Spicy Pretzels

 1 cup Oil
1 package Ranch Dressing...
1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 to 2 tsp. Cayenne Powder
1 Bag of Pretzels

Heat Oven to 200 degrees
Mix first 4 ingredients together. Add the pretzels. Coat in oil mixture, I use a slotted spoon to let the extra run off. Put in pan and bake for 1 hr turning about every 15 mins.

White Chocolate Chex Mix

3c Cheerios
3c Crispix cereal...
2c roasted nuts
2c pretzels
1 bag of plain M n M's (large not single bag)
14oz white chocolate bark (almond bark)

Mix all ingredients except white chocolate bark in bowl, melt white bark and pour over, cover thoroughly and spread on wax paper to dry.

French Dip Crescent Rolls

French Dip Crescent Rolls!!
By: April's Little Family
Ingredients

 2 packages crescent rolls, 8 count
1 pound deli roast beef, thinly sliced
4 ounces Swiss or provolone cheese, cut in 16 equal sized pieces
optional: Horseradish Sauce
optional: Au Jus for dipping

1. Unroll crescents onto a large cookie sheet.
2. Spread a small dab of horseradish on each crescent, then place a slice of roast beef and a piece of cheese on each crescent.
3. Roll crescents starting from the wide end and ending at the narrow end.
4. Bake at 375 degrees for 11 to 13 minutes, until crescents are a golden color.
5. Serve with Au Jus and enjoy!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 C Butter
1 1/2 C Brown Sugar
1 1/2 C White Sugar
2 Tsp Vanilla
4 Eggs
2 Tbls Hot Water mixed with 2 Tsp soda
3 C Flour
1 Tsp Salt
4 C Oats
1 1/2 C Nuts (optional)
1 Package or more of chocolate chips.

Cream butter and sugars, add vanilla and eggs and cream together. Add water/soda mixture and remaining ingredients. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.
Store in covered container to keep soft.

Yummy Sandwiches

One package of Homestyle Rolls - cut in half. Put the bottom in a 9 x 13 pan. Top each with a slice of thinly sliced ham or turkey and a slice of cheese. Use any kind of cheese to your taste preference. We like Turkey with Pepper Jack, most of the family likes ham and swiss (although I don't know how any one can each swiss cheese).
In a small bowl or pan, melt 1 cube butter and stir in 1 1/2 Tbs poppy seeds, 1 1/2 Tbs mustard, 1 1/2 Tbs worcestershire sauce and 1 tsp onion flakes. Pour over the top of the rolls. Cover with foil and refrigerate over night. When ready to cook, put in a 275 deg oven for 30 minutes, remove the foil and cook for another 5 minutes.

Cream Cheese Mints

3 oz cream cheese
3-4 C Powdered Sugar
Granulated Sugar
Flavoring and coloring

Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar & flavorings and coloring. Add powdered sugar as needed. Roll into balls and coat with granulated sugar. Press into mold. Popout and let dry.

Granola

I found this recipe on a blog I visit. I am going to type it out here because I hate having to click on links to see things but if you want to see the photo's she has that go along with the recipe go here

I don't measure carefully...
3 heaping cups of Oats
1 heaping cup of Cheerios
3 TBSP brown sugar
cinnamon
2 TBSP butter
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup applesauce
a handful of dried apples or raisins (I put the raisins in with my own because my kids really, REALLY hate raisins. Like instantly gag hate)

In a bowl mix your oats, cinnamon, Cheerios and brown sugar and set aside.

Melt 2 TBSP of butter in a saucepan on medium heat, then toss in the applesauce and honey. Bring to a good solid all over bubbling. Let bubble for 1 min, then remove from heat.
Pour it on your dry mixture and mix until it is all covered.
Spread it out on a baking sheet and cook for about an hour at 250 degrees.
Mix it around every 15-20 minutes until it is evenly dried.
Take tray out of oven and sprinkle on dried fruit. Let cool and transfer to an airtight container.

Verdict: I made this yesterday and more than half of it didn't make it to the airtight container. My kids were all over it. It made a great snack and Jeff and I had our fair share also. I had a bowl with milk last night as my snack after I put the kids to bed and it was really good. I am out of yogurt but I think it would be really good on that. I'm going to play around with adding different spices like maybe some vanilla. It would also be yummy to make this and mix it with peanuts and m&m's as a trail mix. Next time I will probably make two batches. One for us to eat that day and another to put in the container for cereal and snacks through the week. These are also great ingredients to have on hand in food storage and would be easy to use to make your own cereal.

Caramel Popcorn

1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter
30 large marshmallows
popcorn

Melt ingredients (except popcorn) in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring grequently to prevent scorching. Pour over popcorn. Don't expect it to last very long.