Christmas Treats!

Do you need something quick and easy to make for your Christmas guests?  Maybe one of these recipes from library staff will be what you need!

Small Cheesecake Balls

by Debbie

2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, cold
1 jar maraschino cherries
graham cracker crumbs

Make small balls with the cold cream cheese.  Using your finger, make an indention in the top of the ball and insert a maraschino cherry.  Close the cream cheese over the cherry.  Roll the ball in graham cracker crumbs.

Texas Caviar

by Lisa

2 medium chopped tomatoes
1 can black-eyed peas
1 medium chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup snipped cilantro
1 can shoepeg corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained
1 small bottle Italian Dressing

Mix all ingredients together, chill for 1 hour.  Serve with crackers.

 

Texas Trash

by Lisa

 

Dry ingredients:

1 box Rice Chex

1 box Wheat Chex

1 box Corn Chex

1 box pretzels  

1 lb. mixed nuts

3 cups Cheerios

1 lg. can shoe string potatoes

 

Sauce:

1 Tbs. Tobasco sauce

1 Tbs. Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. accent salt

1 stick butter

1 cup bacon grease

 

Simmer sauce ingredients for 10 minutes.  Mix dry ingredients together. Pour sauce over dry mixture and bake at 225° for 1 hour stirring every 10 to 15 minutes.



Fire Crackers

by Lisa

 

1 box Saltine Crackers - (4 sleeves)

3/4 cup of Canola oil

1 Tbsp Red Pepper Flakes

1 packet dry ranch dressing mix

1 2.5 gallon Ziploc Bag

 

Add all the ingredients except the crackers to the bag.  Close the bag and mix all the ingredients by shaking the bag well.  Add all 4 sleeves of crackers and close the bag.  Turn the bag over several times to coat crackers.  Let the bag rest for a couple of hours, turning the bag every 15 minutes or so.  Air dry crackers on a cookie sheet.