"Poor Knight"

We made this on New Years Day morning for breakfast and I think it may become a tradition.  While the original recipe calls for stollen, we used cinnamon raisin bread instead, and I think it came out great. We made a few alterations, but over all I really enjoyed this one.

Ingredients:

3 1/2 oz Cranberry Jelly

1/2 cup Orange Juice

2 pinches ground Cinnamon

2 eggs

3/4 cup milk

1 1/2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp Vanilla

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions:

In a small pan, combine cranberry jelly, orange juice and cinnamon (the jelly will take a while to liquefy down, so just keep it from burning to the bottom of the pan) and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and make sure the syrup is well mixed.

Spray a frying pan with cooking oil and turn on heat to prepare. Whip eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla together in a shallow dish and turn each slice of bread into the mixture before placing on hot frying pan. Heat each side until golden brown.

Serve with vanilla ice cream and cranberry orange syrup.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is a recipe I've been carrying around since I was in Middle School.

Preheat Oven: 375 degrees

• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 3/4 cup Margarine
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1 Egg
• 2 cups Flour
• 1/2 ts Salt
• 3/4 cup Chocolate Chips

Cream ingredients through egg. Separately combine remaining ingredients except the chips. Mix well, then stir in chips.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes.

2 Ingredient Vanilla Scones

Preheat Oven: 350 degrees

• 3 cups Self-Rising Flour
• 2 1/2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream, melted

Pour ice cream into large bowl; fold in flour until dough just begins to come together. Using your hands, gently knead the dough into a ball, adding flour as necessary to keep from sticking

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and roll into a 9x13-inch rectangle. Cut the dough into 12 circles 3-inches in diameter and place on baking sheet.

Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.

Shaped Vanilla Cookies

Preheat Oven: 375 degrees

• 1 cup Margarine
• 1 cup White Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tsps Vanilla Extract
• 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 tsp  Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Salt

Cream together margarine, sugar and eggs. Stir in Vanilla, flour, baking soda and salt.

Roll out (not too thin) and cut into any shape. Bake for 8 minutes.

Tripple Chocolate and Vanilla Cheesecake

Preheat Oven: 350 degrees

Cheesecake:

• 1 1/2 cups Oreos, finely crushed
• 3 tbsp Butter or Magarine, melted
• 4 8-oz packages Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 14-oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 4 large Eggs
• 1/3 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 1-oz squares Semi Sweet Chocolate, melted

Glaze:

• 2 1-oz squares Semi Sweet Chocolate
• 1/4 cup whipping cream

Combine cookie crumbs and butter, press firmly on bottom of 9-inch spring form pan.

In large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add eggs, flour and vanilla. Mix well. Divide batter in half.

Add chocolate to one half of batter; mix well. Pour into prepared pan and top with vanilla batter.

Bake 50-55 minutes or until center is set. Cool.

Prepare Glaze:  In a sauce pan, melt semi sweet chocolate squares with whipping cream  cook and stir until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat.

Top cheesecake with glaze,  Serve.

Store left overs in refrigerator, covered.