Story Created:
Feb 5, 2012 at 1:37 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Feb 5, 2012 at 1:59 PM EDT
Nicole Pitt is the producer of NEWSChannel 2 at 6:00 and NEWSChannel 2 at 10:00 on the CW. Her colleagues also know her as a magician in the kitchen, so all week she shared some of her favorite recipes for your Super Bowl party as you watch the game on WKTV. If you go shopping right now, most of these can be ready by gametime.
TWO EXCELLENT DIPS
No Super Bowl party is complete without a great dip-- or two! The recipes don't have to be complicated to taste great.
Dried Beef Dip:
16 oz sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp. dill weed
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 cup of chopped green onions (scallions)
One package of dried beef (5 oz)
Mix ingredients together. Serve with crackers
Cheesy Beef Dip:
3/4 of a velveeta cheese brick
1 pound ground beef
One can of Rotel
Brown ground beef over medium heat in pan. Melt cheese in either the microwave or in a pan on the stove top. Drain beef and combine with melted cheese. Add entire can of Rotel. Serve warm with corn chips. Reheat occasionally.
SOMETHING SWEET
Puppy Chow
9 cups Crispix Cereal
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups confectionary sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Put chocolate chips, butter and peanut butter in a bowl and microwave for one minute. Stir in vanilla.
Pour mixture over cereal and stir until it's spread evenly.
Add confectionary sugar and stir until it's spread evenly.
Serve.
PIGS IN THE BLANKET
These are a great snack for any get-together- kids love to dip them! Serve them up with a condiment of your choice- ketchup, mustard, honey mustard- so many options! The lil sausages come in many different varieties as well. ENJOY!
1 pkg, lil sausages (about 40)
2 pkgs, rollout pizza dough
A dozen american cheese slices (any kind of cheese will do)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough into strips wide enough to cover the sausages. You should get 20 strips per roll of dough. Tear off a piece of the slice of cheese and roll it up with the sausage. Try to make sure none of the cheese is hanging out of the dough- it will melt in the oven and make a mess. I like to pinch the ends of the dough shut over the sausage to prevent the cheese from melting everywhere.
Bake the "Pigs" for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the dough begins to brown. Check the bottoms, sometimes the bottoms will brown before the top and while you are waiting to see color on top, the bottoms will burn! I've had that happen, especially when using airbake cookie trays.
Serve warm with your favorite dipping sauce!
"GIANTS" CHEESE BALL
4 bricks of cream cheese
2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar
2 tbsp. chopped green pepper
2 tbsp. chopped onion
2 tbsp. pimento
2 tbsp. Worchestire Sauce
2 tsp. lemon juice
One bag of real bacon bits
One bag of chopped pecans
In a large bowl...mix together the first 7 ingredients. (it's messy, but easier to use your hands).
Put the mixture in the refrigerator for several hours.
Form into the shape of a football on the platter you will serve it on.
Cover the cheese ball with the pecans and bacon bits.
Serve with crackers.
