Easy Crescent Taco Bake

I made this for dinner a few weeks ago and it was SO delicious AND easy! We topped ours with a little sour cream and some lettuce. Hope you enjoy trying!

Easy Crescent Taco Bake

INGREDIENTS:

1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
3/4 cup Old El Paso® Thick 'n Chunky salsa
2 tablespoons Old El Paso® taco seasoning mix (from 1-oz package)
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
Shredded lettuce, as desired
Diced tomato, as desired

DIRECTIONS:
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. Place in ungreased 9-inch square pan or 10-inch pie plate; press over bottom and up sides to form crust.

2. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in salsa and taco seasoning mix; simmer 5 minutes. Spoon meat mixture in crust-lined pan; sprinkle with cheese.

3. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown and cheese is melted. Served topped with lettuce and tomato.

Dutch Apple Pie

This recipe post (and picture) is coming from my very own Mom who made this pie just last week! :)

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH APPLE PIE

7-10 apples, peeled, cored and sliced

Place sliced apples in 9 inch unbaked pie shell.

Mix and sprinkle over apples:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon cloves
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon water (or fresh lemon juice if you have it) over top.

Crumb Crust:
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1 stick butter

Mix together sugar and flour. Cut the butter into the sugar and flour mixture using a fork, pastry blender or food processor. Sprinkle over top of pie.

Bake at 400 F for 40-45 minutes. If the pie begins to brown too rapidly, cover lightly with foil.
Served every Fall in Pennsylvania Dutch country. A combination of green (such as Granny Smith) and red (such as Cortland or Mcintosh) works best. A few drops of vanilla can be mixed into sugar.

My Mom's Review: It seemed kinda juicy. I used 1 Tbsp of lemon juice, but next time I wouldn’t put lemon juice or water in.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies


1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups Quaker oats
1 cup chocolate chips


Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs & vanilla, beating well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix well. Stir in oats and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 - 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, remove to wire rack. Makes 4 dozen.



This is a recipe from a little book my Mom made me of her favorite recipes and these are the BEST chocolate chip oatmeal cookies ever!! So moist and delicious! And they are SO good when they're warm & fresh that my Mom usually makes a few at a time and then refrigerates the dough until they're ready for more. :)