopped
1 green bell pepper seeded and chopped
1/4 cup steak sauce (like A1)
1 cup beef broth
provolone cheese
buns

Crumble the ground beef into a skillet and add the chopped onion and pepper. Begin to cook, when the beef is about half cooked, add the broth and steak sauce. Cook until all items are done and allow to simmer and cook down/thicken.
I used hoagie buns from the bakery. Slice them open and filled 6 with the meat mixture. Then each was topped with a slice of provolone cheese. This was placed under the broiler for 3 minutes.

CREAMSICLE CAKE!!

CREAMSICLE CAKE!!
1 Pkg Yellow Cake Mix
2 Pk Orange Gelatin
1 Pk Vanilla Instant Pudding
1 Cup 2% Milk
2 Grade A Large Eggs
2 Tsp Imitation Vanilla
1 Tub Whipped Topping

Bake the cake as directed in a 9 x 13" pan. Let cake cool completely. Poke holes in cooled cake. Mix 1 package orange gelatin dessert with 1 c. boiling water and 1 c. cold water. Pour over cake. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours. Mix pudding mix with cold milk the other package of orange gelatin dessert and vanilla. Beat by hand with a whisk until thickened. Fold in the whipped topping. Frost the cake with the pudding mixture.
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For a layered Creamsicle Cake: Make the cake batter as directed, then batter pour evenly into 3 round 9" cake pans. Bake cakes as directed and let cool

. Then, make the orange gelatin as directed on the package — but with this version, you'll let the gelatin set up instead of pouring it into the cake. We recommend using your round cake pans, or using a 13 x 17" jelly roll pan (1" deep cookie sheet with edges). Once you pour the liquid gelatin mixture into the pans, it will need to be refrigerated for about 4 hours. Meanwhile, make the pudding mixture according to the original recipe. Finally, layer in this order: cake, gelatin pudding mixture. Repeat once more for a 6-layered Creamsicle Cake