Mallow Sweetheart Cookies

What You Need
1pkg. (20 oz.) refrigerated sliceable sugar cookies
12 JET-PUFFED Marshmallows
Decorating icing
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Roll out cookie dough to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut into 24 cookies, using 2- to 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutters, rerolling dough scraps as necessary. Place, 2 inches apart, on ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE 7 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; remove from baking sheets to wire racks. Cool completely.

TOP bottom side of each of 12 of the cookies with 1 marshmallow. Place 4 of the cookies on microwavable plate. Microwave on HIGH 15 to 20 seconds or until marshmallows begin to puff; cover with 4 of the remaining cookies, bottom sides down, to make sandwiches. Repeat with remaining cookies and marshmallows. Decorate with icing as desired.

Crock Pot Pot Roast Dips

Ingredients
1 cup water, or as needed
1 (.9 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
1 (1 ounce) packet dry au jus mix
1 (2 pound) beef chuck roast
12 hoagie rolls, split lengthwise
1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions
1.Stir together water, onion soup mix, and au jus mix in a slow cooker. Add beef, cover, and cook on High for 5 hours, or until tender. When the beef is tender, shred the meat with two forks, and continue cooking on Low 1 to 2 hours.
2.To serve, open the hoagie buns, and spoon meat mixture into the center. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and serve.

Raspberry Lemon Muffins

Ingredients
1/2 cup plain yogurt
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract (optional)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 cup frozen raspberries
2 tablespoons white sugar for decoration (optional)
Directions
1.Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin tin, or line with paper liners.
2.In a large bowl, mix together the yogurt, oil, lemon juice, egg whites, and, if using, lemon extract. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and mix until just blended. Gently stir in the frozen raspberries. Spoon batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle remaining sugar over the tops for decoration, if desired.
3.Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Cool muffins in the tin on a wire rack.

Chocolate Chip Pudding Cake

Ingredients
3.4 oz. pkg. non-instant chocolate pudding mix
2 cups milk
18 1/4 oz. pkg. chocolate cake mix
12 oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Vanilla ice cream
Bring pudding and milk to a boil in a 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in cake mix just until blended. Spread mixture into a greased and floured 13" x 9" baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream. Serves 15.

Sweet and Sour ham (great for leftover ham)

Lightly brown 2 and 1/2 cups diced ham and 1/3 cup chopped green pepper in 2 TBS oil. Mix 1 and 1/2 TBS cornstarch 3/4 cup water, 1/2 cup pineapple juice, 1 and 1/2 TBS vinegar, 2 TBS brown sugar,, 1 and 1/2 TBS prepared mustard, and dash of pepper. Add to ham, cook and stir until transparent. Add 1/2 cup pinepapple tidbits. Serve over rice. Easy and delicious.

Oven roasted green beans

Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds green beans
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Trim the ends of the green beans and add to a large bowl.

Toss with the extra-virgin olive oil, salt and pepper and spread out evenly on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Roast, stirring once halfway through, until lightly caramelized and crisp tender, 12 to 15 minutes.

chocolate mint pie

INGREDIENTS
1Pillsbury® Pet-Ritz® frozen deep dish pie crust1
1/4cups milk1package (4-serving size) chocolate pudding and pie filling mix (not instant)
1cup semisweet chocolate chips
4oz cream cheese, softened
1/2cup powdered sugar
1/4teaspoon peppermint extract
3to 5 drops green food color
2cups frozen (thawed) whipped topping
2thin rectangular chocolate and green mints, unwrapped.
DIRECTIONS
1 Heat oven to 400°F. Bake pie crust as directed on package for One-Crust Baked Pie Shell. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. 2 Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, stir together milk and pudding mix; cook as directed on package. Continue cooking over low heat while adding chocolate chips, stirring until melted. Set aside. 3 In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, peppermint extract and 1 to 2 drops of the green food color until smooth. Gently fold in 1 cup of the whipped topping. 4 Spread cream cheese mixture in shell. Top with chocolate mixture. Refrigerate at least 2 hours until set. To color remaining 1 cup whipped topping, in small bowl, stir together whipped topping and remaining 2 drops food color. Garnish pie with whipped topping. Chop mints and sprinkle over whipped topping. Cover and store in refrigerator. .