“Berry” Delicious Black Bottom Pie

“Berry” Delicious Black Bottom Pie Yield: 8 Servings INGREDIENTS: 1/4 cup Chocolate Chips (I like Nestle’s) 1 Cookie or graham pie crust (I like the dark chocolate cookies for the crust) 12 ounces of Cream Cheese (1 and 1/2 pkg. of cream cheese – room temperature) 1/2 cup prepared icing 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (not … Read more

Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno Poppers

Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno Poppers Ingredients 12 Large Jalapeno Peppers 8 oz Cream Cheese 8 oz. Can Fancy Picked Crabmeat ¼ Cup Finely Chopped Onion ½ Tsp. Garlic Powder 6 Center Cut Lean Bacon Strips 12 Toothpicks Method Using kitchen gloves, half each pepper lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds and the membranes. Drain the crabmeat well. … Read more

New Potatoes with Three-Cheese Fondue

Source: www.epicurious.com Makes about 80 potato pieces for dipping Three-Cheese Fondue   2 teaspoons olive oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons whipping cream 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 2 ounces) 1/2 cup (packed) grated Gruyère cheese (about 1 1/2 ounces) 1/4 teaspoon … Read more

Sausage and Cream Cheese Fillo Cups

Source: Taste of the Ozarks, www.ky3.com Makes 30 mini-fillo cups 16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 12 ounces good sausage meat, your choice (please do not use maple-syrup sausage) 4 tablespoons green onions, minced 4 tablespoons parsley, minced 1 dash salt and white pepper, to taste 2 packages frozen fillo cups  1. In a medium … Read more

Cherry Chip Muffins

From Quick Cooking, Jan/Feb 1999, page 47.) 1 ½ cups flour½ cup sugar2 tsp. baking powder½ tsp. salt1 egg½ cup milk¼ cup oil1 jar (10 oz.) maraschino cherries¾ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips½ cup chopped pecans1 cup powered sugarsoftened cream cheese (optional) In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  In another bowl, … Read more