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Artichoke Appetizer

Ingredients
4eacheggs, beaten
2poundcheddar cheese, grated
12ozmarinated artichokes, jars, cut-up
1salt, to taste
1pepper, to taste
1tabasco, dash to taste
3eachgreen onions, chopped fine
6eachsoda crackers, crushed
1eachclove garlic, crushed

Directions:

Saute onions and garlic in artichoke oil; then drain. Mix all
ingredients and spread in greased 8×8 inch pan. Bake at 325 for 30 min.
Can be baked, frozen and re-heated. This recipe was a great success
at a party Christmas Eve.


Category:Appetizers

Baked Caramel Corn

1 c Butter

2 c Brown Sugar

1/2 c Cornsyrup

1 ts Salt

1/2 ts Baking Soda

1 ts Vanilla

6 qt Popped Popcorn

Melt butter; stir in brown sugar, cornsyrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, than boil,without stirring for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in soda and vanilla. Gradually pour over corn, mix well. Turn into two large, shallow baking pans. Bake at 250 degrees F for 1 hour, stir every 15 minutes. Remove from oven, cool completly. Break apart and store in tightly covered containers. Found this in some magazine a while ago, dont know which one any more! From Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120


Category:Appetizers

Baked Cheddar Olives

1 c Cheddar cheese, grated

2 tb Unsalted butter, softened

1/2 c Flour

1/8 ts Cayenne pepper

24 Pimiento-stuffed olives (a 3

-oz. jar) Drain olives and pat dry with towels. Combine cheese and butter in a bowl. Add flour and cayenne and blend until well mixed. Drop the dough by Tablespoons onto wax paper and wrap or mold each piece of dough around an olive, covering it completely. Bake the wrapped olives on a baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 400f oven for 15 minutes or until golden. Serve warm. Makes 24 olives.


Category:Appetizers

BAKED CLAMS

Ingredients
12eachcherrystone clams
2teaspoonbutter or margarine
1/4cupfinely chopped onion
1eachclove garlic, peeled and crushed
1eachegg, slightly beaten
1/4cupbread crumbs, seasoned
1/8teaspoonoregano leaves, dried
1/3cupbread crumbs, seasoned
2teaspoonbutter, or margarine, melted

Directions:

Remove clams from half shell and chop coarsely. Set clams and shells
aside.

In a medium-sized, heat-resistant, non-metallic mixing bowl place 2
tablespoons butter. Heat in Microwave Oven 30 seconds or until melted.

Add onion and garlic. Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 3 energy 3
minutes or until onion is tender. Add egg, the 1/4 cup bread crumbs,
chopped
clams and oregano to onion mixture.

Spoon mixture into reserved shells. Place shells on a heat- resistant,
non-metallic serving platter.

In a small bowl combine the 1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs and the 2
tablespoons melted butter. Sprinkle buttered bread crumbs on top of clam
mixture.

Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 5 minutes or until heated through.




Category:Appetizers