Miss Mary's Holiday Recipes & Decorating Thread

[Miss Mary]

I feel like I'm in Home Ec!

Thanks Daria....learn something everyday....I can just picture the nice but strict nun who taught me Home Ec I and II, giving us this explanation. She was perfect, a June Cleaver type in a habit. We always said she would have made the perfect housewife......I did learn a lot from her! Of course if you asked my family did I learn a lot, they'd have a very different opinion...

Mary

[CajunMama]

Here's an easy recipe!

Sugared Pecans

1 stick butter
2 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1 lb. pecan halves

Melt butter on a cookie sheet in 350* oven.

Beat eggwhites good in a bowl. Add sugar and mix well. Add pecans and coat well.

Pour pecans onto cookie sheet, stir into butter. Make one layer of pecans.

You will bake the pecans for a total of 30 minutes.

Bake 10 minutes. Take out, sprinkle pecans with salt and mix well. Repeat this step.

Bake 10 more minutes then drain pecans on paper towels. Store in an airtight container.

[Pburgh]

Mama, I'm definitely going to try that recipe. Sounds yummy and easy --- two things that I like!! Thanks

[JenBayles]

Shoot, what's not to like? Anything with pecans is OK by me! BTW, I made your microwave pralines last year and got rave reviews. A word of caution to newbies to this recipe: do NOT try to double it! Cook exactly in the amounts describes and it comes out perfect. I was able to salvage a gooey mess by nuking longer, but scared the crap out of myself in the process. All those ingredients down the drain? No way!

[Lindaloo]

Does anyone know how to make that cheeseball with the Philly Cream Cheese? I cannot remember how to make it.

[Pburgh]

I just mix a couple 8 oz pkgs of softened cream cheese with a bag of shredded sharp cheddar cheese and a small jar of cheese whiz. I usually throw in a can of chopped hot peppers and a dash of worchestershire sauce. Mix it up and put it in the frig till it firms up. When it does, form it into a ball and roll it in nuts.

[JenBayles]

I was really afraid to try this one, but it's really good and gets raves.

Throw a hunk of cream cheese on a plate and pour Pick-A-Peppa sauce over it. Surround with different dippin' crackers. Done.

For some reason, the men always go crazy over that stuff and just inhale it.

[Lindaloo]

What is Pick A Peppa?

[CajunMama]

Oh it's delicious!!!! Your stores should stock it linda.

http://www.pickapeppa.com/

[JenBayles]

Thanks Mama! It's kind of a thicker worcestershire with a peppery type kick to it. Hard to describe, but good stuff! It should be in with all the sauces and condiments at the grocery. I wonder if it's more of a Southern thing kinda like Ro-tel?

[breeze]

Hey! The thread's back!

'Tis the season that I am being requested to make my sausage balls,
over and over again!

1 lb. mild sausage
3/4 block of extra-sharp cheddar cheese
3/4 cup Bisquick

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut up the cheese and melt it in a double-boiler
(I boil enough water to cover the bottom of a handled pot and set a smaller pot
in it with the shredded cheese - keep stirring - it WILL melt!)

In a large bowl, mix the sausage, Bisquick and melted cheese. Roll into
nickle-sized balls onto a cookie sheet. (I usually get about 35 balls this way.)
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and cook for 25 minutes or until brown.

Real easy to make, and, a popular request! Enjoy!

~Annette~

[Lindaloo]

My Mother makes those Annette. They are divine and you can't eat just one. She makes me some without the sausage.