Holly Jolly Recipes

Holly Jolly Recipes! From my family to yours.

Sausage Balls
1 lb. Hot Sausage
10 oz. Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese
3 cups Bisquick or flour
Mix all ingredients by hand in a large bowl. Shape into small balls.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Cheese Straws
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups all−purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet. In a large bowl cream butter and cheese. Stir in flour and salt; mix well. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/2 inch in thickness. Cut into 2 inch strips and sprinkle with ground red pepper. Place strips on cookie sheets 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until crisp.

Christmas Fudge
6 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups butter
1 large can evaporated milk
2 packages chocolate chips
1 jar marshmallow cream
1 cup nuts
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Cook in heavy pan until boiling, boil 10 minutes, stirring all the time. Take off burner and add chips, marshmallow cream and nuts, mix well, pour into 9 x 13 buttered pan. Yield: 5 pounds.

Pecan Pie
3 large eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup pecans
1 unbaked 9" pie shell
Preheat oven to 375 farenheit, beat eggs, sugar and salt. Add butter, syrup and mix in pecans. Bake 40−45 minutes in pie shell.

Cheese Ball
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 3 1/2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese 1 (1 ounce) package Ranch−style dressing mix 2 cups chopped pecans
4 pecan halves
In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, and dressing mix. Form into one large ball or two smaller balls. Roll in chopped pecans to coat surface. Decorate the top with pecan halves. Refrigerate for at
least 2 hours, or overnight.

Baked Cream Cheese Appetizer1/2 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent rolls
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
1 egg yolk, beaten
Unroll dough & press together seams to form a 12 x 4 inch rectangle. (I've started doing them in little triangles instead of 1 big triangle) Sprinkle one side of the cream cheese with half of the dill weed. Place brick of cream cheese dill side down in center of dough. Sprinkle dill on top of cream cheese. Enclose cream cheese by bringing sides of dough together and pressing edges to seal. Place dough on lightly greased cookie sheet. Brush with beaten egg. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Serve warm.
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Sweet Potato Casserole
1 (40 ounce) can cut sweet potatoes 1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup all−purpose flour
1/3 cup butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a 2 quart baking dish.
Place the sweet potatoes & liquid in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cook 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain, and mash. In bowl, mix the mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, 1/3 cup butter, milk,
and vanilla extract. Spread evenly into the prepared baking dish. In a separate bowl, mix the brown sugar, chopped pecans, flour, and 1/3 cup melted butter. Sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture. Bake 35 minutes.

Sugar Cookies
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg,large
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Creme butter and sugar together Beat in egg, then milk.Blend salt and nutmeg into flour. Mix flour into dough. Knead,
then chill for 20min. Shape dough. Bake 350 degrees for 10 to 12min.

Gingerbread Cookies
3 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. ground cloves
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup dark brown sugar 1 large egg
1/2 cup molasses
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2/3 cup confectioners sugar 2 tsp. milk
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger and cloves. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and molasses and beat til smooth. Scrape Add flour mixture, blend on low speed until just combined mix. Separate dough into 2 balls and flatten. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour. On floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll dough out and make small cookie flat balls. Bake 9 to 10 minutes. Do not brown. Cool.

Rice Krispies Treats
3 tablespoons margarine
4 cups miniature marshmallows 6 cups Holiday Rice Krispies cereal
Melt margarine in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.

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