Sausage Balls

1 lb sausage, uncooked
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups Bisquick
4 oz. cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Mix all ingredients until well combined. Roll into 1" balls. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes, or until brown.

Balls may be frozen uncooked, if baking from frozen allow more baking time.

Michelle Hamill

Wet Pizza

1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese
1 bottle chili sauce

Toppings:

chopped green peppers
chopped green onions
chopped black olives
popcorn shrimp (optional)
grated Mozzarella cheese

Spread cream cheese on serving tray. Pour chili sauce evenly over cream cheese. Add toppings. Top with grated cheese and refrigerate. Serve with crackers and chips.

Carol Young

Dried Beef Roll

2 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 oz. Accent
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
10 green onions, chopped fine
2 small jars dried beef, chopped fine

Mix the first 3 ingredients, then mix in the next 2 reserving a handful of beef to press into the ball. This is a one pound ball. Four pounds will serve 40 to 50 people.

Carolyn Morris

Sweet Potato Chips

Peel and slice thin sweet potatoes (as many as you want)

Soak in cold water overnight or ice water for a few hours.

Drain and dry well. Fry in deep oil (375) until crisp and slightly brown. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt or powdered sugar

Sue Citty Minatra (Mommy)

Gloria Sue Minatra (born Citty)
your mother

Pineapple Cheese Ball

2 8 oz. philadelphia cream cheese
1 small can crushed pineapple
1/4 green pepper, chopped
onion, chopped
pecans, chopped

Let cream cheese stand at room temperature until soft. Drain can crushed pineapple and add to cream cheese mix. Add green pepper, enough onion to suit your taste and a small amount of pecans. Let set in refrigerator until it is easy to handle. Then roll in chopped pecans to form any size ball you need. Keep refrigerated.

Carolyn Morris

"Crab" Spread

8 oz. imitation crab chopped
2 - 3 tsp. dried minced onion
2 celery stalks minced
8 oz. sour cream
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 - 3 tsp. louisiana hot sauce to taste
1 tsp. garlic powder to taste
1 Tbsp. miracle whip

Mix well and chill.

Service with Crackers.

Sylvia Wiggins

Crunchy Cheese Ball

1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. Hellmann's real mayonnaise
2 c. ground cooked ham
1 tsp. minced onion
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. hot pepper sauce
1/2 c. chopped peanuts or pistachio nuts
2 Tbsp. chopped parsley

Beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in ham, onion, mustard, pepper sauce and parsley. Cover. Chill several hours. Form into ball; roll in nuts to coat. Serve with crackers

Danita Morris

Tortilla Rolls

4 12" tortillas
1 8 oz. container of soft cream cheese
1 8 oz. can diced green chiles
1 8 oz. can chopped black olives

Mix cream cheese, green chiles, and black olives by hand. Spread equal amounts on tortilla. Roll and refrigerate for 2 hours. Slice tortilla rolls. May be served with picante sauce.

Michelle Conway Hamill

Me :)

Cheese Roll

3 lbs. sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 small onion, diced
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 c. chopped nuts (pecans)
1/2 c. chopped green olives

Mix all ingredients well. Form into ball or log and decorate with sliced green olives and paprika. Makes several rolls or logs. Freezes well.

Gladys Citty

Ham Roll Ups

1 jar pickle spears
1 pkg. cream cheese
thin sliced ham

Combine softened cream cheese with 1/4 c. juice from the pickles in small bowl with spoon. Slice dill spear in half (longways). Spread cream cheese mixture on ham slices and roll up with dill spear inside. Continue until all spears are used. Chill. Slice crosswise making bite size pieces. Insert toothpick in each and serve.

