Strawberry Lasagna

16 oz Cream cheese, softened

Always room for

2 (3oz) packages vanilla instant pudding mix
1/2 c Confectioners' sugar more dessert!
1 c Milk
8 c Mashed strawberries
1/4 c Kirsch (crème liqueur that has a strawberry flavor)
1 c Sugar
2 Loaves pound cake
1 c Whipping cream


Directions: Beat the cream cheese, pudding mix,confectioners sugar and
milk in a mixer bowl at high speed til smooth. Combine the strawberries,
kirsch and sugar in a medium bowl, mixing well. Remove 1 cup of the
strawberry mixture. Puree in a food processor and reserve.


Slice the pound cake into 1/2-inch slices. Line a 9x13-inch dish with
cake slices. Layer 1/3 of the cream cheese mix, 1/3 of the strawberry
mixture, remaining cake in the prepared dish. Layer half the remaining
cream cheese mix, half the remaining strawberry mixture, remaining cake
and remaining cream cheese mixture in the prepared dish. Swirl the
remaining strawberry mixture over the top.Chill for 4 to 8 hours.


Whip the whipping cream in a small mixer bowl until stiff peaks form.
Cut the dessert into 3-inch squares to serve.
Top with the reserved strawberry puree and whipped cream.


MattnCatt's Snickerdoodles

These are Snickerdoodles, which I think is the best sugar cookie ever. My mom and I found this recipe out of a
church cookbook. It is the best I've ever had. Again, just like the chocolate chip cookies, mom loved a marga-
rine/crisco combination.


1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup crisco
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon soda
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla (or use Almond or Lemon extract)


Cream butter, shortening, and sugar. Add eggs and extract, mix well. Mix together flour, cream of tartar, soda
and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Shape into rounded teaspoons, then roll into sugar, colored sugar, or cinna-
mon sugar. Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 8 - 10 minutes.


For the holidays, we would use red and green sugar, and our cake decorating store had all kinds of colored sugar
for the season - orange, blue, and we used them all.


We also used just plain sugar and used Lemon extract instead of vanilla. Those are yummy! But my favorite is to use Al
mond extract. They are the best!



Party Favorites
Cocktail Meatballs

1 bottle ketchup
1 bottle chili sauce
1 jar red currant jelly


Just whisk together, and heat until slightly
bubbly.
Add it to your meatballs.


At the holidays, you can add a can of jellied
cranberry sauce instead of the jelly makes it
very holiday-ish.


Banana Bread Bites

Catt's Dill Dip

1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
2 Tablespoons dried minced onion
1 tablespoon parsley
1 teaspoon dill weed
1 teaspoon Beau Monde


Whisk together all ingredients.
Serve in a hollowed round loaf of pumper-
nickel bread, or in a green pepper and a red
pepper, which have been hollowed out also.
Can also serve with crackers and vegetables.


I catered a few brunches, one thing that always went over well was taking banana bread, homemade or store
bought, and freeze it slightly. Slice it thin, and spread cream cheese on one side then top it with another
slice of banana bread. Then you can cut the slices in half, and make small bite size banana bread cream

cheese sandwiches.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip or Cookie
Dough Cheeseball

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
Graham crackers

In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla
until fluffy. Gradually add sugars; beat just until
combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate
for 2 hours. Place cream cheese mixture
on a large piece of plastic wrap; shape into a ball.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving,
roll cheese ball in pecans. Serve with graham
crackers.

Catt's BLT with a twist
Great for Game Night

3 slices bacon
8 inch flour tortilla
1/2 tablespoon mayonnaise
2 slices thin cooked roast turkey lunchmeat (or
chicken)
cup chopped tomato
1 slice swiss or Monterey Jack cheese
Shredded lettuce

Put bacon between 2 paper towels on a paper plate.
Cook on high 2 - 3 minutes or until crisp. Crumble.
Pierce tortilla several times with a fork. Place between
2 sheets of damp paper towel. Cook on high
30 seconds. Put on a serving plate. Spread mayo
over tortilla, sprinkle on bacon, then layer with turkey.
Top with cheese, and sprinkle with tomato. Put
back into microwave for 45 seconds, just until
cheese melts. Top with lettuce.

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