Crockpot chicken wings

 3 lbs chicken wings

1/2 cup buffalo sauce

1/4 cup orange juice

1 t garlic powder

1/8 t black pepper

Place all in crock pot

Cook on low for 3-4 hours

1/2 hour prior to serving preheat oven to 425

Prepare nonstick foil lined baking pan

Add chicken to the pan and bake 20 min

Croatian Cheesecake

• CRUST:
• 2 cups Simple Mills cinnamon sweet thin cookies, pulse in food processor
• 3/4 cup almonds, sliced, pulse in food processor
• 3/4 cup walnuts, pulse in food processor
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, pulse in food processor
• 1/3 cup wheat germ, can substitute ground flax
• 1/4 cup paleo flour, optional
• 8 Tbl, butter, salted, melted
• FILLING:
• 2 1/2 cups cottage cheese, whole milk, 4%, small curd, drained
• 1 cup whipped cream cheese or mascarpone, about room temperature
• 3/4 cup maple sugar
• 4 eggs, pasture raised, beaten
• 4 Tbl. Paleo flour, can substitute regular flour
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 3 large lemons, zest and juice
• TOPPING:
• 2 (6 oz.) container Greek lemon yogurt, best brand is Noosa lemon yogurt or creme fraiche
• 3/4 cup fresh blueberries

Instructions

1. Coat the pan (bottom and sides) with cooking spray (i.e., coconut oil). Cut a piece of parchment paper the size of the round bottom and place in the pan.
2. Pulse in a food processor the graham crackers, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds wheat germ. Remove to a bowl. Add the melted butter and blend well. Add the paleo flour for extra support to hold the nut mixture together more securely. Totally optional.
3. Put into the spring form pan and pat down well firming the crust. Prebake/set in the preheated 325 oven for 6-8 minutes. Remove and let cool thoroughly.
4. In a large mixing bowl, put the cottage cheese, whipped cream cheese, sugar, eggs and flour. Whisk together well. Add the lemon juice and zest. Blend together well. Pour into the pan.
5. Place the pan on a cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 325 oven about 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick basically comes clean from the center. (Note: Doneness also is evident when the top begins showing ‘cracks’ and crevices on top.)
6. Remove to a cooling rack. Take a butter knife and gently move around the perimeter of the cheesecake loosening the sides.
7. Disengage the pan when the cheesecake is completely cooled.
8. If not serving immediately, cover well with plastic wrap and refrigerate. It helps refrigerate a few hours before serving. This helps to set the flavors and the texture of the cheesecake.
9. When ready to serve, put the lemon yogurt on the top spreading around. Sprinkle on the blueberries. Refrigerate or slice immediately.

Notes

Cook time may vary depending upon variables like altitude, different ovens. The thing to do is the skewer test to check for doneness (middle of cheesecake). Also, you'll start to see small cracks and fissures on the top of the cheesecake as it's nearing doneness.

You can use a deep baking dish to make this cheesecake.You'llust the baking time accordingly to the thickness of the cheesecake.

Sometimes I love to make the crust thicker. If you like that, simply add about another 1/2 to 3/4 cups of graham crackers, 1/4 cup of wheat germ and/or ground nuts and another two tablespoons of melted butter into the mixture.

You can also use other types of packaged cookies in lieu of the graham crackers, vanilla wafers, butter cookies, or anything that's a plain cookie that can be crushed.

This cheesecake keeps well for several days in the refrigerator. Cover tightly with plastic wrap.

Don't think of this cheesecake as just for dessert. As a kid, I would eat it for breakfast!

If you want more of a 'thin' cheesecake, use a 9x13 pan, then you can cut cheesecake squares.

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Struble chocolate eclair cake

2 (3 ounce) packages instant french vanilla pudding mix 

3 cups milk 

1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed 

1 (16 ounce) package graham crackers

1 can chocolate fudge frosting

 Directions In a large bowl, combine pudding mix and 3 cups milk; mix well. Fold in whipped topping and beat with mixer for 2 minutes. In a 9x13 inch baking dish, spread a layer of graham crackers on the bottom of the dish. Spread 1/2 of the pudding mixture over crackers, then top with graham crackers. Spread remaining pudding over crackers; top second pudding layer with another layer of crackers. 

Microwave chocolate frosting at 30 sec intervals until pourable when stirred. Pour icing over graham cracker layer and refrigerate until set; serve.

Enjoy

Struble ice cream cake

 1 family size package of double stuffed oreos

1 container of cool whip

1 large bottle of hershey syrup

1 1/2 -2 cartons of ice cream (cookies & cream is a favorite) You can use 2 different flavors

Crumble the entire package of cookies in the food processor

Place 1/2 of the cookie crumbs along the bottom of a 9 x 13 dish

Drizzle chocolate syrup all across the cookie crumb

Spread 1/2 container of cool whip over the chocolate syrup

Spread semi melted ice cream over the cool whip

Let set to melt enough to smooth the layer 

Spread the other 1/2 of cool whip on top of the ice cream

Add the other 1/2 of the cookie crumbs

Drizzle the other half of the bottle of chocolate syrup on top

Freeze to set up over night

Set out about 30 minutes before serving to make it easier to cut.

Serve and enjoy

Childress family peanut butter balls

7 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 cup butter

1 cup peanut butter

1 12 oz bag semi sweet chocolate chips

2 Tb butter

1/2 block paraffin wax

Filling

Melt 2 sticks of butter in glass measuring cup

Place in bowl 

In the butter melted glass measuring cup add the 1 cup of peanut butter 

Add to butter

Mix together well and add powdered sugar slowly to make a dough

Make small balls and place on wax paper on baking sheets

Glaze

Use a double boiler, add water to the bottom. In the top add:

Chocolate chips

2 TB butter 

wax

Let cook until melted stirring occasionally

Dip each ball in the chocolate mixer with a toothpick and use the toothpick to fill in the hole in the chocolate.

Place back on wax paper and put in refrigerator to set up. 

Once set up you can freeze.

Makes 100 balls

Wheeler family apple dumplings

 

No Bean Turkey & Sweet Potato Chili

 20 oz ground turkey

1 t salt

1/2 cup chopped onion

3 cloves garlic crushed

10 oz can of Rotel mild tomatoes with green chilies

8 oz can tomato sauce

3/4/ cup water

1/2 t cumin

1/4 t chili powder

1/4/ t paprika 

1 bay lear

1 medium sweet potato peeled and diced 

fresh cilantro for garnish

Spray a large skillet with oil and heat over medium high heat. When hot add turkey and cook breaking up as it cooks into smaller pieces and season with salt.

When browned and cooked through add onion and garlic. Cook 3 minutes over medium heat.

Add rotel tomatoes, sweet potat, tomato sauce, water, cumin, chili powder, paprika, salt and bay leaf.

Cover and simmer over medium heat huntil potatoes are soft and cooked through about 25 minutes stirring occasionally.

Add 1/4 cup more water if needed. Remove bay leaf and serve with cilantro to garnish.