Chocolate Eclair Pie (Sugar Free)

Chocolate Eclair Pie (Sugar Free)

(The picture is not mine -- but its similar. You can substitute Chocolate Cool Whip for the cool whip used in the top part, but it will no longer be sugar free)

4.5 cups of milk (divided 3 + 1.5 cups)

3 packets of sugar free french vanilla pudding (instant)

2 tubs of sugar free cool whip

1 packet of sugar free chocolate pudding (instant)

1 box of graham crackers

In an electric mixer, mix 3 cups of milk and 3 packets of french pudding mix; whip in 1 tub of the SF cool whip. Set aside. Mix 1.5 cups of milk with the chocolate pudding mix and whip in the other tub of SF cool whip. Set aside.

In the bottom of a 9 x 13 x 2 pan as follows:

Graham Crackers

French Vanilla Pudding

Graham Crackers

French Vanilla Pudding

Graham Crackers

French Vanilla Pudding

Graham Crackers

Chocolate Pudding

Chill overnight for the graham crackers to soften. Enjoy this guilt-free sweet treat!

Triple-Layer Mud Pie

Triple-Layer Mud Pie

Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 3 hr 15 min

Makes: 10 servings

What You Need!

3 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted

1/4 cup canned sweetened condensed milk

1 OREO Pie Crust (6 oz.)

1/2 cup chopped PLANTERS Pecans, toasted

2 cups cold 2% milk

2 pkg. (3.9 oz. each) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

Make It!

MIX chocolate and condensed milk; pour into crust. Sprinkle with nuts.

BEAT 2% milk and pudding mixes with whisk 2 min.; spoon 1-1/2 cups over nuts. Stir 1/2 the whipped topping into remaining pudding; spread over pudding layer in crust.

TOP with remaining whipped topping. Refrigerate 3 hours.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Since this indulgent dessert makes enough for 10 servings, it's a perfect dessert to serve at your next party.

How to Toast Nuts

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread pecans in single layer in shallow baking pan. Bake 5 to 7 min. or until lightly toasted, stirring occasionally.

Variation

Prepare substituting BAKER'S Bittersweet Baking Chocolate for the semi-sweet chocolate, increasing the sweetened condensed milk to 1/2 cup and substituting PLANTERS COCKTAIL Peanuts for the toasted pecans.

Turtle Pumpkin Pie

Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 1 hr 15 min

Makes: 10 servings

What You Need!

1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. caramel ice cream topping, divided

1 HONEY MAID Graham Pie Crust (6 oz.)

1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. chopped PLANTERS Pecans, divided

2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

1 cup cold milk

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

Make It!

POUR 1/4 cup caramel topping into crust; sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts.

BEAT dry pudding mixes, milk, pumpkin and spices with whisk until well blended. Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spoon into crust.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour. Top with remaining COOL WHIP, caramel topping and nuts just before serving.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

At 10 servings, this tasty pie is a perfect dessert to feed a crowd.

Creative Leftovers

Need some ideas for how to use the leftover canned pumpkin? Go to kraftfoods.com for recipe suggestions, such as Pumpkin Raisin Bars.

Note

Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 pounds ground beef
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• garlic powder, salt & pepper while beef is cooking
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tbsp flour
• 1 large can of mushrooms, drained
• 2 cans beef broth
• 1 family size can cream of mushroom soup
• Salt and black pepper
• 1 large cannister of sour cream
• 2 bags of cooked egg noodles

This recipe can be halved.

Easy Apple Strudel

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PREP TIME	30 Min
COOK TIME	40 Min
READY IN	1 Hr 10 Min

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

• 1 Granny Smith apple - peeled, cored and coarsely shredded
• 3 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup golden raisins
• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup milk

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DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Place apples in a large bowl. Stir in brown sugar and golden raisins; set aside. Place puff pastry on baking sheet. Roll lightly with a rolling pin. Arrange apple filling down the middle of the pastry lengthwise. Fold the pastry lengthwise around the mixture. Seal edges of pastry by using a bit of water on your fingers, and rubbing the pastry edges together. Whisk egg and milk together, and brush onto top of pastry.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

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SQUASH PATTIES

Violet's Squash Patties

8 medium squash (washed & cubed)

1 green bell pepper (cleaned & cubed)

1 red bell pepper (cleaned & cubed)

1 green tomato (washed & cubed)

1 banana pepper (cleaned & cubed)

In small batches, run all of the above ingredients through the food processor. Set aside in a strainer and let it sit for at least 30 minutes. When drained, move to a bowl and add in:

1 red onion (diced)

1 cup of mild cheddar (shredded)

+\- 1 cup of cornmeal

+\- 1 cup of flour

1 egg (lightly beaten)

Salt & Pepper to taste

1/2-1 tsp of Italian Seasoning

Add enough cornmeal & flour until it comes together like a chunky dough consistency. You dont want it too dry but dont want it too wet either. With a tablespoon, spoon heaping spoonfuls into a skillet over medium-high heat with some veg.oil in the bottom. Spread the spoonfuls out kinda flat and make them into patties. Cook until golden brown on both sides. Enjoy! :)

The first time I made this recipe, I forgot the cheese, and they were still fabulous.

