Chili Sauce Apple Jelly Meatballs

• 1 jar Chili Sauce
• 1 jar apple jelly
• 1 ½ cups ketchup
• 2 packages Armour frozen meatballs.

1. Place all ingredients in a 2 quart crockpot.
2. Stir.
3. Let cook for 4 hours on high.
4. Serve and enjoy.  

Cheese Crisps

• 8 oz. Monterey Jack Cheese
• 8 oz. Pepper Jack Cheese

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place a sheet of parchment on a cookie sheet. Do not use a silicone mat for this recipe.
3. Shred the cheese with a box grater in to a bowl.
4. Mix the cheese.
5. Spoon by tablespoons twelve per sheet onto the parchment. Flatten with the bottom side of the spoon.
6. Bake for 30 minutes at 350.
7. Remove and let cool on the parchment.
8. These are great to serve with salads.

Note: If you prefer it more spicy, use all pepper jack cheese.

Bourbon Glazed Pecans

• 6 oz. pecan halves
• ½ cup sugar
  2  tablespoons butter
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons bourbon

1. In an omelette sized skillet, cook the first six ingredients on medium high heat, constantly stirring for 7 minutes. Medium high heat is setting 8 on the small burner of my induction cooktop.
2. Spread them on a silicone cake pan.
3. Allow to cool.
4. Enjoy.

Holiday Spicy Crackers

• 1 stick melted butter
• 3 tablespoons or one envelope of Ranch Dressing Mix
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 box of whole wheat Ritz crackers

1. Put all the ingredients in a big plastic bag.
2. Shake well so that the crackers are covered.
3. Place on cookie sheets.
4. Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.
5. Cool and remove.
6. Serve and enjoy.  

Bacon Wrapped Smokies

• 1 lb. Oscar Mayer Little Beef Smokies
• 1 package of Oscar Mayer Center Cut Bacon
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• ½ cup light brown sugar for topping
• wooden toothpicks

1. Cut the bacon strips in thirds.
2. Wrap each Little Beef Smoky in a piece of bacon. Secure with a wooden toothpick.
3. Place in a glass 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
4. Melt 1 stick of butter.
5. Stir into melted butter 1 cup of light brown sugar until melted.
6. Pour the mixture over the wrapped smokies.
7. Sprinkle with the remainder dry light brown sugar.
8. Bake at 375 degrees in the middle oven rack for 20 minutes.
9. Turn heat up to 400 degrees and continue to bake until a pretty brown color. (Mine took 15 more minutes, but check often).
10. Remove and serve.
11. Enjoy.

Drunken Pups

• 1 package of Hillshire Farms Little Smokies
• ¾ cup Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce
• ¼ cup Jim Beam whiskey

1. In small crockpot (appetizer sized crockpot), cook the Little Smokies for 3 hours.  
2. Add the barbecue sauce and whiskey and cook for 2 more hours.
3. Serve using a supply of toothpicks.  

Sydney's Buffalo Chicken Dip

Sydney made a very delicious but simple Buffalo Chicken Dip for us tonight.  Everyone in the house loved it, even the pickiest eater.  

• 1 pre-baked chicken breast with Montreal Steak Seasoning, shredded
• 4 teaspoons Louisiana Supreme Chicken Wing Sauce
• 2 - 8 oz. Neufchatel Cheese

Combine these three ingredients together and serve with corn chips and celery.  

Swiss Cheese and Bacon Dip (also known as Heroin)

My friend, Janine, got this recipe from her daughter who is the head of a NICU unit at Rush Hospital in Chicago.  They nicknamed this stuff Heroin because it is so addictive.

• 8 slices fried bacon, fried and crumbled
• 8 ounce package of softened cream cheese (soften in a dish in microwave,stirring every 15 seconds)
• 1/2 c. Hellman’s mayonnaise
• 2 rounded teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 c. shredded Swiss cheese
• 3 scallions chopped

1. Ritz crackers and cocktail sized pumpernickel. 
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
3. Brown bacon in a non-stick skillet until crisp.  Drain on paper towels.  Crumble the bacon.
4. In a bowl combine cream cheese, mayo, Dijon, Swiss and scallions with crumbled cooked bacon.
5. Transfer to a greased small casserole and bake until golden and bubbly at edges, 20 minutes. 
6. Serve with crackers or cocktail sized pumpernickel.       
7. Enjoy!

Nancy's Potsticker Dipping Sauce

4 ounces teriyaki sauce

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

1 tablespoon sesame oil

½ teaspoon minced garlic

½ teaspoon ground ginger

1 tablespoon chopped green onions

Combine the ingredients and serve with potstickers   (I used Yum Yum brand.) Enjoy!