Chocolate Marshmallow Bisquits

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The taste combination of chocolate and marshmallow is well known, especially during the summer when it's time to make s'mores!  I saw a recipe the other day for S'more Croissants that looked really good, but I wanted to do my own twist on it. Taking refrigerated biscuit dough (and you could certainly make homemade biscuits for these) I flattened out the dough and placed one large marshmallow and milk chocolate chips in the middle (play with chocolate flavors and be generous!) and then rolled them up in the dough. Be sure to close the seams well. Ask me how I know.  :)  Bake them according to the biscuit dough directions. Mine baked at 350 degrees for about 11 minutes. Sprinke them with powdered sugar and cinnamon while still warm and enjoy!!

Cherry Almond Vanilla Cupcakes With Maraschino Cherry Icing

This isn't a very good picture, but the cake was scrumptious!  I decided to do a layer cake instead of cupcakes because it was quicker, but cupcakes would have been prettier. LOL A cake decorator I'm not.  :)   The icing is really simple. Basically butter and powdered sugar with flavoring. Sweet and very good!   Here's the link to the recipe.    http://debbiesweets.blogspot.com/2012/03/cherry-almond-vanilla-cupcakes-with.html   

FRUIT BASKET UPSET

When I was 12 years old or so my parents bought me 'The Betty Crocker Cookbook for Boys and Girls'.  This recipe was one of the first ones I made from it. It's good and fruity, sweet and cold. I still love it! 

1 can (8 oz.) fruit cocktail, drained 2 bananas, peeled & sliced 1 sm. apple, cut into sm. pieces 1/2 c. halved seedless green grapes 1/2 c. sliced strawberries, if you like 5 maraschino cherries, cut up 1/4 c. miniature marshmallows 1/2 c. whipping cream 2 tsp. maraschino cherry juice or 1-2 drops red food coloring Place all ingredients, except last 2 ingredients, in large bowl. In a small bowl, beat with rotary egg beater until stiff whipping cream. Tint whipping cream with last ingredient. Fold whipped cream into fruit. Spoon salad into serving bowl; trim with fresh strawberries and green grapes. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve with cinnamon toast. 4-6 servings

FALL

Fall is in the air.  The leaves on the trees are changing color and littering the ground.  The air is cool and crisp and the rain falls, cold and damp.  This is my favorite time of year.  Time for steaming pots of homemade soup simmering on the stove and cups of hot chocolate in steaming mugs topped with whipped cream. Flavors of apples and pumpkins... YUM!  What are your favorite fall flavors?

Someone's In The Kitchen...A New Beginning

This song brings back memories!  It was a favorite to sing on car rides when I was a kid.  And, like this song, I think food is a way to share memories and good times. When I'm in the kitchen I'm joined by generations of family cooks. That's what food's all about, after all.  Memories, comfort, family, love...  So, this blog is getting new life. Come on into my kitchen and set awhile!

POPPY SEED SLAW DRESSING

I used to work as grill cook for the VFW in the town I lived in at the time. This is the recipe for the coleslaw dressing we used for the Friday night fish frys.  I love this one because there is NO mayo involved. Kind of sweet and very good!

1 pint of crisco oil
1 1/2 cups white vinegar
1 1/2 lbs sugar
1 1/2 Tablespoons Dry Mustard
1 1/2 Tablespoons Poppy Seed
1 1/2 Tablespoons Salt
chopped onions
Mix well with mixer.

Just toss it with your slaw mix and you're all set!

Mrs. Schoonover's Bar-B-Q's

This was a recipe my Mom made a lot during my junior high and high school years. I had almost forgotten it when an old friend on Facebook told me that his mom had gotten the recipe from my mom years ago and she still made them and they referred to them to this day as 'Mrs. Schoonover's Bar-B-Q's'. What a nice flood of memories it brought back.


2 lbs. ground beef
2 cans Chicken Gumbo Soup
Salt
Pepper
Small amount of ketchup
1 T instant onion soup mix (optional)

Brown the ground beef. Drain and add remaining ingredients. Heat and serve on hamburger buns.