25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 8

Banana Spice Cookies - Cookies

1/2 cup margarine or butter
2-1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp ground cloves
3 bananas, mashed (1 cup)
1/2 cup walnuts, optional

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add about half the flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, and cloves. Beat until thoroughly combined. Beat in remaining flour. Beat in bananas. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on rack.

If you want to add nuts, then add chopped nuts after you mix in the bananas.

25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 7

Buckeyes - Cookies

2 cups creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pound powdered sugar
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

In a large mixing bowl, mix peanut butter, butter, and vanilla together. Add powdered sugar, a small amount at a time, mixing by hand. Continue adding sugar until mixture can be rolled into 1" balls that stay together.

Melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave. Placing ball on fork, dip 3/4 of ball into chocolate. Place balls on wax paper-lined baking sheet. Place in freezer to set.

Yields: 5 dozen

25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 6

Original Chex Party Mix - Snack

6 tablespoons margarine or butter
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
3/4 teaspoons garlic powder1
1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 cup mixed nuts
1 cup pretzels
1 cup garlic-flavor bite-size bagel chips or regular-size bagel chips, broken into 1-inch pieces
3 cups Corn Chex cereal
3 cups Rice Chex cereal
3 cups Wheat Chex cereal

Heat oven to 250°. Melt margarine in large roasting pan in oven. Stir in seasonings. Gradually stir in remaining ingredients until evenly coated. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

Spread on paper towels to cool. Store in airtight container.

25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 5

Festive Jello Popcorn Balls - Snack

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1 pkg. (10-1/2 oz.) miniature marshmallows
1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jello Gelatin, any flavor
3 qt. (12 cups) popped popcorn
Decorations, such as candy sprinkles and ribbon (optional)

Microwave butter and marshmallows in large microwavable bowl on high 1-1/2 to 2 minutes or until marshmallows are puffed. Stir in gelatin until well blended.

Pour marshmallow mixture over popcorn in large bowl; mix lightly until evenly coated.

Shape into 16 (2-inch) balls or other shapes with greased or moistened hands.

Add decorations, if desired.

25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 4

Oyster Crackers - Snack

This recipe is just fantastic and so easy!

1 bag of oyster crackers
1 package of dry ranch dressing mix
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon dill weed

Preheat the oven to 200°. Mix the ranch dressing, oil, and dill weed in a
bowl. Put the oyster crackers in a large bowl. Pour the dressing mix
over the oyster crackers. You must let the dressing mix soak into the
oyster crackers for at least 10 minutes. Stir frequently. Bake for 20
minutes stirring half way through.

25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 3

Sausage Cheese Dip - Appetizer

1 lb regular Jimmy Dean sausage, browned
1 (16 oz) jar Cheez Whiz
1 can Cheddar cheese soup
2 cans mild diced green chiles

Combine all ingredients in crockpot; cook on low for 2 to 3 hours.

25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 2

Easy Crabmeat Dip - Appetizer

1 can white crab meat
1 package of cream cheese - softened
Cocktail sauce

Spread the cream cheese on a plate in a medium to thin layer. Pour cocktail sauce on top of it. Sprinkle the drained crab meat on top.

Serve with crackers.

25 Days of Party Recipes

Deviled Eggs - Appetizer

Boil a dozen eggs for about 15 minutes. Put cold water in pan and eggs, then put on stove and heat. This helps the shells remove easily. Remove from boiling water and run cold water over the pot with the eggs in it and start shelling while cold water is running.

Cut the eggs in half lengthwise. Scoop out yolk into bowl and put whites on plate. Add yolks to 1/2 cup (maybe more depending on how creamy you want them) of Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip to bowl. Add a little squirt of mustard. Add a couple dashes of salt and pepper. Use a hand mixer and mix up the yolk mixture until really creamy. Drop by teaspoon into hollowed egg white. When finished dust with paprika.