Mom's Lemon Cheese Bars

Ingredients:
1 yellow cake mix (pudding in the mix)
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs
8 oz. cream cheese (room temp.)
1 TBS. fresh lemon juice
1 cup sugar

Mix cake mix with oil and 1 egg until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup for topping. Pack the rest into a 9 by 13 ungreased pan. Bake at 350 for 13-15 minutes.

Cream together cream cheese, lemon juice, 1 egg and sugar. Spread over the crumb mixture. Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture on top and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Refrigerate before serving.

S'more Bars

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 5 milk chocolate candy bars (1.55 ounces each)
• 1 cup marshmallow creme

Directions

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Combine the flour, cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Set aside 1/2 cup for topping.
• Press remaining mixture into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Place candy bars over crust; spread with marshmallow creme. Crumble remaining graham cracker mixture over top.
• Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Recipe from Taste of Homes website

Best Ever Bread Dough

One of the girls I went to college with started this website. Her recipes look really yummy!

Wingers Sticky Fingers

Note: You have to use Frank's hot sauce, no other brand. Target often has internet coupons you can print for 50 cents off a bottle. Every grocery store has them, has to be Frank's!

2 Tbsp. Frank's hot sauce
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. water

In a saucepan over medium heat stir together Frank's, brown sugar and water. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, then cook and stir for 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Sauce will thicken as it cools. In a tupperware container add sauce and chicken, seal and shake to coat.

We used Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips from the freezer section. You could make your own or toss it with wings or chicken breasts instead. The sauce makes enough to cover about 10 chicken strips, so double or triple as needed.

Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos

Recipe by OurBestBites.com

1/3 C (3 oz) cream cheese
1/4 C green salsa
1T fresh lime juice
1/2 t cumin
1 t chili powder
1/2 t onion powder
1/4 t granulated garlic
3 T chopped cilantro
2 T sliced green onions

2 C shredded cooked chicken
1 C grated pepperjack cheese

small corn or flour tortillas
kosher salt
cooking spray


Heat oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly coat with cooking spray.

Heat cream cheese in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds so it's soft and easy to stir. Add green salsa, lime juice, cumin, chili powder, onion powder and granulated garlic. Stir to combine and then add cilantro and green onions. Add chicken and cheese and combine well.

You can prepare up to this step ahead of time. Just keep the mixture in the fridge.

Work with a few tortillas at a time and heat in the microwave until they are soft enough to roll without cracking. It helps to place them between damp paper towels. Usually 20-30 seconds will do it. If you find yours are cracking when you roll them or come unrolled right away, just try heating them longer and try the paper towel thing.

Place 2-3 T of chicken mixture on the lower third of a tortilla, keeping it about 1/2 inch from the edges.

Then roll it up as tight as you can.

Place seam side down on the baking sheet. Lay all of the taquitos on the baking sheet and make sure they are not touching each other. Spray the tops lightly with cooking spray or an oil mister and sprinkle some kosher salt on top.

Place pan in oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until crisp and the ends start to get golden brown.

Dip 'em in salsa, sour cream, guacamole, or this dressing.

Wanna make it a meal?
Serve with a side of Black Beans and a simple green salad with Creamy Lime-Cilantro Dressing.

Orange Julius

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup O.J. concentrate
1/4 cup sugar or less
1 tsp. vanilla

Put in blender with 4-5 ice cubes and blend

Lemon Water

5 qts. water
1 TBS. lemon extract
1 tsp. + a little more citric acid
2-3 cups sugar to taste
Ice- lots
lemon slices

Mix first 4 ingredients add ice and float lemon slices on top