Kitchen Table Chat Recipes

Four Layer Pie (aka-Sex in a pan)

Ingredients
1 C. Flour
1 Stick Butter
1/2 CUP Pecans
1 8 OZ PKG. cream cheese
1 C. Confectioners Sugar
1 Large tub of Cool Whip
2 PKG. Chocolate Instant pudding
3 CUPS Milk

Directions:

FIRST LAYER: MELT BUTTER AND MIX WITH FLOUR AND PECANS. SPREAD IN BOTTOM OF OBLONG PAN. BAKE 15-20 MINUTES OR UNTIL BROWN AT 35O. COOL COMPLETELY.

SECOND LAYER: MIX CREAM CHEESE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, CONFECTIONERS SUGAR AND 1 CUP COOLWHIP AND SPREAD ON CRUST.

THIRD LAYER: MIX CHOCOLATE PUDDING MIXES AND 3 CUPS MILK; POUR OVER SECOND LAYER.

FOURTH LAYER: SPREAD REST OF COOL WHIP OVER THIRD LAYER.

~Easter Bunny Salad~

This is a GREAT salad for kids on Easter. It is quite yummy as well.

Ingredients

4 salad plates
1 head lettuce
8 almonds
maraschino cherries
marshmallows
1 can pears

Directions

Shred lettuce, make a bed of lettuce on each plate and place 1/2 pear,the round side up, in the center of each bed of lettuce. Insert 2 almonds in the narrow end of the pear for ears. Slice a cherry in half and cut each half into 3 parts. Insert the cherries to look like the eyes and nose of the bunny. Cut marshmallow to look like a tail.

~Enjoy~

~Easter Pie~

Ingredients

9 hard boiled eggs
4 1/2 lbs. Ricotta
5 lbs. sausage (dry)
1/2 c. white rice (cooked)
1/4 lb. Prosciutto
1 doz. fresh eggs
1 1/2 lg. Mozzarella
1/2 basket cheese
1/4 lb. grated cheese
Dash each salt, pepper and parsley

Directions
Cut all meats and cheeses to cube size. Mix all ingredients. Fill pie shells. Put tops on and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 1 hour and15 minutes. Makes approximately 12 pies.

PIE SHELL:

Ingredients
2 c. flour
1 stick butter
2 eggs

Directions
Mix together to form balls and then roll dough on a piece of wax paper until it is about 14 inches round. Fill tin pie pans. After filled with Easter Pie mixture, make a top for pies the same way. You will need to repeat this recipe approximately 6 times to make 24 shells (12 bottom and 12 top).

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
3 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
DIRECTIONS
In a mixing bowl, dream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin. Pour into two greased 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or until bread tests done.

*I know the ingredients sound like a lot, but this does yield two loaves of bread. This has bread is our favorite bread to make during Thanksgiving and Christmas Time.

*Great for Teacher Gifts!