Weekly Food Experiments

Kraft foods sent me a magazine with cool recipes in it a while back and I've never had the right stuff to make the foods so at our latest shopping trip I grabbed a whole bunch of foods that just so happened to be on the ingredient list. So here's what I've made so far:

• 35 Saltine Crackers
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 pkg. chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

HEAT oven to 400ºF.
PLACE crackers in single layer in foil-lined 15x10x1-inch pan.
COOK butter and sugar in saucepan on medium-high heat until butter is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring occasionally. Bring to boil; cook 3 min. without stirring. Spread onto crackers.
BAKE 5 to 7 min. or until topping is golden brown. Immediately sprinkle with chocolate; let stand 5 min. or until chocolate is softened. Spread chocolate over ingredients in pan; sprinkle with nuts. Cool. Break into pieces.

• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
• 8 slices Bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled
• 1/3 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onions
• 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
• 1 Tbsp. milk
• 2 cans (8 oz. each) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

HEAT oven to 375°F. Mix all ingredients except crescent dough.
SEPARATE each can of dough into 4 rectangles; press perforations together to seal. Spread each rectangle with 2 rounded Tbsp. cream cheese mixture, then cut into 12 wedges. Roll up wedges, starting at short ends. Place, seam-sides down, on greased baking sheet.
BAKE 12 to 15 min. or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Now I didn't buy a can of dinner rolls, so I made my own crescent dough.

• 1 package active dry yeast ( 1/4 ounce pack)
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup warm milk
• 3 eggs lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups of all purpose flour
• melted butter to brush the rolls

Mix yeast in warm water, add 1 tbs sugar. Wait 5 minutes then add other ingredients.Mix into a ball. Knead until elastic, then cover and raise in a greased bowl. Then roll out and cut, and roll up. Bake 375* for 12-15 minutes on greased sheet.

I made Cream of Potato Soup to go with the bacon biscuits. The soup didn't taste very good so you will have to find your own recipe for that.