Pizza Dip

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup mozzarella, shredded
• 1/4 cup Parmesan, grated
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 1/2 cup mozzarella, shredded
• 1/4 cup Parmesan, grated
• 2 ounces pepperoni, slices or mini pepperonis! 
• Serve with chips or scoops

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, mozzarella and Parmesan and spread it across the bottom of a pie plate. 

Spread the pizza sauce on top and sprinkle on the cheese and pepperoni.

Bake at 350 degrees F until the sides are bubbling and the cheese has melted and turned golden brown on top, about 22 minutes.

Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings

Ingredients

• 2 (8 count) cans crescent rolls
• 3-4 tart apples
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1-2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 (12 ounce) can Mountain Dew soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13x9 baking dish or pan. 

Peel and slice apples into 16 pieces. Roll each apple slice in 1 section of crescent roll. Place rolled slices in pan in two rows, put extras along side. Melt butter, add sugar and cinnamon and pour over apples. Pour can of Mountain Dew over all. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Hot and Spicy Sausage Dip

Ingredients

• 1 lb of Jimmy Dean Hot Pork Sausage
• 10 oz can Rotel, undrained (original, diced tomatoes & green chilies)
• 8 oz cream cheese
• Tortilla chips for serving

In a large skillet, cook sausage, breaking up into small pieces (like taco meat) until fully cooked. Drain all excess fat. Add Rotel and cream cheese, mix until well blended and heated thoroughly. Place in a serving dish, serve warm with your favorite tortilla chips or Frito scoops. 

Tip: Keep warm in small crock-pot while serving.

Caramel Apple Sangria

Ingredients

• 1 750 ml bottle of pinot grigio (or your favorite mild white wine)
• 1 cup caramel flavored vodka
• 6 cups apple cider
• 2 medium apples, cored and chopped

Stir the wine, vodka, and apple cider together in a large pitcher. Add the chopped apples to the pitcher, or to individual glasses. Serve the sangria over ice. 

Note: Apple cider settles. If the sangria sits for awhile, it will need to be stirred before serving.

Pumpkin Pie French Toast

Ingredients

• 12 slices bread (preferably potato bread!)
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (store bought or homemade)
• Butter and syrup for serving

Set out the bread for dipping.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, pumpkin and pie spice until smooth.

Dip each side of the bread and cook on a hot, greased griddle or skillet. Flip after 1-2 minutes.

Once all are cooked, serve with butter and syrup. 

If freezing, let cool completely to reduce freezer burn.

Enjoy this perfect fall breakfast!!

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice (Ingredient plus directions)

• 1 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp nutmeg

Place all ingredients in small container and mix together. Use as directed in recipes that call for pumpkin pie spice.

Store in a dry place, up to 6 months

Brownie Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 box of you favorite brownie mix
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 egg
• 2 Tbsp water

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Get your brownie mix and add 1/3 cup oil, 1 egg and 2 Tbsp of water. Mix together to make a soft cookie like dough. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Drop mixture onto prepared cookie sheet by the teaspoonful. Bake at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. Yields about 20 cookies,

*You could also add 1 cup of your favorite mix-in, chocolate chips, M&Ms, nuts, etc.

Crock-Pot BBQ Pulled Pork

Ingredients

• 1 (3-4 lbs.) boneless pork loin
• 1 onion, sliced in half and then thinly sliced
• 1 (12 oz.) can soda, such as Coke, Root Beer, or Dr Pepper
• 1/2 bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce (Sweet Baby Ray's!)
• Lawry's Seasoning Salt
• Pepper

Spray slow cooker lightly with cooking spray. Put sliced onions on the bottom. Rinse pork loin and pat lightly with paper towels. Coat pork with a layer of Lawry's Seasoning Salt and some pepper. Place on top of onions.

In a medium sized bowl, mix ½ bottle of barbecue sauce and a can of diet soda. Pour the fizzy concoction on top of seasoned pork loin in crock pot.

Cover the crock pot and cook on LOW for about 7-8 hours, or until meat is fork tender. When the meat is tender enough, carefully take the pork out of the slow cooker and place on a plate and shred the meat up using two forks. Place meat back inside crock pot, stirring to combine, and let cook for another 30 minutes.

Serve on buns and enjoy!