Rolo Candy Squares

Square pretzels

Rolo candies, unwrapped

1/2 pecan nuts (halves, not pieces or whole)

Lay square pretzels on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Top each with a Rolo candy.

Bake at 250 degrees for 4 minutes.

Immediately top with 1/2 pecan and gently push down, spreading Rolo over the pretzel. Refrigerate for one hour.

Yummy and easy!

Hamburger/Green Bean Casserole

1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1 cup chopped onions
1 t salt
1/8 t pepper
1/8 t thyme
2 or 3 cans (16 oz) green beans, drained
1 can (10 1/2 oz) cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sour cream

Brown ground beef and onions. Add the rest of the ingredients, stirring until well mixed. Pour into a 2 qt casserole dish.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until browned.

Dirt Cake

1/4 cup softened butter
1 8-oz pkg softened cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
3 1/2 cups milk
2 small pkgs (3 1/2 oz) instant vanilla pudding or one vanilla and one chocolate
12 oz Cool Whip
36 crushed Oreo cookies--or more, if desired
Gummy worms and frogs, as desired
Chocolate candy rocks, as desired

Cream butter, cream cheese & powdered sugar. In another bowl, mix milk & pudding, then stir in Cool Whip. Combine the two mixtures.

Put 1/3 of crushed cookies in the bottom of a plastic bin (about 9x9"), foil-lined clay pot, or plastic sand pail. Next layer 1/2 of the pudding mixture with gummy worms mixed in. Layer another 1/3 of cookies, rest of the pudding mixture, and top with last layer of cookie crumbs with gummy worms crawling out of the "dirt." Use plastic or silk flowers on top, with frogs underneath and rocks spread around.

Serve when chilled, using a shovel or garden trowel. Makes 10-12 servings.