Page 49 - Robeson Living Holiday 2018

Sweet Potato Cookies In large bowl, using hand
Prep time: 28-33 minutes mixer or paddle attachment,
cream shortening and brown
Cook time: 10-12 minutes sugar. Add egg and sweet
Serves: 36 potatoes; mix until combined.
3/4 cup vegetable In small bowl, combine flour,
shortening baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie
3/4 cup brown sugar spice. With mixer on low speed,
1 large egg slowly add flour mixture to egg
1 cup Bob Evans Mashed mixture until well mixed. Using
Sweet Potatoes small cookie scoop, drop rounds
2 cups all-purpose flour onto greased baking sheets.
1 teaspoon baking soda Bake 10-12 minutes, or until
1 teaspoon kosher salt golden brown. Cool completely
1 teaspoon pumpkin before frosting.
pie spice In separate bowl, beat together
1 cup butter, unsalted butter, powdered sugar and maple
3 cups powdered sugar extract until frosting is light and
1/2 teaspoon maple extract fluffy. Frost each cooled cookie
chopped honey roasted with maple butter cream frosting.
Sprinkle with pecans and
pecans (optional) mini marshmallows, if desired.
mini marshmallows Carefully toast marshmallows
(optional) with culinary torch, if desired,
Heat oven to 350 F. while avoiding melting frosting.

Mini Hash Brown Casseroles 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Prep time: 10 minutes In skillet, cook sausage according to
Cook time: 30 minutes package directions.
Serves: 24 Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease two
1 pound Bob Evans Original 12-cup muffin tins.
Roll Sausage In bowl, whisk eggs and milk. Add hash
4 large eggs browns, butter, ham, black pepper and
1/2 cup milk cheese; mix thoroughly. Fill muffin tins
1 package (20 ounces) Simply two-thirds full. Bake 27-30 minutes, or
Potatoes Shredded until toothpick or knife inserted in center
Hash Browns comes out clean.
3 tablespoons butter, melted Substitution: For healthier alternative,
1 cup ham, cubed substitute 1 cup AllWhites liquid egg
1/2 teaspoon black pepper whites instead of eggs.
Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves: 40
2 packages Bob Evans Thick Sliced
Hardwood Smoked Bacon, slices
cut in half
1 package Bob Evans White Cheddar
Mashed Potatoes
1 package garlic herb cheese spread
20 jalapeno peppers, halved, seeded with
membranes removed
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
Heat oven to 400 F. Set bacon out to thaw to room
temperature so it is pliable.
In mixing bowl, use rubber spatula to combine mashed
potatoes and garlic herb cheese. Stir until incorporated.
Spread 1 teaspoon mashed potato mixture in each Perfect Holiday Potatoes
jalapeno half; level each with butter knife or spatula.
Wrap each jalapeno with bacon; use three half slices
for large jalapenos or two halves for smaller sizes.
Be sure bacon is wrapped sealing in mashed potato Mashed potatoes are a staple on many know they aren't homemade.
mixture tightly. holiday menus, but all that peeling n Microwave the mashed potatoes
In small mixing bowl, combine brown sugar and and mashing can take hours. This just before dinner or throw them
cayenne pepper. Generously sprinkle over bacon and pat year, save time by using refrigerated, in a crockpot on low and pitch the
gently to make it stick. ready-to-eat mashed potatoes, such as packaging so no one knows you
Line cookie sheet with piece of parchment paper so Bob Evans Original Mashed Potatoes, didn't make them ahead of time.
sugar does not burn to pan. Bake until bacon reaches which taste just like homemade. n Buy a couple extra and store them
desired crispiness, around 25-35 minutes. n Add your family's special ingredient, in the fridge in case you have
Let peppers cool slightly before serving, about like sage butter, and no one will unexpected holiday guests.
5 minutes.