Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Fresh Polish Sausage En Casserole a la Patti


2 pkgs fresh polish sausage Jewel meat case
1 large drained jars of sauerkraut
brown sugar to taste (litely)
4 apples chopped with skins
2 onions chopped large
3-4 sweet red peppers chopped pieces

Saute sausage in small amount real butter till brown. Place in large crock pot. Pour sauerkraut
over sausage layering with apples, onions, and lite sprinklings of brown sugar. Cook low in
crock 6 hours. Add red peppers on low for 1/2 hour or till crisp/tender.

My family went crazy for this......

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Lite Pineapple Upside Down Cake



topping:
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 stick margarine
pineapple rings
maraschino cherries

In cake pan on soft burner melt 1/2 stick marg. and 1/2 c. brown sugar together till liquid. Turn
off burner. Place 4 drained pineapple slices on the cake as shown and place cherries in ea.
pineapple hole and in the middle.

In lg bowl combine:
1 1/2 c. Bisquick (I used Heart Smart Lite)
1 egg
1/2 c milk
2 Tab. softened margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat for 4 minutes. Pour over mixture in pan. Bake 350 1/2 hour. Check till lite brown and
toothpick in middle of cake is clean when tested. Immediately flip cake over onto plate.
Delicious warm.

This cake literally melts in your mouth. I altered the recipe using no sugar in the Bisquick batter
and it is so lite, not heavy like any other upside down cake. I always double the recipe as every-
one wants to take some home, lol....

Note: May add nuts and coconut after pineapple is placed in sugar mixture in pan; otherwise
nuts appear on top and pineapple design will not show thru.

This cake is also delicious with peach slices and if you make it with apricots you'll never want
pineapple in the cake again...apricots in cake are the best, even if you dislike apricots, you'll
be amazed how great the cake is using them!