Baking Bacon

Found this great idea at Kevin & Amanda's Recipes. I love it!!! Baking makes bacon so much easier and alot less messy. You just put your bacon in the oven forget about, get it out, drain the grease and tastes just as good if not better.

Instructions:
Cut your bacon in half and lay in two 9x13-inch glass baking pans (you may have to cram a few pieces in there tight). Place your bacon filled baking dishes in a cold oven and turn the heat to 400 degrees. Don't think another thought about bacon for 25 minutes, check on it and if isn't the way you like it close the oven door and check on it every 3 to 5 minutes, until you are satisfied and your bacon is just the way you like it. Drain on paper towels.

Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

WARNING!!! EXTREME RICHNESS, EXTREME CHOCOLATE!! This recipe came from Kraft Foods. I have been wanting to try it for years and just now got around to it. This cake is so easy to make and is a must try for Chocolate Lovers. It tastes like a cake you would find in a deli and pay $3 or $4 for one slice.

Ingredients:
*1 pkg. (8 squares) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided
*1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix (I used chocolate fudge)
*1 pkg. (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
*4 eggs
*1 cup Sour Cream
*1/2 cup oil *
1/2 cup water
*1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP (Do not thaw.)
*2 Tbsp. PLANTERS Sliced Almonds

HEAT oven to 350°F.

CHOP 2 chocolate squares. Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, sour cream, oil and water in large bowl with mixer on low speed just until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 min. Stir in chopped chocolate. Pour into 2 greased 9-inch round pans.

BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 min. Loosen cakes from sides of pans. Invert onto racks; gently remove pans. Cool cakes completely.

PLACE COOL WHIP and remaining chocolate squares in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Let stand 15 min. to thicken. Stack cake layers on plate, filling and frosting with COOL WHIP frosting. Garnish with nuts. Keep refrigerated.

Cake Ingredients


Baker's Semi-Sweet


All chopped up (I did mine really fine)


Ready for the oven.

Frosting just out of the microwave and

stirred well.

Finished and ready to eat.

Oreo Dessert

Another recipe from the cooking queen Carolyn. I have been making this for years and it seems that alot of people make this dessert or something similiar. This is my husband and little brother's favorite. If you want lemon dessert instead of Oreo, use lemon lemon cookies in place of the Oreos and lemon pudding in place of the chocolate.

Ingredients:

*1 stick butter, melted

*2 rolls Oreo cookies (will need a few extra for layer & garnish)

*2c. powdered sugar

*1 (8-0z.) pkg. cream cheese

1 (8-oz.) container Cool Whip (will need additional Cool Whip to cover top)

*2 sm. pkgs. instant French vanilla pudding

*2 sm. pkgs. instant chocolate pudding

*4c. milk, divided

Instructions:

Layer the bottom of a 13 x 9 inch dish with butter and two rolls of cookies. Press down to make a crust. Mix powdered sugar, cream cheese and Cool Whip. Spread over crust. Mix chocolate pudding and 2 cups of milk. Spread over cream cheese mixture. Crumble a layer of cookies over this. Next combine vanilla pudding and remaining milk. Spread over cookies. Top with Cool Whip and garnish with crumbled cookies.

Crust

Powdered Sugar, Cream Cheese,

Cool Whip Layer

Chocolate Pudding Layer

French Vanilla Pudding Layer