Caramel made from sweetened condensed milk..in a crock pot.

I got this idea from a friend who got it from Pintrest! By the way, if you would like an invite for Pintrest just leave me your email in the comments below! You can find other great cooking blogs on there. I have a few recipes that I'm looking forward to trying that I got from a few of them.

This is my first time trying this so we will see how it goes. I know that your supposed to try a recipe before you share it but my source tells me that it is great! Thanks Mrs. Jordan.

My little can of yummy goodness!

So here is what you do:

1) Clean the can, get the label off and the glue.
2) Line the bottom of your crock pot with aluminum foil.(Rust rings in the bottom of my crock pot just don't    sound very good to me!)
3)Completely cover the can with water, turn it on low.
4) Now let it cook for 8 hours.

Mine should be ready about 10 tonight so I will post pictures whenever it is done.

Pasta Bake

This is one of my Husbands favorite dishes, and this comes from a man who doesn't really care for pasta!  It's also a great way to use up leftover pasta.  

1 pound hamburger meat 

1 jar pasta sauce

1 pack pasta noodles  (any kind works great)

shredded cheese (enough to cover the top)

1 can mushrooms (optional)

  All you do is brown the hamburger meat, drain. Cook the noodles, drain them also. Then you mix the hamburger meat, noodles, pasta sauce, and mushrooms all together.  Put it in a 9x12 baking pan, sprinkle the cheese on top and bake at 350 until the cheese is nice and bubbly.

If you are using leftover pasta just add more pasta sauce and the cheese and bake as directed and enjoy.   

 

Hungarian Potato Soup

I love this recipe. I didn't bring the cook book that has the recipe in it to Greenland. I had a blonde moment! Thankfully, www.cook.com  came to my rescue! This is a neat website with some great recipes on it.

1/2 c. chopped onion
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. olive oil
4 med. potatoes, peeled & diced
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. flour
1 1/2 tbsp. paprika
1 c. sour cream
2 1/2 c. milk

Saute onion in butter and olive oil until tender. Add the potatoes, salt and 2 cups water. Cover and cook 15 minutes or until tender. Blend flour, paprika and sour cream until smooth and stir into the potato mixture. Add milk and heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Cook for about 1 minute. Season to taste.

I did change some things in the recipe when I made it. I put about half of the paprika that it called for. And I only used 3 Tbsp of butter and no olive oil, to me that was going to be way to greasy with all that oil.  It turned out great with the changes I did. So just experiment and see which one works for you!

Hershey's Chocolate Frosting

I found this little treasure on the back of a Hershey's Cocoa can! I used it on my Daughters chocolate Birthday cake today, and she loved it!  It is really good and super easy to make.

Maryanna and her cake!

1 stick (1/2 cup)  butter
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
1/3 cup milk






Melt the butter. Alternate adding in the powdered sugar and the milk into the butter, beating on med.  Then you stir in the vanilla.  Now spread it on your favorite cake and enjoy.

Chocolate Crinkles

These cookies didn’t last very long around our house.

3 eggs

1 ½ cups granulated sugar

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted

½ cup cooking oil

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

Powdered sugar

           
In a large bowl beat eggs, granulated sugar, chocolate, oil, baking powder, and vanilla until well mixed. 

           

Mix in the flour a little at a time.  Then you need to cover and chill the dough for 1-2 hours or until it’s easy to handle.

           

            Shape the dough into 1-inch balls and coat generously with the powdered sugar. Place each ball about an inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake @ 375 for 8-10 min. Cool on wire rack and then watch them disappear!