Andrea Thatcher Earwood

Andrea Earwood (born Thatcher) is your first cousin
	You   Gloria Sue Minatra (born Citty) your mother Judith Kaye Thatcher (born Citty) her sister Andrea Earwood (born Thatcher) her daughter

Judy Citty Thatcher (Aunt Judy)
Andrea Thatcher Earwood

Summer Sausage

2 lbs. ground lean beef
2 Tbsp. (morton's) tender quick
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/43 tsp. dry ustard
1 tsp. whole peppercorns
1 c. water
2 Tbsp. liquid smoke

Mix thoroughly by hand. Shape into 3 rolls. Chill 24 hours. Bake 2 hours at 250 on broiler rack.

Sue Citty Minatra

Gloria Sue Minatra (born Citty)
your mother

Chex Party Mix Recipe

2 c. Wheat Chex cereal
2 c. Corn Chex cereal
2 c. Rice Chex cereal
3/4 c. salted nuts
6 Tbsp. butter
4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. seasoned salt

Heat oven to 250. Melt butter or margarine in a large shallow pan over low heat. Stir in Worcestershire and seasoned salt. Add the cereals and nuts. Mix over low heat until all the pieces are coated. Heat for 45 minutes in the oven, stirring every 15 minutes or so. Spread out on absorbent paper to cool.

Yields 6 3/4 cups.

Vicky Morris

Party Mix

1 box Corn Chex
1 box Cheerios
1 can shoestring potatoes
1 Tbsp. garlic salt
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 box Rice chex
1 box pretzels
nuts
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 c. salad oil

Combine dry ingredients. Add liquid and bake in oven at 250 for 1 1/2 hours stirring frequently.

Audrey Bullock Johnson

Sausage Cheese Crumbles

1 lb. hot or mild sausage
1 lb. sharp cheese, grated
3 c. prepared biscuit mix

Have ingredients at room temperature. Thoroughly combine sausage, cheese and biscuit mix. Form into small balls. May be cooked immediately, refrigerated, or frozen. Bake in a 400 oven for 15 minutes.

Serves 30.

Carolyn Morris

Cheese Sticks

2 c. all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
2/4 lb. oleo
1 lb. sharp cheddar cheese, grated

Sift flour, salt and pepper into bowl. Cut butter in small pieces and add to dry mix until it forms crumbs with fork. Add cheese; continue working until it hold together. Divide into 4 units. Roll out to rectangles 1/3" thick and cut into strips 1/2" wide and 4" long. Bake at 375 for 10 to 12 minutes.

Carolyn Morris

Cheese Ball

2 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/4 c. minced green pepper
2 c. nuts
1/4 c. instant onions
1 c. crushed pineapple, drained

Let cream cheese soften at room temperature. Add the minced onions, pineapple, green peppers and 1 cup nuts. Mix well. Refrigerate until it is solid enough to form into a ball. Form into ball and roll in the remaining nuts. Refrigerate until solid.

Amy Thatcher Dillard (my cousin)

Amy Elizabeth Dillard (born Thatcher) is your first cousin
	You   Gloria Sue Minatra (born Citty) your mother Judith Kaye Thatcher (born Citty) her sister Amy Elizabeth Dillard (born Thatcher) her daughter

Spinach Dip

2 pkg. frozen chopped spinach
1 pkg. Knorr dry vegetable soup mix
1 can chopped water chestnuts
mayonnaise

Thaw spinach and drain well. Add soup mix. Mix chestnuts and add enough mayonnaise to spread. Service with crackers.

Quick, Easy and Delicious!

Brenda Bullock

Chili Dip

1 can tamales
1 can chili without beans
1 lb. Velveeta cheese
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. garlic salt

Mix tamales and chili together. Melt cheese and mix all together. Keep warm in crock pot. Serve with chips.

Brenda Bullock

Shrimp Dip

1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
boiled egg
1/4 c. onion
mayonnaise to suit taste

Mix together and serve as a dip with crackers or chips.

Danita Morris

Chili Rolls

1/2 lb. Velveeta cheese
4 oz. cream cheese
1/2 c. pecans
1 or 2 garlic buttons

Grind together. Season with Worcestershire sauce and red pepper to taste. Mix well and shape into balls and roll in waxed paper.

Vicky Morris