Taco Seasoning

This homemade taco seasoning mix is almost perfect. Because my small kids & husband don't like spicy food I've altered the spiciness.

1 teaspoon of each of the following
     - chili powder
     -garlic powder
     -ground cumin
     -dried oregano leaves
     -sugar

2 teaspoons of onion powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Mix all together before adding to cooked meat.
It says it makes 3 tablespoons of seasoning mix which is equivalent to 1/4 ounce package you can buy in the store.

Caramel Popcorn

I found this Caramel Popcorn recipe and because I was out of brown sugar I changed only that part. For the 2 cups of brown sugar I added 2 cups of regular granulated sugar and 4 T of molasses. It's really good - like make at least two batches good!

1 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
4T molasses
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 quarts of popped popcorn

Melt butter, stir in all ingredients minus the vanilla, baking soda and popcorn.
Once boiling, boil for four minutes without stirring. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour over popcorn while stirring to evenly coat.
Cook at 250 degrees for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

Peppermint Patties

I found these peppermint patties online and made only a couple of changes.

I don't use the chocolate chips, I use chocolate bricks. Make sure you add the oil to the chocolate, it makes it taste better!

When cutting them I cut in squares so I don't have to roll it out multiple times!

For drying I use my dehydrator on high for about twenty minutes - sometimes longer - it depends on the consistency of the patties. I then put them in the fridge to cool completely. Once cooled, I dip them, dry them and eat!