Bake Potato Soup

4 large baking potatoes
1 stick of butter
1 cup of sour cream...
3 cups of milk
1 package of bacon crumbles
1 cup of shredded cheese
salt and pepper to taste
crackers for serving with

Need 4 large bakers scrubbed and diced up in 1 inch cubes. You can leave the skin on or off but if you decide to remove, peal before microwaving. Place in Bean Pot and microwave for 10 minutes. Remove from microwave and add 1 stick of butter and begin mashing up the potatoes but not until totally smooth, this gives a nice texture to your soup. Next add 1 cup of sour cream and 3 cups of milk, 1 package of bacon crumbles, and 1 cup of shredded cheese. Salt and pepper to your family’s liking. Stir together place lid on and microwave for another 8 minutes (depending on microwave you may need to give another minute or two). Remove, stir and serve with additional topping of sour cream, shredded cheese. Serve with your favorite crackers and a salad. Enjoy!!

Chocolate Chip Bean Pot Cookie

One dish & wooden spoon…Simple & Easy 


Ingredients:
2 ¼ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, melted
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
12 oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
In your Celebrating Home Bean Pot, add all ingredients (except chocolate chips) & stir.
Pour in chocolate chips and stir again.
Spread evenly across the bottom.
Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 28 minutes. Turn down to 325 degrees then bake another 28 minutes.
Don’t preheat oven.
Best with an Oval Bean Pot.
Cookie is done when the batter no longer moves and the cookie test done with a toothpick.
Cut into pie shaped pieces to serve. It is so good served warm.

Cherry Dump Cake

1 box of spice cake
1 can of cherry pie filling
1 stick of unsalted butter

Pour the cherry filling in the bottom of your bean pot.  Place the DRY cake mix on top of the filling.  Cut up the stick of butter and place on top covering the top.  Bake 375 for 1 hour with the lid off.

Chicken Taco Soup

2 cans of chunk chicken breast
1 can each of black beans
kidney beans
corn
Ro-Tel tomatoes
1 pkg dry taco seasoning mix
1 pkg dry ranch dressing mix
1 or 2 cans Fat Free Chicken Broth (amount varies based on your preference). If you like a thicker soup, use less broth. If you like a thinner soup, use more broth.


Mix all together in the bean pot. Replace lid. Microwave for 15 minutes. Serve with shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, taco chips.

Chocolate Chip Dip

1-8ounce cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
1cup confection sugar...
2 tb spoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
Mix(cream) together butter and cream cheese ( you can mix right inside beanpot) add in all other ingredients and chill for 30 mins. Serve with gram crackers! You can also add mini m&ms or your other favorite candies too!


Serve in Bean Pot, Mini Bean Pots or Cool Dip

Cherry Cheese Pastry

Cherry Cheese Pastry
Preheat oven to 350.
While its heating up you can grab your platter (this one is Venetian Spice) and pat down 4 triangles of croissant dough, smoothing out seams.
Next with a mixer whip together 1 8 oz pakage of cream cheese, 1 egg yolk, 1/3 cp powdered sugar and 1tsp of vanilla.
Once this is blended almost smooth spread on top of dough.
Next spoon in one can of cherry pie filling on top of cream cheese mixture.
Then with the remaining triangles of dough flatten out and crisscross over the cherry pie filling.
Gently press the edges together and placed in the oven for 30 minutes.
While its baking make a simple powdered sugar glaze:
1 cup of powdered sugar, 2 tsp of softened butter and dash of salt and 1/2 tsp of vanilla.
Mix together till smooth.
When you remove pastry from oven drizzle with glaze and its ready to serve.

Potato Casserole

Preheat oven to 400 degrees:

8 to 10 diced potatoes
Place in a 9 x 13 Celebrating Home Casserole Dish

Mix together:
2 cups milk
2 cups cream
1/4 cup flour
Salt
Pepper

Pour over potatoes.
Cover with foil.
Bake 45 minutes

Remove foil and sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese over potatoes.
Return to oven uncovered for 10 minutes.

Optional:
1 bottle Hormel real bacon bits