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Squeak · #22 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 11:26 AM

New Year’s Cheesecake

This was always at our holiday tables in the last
70's and early 80's. For some reason, it was especially
popular on New Years Eve, I guess because
after all the chocolate at the holidays, this
was a nice change.

Like many of my recipes, while this is very
good, and easy to prepare, be forewarned - it is
incredibly rich.

Catt's Chesscake

1 box yellow cake mix
1 stick margarine or butter, softened
1 egg
1 lb box (or 3 3/4 cups) powdered sugar
1 - 8 oz package cream cheese
2 eggs

Combine cake mix, butter, and egg, mix with
fork and press into 9x13 greased pan. Cream
powdered sugar with cream cheese, then add
eggs. Beat well. Pour over first mixture. Bake at
350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes until golden, or
slightly less for creamier texture.

Some people bake theirs the entire 40 minutes,
and it is a golden color with a nice, firm bar/
cookie texture. But my mom always baked hers
slightly less - right at about 33 minutes, until it
was a light golden color. It still had a firm texture,
but was almost a gooey consistency which
I like better. Either way, you can't go wrong. It's
delicious!

Enjoy!
Happy New Year
from our Family to Yours!!

LIGHTEN UP!!

If you can’t laugh at yourself…
Well, I’ll share one of my funnies
and let you laugh at me!

What is your funniest food story!
I'll go first!

When I started this catering gig on Wednesday nights,
a year ago or so, Matt helped me on the first Wednesday
because it was such short notice. Matt is a great
help too. So we got a lot of the things going, and we
were making mashed potatoes for 200 people. As we
finished the potatoes, I went back to put the potatoes
in the commercial sized kitchen aide style mixer
(think the one you have at home, then think of getting
potatoes for 200 people in the bowl - it is a floor
model and is huge.) Matt had spent the day cleaning
up behind me to make the clean up easier, so all the
clean dishes were stacked there, and I was standing
beside the mixer. I put the potatoes, milk and butter in,
and started the mixer on speed 1. I let that mix, and
then up to speed 2. Matt says "I am going to run and
get us a coke. I'll be back." Then he turns and says,
"do NOT turn that mixer on #3. " As he walks out, I
think "Hmph. I am the cook here. If I want to turn it
on 3, I will. Watch me whip some air into those potatoes."
So I turn the knob to #3.

The only thing not covered in mashed potatoes was
the outline of me on the wall.

So I quickly start to clean up - frantically wiping,
walls, floors, and I happen to glance up - it's on the
ceiling! I run out to get a chair, all the while wiping
mashed potatoes off my face, eyelashes - I stand up on
the chair and wipe it off the ceiling. So I get it all
cleaned up, and he walks back in and says "ya put it
on 3, didn't you." I said "how did you know!" It went
all over his clean dishes. I was so frantically removing
mashed potatoes from my underarms I forgot to see it
had splattered all over the clean dishes -
He was NOT amused!

But I laugh now and hope you do too when you
picture this happening to me!

Special

HOLIDAY

Cooking

Mother’s Day Breakfast Menu

Chilled Orange Juice
Pecan Waffles with
Brown Sugar Butter Sauce
Banana Slices and Orange sections
Martha’s Breakfast Casserole
Bacon Muffins

Martha's Breakfast Casserole

12 slices white bread
1/4 cup butter softened
1 lb. roll sausage, browned and drained
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
4 eggs
3 cups of milk

Spread softened butter on bread. Lay 6 slices butter
side up in a greased casserole dish. Sprinkle
half the sausage and half the cheese. Repeat layers.
Whisk eggs and milk together, and pour over
layers, making sure every thing is saturated. Cover
and chill overnight. Bake the next morning at 350
degrees for 45 - 50 minutes.

Bacon Muffins

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs, beaten in separate bowl
4 tablespoons melted butter
¾ cup milk
6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled

Combine the liquid and the dry ingredients with
very quick strokes. Quickly fold in bacon. Fill
greased muffin tin 2/3 full and bake at 400 degrees
for 20 minutes or until golden.

Pecan Waffles

1-¾ cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1-tablespoon sugar
3 egg yolks
7 tablespoons melted butter
1 ½ cups milk
½ cup finely chopped pecans

Sift cake flour, then measure. Re-sift your measured
cake flour with the rest of the dry ingredients.
Beat the eggs yolks well, whisk in butter and milk.
Add to dry ingredients. Beat with a few quick
strokes. This will look like muffin batter. Fold in
pecans. Make waffles according to appliance directions.

Brown Sugar Butter Sauce

¼ cup butter
1-cup brown sugar
1 cup warm half and half

Cream butter and brown sugar in heavy saucepan.
Add half and half. Stir over low hear until it boils.
Remove from heat. At this point, you can add ¼
cup brandy, or just a teaspoon of rum extract.
Makes one cup.

Mother’s Day Lunch Menu

Citrus Juice Medley
Chicken Salad
Croissants
Platter with swiss cheese, olives, bread
and butter pickles
Deviled Eggs
Cantaloupe wedges
Quick Nut Bread with Cream Cheese

Catt’s Chicken Salad

4-6 chicken breasts
1 rib of celery, diced fine
olive oil
Mrs. Dash
White Pepper
Salt
Parsley, either fresh or dried
Mayonnaise to taste

First stew the chicken breasts - if you are using bone
in, stew for 45 minutes to an hour - if you are using
boneless, stew 20 minutes. Let cool in the stock/
water. When it is cool, remove chicken and chop into
bite sized chunks. In a Tupperware dish or a ziplock
bag, place chicken, a few teaspoons of olive oil, a
tablespoon of Mrs. Dash, 1/2 a teaspoon of white
pepper, a tablespoon of parsley, and just a sprinkle of
salt. Then toss to coat, and refrigerate for at least an
hour or overnight.

Take the chicken chunks; add your celery (I use only
the white part - it looks nice and tastes milder). Then
add salt, a dash more of white pepper, and enough
mayonnaise to make it hold together. Mix well, and
chill for an hour. Serve with fresh Bakery Croissants.