Our Family Recipes

I change about every recipe I use, to include items I usually have on my shelf.  Instead of making the pizza sauce below (which include the water through the garlic salt), I just use 16 ozs pre-made spaghetti sauce! 1 pound ground beef 1 med onion 1/2 cup water 1 pkg spaghetti sauce mix 2-8 oz cans tomato sauce garlic salt 1/2 tsp oregano 1 can sliced olives 1 can sliced mushrooms 1 cup mozzarella cheese diced onion to taste Brown hamburger and onion, add water and spaghetti sauce mix, tomato sauce.  Sprinkle in garlic salt and 1/2 tsp oregano.  Add olives and mushrooms and pour into a 9 x 13 inch pan.  Sprinkle grated cheese on top of the meat and sauce mixture and pour crust mixture over the top.  Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over crust mixture.  Bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees. Crust: 1 cup mil 1 T oil 2 eggs 1 cup flour 1 tsp salt Mix together.

1 (18-ounce) package refrigerated cookie dough 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, room temperature 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or other flavoring (almond, orange, or lemon) Fresh blueberries, banana slices, mandarin oranges sections, seedless grapes, strawberry halves, kiwi- fruit )or any other fruit) 1/2 cup orange , peach or apricot preserves 1 Tablespoon water Preheat oven to 370 degrees F. Line an ungreased 14-inch pizza pan with cookie dough cut in 1/8-inch slices, overlapping slightly. Bake 12 minutes or until light brown; remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract or other flavoring; spread over cookie crust. Arrange fruit over cream cheese layer in any design you want ( use your imagination). In a small saucepan over very low heat, make a glaze by heating preserves and water. Brush glaze over fruit, making sure to cover the fruit that will turn dark . Refrigerate until ready to serve. Note: This does...