Christmas Casserole

7-8 slices of cubed bread
2 cups of shredded cheese
20 links (or 4 packs) sausages; brown and cut into thirds
1 1/2 cup of milk
4 eggs
3/4 tsp of dry mustard
1 cup of cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup of milk

Put bread in the bottom of a greased 9x13 baking dish. Add shredded cheese. Put sausages on top. Mix and pour 1 1/2 cups of milk, eggs and dry mustard over this and let it sit overnight. Before baking, pour soup and milk over the top. Bake at 300 for 1 1/2 hours. Enjoy!

Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

I had someone request this recipe, so I figured I'd post it here :)

10 2/3 cups (or 25.6 oz.) powdered milk

6 oz. coffee creamer (this will be the main source of flavor so pick one you like!)

16 oz. nesquik

2 cups powdered sugar

Since there is so much powdered milk in it, you have to mix about half cocoa and half water together to get a good chocolatey flavor. Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake

Yum. This was seriously the best cheesecake I have ever had..and I drool just looking at this picture!

Crust:

1 3/4 cups crushed chocolate chip cookies or chocolate wafer crumbs (I think Spencer used crushed graham crackers with crushed chocolate chips)

1/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup melted butter or margarine

Filling:

3 packages (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cookie Dough:

1/4 cup softened butter or margarine (not melted)

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 tblsp. water

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups mini semisweet chocolate chips, divided

In a small bowl, combine cookie crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and 1" up the sides of a greased 9" springform pan; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low just until combined. Add sour cream and vanilla; beat just until blended. Pour over crust; set aside. In another mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars on medium speed for 3 minutes. Add water and vanilla. Gradually add flour. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls over filling, gently pushing dough below surface (dough should be completely covered by filling).

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight; remove sides of pan. Sprinkle with remaining chips.

Tuna Noodle Casserole

This was always one of my favorite things to eat growing up and I finally found a good recipe for it (although I just realized that Natalie and Rachel probably won't like it because of the peas and the tuna lol!! sorry guys!). I also love it because it is super easy to make :)

2 small cans of tuna fish, drained

1 16 oz. package of wide egg noodles

1 can each of cream of chicken and mushroom soup

8 slices of American cheese

1/2 - 1 tsp. garlic powder (it calls for 1 1/2, but that was too garlic-y for us)

1 cup mayonnaise

1 cup of milk

2 cups frozen peas

salt and pepper to taste

Boil the egg noodles and set aside. In a medium saucepan, mix together soup, mayonnaise, milk, and garlic powder until warm. Add the cheese one slice at a time until melted. Add the tuna fish and stir until boiling. Remove from heat and mix with noodles. Top with cooked peas.

(We've also figured out it's a lot easier to mix everything together in a big plastic tupperware so that you can just put it in the fridge when you're done.)

Peach Cobbler

Peach mixture:

8-10 peaches (peeledpitted and sliced)
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbl flour
1/2 cup water (add less water if peach are very juicy)

Mix above ingredients with peaches and pour in to 9 x 13 inch pan.

Topping:

1 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tea salt
1 tea baking powder
1 egg beaten

Cut in egg until mixture is crumbly and sprinkle over top of peaches. Pour 1/3 cup melted butter on top of topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Posted by Taylor and Stephanie. Recipe courtesy of Mother Marecle.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

3 Eggs

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 tablespoons cocoa

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cup grated zucchini

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in large bowl & mix until blended. Grease & flour 2 large loaf pans, divide mixture into both pans. Cook @ 350 degrees for 50-60 minute or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for 15-20 minutes on cooling rake, then remove from pans. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 80z package cream cheese (softened)

5-6 cups powdered sugar

4 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon vanilla

Mix all together until fluffy.

Great Recipes

So lately with my calling, I'm the enrichment leader, I have come across a ton of great recipes. So I thought that it might be fun to have a blog that the members of the Marecle family could go & post recipes that they like. And also have it be a place where one could go to find a recipe that they have misplaced (i.e. cinnamon rolls, strawberry shortcake...). You know that we all do it....go to find that recipe card & can't locate it & call mom to get it & she's not home & didn't take her cell phone so you could call her & find out what time she'll be home to give the recipe to you....! Anyways....the email address on this is nmarecle@hotmail.com & the password is mygirls2. After typing the password I am going to change it to something that is easier for all to remember (as soon as I can figure out how to do that, when I do I'll post the new one.

So let the fun begin. My hope is that it will one day have so many that we would be able to get it printed & all have in a book form. Love to all. Natalie