Cooking While Watching the Game.

Well everyone has gone to the MSU vs Ark Game so I am home cooking.  My son will be coming in tonight after the game.  Hoping he will be happy and not sad.  I love my Bulldogs but on even given day they can give it away or take it away.  You just never know.

I made pies and sausage balls(Jana's request) today.  I also made two cakes.  One is a Princess cake for my little Princess that is coming to see me and a caramel birthday cake for my Brand's birthday.  Laurel asked Meemaw to make a pink cake so I made strawberry cake in a doll pan.  I will ice it with strawberry icing and decorate it with yellow and green.  The doll has brown hair like my little princess.  Hope she likes it.  Brand asked for a cake like I fixed for Sandy's birthday.  So Caramel it is.  The cakes are made and cooling.  Later I will decorate.

Sausage Balls
1 lb. sausage
1 lb. cheddar cheese shredded
3 cups Bisquick

Mix sausage and cheese.  Mix in Bisquick.  Preheat oven at 375 degree. Shape into balls and bake for 15 to 18 minutes.

Sweet Potato Pie
1 unbaked (9 in) Pie Crust
2 cups cooked and mashed sweet Potatoes
2 Tbsp of butter, softened(or margarine)
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon(I used pumpkin spices)
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together mashed sweet potatoes, butter or margarine and eggs.  In a separate bowl, mix together sugar, flour, and salt.  Mix in spices if desired.  Add to sweet potato mixture and stir well.
Mix together Buttermilk and baking soda.  Add to sweet potato mixture and stir well.  Mix in vanilla.  Pour filling into an unbaked crust.  Bake in preheated oven for 70 minutes until set in center.

Pecan Pie( Recipe comes from the Karo syrup bottle)
1 cup of dark Karo Syrup
3 eggs
1 cup of sugar
2 Tbsp of melted margarine
1 tsp of vanilla
1 to 11/2 cups of pecan halves(or chopped pecans--which ever you prefer.)
1 unbaked pie shell

Stir together Karo, eggs, sugar, margarine and vanilla.  Mix in pecans.  Pour into a pie shell.  Bake in oven for 70 minutes. Check on crust after 45 minutes if getting too brown cover with aluminum foil and finish baking.  Cool for two hours before slicing.

Easy Caramel Icing
1/2 cup butter/margarine
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup milk
1-3/4 to 2 cups of Confectioner's sugar

Melt butter in saucepan.  Add brown sugar. Boil over low heat 2 minutes, stirring constantly.  Cool to lukewarm.  Gradually add confectioner's sugar.  Beat until thick enough to spread.  Note: if icing becomes to stiff add a little hot water.

I hope you will try some of these recipes.  I love making them.  Have a good holiday.