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Woohoo, hit a gold mine with this one!

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CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE

CAKE
Ingredients:
•2 cups of all-purpose Flour
•2/3 cups of unsweetened cocoa powder
•1 1/4 teaspoon of baking Soda
•1/4 teaspoon baking powder
•3 eggs
•1 2/3 cup sugar
•1 teaspoon vanilla
•1 cup of Mayonnaise
•1 1/3 cups water

Mix all wet items first in a mixing bowl till well blended. Add all dry items but the flour and cocoa, once well blended add the flour and cocoa a little at a time. Once it is well blended pour batter into a greased baking pan and bake at 350° for about 30 or/and a tooth pick comes out clean. Let cake completely cool before adding frosting.

PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
Ingredients:
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, if desired
1/4 to 1/3 cup milk

Mix powdered sugar and peanut butter in medium bowl with spoon or electric mixer on low speed. Stir in vanilla and 1/4 cup milk. Beat until smooth and spreadable. If necessary, stir in additional milk, 1/2 teaspoon at a time.

Creamy Burrito Casserole

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef
1/2 onion, chopped
1 package taco seasoning
6 large flour tortillas
1 can refried beans
2 -3 cups shredded taco cheese or cheddar cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
4 ounces sour cream

Directions
Brown beef and onion; drain.
Add taco seasoning and stir in refried beans.
Mix soup and sour cream in a separate bowl.
Spread 1/2 sour cream mixture in the bottom of a casserole dish.
Tear up 3 tortillas and spread over sour cream mixture.
Put 1/2 the meat bean mixture over that.
Add a layer of cheese.
Repeat the layers.
Sprinkle cheese over the top and bake, uncovered, at 350°F for 20-30 minutes.

LUNCHROOM LADIES 50 YEAR OLD RECIPE!

1 c butter
1/2 c cocoa
2 c flour
2 c sugar
4 eggs
4 tsp vanilla
1 c chopped nuts.
Pour in 9x13 pan, bake 20-25 mins on 350. Check at 20 minutes.

**Icing*
1/4 c softened butter
¼ c can milk (regular milk is fine)
1/4 c cocoa
3 c powdered sugar
dash salt
Mix all together & frost as desired.

BACON & CREAM CHEESE DEVILED EGGS

You can adjust the ingredients to your own taste.

Ingredients:
1 Dozen Hard Boiled Eggs
4 slices of bacon (cooked & crumbled)
4 oz Softened Cream Cheese
1/4 Cup Mayonnaise
2 TBS Yellow Prepared Mustard
Paprika
1/2 TBS Worcestershire Sauce
Cayenne Pepper To Taste
Salt & Pepper To Taste

1. Prepare eggs. Cool and peel.

2. Slice eggs lengthwise with a knife.

3. Gently remove yolks and place in a mixing bowl.

4. Add cream cheese, mayo, mustard, worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper to taste, salt, and pepper to the yolks. Mix/mash well until smooth. I used a food processor and it came out SUPER creamy.

5. Scoop mixture into a pastry bag, or resealable gallon bag and fit a tip on if desired. I just used a ziploc bag. No tip required. you can simply cut a small corner of the bag off.

6. Squeeze mixture into the empty egg whites.

7. Top with a sprinkle of paprika and crushed bacon bits.

8. Best if chilled for at least 2 hours before serving.

One Pot Goulash
Slightly adapted from the Food Network
Printable recipe
Yield: 8-10 servings

2 lb. ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 green pepper, seeded and chopped
8 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced
4 cloves of garlic, minced
3 cups water
1 can (29 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (28 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 tbsp. Italian seasoning
1 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1-2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper, to taste
2½ cups uncooked elbow macaroni

In a 5 qt. pan, cook and crumble beef over medium-high heat until no longer pink. Add the onion, green pepper and mushrooms. Cook until tender, about 3-5 minutes. Drain if desired. Add beef mixture back to the pot and add garlic, water, tomato sauce, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, paprika, sugar, crushed red pepper flakes, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add the elbow macaroni and stir well. Return lid and continue to simmer for 15 minutes or until the noodles are done. Allow to sit covered for 5-10 minutes and mix well before serving.

Pauline is making cabbage rolls right now for her uncle's birthday party
Oh the torture of that awesome smell

A casserole with chicken, potatoes, mushroom, onions and bacon in a great tasting gravy!

COUNTRY FARM CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Ingredients to serve 4:
2 large chicken breasts
1 medium Vidalia onion (Sweet)
5 slices bacon
2 large potatoes
1/2 cup canned mushroom (1 Cup Fresh)
1 (10 3/4 ounce) cream of chicken soup
3/4 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon melted butter
salt
pepper
garlic powder

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Cook the bacon; crumble and set aside; reserve bacon grease.
3. Peel and cube the potatoes; fry potatoes in bacon grease.
4. Dice the onion; season with salt, pepper and garlic powder and fry in the bacon grease.
5. Fry the mushrooms in the bacon grease.
6. Coat the chicken breasts with melted butter and season with salt and pepper and grill (I used the George Foreman grill).
7. After the chicken is cooked, cut into cubes.
8. Take Cream of Chicken soup and mix with 3/4 cup broth and season with pepper to make a sauce.
9. In an 8x8 glass dish combine chicken, mushrooms, onions and potatoes. Top with sauce and mix it all up so everything is coated in the sauce.
10. Bake for 30 minutes covered with foil.
11. Remove foil, top with crumbled bacon and bake an additional 10 minutes, uncovered.

Don't like peeling hard boiled eggs? This handy tip works!

Take a pint jar and fill not quite half full of water. Drop in the egg. Screw on a lid then shake the egg violently for about 5 seconds or so. Take off the top and the shell will either be off the egg already or will come off so easy you can't believe it.

We Peeled a dozen eggs like this in about 5 minutes or so. We now have an egg peeling jar!

Oh and NO, it's not a Patty original, she found it on the internet somewhere.

Can't vouch for this, but is sounds good anyway.

ACID RE FLUX Smoothie

Ingredients: 1 and 1/2 cups diced fresh pineapple, 1 banana, 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup ice, 1/2 cup pineapple juice or water. Blend to consistency of a smoothie.

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 8 oz packagecCream cheese, softened
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt

Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Add vanilla mixing well. Combine flour and salt, gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Fill a 2-cup, ovenproof measuring cup with water; place in oven with tube pan. This will help keep the cake moist. Bake at 300°F for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.

Glaze-
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 TBS milk, to consistency

Mix together till desired consistency is reached, but should be thin. Add more milk one teaspoon at a time to get the thinness you want. Drizzle over cooled cake.