On New Year's Eve we went to my Sister-in-law's house and she had this awesome dip. She has it often, but I finally asked her for the recipe. I wanted to share it with y'all!  It is sooo yummy!

Wendy's Cheesy Crockpot Dip
      Ingredients

• 1- 2 lb block of Velveeta Cheese
• 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 1 can Rotel Mild
• 1 lb. hamburger meat
• 1 lb mild sausage

1. Brown hamburger meat and sausage in pan, drain grease and put meat in crock pot.
2. Cut Velveeta cheese into cubes and put in crockpot.
3. Stir in can of Rotel and can of Cream of Mushroom Soup.
4. Turn on high until everything melts together, stirring occasionally.
5. Turn on keep warm and enjoy!

This is great with Tortilla chips.  For this recipe it takes around 3 bags of chips. As you can see from the picture it makes quite a lot.  We enjoyed it for several days!


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Once I find something I like, I tend to keep making it until I find something else I love.  I had these at Christmas, but just now tried to make them myself.  I love them and eat way too many, so I can't make them too much!

Vanilla Peanut Butter Crackers

1 pkg. CANDIQUICK
1/2 box Ritz crackers
1 jar peanut butter


First you make peanut butter crackers


 Then you melt the CANDIQUICK in a pot


 Then you dip the crackers in the vanilla in the pot


 Place the dipped crackers on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper


Put the cookie sheet in the fridge or freezer for about 5 minutes

Then enjoy! 

Yesterday it was raining...again and really chilly outside. And inside too, since I'm trying to save on the power bill. It's times like these I really want a snuggie or a slanket. I think they would be really great for sitting in the recliner with my laptop.

Anyway, my older son asked when we were going to make some hot chocolate again. I usually make it during the winter to help keep us warm. So, I got out the ingredients and started making it. I thought I would share the recipe with y'all, in case you would like to make some too.


Hot Chocolate

4 cups dry milk powder
1 3/4 cups sugar (or less, we like it sweet)
1 cup coffee creamer
2/3 cup cocoa
1 box chocolate pudding mix

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and pour in a container for use later. I use a rubbermaid container.

We use 1/4 to 1/3 cup of mix to a glass of water.

I made pineapple upside down cake for my family the other day.  My husband loved it!  My oldest said it was great, as long as there was no pineapple, lol!  I thought I would share the recipe I used with y'all. 

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Topping Ingredients

1/4 cup butter/ margarine
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 large can pineapple rings , drained (I save the juice for later)
7-13 cherries, if you like (I don't like them)

Batter ingredients

2 large eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt


Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Since it's upside down, you'll start with topping.

Melt butter and pour it in the pan. (I used a round cake pan)
Sprinkle the brown sugar over the butter, put pineapple rings on top of brown sugar.
Place the cherries inside of pineapples and wherever else you may want, then set to the side.

Now, we'll make the batter.

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs.
Next, add the vegetable oil, then the sugar.
Blend in the milk and vanilla,
Then add the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Now, pour the batter over the topping that's already in the cake pan.
Bake for about 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool for about 10 minutes, then flip onto cake plate.

I like to use the juice that was drained from the can to pour over the cake.  If you do, don't pour too much, it will make it too soggy.

I haven't felt well today, so I am just going to share a recipe I have already posted for Karrie's Holiday Recipe Swap.  I hope that's okay.

On Saturday my son wanted to make something sweet, so I pulled out a recipe I haven't used in years. It's called Texas brownies and it's very chocolaty! My husband says it's too much chocolate, but my son and I absolutely love it! I forgot to take a picture of it before we ate it all. The above picture is from the recipe card. If you love chocolate, I'm sure you'll love this.

Texas Brownies

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup strong coffee or water (I use water)
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Frosting

1 stick butter
2 tbsp. cocoa
1/4 cup milk
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Preheat Oven to 400 degrees
In large mixing bowl, combine the flour and sugar.
In heavy saucepan, combine butter, shortening, coffee or water, and cocoa. Stir and heat to boiling.
Pour boiling mixture over the flour and sugar in the bowl. Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda and vanilla.
Mix well on high speed.
Pour into an oiled 17 1/2 by 11 inch pan and bake for 20 minutes.

While brownies bake, make the frosting.
In a saucepan combine butter, cocoa, and milk. Heat to boiling, stirring.
Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla until frosting is smooth.
Pour warm frosting over brownies as soon as you take them out of the oven.

About a week ago I was reading another blog and there was a recipe for monkey bread. Now, I've ate it before, but never made it. Since I remembered how good it was last time, I wanted to make it. But, as it turns out, I didn't have a bundt pan, so I used a loaf pan instead.

It's so easy! Here are a few pictures of me making it. First, I dipped the biscuits in the mixture.


Then I layered them in the pan.


Then I poured the buttery mixture on top.


This is what it looked like when it was done baking. I think it would have done better in a bundt pan because it was still kind of doughy in the bottom. But, it was still as good as I remembered!


If you want the complete recipe, you can find it at A Mayberry State of Mind.

Tonight I made zucchini casserole for supper. It's the first one of the season! My husband was sad all winter with no casserole. Lucky for him, we planted a whole lot, so I can freeze it for the winter. It's his favorite dish! Please excuse the picture, I forgot to take it before we started eating.

You can make this casserole with squash or zucchini. Usually I don't like it as much as my hubby does, but tonight I must have made it just right, cause it was awesome! If you would like the recipe you can get it from Victoria Hill Farm.

When we went to the farm last week to pick strawberries, I took home some recipe cards. One of the recipes was for peach enchiladas. It sounded kinda strange to me, but one of the other moms tried it while we were there and said it was really good.


I tried it this weekend and it was awesome. It tasted kinda like a peach cobbler, only with more breading, and the breading is my favorite part. We ate half of it when I first made it. Later we had the rest of it with vanilla ice cream. I think it might have been even better with the ice cream. Yummy! If you'd like to try the recipe go here, and scroll down, you'll find it under peaches and click on peach enchiladas. They have a lot of recipes for different fruits they sell. Go take a look, you might find something else you like.