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Cheesy Chicken & Broccoli Rice Casserole

1/2 onion diced

1 lb of boneless skinless chicken (breasts or tenders)

Salt & Pepper

1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
1 1/3 cups water

1 can cheddar cheese soup

1 can of milk (using the empty cheddar cheese soup can)

1 cup uncooked regular long-grain white rice

1/2 small bag of frozen broccoli

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (Mild)

Preheat the oven to 375. Salt and pepper the chicken pieces and cook them in a skillet with the diced onion in a little bit of water with the lid on (to make the chicken really tender). When the chicken is cooked through, take it out and let it rest. (You can either add the onions to the soup mixture of discard them -- depending on how strong you want the onion flavor to be; i discarded them).

Mix the two cans of soup, water, and milk together until smooth. Dice the chicken into small cubes. Into the soup mixture, fold in the chicken, broccoli, and rice together and add in more salt & pepper. Pour into 9 x 13 x 2 pan that had been sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake for 45 minutes. At the end of 45 minutes, sprinkle the top with the shredded cheddar cheese and bake for a few more minutes until melted and bubbly.

Jennifer’s Loaded Potato Soup

1 onion (diced)
1 stalk of celery (diced)
2 fresh cloves of garlic (grated)
3-4 tbsp of butter
2 tbsp bacon grease
6-8 potatoes (peeled and sliced to 1/4" rounds)
Water
2 slices of thick cut deli ham (diced)
1 cup of bacon crumbles
1 can of cheddar cheese soup
1 can of milk (using empty soup can)
1 cup of sour cream
S & P to taste

Saute onion, celery, and garlic in butter and bacon grease on medium heat until translucent and tender. Add in the potatoes, bacon, and ham and add enough water to cover. Raise the heat to medium/high and boil until potatoes are fork tender but not mushy.

In a separate bowl, mix the undiluted cheddar cheese soup, can of milk (using the empty soup can), and 1 cup of sour cream and whisk until smooth. Once the potatoes are done, whisk in the cheese soup mixture into the pot of soup and simmer an additional 10-20 minutes.

Serve with Sister Schubert rolls or cornbread if desired.

Applebee’s Blondie with Maple butter sauce

Brownies

1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups margarine or butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup loosely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup white chocolate, chunk (or chips)

Maple butter sauce

1 1/3 cups sugar
1 cup whipping cream
2/3 cup butter
2 teaspoons maple flavoring

Directions:

For Brownies: In mixer blend butter, and brown sugar. Then add baking powder, salt, vanilla, and then eggs. Mix in flour. fold in chips and nuts.
Grease a 9 by 13-inch pan and smooth brownie mixture in with a spatula. Bake 350°F for 22-25 minutes.

Top should be shiny and firm when you touch the center with a finger -- do not over bake or it will be dry (oven temps may vary so watch brownies closely).
Sauce: Combine first 3 ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Cook for 2-3 minutes, remove from heat and add flavoring.

Assembly: While they are still warm, cut brownies into 12 pieces, they may be a little crumbly--they are more cake like in texture. Place a brownie on a plate and top with 2 scoops of ice cream. Then drizzle with sauce and sprinkle with more nuts.

Jennifer's Vodka Hot Toddy

Jennifer's Vodka Hot Toddy:

1-2 lemon wedges

1 tbsp of sugar

1 shot of vodka

1 cup of hot water (from the tea kettle)

1 decaff tea bag

1 tbsp of honey

Place the lemon wedge in the bottom of the coffee mug and sprinkle on the sugar and pour in the vodka.  Muddle the lemon, sugar, and vodka together.  Pour in the water and put in the tea bag and let it steep.  Add in the honey to taste if desired.  

I hope this sooths your sore throat and will make you feel better. 

Juretta's Homemade Ice Cream

Homemade Ice Cream

(To be made in an electric ice maker (4 qt) using ice/ice cream salt)

I am sure the recipes could be changed to be compatible for a small in-home electric no ice required countertop ice cream maker - but I havent taken the time to do the conversions myself, because i dont have one of those nifty little gadgets yet.  But maybe one day soon!  ANYWAY-- moving on... to the ice cream recipes!!

VANILLA:

3 eggs

2 cans of sweetened condensed milk

2 (8 oz) cool whip

1 tsp of vanilla

fill to line with milk

CHOCOLATE: 

3 eggs

2 cans of sweetened condensed milk

2 (8 oz) cool whip

1 container of chocolate syrup

fill to line with milk

STRAWBERRY: 

3 eggs

2 cans of sweetened condensed milk

2 (8 oz) cool whip

2 cups of chopped fresh or frozen strawberries (fresh are best)

fill to line with milk

red food coloring until a light pink shade (a couple of drops)

PEACH:

3 eggs

2 cans of sweetened condensed milk

2 (8 oz) cool whip

2 cups of chopped fresh or frozen peaches (fresh are best)

fill to line with milk

yellow and red food coloring until a soft orange shade (a couple of drops each)

DREAM CICLE:

3 eggs

2 cans of sweetened condensed milk

2 (8 oz) cool whip

fill to line with Slice orange drink 

This recipe makes soft-serve homemade ice cream.  You can put it in the freezer in an air tight container to harden to your family's preferred consistency.  You can really use the base recipe for any flavor of ice cream you really want.  These are just our family's favorites.  They are all to die for.  The fruit recipes are especially good in the summer when the fruit is in season.  

