Holly's Stew

You will need sugar cookie dough, chocolate chips, pecans, butter, caramel ice cream topping, light brown sugar and graham crackers.   Take a 16.5oz tube of refrigerated sugar cookie dough and spread out and lightly press into an ungreased 9x13 pan. You will need a 12oz bag of chocolate chips (I used mini for this) and a 8oz (2 cups) bag of pecans (pieces or chopped) for this recipe. In a small bowl combine 1 cup of the chocolate chips and 1 cup of the pecans and sprinkle evenly over the sugar cookie dough.  Lightly press into the dough. In a 2 quart sauce pan on medium-high heat melt down 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter.  Add 1 12.25oz jar of caramel ice cream topping, 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar and 1 cup crushed graham crackers.  Heat to a boil, stirring occasionally.  Once your mixture comes to a boil, remove from heat and pour evenly over your dough with the chips and pecans. Combine your remainin...

You will need boneless/skinless chicken breasts, sour cream, chunky salsa and cheese. This recipe is for 2 good sized chicken breasts. First cut of any excess fat.  There is always 2 sides to a chicken breast, smooth and a bit rough.  The picture above is the smooth side up.  Once you have trimmed any excess fat place the smooth side down. Using the flat side of a meat tenderizer pound out your chicken breast to about 1/4 inch thick.  With a paper towel pat 'dry' you chicken.   In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup chunky salsa, 1/2 cup finely shredded cheese (the Colby & Monterey Jack combo was really good in this recipe) and 4oz sour cream.  Mix well. Spread out about half of your mixture on your chicken.  Roll/fold up your chicken.  Some of the spread will seep out. Place your rolled/folded chicken on a baking sheet lined with foil (shiny side up).  Any extra spread you have in the ...

You will need butter, brown sugar, sugar, flour, oats, egg, vanilla, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, powdered sugar and whipping cream. First mix together 1 1/4 cup softened butter and 1/2 cup sugar.  Add 1 cup packed brown sugar, mix well. Blend in 1 egg and 2 teaspoons vanilla.  Mix well and set aside. In a large bowl combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt , 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 3 cups oats.  Mix well. Add in your butter/sugar mixture and mix very well. Place a ball of your cookie mixture (about the size of a golf ball) on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (for those of you who have not used parchment paper - you can use the same sheet for all the baking of the cookies, you do not need a new sheet every time).  Place them about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.  When you remove the pan from the oven, let the cookies rest on the pan for 2 minutes. After the 2 minu...

You will need pistachio pudding mix, mini marshmallows, crushed pineapple, pecans and cool whip. In a large bowl combine 1-3.4 oz pistachio flavored jell-o pudding mix, 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows, and 1/2 cup chopped pecans.  Add 1-20oz can undrained crushed pineapple. Mix together very well. Now add 1 1/2 cups (half of an 8oz tub) thawed cool whip. Mix well and refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve. Enjoy!!