Recipe : Brilliant Potatoes With Paprika and Caramelized Onions

Ingredients
3 tablespoons canola oil
2 large Vidalia or other sweet onions, roughly chopped
4 (15 ounce) cans whole new potatoes, drained
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon dried minced garlic
2 tablespoons paprika
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Heat the canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat, then stir in the Vidalia onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned deep brown, 10 to 15 minutes. While the onions are caramelizing, toss the drained potatoes with the olive oil in a large bowl. Season with garlic salt, garlic powder, dried minced garlic, and black pepper; toss until well coated, then pour into the prepared baking dish, and spread into a single layer.
Sprinkle the caramelized onions on top of the potatoes, then dot the top of the dish with the room temperature butter, and sprinkle with paprika. Bake uncovered in the preheated oven until the outsides of the potatoes are crisp, 45 to 55 minutes.

Recipe : Blueberry Snow

Ingredients
1 (10 inch) angel food cake
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (21 ounce) can blueberry pie filling
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
Break angel food cake into small pieces, and spread into the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
Mix together confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and milk until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Pour over cake pieces. Pour blueberries over all. Chill for 4 hours or overnight.

Recipe : Apple and Carrot Christmas Pudding

Ingredients
4 carrots, peeled and grated
2 apples - peeled, cored, and grated
1 cup raisins (optional)
1 cup fine bread crumbs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground allspice
2/3 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
4 eggs

Directions
Combine the carrots, apples, raisins, and bread crumbs in a bowl. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice in a separate small bowl. Cream together the butter, sugar, and eggs in a separate large bowl; stir in the flour mixture. Add the carrot mixture and mix well. Transfer mixture to a lightly-greased, 2-quart mold.
Place a steamer rack in the bottom of a large, deep pot. Set the filled mold on top of the steamer rack. Pour enough water into the bottom of the pot to cover the bottom 2/3 of the mold. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer for 2 hours 45 minutes, adding water occasionally to maintain the water level. Remove from water and allow to cool 10 minutes before turning out of mold onto a plate.

Recipe : Bacon Baked Beans

Ingredients
6 slices bacon
2 (16 ounce) cans baked beans
1 onion, diced
1/4 cup yellow mustard
3/4 cup ketchup
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 Granny Smith apple - peeled, cored and diced

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cook bacon in a large skillet or in the microwave until much of the grease has been released, but the bacon is still flexible. Drain on paper towels and set aside.
In a 9 inch square baking dish, stir together the baked beans, onion, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar and apple. Top with slices of bacon.
Bake uncovered for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bacon is crisp and beans are bubbling hot.

Recipe : Baked Apples with Mint

Ingredients
4 Red Delicious apples
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint leaves
4 teaspoons butter

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Core apples and peel off a 1 inch strip around the hole on the top of each apple. Place apples in a shallow baking dish.
Combine raisins, brown sugar, and mint leaves. Fill apples with the raisin mixture. Top the raisin filling in each apple with 1 teaspoon butter.
Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 50 minutes, until apples are tender.