Pop Pop’s Chili

2 pounds ground meat
3 pounds beef cubes (cut small)
1 Green pepper

1 Red pepper

1 yellow

Kidney Beans (dark red)

1 can Black

1 can Pinto

2 vadalia onion chopped

3 Tab-chili powder

1 Tab garlic powder

2 pkg. Wick Fowlers Chili Kit (contains: salt, onion, garlic, chili pepper, cayenne pepper, oregano, paprika and Masa powder (thickening)

(Wicks comes in mild to 2 Alarm....)

Cook meat

Add spices and 1 onion

Add beans, cook one hour, add second onion and peppers

Cook 1 hour

I usually buy mild and then add more cayenne to taste.

Putting a bottle of hot sauce on the table works too.

French Toast Casserole 

(simplified from:  http://sheldonrachel.blogspot.com/2009/03/french-toast-bake.html)
 

(Two 9 x 13 pans)    Texas Toast is double thickness bread

Ingredient Checklist

2 cup brown sugar
1 C. melted butter
2 loaf Texas toast
8 eggs
3 cup milk
2 teaspoon vanilla
powdered sugar for sprinkling and adding to egg mixture

                        

            

   Directions                 

                    

• Melt butter in microwave
• Add brown sugar & stir together
•  Pour mixture into two 9 x 13 pans
• Spread evenly to cover bottom of pan
• Beat eggs on low
• Add milk & vanilla to egg mixture
• Add 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar to egg mixture
• Spread even layer of Texas Toast on butter/sugar layer
• *I cut off the crusts...this is optional
• After you have 1 even layer, ladle on 1/2 of egg mixture
• Sprinkle brown sugar & cinnamon before next layer
• Spread second layer of Texas Toast
• Ladle second half of egg mixture
• Spread thin layer of butter
• Sprinkle lightly with white sugar & cinnamon

The the butter & sugar help give the final product a crusty top....

- Refrigerate overnight

- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar
- Top should be crusty, middle should be soft & moist, & bottom is just glorious!

**eating it upside down is the way to go.....that way you don't waste any of the sticky bits of heaven on the plate. Layering pan first with parchment paper will help in removing from pan.

Baked Candied Sweet Potatoes

Baked Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes quartered (approx. 4 pounds)
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup water (one third)
1 1/4 cups butter
1/4 tsp. salt
1 bag whole marshmallows
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
maraschino cherries for garnish
cinnamon and nutmeg for garnish

Preparation:

Boil potatoes until slightly underdone. About 15-20 min.
Drain and peel
In saucepan (preferably a heavy one) combine brown sugar, 2 cups marshmallows, cinnamon and butter until all is melted
Mash two potatoes with a fork and stir into sauce, cut the remaining potatoes into slightly larger than bite size chunks.
Butter a large baking dish and place cut potatoes on the bottom. Pour sauce over the potatoes.

Bake for 20 min.

Remove from oven and add more marshmallows (cut in half this time) over the top with cherries, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Place back in oven and bake until golden brown.

Quiche Lorraine

Ingredients:

1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single pie crust 12 slices bacon 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese 1/3 cup minced onion

4 eggs, beaten 2 cups light cream 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon white sugar 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2.	Place bacon in a large skillet, and fry over medium-high heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels, then chop coarsely. Sprinkle bacon, cheese and onion into pastry shell.
3.	In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, salt, sugar and cayenne pepper. Pour mixture into pastry shell.
4.	Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), and bake an additional 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Allow quiche to sit 10 minutes before cutting into wedges. Variation: Replace Swiss cheese with provalone and use part bacon and part sausage (This is actually my favorite)

Big Mouth Pie

1 Cup brown sugar

1/2 Cup dark Karo or any dark syrup

1 Egg

1 Large Tab. cornstarch

1 Large Tab. flour

2 Cups hot water

1/2 Tsp. vanilla

Hand beat the egg and add syrup (hold aside)

 

Mix flour and sugar in a large saucepan

 

Add hot water to saucepan and then the egg and syrup mixture.

 

Boil on medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens then take off of heat.

 

Add  vanilla and allow filling to cool

Pour into unbaked pie crust

Topping

1 Cup flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 Tsp. baking soda

1/4 Cup butter or shortening

Blend mixture until crumbly (best done by hand)

Add to top of the pie filling and bake at 350 for 45 min to one hour until knife inserted in center comes out clean.