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Ooey-Gooey Butter Bars (or Sugar Cream Bars)
__Bottom__ 1 box yellow cake mix 1 stick margarine or butter 1 egg Mix and pat down in a 9x13 pan. __Topping:__ 18 oz. (1 block) cream cheese 2 eggs 1 lb. powdered sugar Mix together and spread on top.
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Bake at 325 for 45-50 minutes.

Blueberry Kuchen (really a simple tart, great for dessert or as a brunch dish)
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar plus 2 tablespoons 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter, slightly softened and cut into small pieces 1 tablespoon white vinegar 5 cups (725 grams) fresh blueberries 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon 1) Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). In medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour, salt and 2 tablespoons sugar. Cut in butter until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle with vinegar and shape into dough. With lightly floured fingers, press dough into 9-inch springform pan about 1/4 inch thickness on bottom, less thick and 1 inch high around sides. Add 3 cups blueberries on top. 2) Mix remaining 2 tablespoon flour, 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over blueberries. Bake on the middle rack for 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling bubbles. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack. Sprinkle with remaining 2 cups blueberries. Cool for at least 30 minutes. Run a pairing knife around the crust edge to separate from the pan before opening springform. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Makes 8 servings (Side Note: I actually used less blueberries, because I didn't buy enough. I think I used about 2 cups for the filling on each tart and one cup of fresh blueberries for topping each tart. If you're using less blueberries, don't worry if the blueberry filling doesn't completely cover the bottom of the tart before baking. When it bakes, the blueberries will expand and burst and fill up the gaps with gooey goodness. Also, I would mix the flour, sugar, and cinnamon with the blueberries in a bowl before putting them in the unbaked tart shell, so you get a more even filling with no visible lumps of sugar or flour on top.) -Recipe copied from: http://sundaynitedinner.com/blueberry-kuchen/
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Kelly's Spinach Artichoke Dip (even though sides are for sissies... see below)
Ingredients: 1 block of cream cheese 1 package of shredded Parmesan cheese 1 package of shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1 onion 1 package of frozen chopped spinach 1 jar/can of artichoke hearts Salt, pepper, garlic/garlic powder

Thaw the spinach and the cream cheese and mix together in an oven-safe bowl until smooth. Chop the onion finely and add to the bowl. Add most of the Parmesan cheese and Monterey Jack cheese into the bowl and mix. Cut the artichokes into smaller pieces and mix in the bowl. Include the juice of the can or jar, it adds flavor. Use your taste buds and add salt, pepper, and garlic/garlic pepper to your liking. Top the mixed ingredients with a light layer of the remaining Monterey Jack and Parmesan cheese.

Preheat the oven to 350. Heat in the oven for 10-20 minutes, until slightly bubbling and browning on top. Eat with chips! ENJOY! Yum. (For class, I doubled the recipe and heated it up in a crock-pot, which worked just as well.)

Easy steak
Allow steaks of any variety (I am partial to new york strip for this) to sit out until they reach room temperature. Throw an oven safe skillet into a 450 degree oven for 10 minutes While the pan is heating up, coat your hunk-o-beef with olive oil (with a high smoke point) and run in salt (more than you think you need) and pepper (less than you think you need.)

Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a burner over medium high heat. Cook your steak for 4 minutes on the first side, then with tongs, flip and cook for another 5 minutes.

This should leave you with a medium cooked steak. If you want medium well or well (why would you?) flip the steak back over to the first side and continue cooking for an additional 1-2 minutes. The extra flipping prevents burning.

Remove the meat from the heat and place in a tent of tinfoil to rest for 10 minutes (DO NOT SKIP!)

Eat with your hands--silverware is for girls.

Sides are for sissies.

Swiss Meat Roll
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The Gigantor
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Prairie Fire
Pour 1 jigger of tequila into a small glass Slowly pour in half a pony of tobasco sauce. Should result in a flaming appearance.

Add chili seeds if brave.

Poison Arrow
Fill a shot glass with lime cordial and add a dash of grenadine on top. Slowly pour Baileys into the center of the shot glass until it hits the bottom. Insert a small straw and SLOWLY stir so that the baileys twists around the tube. Should look like a yellow-red tornado.

__Chocolate Zucchini Bread__
3 eggs 1 C oil 2 ½ c sugar 2 C peeled and grated zucchini 1 T vanilla 3 C flour 1 t baking soda ¼ t baking powder 1 t salt 1 T cinnamon ½ C pecans 1/3 C unsweetened cocoa

Beat eggs till light and foamy. Add oil, sugar, zucchini and vanilla. Mix lightly but well. Mix dry ingredients together. Add to first mixture and blend. Add nuts. Bake in two 9 X 5 “ loaf pans or four smaller pans at 325 degrees for 1 hour.