Thanks to my God Mother Juretta for the recipe!

Unfortunately, I dont think this recipe can be made into a sugar-free recipe.  I've never seen sweetened condensed milk that is sugar free.  But you could use sugar free cool whip and reduced fat sweetened condensed milk to feel more guilt-free if you like :)

You know, my family LOVES marble slab ice cream and how they mix together the cheesecake flavored ice cream with fresh strawberries and fresh graham crackers... I bet I could tweak this recipe to get it cheesecake flavored and then we could add in the strawberries and graham crackers at the end and this would be even MORE FABULOUS.. Gosh im starvin just thinkin about it!

Juretta's Oregano Chicken

Juretta's Oregano Chicken

Olive Oil spray 

2 cups of water

1 whole chicken

1 pack of sweet italian sausage

EVOO

Lawry's Garlic Salt 

Oregano

8-10 red potatoes (quartered)

1 large vidalia onion (cut into half moons)

1 stick of butter

This is my version of Juretta's Oregano Chicken: 

Spray your insert of your crockpot with olive oil and dump in two cups of cold water. Place in your whole chicken and rub it down with olive oil and sprinkle it with garlic salt, oregano, and salt & pepper.  Cut your red potatoes into large chunks (all relatively the same size). Take onions and potatoes and toss them in EVOO & garlic and oregano and salt and pepper.  I did mine in a gallon size bag to make sure they were all coated evenly.  Dump bag of vegetables on top of the chicken.  Cover and cook on low for 8 hrs.  (I added in my italian sausage with the chicken on the bottom but when we went to eat, the sausage was over-done.  So i'd either add it later on top of the vegetables or precook it and lay it in at the very end - i know thats an extra step, but I would rather do that than to have over-cooked sausage in my dish)  

Juretta's original recipe was done in a cast-iron skillet in a fire pit.  Since we dont have one of those at my house, we just used the crock pot.  I also changed russet potatoes to red potatoes because they are more waxy and would hold up through the cooking process and not turn into mush since it'd be cooking for at least 8 hrs on low in crock pot. 

Original recipe: 

1 whole chicken

1 pack of sweet italian sausage

EVOO

Lawry's Garlic Salt 

Oregano

8-10 russet potatoes (quartered)

1 large vidalia onion (cut into half moons)

Cook in cast iron dutch oven in fire pit or in oven until chicken is done and vegetables are tender.

Strawberry Shortcake

strawberry shortcake

Butter Recipe Yellow Cake (prepared to instructions in a bundt pan)

1/2 of a 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream container (softened)

fresh strawberries (sliced)

1/2 cup sugar

whipped cream

Macerate the strawberries with 1/2 cup of sugar. Set aside.

Take the cake and slice it horizontally in half and place the bottom half back into the pan and spread the softened vanilla ice cream onto the cake and top with the other half of the cake. Let it freeze for another 30 minutes to an hour to stiffen up the ice cream. Slice and serve with strawberries and whip cream.

Enjoy!

Broccoli & Cheddar Twice Baked Potato Skins

• 6 Yukon Gold Potatoes
• 1 bag of Steam in Bag Broccoli
• 1 bag of shredded mild cheddar cheese
• 1/2 stick of butter
• 1/4 cup of sour cream
• Salt, Pepper, & Garlic Powder to taste

Wash and puncture the skin of the potatoes and microwave them until baked through.  Half the potatoes length-wise and hollow out the insides of the potatoes - leaving 1/4'' of potato all the way around. Put the scooped out potato in a bowl and dump in bag of broccoli, butter, sour cream, bag of cheese, and salt/pepper/garlic powder.  Mash contents of bowl with potato masher and scoop the broccoli & cheese mixture back into the hollowed out potato skins. Top with extra shredded cheese.

Bake at 400 until potato skins are crispy and the cheese is melted.  (About 20 minutes)

You can add bacon to this but when making it as a side dish, I don't want the bacon to clash with the main meat served, but you can definitely add it if serving it as the main course.

Chicken & Stuffing Casserole

Chicken & Stuffing Casserole:

• 1 pkg. (6 oz.) Stove Top Stuffing Mix (Savory herbs is the one I used)
• 1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1/2 medium onion
• 1/2 tsp crushed garlic
• 1 can (10-3/4 oz.) condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup Sour Cream

1 pkg. (16 oz.) steam in bag frozen mixed vegetables, steamed. Preheat oven to 400°F. Brown chicken, onion and garlic together. Cook through. When chicken is done or even slightly golden brown, drain. Mix chicken, soup, sour cream and vegetables. Pour into greased casserole dish. Prepare stuffing mix as directed on package (dont forget to fluff it). Top the soup/chicken layer with stuffing. Bake 30 mins until nice and bubbly and the top is a little crunchy.

thanks to kraft foods for the picture - although i modified the recipe to fit my family's taste.