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⏰ Prep Time: 20 mins. | 🍳 Cook: 20-25 mins. | 🔥 Method: Oven: 400°F
Preheat to 400°F. Scrub potatoes, dry them, and rub with oil
Bake potatoes for 40 minutes while cooking bacon until crispy
Remove potatoes and decrease temp to 350. Leave the skins on 2 potatoes and discard the other. Cut each potato into 1/3s and add to the mixing bowl. Combine with bacon, butter, sour cream, milk, cheese, and salt
Transfer to casserole dish, top with cheese and bacon, bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes
👩🍳 Recipe by Jessica Peaden | Originally entered October 8th, 2019
⏰ Prep Time: 20 mins. | 🍳 Cook: 23-28 mins. | 🔥 Method: Oven: 350°F
Unroll crescent dough into triangles and wrap each apple half. In a small bowl, combine 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon, place on a greased pan, then sprinkle this mixture over the wrapped apple dumplings.
Bake at 350°F for 23-28 minutes until dumplings are perfectly golden. While the dumplings are baking, combine the orange juice and ½ cup sugar in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 10-12 minutes, or until the liquid reduces to about ½ cup.
Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the butter until melted. Drizzle warm dumplings with orange syrup and top with toasted pecans. Serve immediately while warm.
👩🍳 Recipe by Mammy, Lillie Dean Moots | Originally entered December 1st, 2020
⏰ Prep Time: 20 mins. | 🍳 Cook: None | 🔥 Method: Stovetop
Dissolve the cherry Jell-O in the boiling water and boiling orange juice
Stir in the cranberry sauce until well blended
Refrigerate the mixture until it begins to set
Add walnuts, pineapple, and celery (if using). Stir and refrigerate until fully set
Mammy fell in love with this originally from Kroger. But when Kroger shut down in Greenville, I would drive to Raleigh to get her some for Thanksgiving and Christmas, until she found this recipe. She's been using it ever since.
👩🍳 Recipe by Mammy, Lillie Dean Moots | Originally entered December 1st, 2020
⏰ Prep Time: 15 mins. | 🍳 Cook: 45 mins. | 🔥 Method: Oven: 350°F
Boil sweet potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them once cooled. Mix with sugar, butter, salt, milk, and allspice to create the creamy base.
Mix brown sugar, chopped pecans, and softened butter to make the delicious crunchy topping that will become golden brown during baking.
Pour the sweet potato mixture into a buttered baking dish, top with the pecan mixture, and bake at 350°F - covered for 30 minutes, then uncovered for 15 minutes until golden.
👩🍳 Recipe by Mammy, Lillie Dean Moots | Originally entered December 1st, 2020
Mammy's Tip: Can be made ahead - just wait to add topping until ready to bake. If using a glass dish, let it come to room temperature before baking to prevent cracking. Double the recipe for holiday gatherings!
Memory to pass down: Mammy never does the same number of dashes of All Spice. For years I’ve watched and counted and every year it’s different. So, I’m going to go off the range she does 12-17 dashes.
⏰ Prep Time: 15 mins. | 🍳 Cook: 45 mins. | 🔥 Method: Oven: 350°F
Combine broccoli, soup, mayo, 1½ cups cheese, and half the crushed cheese nips in a large bowl
Transfer to baking dish, top with remaining cheese and cheese nips
Bake covered 30 mins at 350°F, then uncovered 15 mins until golden
👩🍳 Recipe by Linda Powell | Originally entered October 8th, 2019
Advice to pass down: This can be made in advance but don't put the topping on it until you are ready to cook. You should also set out a few minutes before putting in stove (if you are using a glass dish, you may want to leave out a little longer). Double this recipe for an Extra Large. This is what we do for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
WARNING: Cold glass dishes may crack or explode if they are put in the oven.
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