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Sweetheart Cheesecake

Crust
1 1/3 cup(s) (crushed) chocolate wafer cookies
4 tablespoon(s) (1/2 stick unsalted) butter, melted
2 tablespoon(s) sugar

Filling
4 large eggs, separated
1/2 cup(s) (1 stick unsalted) butter, softened
2 package(s) (8-oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 cup(s) sugar
1 tablespoon(s) cornstarch
1 teaspoon(s) baking powder 1 tablespoon(s) lemon juice

Topping
1 cup(s) sour cream
2 tablespoon(s) sugar
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 can(s) (21-oz.) cherry pie filling
3 tablespoon(s) orange juice, or kirsch
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Directions
Preheat oven to 325-degrees F.
Stir together crust ingredients and press onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 minutes.
Let cool in pan on wire rack.
In small bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes.
Set aside. Combine 1/2 cup butter, cream cheese and egg yolks in a bowl.
Beat at medium speed, scraping sides, until creamy, 2 to 3 minutes.
Add all remaining filling ingredients except egg whites.
Continue beating, scraping sides, until well mixed, 1 to 2 minutes.
Fold in egg whites by hand. Spoon filling into pan. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until center is set.
Cool 15 minutes; loosen sides of cheesecake from pan with a knife.
Leave to cool completely.
Stir together sour cream, sugar and vanilla.
Spread evenly over top of cooled cheesecake.
Spoon out 2 to 3 Tbsp. cherry sauce from pie filling; drop by teaspoonfuls onto topping.
Pull a knife through cherry sauce to form hearts.
Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
To serve, stir together remaining pie filling and orange juice in medium bowl; spoon over cheesecake.

Now to decide which one to make.............

EGG NOODLES

Ingredients
2 EGGS (beaten)
1 1/2 to 2 cups FLOUR (I start with 1 1/2 cups add more as needed)
1 Tablespoon OIL
2 Tablespoon MILK
1 teaspoon SALT

Directions
1. Beat eggs
2. Add flour into bowl, then add oil & milk and last the salt.
3. With hands or fork, thoroughly mix.
4. Put dough onto well-floured board; knead until smooth, about 10 minutes.**Add more flour or water if needed
5. Roll dough out with rolling pin.
6. Cut dough cross-wise into 1/8-inch strips for narrow noodles and 1/4-inch for wide noodles.
(WE JUST USE A PIZZA CUTTER and have fun cutting how ever they look!)
7. Add noodles to boiling chicken soup for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender.
8. ENJOY!!



Chicken Soup

Ingredients
1 teaspoon oil
1 4 boneless chicken breast or you can use a whole chicken
4 carrots
4 stalks celery
1 onion
water to cover
salt and pepper to taste
2-3 chicken bouillon or a 1 chicken gravy mix/1 can
(I use what ever I have at the time)
Optional -mashed potatoes
(I always try and make when I have left over mashed)

Directions
Cut up the chicken Put the oil in a pan (I use the same large soup pot I am cooking the soup in)then put the chicken and cook.
When the chicken is almost cooked add the cut up onion.
Then add carrots, celery in the pot and cover with cold water.
Heat and simmer, uncovered.
Add the chicken bouillon and season with salt, pepper taste.
OPTIONAL****Add mashed potatoes, this thickens the soup!!!
**OR put soup over top of mashed potatoes***
Add noodles to the pot, cook 10 to 15 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!

I also have cooked this in the crock pot!
***No need to cut up the chicken it will shred wonderfully! Just cut up the carrots onion and celery and add the bouillon and salt & peeper and water to cover. Cook on low all day or high for 4 -5 hours.
When you get home shred the chicken in the crock pot with a fork!

I also have put in whole potatoes and cooked them right in the soup and them when I got home I take the whole potatoes and mashed.
Make some egg noodles and add to the crock pot (ON HIGH-needs to boil) and cook 15 -20 minutes, then serve!

This recipe came from http://busyfriendsrecipeswap.blogspot.com/

I made this, this week and it was so good!!


Crock Pot Pizza Casserole

1 lb Ground beef
1.5 jar (14 oz) pizza sauce
1 jar (23 oz) spaghetti sauce
1 pkg (12 oz) noodles {I choose a Penne noodle}
4 oz Cheese, mozzarella
4 oz Cheese, cheddar
1 small can Mushrooms
1 small can sliced olives
1 Onion, diced
1 Green Pepper, diced
1 pkg PepperoniDirections
1. Brown hamburger and onion. Drain grease.
2. Cook Noodles while browning hamburger.
3. Add sauces to meat and onion mixture.
4. In crock pot add mushrooms, olives, and green pepper.
5. Spoon meat mixture into crock pot and mix all together.
6. Put in as much Pepperoni and cheese as you would like.Cook on Low for one hour, I wouldn't cook longer than two hours.

I do have to tell you when I made this, the sauce mixture did not go far - so I increased the amounts on this recipe. It is possible even with the increase it could still be a little dry, just use your best judgment on the sauce.
Additionally, I would imagine you could turn this into a half day crock pot recipe, with the hamburger being cooked in the crock pot. Overall, this was actually pretty yummy and I was sceptical!