Sour Cream Coffee Cake

2 cups sugar
1 cups butter/margarine, softened
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 & 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup finely chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease bunt pan or two loaf pans.  In large bowl beat together sugar, butter/margarine, eggs and vanilla for two minutes.  In seperate bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Add dry ingredients and sour cream alternatively to the wet ingredients.  In a small bowl, prepare filling: mix brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts (optional).  Spread about 1/3 of batter into pans/pans, sprinkle each with 1/3 of filling; repeat twice. Bake for approx. 1 hour, or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.  Cool slightly and remove from pan/pans to cool.  Excellent eaten warm, and even better the day after!

Poppy Seed Chicken

3 cups cooked and cubed chicken
1 & 1/2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
1 & 1/2 sleeves Ritz crackers, crushed
1 cube butter or margarine
1 & 1/2 Tbsp. poppy seeds

Place chicken in the bottow of a greased casserole dish. Mix soup and sour cream. Pour over chicken. Melt butter and stir into crushed crackers. Add poppy seeds and mix together. Spread cracker mixture over chicken. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

Chicken Noodle Soup

3-4 chicken breasts
small pkg. egg noodles
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 cubes chicken boullion
1 - 12oz can evaporated milk
1 pint sour cream (2 cups)
mushrooms & peas - 1/2 lb. total

Simmer chicken & boullion in 1 qt water. Cook noodles in broth adding water as needed (I had to add almost another quart & maybe more). Add everything else and cook.

Baked Ziti

Ingredients:

1 lb dry ziti pasta
1 onion, chopped
1 lb lean group beef (I sometimes use italian sausage which is super yummy!)
2 (26oz) jars spaghetti sauce
6 ounces provolone cheese, sliced
1 & 1/2 cups sour cream
6 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 Tbls grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes, drain.

2. In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer as follows 1/2 of the ziti, provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated parmesan cheese.

4. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

8 skinless boneless chicken breasts
8 slices ham
8 slices swiss cheese
1 stick butter, melted
1 pks seasoned croutons (I use bread crumbs)
2 cups parmesan cheese
1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1 pt sour cream

Crush croutons and mix in large ziplock with parmesan cheese. Dip chicken in butter then shake in bag of croutons and cheese. Lay cheese and ham on chicken breast and roll, then arrange in 9x13 baking pan. Combine sour cream and soup and pour over chicken breasts. Bake at 350 for 1 hour 15 minutes.