Cheesy potato, ham, and corn chowder

Cheesy potato, ham, and corn chowder

 

Carol Jackson – very good!!

 

8 ounces Cream Cheese

3 cans Potato Soup
2 cans Creamed Corn
2 ½ cans Milk (use more or less for your thickness)
2 cups Chopped ham
4 Tbsp Butter
¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper

Directions:
Melt the cream cheese, soup and corn together.
When the cream cheese has melted all the way then put in the rest :-)

(I actually used a family size can of soup, which equals 2 1/2 regular sized cans. (Big can was $1.99 vs. small can at $1.49.) I filled one corn can with milk. Plus, I made it extra spicy for our family and put in 1 tsp. of cayenne pepper. I think I'll stick with 1/2 tsp. next time.)

Salted Caramel Topping

Salted Caramel Topping

 

Ingredients

·         4 tablespoons unsalted butter

·         1 cup brown sugar, packed

·         1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

·         3/4 teaspoon kosher salt

·         1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

1.    In a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisk together butter, brown sugar, heavy whipping cream, and salt.

2.    Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer for 5 minutes, whisking occasionally.

3.    Whisk in vanilla (be careful, it will bubble up) and cook 1 more minute.

4.    Pour caramel into a jar, then refrigerate until cold.

5.    Store in refrigerator. To serve, microwave briefly until sauce is pourable

 

Slow Cooker Kalua Pig

Slow Cooker Kalua Pig

One of the best things about living in Hawaii is the food! I lived on the island of Maui and went to a lot of luaus where they kill a pig, season it and wrap it in Ti leaves, then bury that bad boy in the sand for hours. The resulting meat dish is so tender it will melt in your mouth, bruddah! It's like meat heaven. I have tried and tried to get that same taste here in Texas by using my crock pot.

This is the best recipe I have seen so far:
(From the January Issue of The Costco Connection 2014)

Three slices of bacon to line the bottom of the slow cooker.
Five pound Boston butt pork boneless roast - evenly salt the pork butt with coarse Hawaiian sea salt and place, skin side up on top of the bacon.

Cook on slow for 16 hours.

Remove the roast from the crock pot and shred the meat with a couple of forks adding in the juices from the crock pot to make a nice juicy porky pan of meat.

 

Audrey's Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies

Audrey's Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies

Cream together and beat until light:

1 c. butter

1/2 c. granulated sugar

1/2 c. light brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

Add:

2 & 3/4 c. sifted flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. soda

1/2 c. finely chopped nuts (mom used walnuts)

Chill for about 2 hours.

Shape into two loaves 2" square.

Wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap and chill overnight.

Slice 1/8" thick.

Bake on cookie sheets in a 400 degree over for 6 -8 min.

Remove to wire racks or brown paper to cool.

Makes about 6 dozen cookies.