Snikers Fruit Salad

The picture doesn't look like there is much to see, but give it a try.

1 big container of Cool Whip (thawed)
1 or 1 1/2 bricks of Cream Cheese (softened)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 bag of fun size Snikers Candy bars (To me this was almost not enough you might want to get a few more)
4-6 Granny Smith Apples

Mix Cool Whip, Cream Cheese and sugar together.  Cut up Snickers and apples and mix altogether.  I thought that adding strawberries and maybe some banannas would make it even better.

Atomic Poppers

It isn't the best picture you will just have to take my word that these are worth the work!  I found a these and decided to change them up just a little.

Jalapenos
Cream Cheese (room temp)
Red Pepper Jelly (divided)
Bacon
Little Smokies

Cut the jalapenos in half and clean out seeds.  Use gloves if you have them.
Mix cream cheese and red pepper jelly together and fill the cleaned out jalapenos with as much cream cheese as it takes to make it level with the edges of the jalapeno.  If you get to the end you can skimp on some or borrow from others if you need too.
Top cream cheese with a Little Smoky.
Cut your bacon in half and wrap the whole thing and stick a toothpick through so it stays together.  I don't do that with the regular ones but you will want to with these.
Then top each popper with a small amount of red pepper jelly.
Bake for an hour at 300.  At the end you might want to turn up the oven to make sure the bacon is crispy.
I had 20 jalapenos, two boxes of cream cheese, a jar of jelly, two packages of bacon and a package of little smokies.  So it made 40 poppers.  I usually don't make that many but they were still gone super fast.

Oreo Treats

I made these for Matt and his crew for Father's Day.  I thought they kinda looked like coal so it was fun to make them.  And what man doesn't like Oreo's.

2 bags Oreo's
2 bags marshmallows
1 stick butter

I used my blender to chop up the Oreo's but a food processor would work great.  Chop them pretty fine almost like you are making a crust with it.  I did like when I bit into a piece that wasn't quite so fine.
Melt marshmallows and butter until smooth and add Oreo's.  Mix well and pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan.  Let cool and cut into squares.
You can half this and put into a 8x8 inch pan.

Raspberry Rolls

I had these the other day when I was at Aunt Karma's.  She got this recipe from Miranda.  They are just a little bit addicting.  I couldn't wait to make them when I got home.  I had to send a pan full to work with Matt so I wouldn't sit home and eat them by myself.

For the dough I used the Quick and Easy White Bread recipe (click on the link for the recipe).  Aunt Karma uses Grandma Bonnie's Cherry-Go-Round dough recipe that is in the cook book (which is also the dough recipe Grandma used for her cinnamon rolls).

2 cans Raspberry Pie Filling
Sugar

After you mix the dough let it rise in a bowl for a few hours.  Then divide the dough in two and roll out the first batch like you are making cinnamon rolls.  Spread one can of Raspberry pie filling over entire surface of dough.  Then sprinkle generously with sugar and mix with pie filling.
Now the messy part.  Roll up the dough like cinnamon rolls, it will be messy but just keep as much filling in as possible and keep rolling. When it is all rolled up cut into about 1-1 1/2 inch sections place in a buttered pan or a pan lined with parchment paper, scrape all the extra filling that fell out while you were doing your rolling and spread over rolls.  Let rise for another few hours or until it fills the pan.  Repeat with remaining dough.  Bake at 425 for 25 minutes.  Keep a close eye on them you may have to adjust you oven and time.  Cool for about 30 minutes then dump out of pan.
I just used a basic Cream Cheese Frosting, but a easy powder sugar glaze would be good too.

Copy Cake

JD calls Coffee Cake, Copy Cake.  I hate to correct him when he hears things wrong, he comes up with some funny stuff. 

Matt and I went to visit his Grandparents in Texas when I was pregnant with Kyle and she made this for us.  I loved it so I got her recipe.

Batter:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons flour
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Mix sugar, shorting and egg good.
Add baking powder and salt to egg mixture.  Then add alternately the flour and milk.  Mix very well.  Spread half of batter in greased 9x9 pan.  Mix topping ingredients together and spread half of topping over half of batter in pan and circle in with a fork.  Repeat with batter and topping.  Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.

Guacamole

A friend brought some Guacamole the other day to a BBQ we were having.  I couldn't believe how easy it was to make it so I whipped up a little for us.

Avocados
Sour cream
Pase Picante Sauce
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
Lime juice

I used two avocados and just dumped everything else in I didn't measure anything.  So just do what you think would be best.  If you keep the avocado pits in the guacamole it keeps it from turning brown so fast.  The picture kinda looks brown but I think it is from the Pase.

Quick and Easy White Bread

I got this recipe from my friend Jana also.  It is a very simple recipe but very good.  I use it for lots more than just loafs of bread.  I make braids and rolls with it as well.

2 Tablespoons yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups HOT water
3 Tablespoons sugar
1 Tablespoon salt
5 Tablespoons oil
6 cups flour, divided

Put yeast in the 1/2 cup warm water and let sit.  Mix together the Hot water, sugar, salt, oil and 3 cups of the flour in a mixer.  Mix with whips until dough is smooth.  Pour in the yeast and rest of the flour and replace the whip for the dough hook.  Turn mixer on and add more flour if needed.  The dough should "clean" your bowl.  And let it knead the dough for about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, grease 2 bread pans.  When the dough is finished kneading separate into 2 loaves and work it into a loaf.  Place each loaf in a pan and cover with a dish towel and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350.  Place loaves in oven and cook for about 35-40 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.  Remove from the oven and butter the top while still warm.