This Chocolate Nut Fudge recipe is easy and comes out perfect every time. Box it and it makes a nice holiday treat gift.

Ingredients;
8oz-10oz jar marshmallow cream, such as Fluff
1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup evaporated whole milk
1/4 cup butter
1/4 TSP salt
11.5oz bag of milk chocolate chips
6oz bag of semi sweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup chopped raw walnut or pecan pieces
1 TSP vanilla

Directions;
In a large sauce pan, combine marshmallow cream, sugar, evaporated milk, butter and salt. Bring to a full boil on moderate heat stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and immediately add the chocolate chips stirring until the chocolate is melted. Add the vanilla and nuts and stir. Pour into a foil lined 8×8 pan. Chill until firm. Cut into desire pieces. Makes slightly over 2LBS of fudge.

Candied Sweet Potatoes Ingredients:

6 medium sweet potatoes or yams
2/3 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 TSP orange zest
1/4 cup pineapple juice

4 TBLS butter
1 TSP cinnamon
1/2 TSP nutmeg

Directions:

Preheat oven 375.
Boil the potatoes-yams until just soft but not mushy. Peel them and slice into 2 inch pieces. Place the slices in a baking pan. Set aside.  Place the the remaining ingredients, except nutmeg in a sauce pan and simmer for 10 minutes. Pour over potatoes-yams and sprinkle with nutmeg. Cover and bake for 20 minutes.

My friend Susan makes this Bacon and Sugar Cocktail Franks recipe all the time. What a great flavor combo of the salt and sweet.

Ingredients:
1 Pkg cocktail hot dogs
1 LB package bacon, any kind
1LB box dark brown sugar
Toothpicks

Directions:
Preheat oven 350.
Roll each hot dog in the bacon, just enough to go around once or twice. Then roll it in the brown sugar. Place a toothpick through the middle. Bake on a wire rack, if you have one, placed on top of a lipped cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes or until the bacon is crisp.

This Open Face Apple Tart dessert is an easy way to make an impressive dessert with little effort.

Ingredients:
4 large baking apples like Winesap, Granny Smith, peeled and sliced thin (you can use canned apples and not use the ingredients below, but the fresh are best)
1 TSP cinnamon
Dash of nutmeg
¼ cup sugar
Splash of vanilla
1 TBLS flour
Mix the apples with all the above ingredients.

1 pkg refrigerated pie crusts, such as Pillsbury (take this out of the refrigerator about 30 mins before using)
1 egg white, beaten
Sprinkle of large crystal sugar granules (sold in the baking aisle in shaker size jars)
4 sheets of wax paper
1 sheet parchment paper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425.
Put two sheets of the wax paper on a counter and unroll one of the pie crusts and cover it with the two remaining wax paper sheets. Roll out slightly, just to thin the crust a bit. Peel the wax paper away and place the crust on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Lay the apples in the middle placing them into a circle leaving about 1 1/2 inches of crust as a border. Fold the crust border toward the middle making a pleated effect all the way around the tart. Brush the folded crust with egg white and sprinkle with the large crystal sugar. Bake for 25 minutes.

This beef Stroganoff is a simple version. It can finish cooking in a crock pot if you like. Use can use any beef steak cut you like but no need to use expensive beef since it cooks the meat tender.

Ingredients:
1LB beef sirloin, sliced into strips
4TBLS flour
4 TBLS butter
1 TSP garlic powder, not salt
1 10.5 oz can beef consomme + 1 1/2 cans of water
6 oz can tomato paste
8 oz fresh mushrooms, sliced
4 oz sour cream
Egg noodles for serving cooked according the the box directions

Directions:
Coat the beef with the flour. In a large frying pan melt the butter and brown the beef. Remove the beef and add the mushrooms, saute for a few minutes covered. Add the beef and stir. Add consomme, water, garlic powder, tomato paste and stir. Cook covered on a low simmer or transfer to a crock pot. Cook for 2 hours in the frying pan or 4-5 hours in a crock pot. Stir in sour cream and simmer for a few minutes. Serve over cooked egg noodles.

Ingredients Jewish Apple cake:
3 cups unbleached flour, plus more for dusting the pan
6 medium apples of your choice, preferably those that are good for baking like Winesap or Granny Smith
2 TSP ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup orange juice
2 TSP vanilla extract
3 TSP baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 350. Use nonstick cooking oil spray to grease tall tube pan, then dust lightly with flour.

Peel and core the apples, then cut each one into 8 equal wedges. Place in a large bowl and sprinkle with the cinnamon and 3 tablespoons of the sugar, tossing to coat evenly. Beat the eggs in the bowl with a electric mixer, on low speed, until well blended. Gradually add the remaining sugar, then the oil, orange juice and vanilla extract. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt on a piece of waxed or parchment paper. Stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl. On low speed, gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture to form a smooth batter. Pour a third of the batter into the pan. Create a second layer using one-third of the apples. Repeat to create a total of 6 layers, ending with apples on top. Bake for 1 hour, the top should be golden brown, and a toothpick inserted into the cake should come out with a few moist crumbs.
Let the cake sit for at least 20 minutes before unmolding.