Cheesy Chicken Chowder

Ingredients:

3C water

3 bouillon cubes

2 Cups diced, peeled, potatoes

1 Cup diced carrots

1 Cup chopped celery

1/2 Cup onion

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 Cup butter

1/3 Cup flour

2 Cups milk

2 Cups shredded cheese.

Directions:

In 4 quart pan, bring to a boil, the water & boullion cubes and veggies.
cover... and reduce heat to a simmer until the vegetables are tender.
Meanwhile: Melt butter in a saucepan, add flour and mix well (it kinda makes a thick paste known as a roux).
Gradually add milk and cook over low heat until slightly thickened.
Stir in cheese and cook until melted.
Add cheese mixture to vegetables and stir.
Add 2 cups diced cooked chicken.
Make sure it's heated through and eat!

-Kacie Sanders

Phil's Birthday Cake (Mud Pie)

1/2 c butter, softened
1 c flour
1/2 c chopped nuts
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 c. powdered sugar
small and medium tub of Cool Whip
2 small pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix
2 1/2 c. milk

Mix flour and butter and press into bottom of 9x13 pan.
Press chopped nuts evenly into mixture.
Bake @ 350 for 10-14 min.
Cool completely.
Mix thoroughly cream cheese and powdered sugar
Fold in medium tub of Cool Whip.
Spread cream cheese mixture over cooled crust.
Mix pudding and milk.
Pour over cream cheese mixture.
Spread small tub of cool whip over top.

-Nicole Boal

Snowman Balls

1 pkg. oreos
1 8 oz. box cream cheese
White almond bark

Crush oreos in food processor
Add cream cheese and combine.
Roll into balls and dip into melted almond bark
Place on wax paper in a cookie sheet
Let cool in refrigerator

-Kacie Sanders

Sweet Potato Soufle

2 c mashed sweet potatoes
1 1/4 c sugar
1 c milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3/4 stick butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Boil and mash potatoes,
Add remaining ingredients and mix
Pour into casserole dish and bake at 400 for 20 minutes.

Topping
3/4 c crushed corn flakes
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c nuts, chopped
3/4 stick butter

Melt butter and combine with corn flakes, nuts and brown sugar
Spread evenly over potatoes and return to 400 degree oven for an additional 10 minutes.

-Aunt Pat(Boal) Jones
-Aunt Virgie (Boal) Hayden

Cabbage Salad

chopped cabbage
crushed pineapple
1/4 c of pineapple juice from the can
raisins
apples, cut in chunks
sugar
chopped walnuts or slivered almonds
mayo and/or miracle whip

-Jill Zinn

Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Ingredients:
4 c chicken broth
2 c water
2 cooked, boneless chicken breast halves, shredded
1 (4.5 oz) pkg Long Grain and Wild Rice Rice-A-Roni
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
3/4 c flour
1/2 butter
2 c heavy cream (I used fat free half and half)
1 c grated or shredded carrots
1 c diced celery

Directions:
In a large pot over medium heat, combine broth, water, carrots, celery, and chicken. Bring just to boiling, then stir in rice and seasoning packet. Cover and remove from heat (only if using instant rice. If you have normal rice, let it simmer on the stove until the rice is tender). In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper and flour. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Reduce heat to low, then stir in flour mixture by tablespoons, for a roux. Whisk in cream, a little at a time, until fully incorporated and smooth. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir cream mixture into broth and rice. Cook over medium heat until heated through, about 10-15 minutes.

-Jill Zinn

General Conference Bread (Oven Baked French Toast)

INGREDIENTS:
Fresh loaf of french bread
3 eggs
1 c milk
1/2 c butter or margarine
3/4 c brown sugar
cinnamon
raisins or walnuts, pecans (optional)


DIRECTIONS:

Buy a loaf of french bread from the grocery store) cut into two inch slices.

Coat bottom of 9 x 13 pan with brown sugar and butter (3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter melted and mixed together) then sprinkle with cinnamon. You can also add chopped walnuts, pecans, or raisins to the brown sugar mixture if you want.

Dip french bread slices in egg and milk mixture (3 eggs to 1 cup milk) coat well.

Place egg coated bread into 9 x 13 pan on top of brown sugar and butter and cinnamon (do not flip over, just place one side down and leave it that way).
Let sit in fridge overnight.

The next morning, bake at 350 for 20 minutes and then flip over the bread and bake for another 20 minutes.

You can serve with icing or powdered sugar or syrup but we usually just eat it plain since it's so good it doesn't need anything on it. You can also add walnuts or raisins to the brown sugar mixture if you want.

-Jill Zinn