Easy Coconut Cream Pie

     CRUST
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 Tbs sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans - optional

Mix and pat in an 8x8 inch pan, bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until just beginning to turn golden. Do not over bake.

Layer two:
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup whipped topping

Beat together sugar and cream cheese. Fold in whipped topping. Spread on cooled crust.

Layer three:
1 small package coconut cream instant pudding
1 1/2 cups whole milk (any milk will do, but whole milk makes pudding so much tastier)

Mix until thickened. Spread over cream cheese mixture.

Top with remaining tub of whipped topping.

Toast 1 cup coconut. Sprinkle evenly on dessert. Refrigerate.

Cheesy Ham Biscuit Pull Aparts

1  Pillsbury Grands Flaky Layers Biscuits
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
3/4 cup diced ham
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
1/2 cup shredded cheddar
1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 11 x 7 or 12 x 8 glass baking dish with cooking spray. In a large bowl, beat egg and milk with a wire whisk until smooth.

Separate dough into individual biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters. Gently stir biscuit pieces into egg mixture to coat evenly. Fold in ham, cheese, onions and granulated garlic. Spoon mixture into prepared dish, arrange biscuit pieces in a single layer.

Baked at 350 for 23 - 25 minutes or until golden brown. You can either cut into squares or just pull apart and serve.

Banana Bread

1/4 C Sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

3/4 C butter
3 c white sugar
3 eggs
6 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
2 Tsp Vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbl baking soda
4 1/2 cup flour
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

In small bowl, combine 1/4 c sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon - set aside

In large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar.  Mix in eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla and cinnamon.  Mix in salt, baking soda and flour.   Stir in nuts.   Divide into greased and floured pans.  sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture on top of each.  Bake 1 hours at 300 deg, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Calico Baked Beans

1 lb Ground Beef
1 lb Bacon chopped up (I cut up with kitchen shears)
1 Onion Diced

Cook all together until beef is browned and bacon and onion cooked.  Drain off fat and put into a crock pot.

1 can each:
Black Beans
Lima Beans or Butter Beans
Garbonzo Beans
Pinto Beans
Kidney Beans
 or any combination that you like.  Drain all of them.   Add to crockpot

Add 1-2 cans pork n beans with juice.

Add:
2/3 C Brown Sugar
1/2 C White Sugar
1/2 C BBQ Sauce
1/2 C Ketchup
2 T Mustard
4 T Molasses

Cook in crockpot on low for several hours for flavor to meld together.

Chicken Crescent Rolls

2 cans of  refrigerator crescents
1 can of cream of chicken soup (26oz)
1 cup cheddar cheese
2 boneless skinless chicken breast

Cook chicken and shred or dice..  Roll out each individual crescent, place about a Tbsp of shredded chicken in center and roll it up.

Bake on 350 for about 5 minutes until just starting to turn golden. Pour Cream of chicken over the top bake an additional 10 min top with cheddar cheese and bake for 10 more minutes.