Oven Ready Souper burgers/Twice Baked Potatoes/Peanut Butter Monster Cookies

this is another one of our favorite meals.  So quick and so easy!  and especially DELICIOUS

OVEN READY SOUPER BURGERS

1 lb ground beef
1/2 pkg dry onion soup mix
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
Hamburger buns

Brown ground beef.  Drain grease.  Add onion, soup and mushroom soup.  (Do Not Heat).  spoon mixture on buns.  Sprinkle with grated cheese.  wrap each bun in foil and freeze.

When ready to serve, remove from freezer 20 minute before baking in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.  Depending on how much filling you like, Makes 8 sandwiches. 

TWICE BAKED POTATOES

6 medium baking potatoes
butter, softened (for greasing)
salt, to taste
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup hot milk
1 t onion salt
2 T butter
1/2 t fresh ground pepper
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
paprika, for garnish

Yield:  12 servings


Cooking Day

Clean potatoes and dry.  Grease potatoes with butter and salt the skins.  Bake potatoes at 350 degrees for 1 hour.  Remove from oven and cool until you are able to handle them.  cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop cooked potatoe out into mixing bowl, being careful to keep the skins whole.  Mash potatoes with cream cheese, hot milk, onion salt, butter, and pepper.  Pile potato mixture back into skins.  Sprinkle with paprika and parsley.  Wrap potatoes individually in plastic wrap and freeze, using freezer bag method. 

Serving Day

Thaw potatoes completely.  Place in 350 degree oven and bake for 20 minutes or until heated through. 

Hint

A melon baller makes quick work of scooping out the cooked potato

PEANUT BUTTER MONSTER COOKIES

2 sticks margarine
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
6 eggs
1 1/2 t Karo syrup
2 T baking soda
1 T vanilla
3 cups Peanut butter
7 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 lb chocolate chips
1/2 lb M&M's

Yield:  6 1/2 dozen cookies

Cooking day instructions

Cream together margarine and sugars.  Add eggs, Karo, soda, vanilla, and peanut butter.  Beat well.  Stir in oats, chocolate chips, and M&M's.  Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.  Cool completely.  Freeze, using instructions for baked goods.  Note:  There is no flour in this recipe. 

Hint

For fresh-baked cookies, cookie dough balls may be flash frozen on cooking day, then thawed and baked on serving day. 


I usually cook several batches of these cookies at a time, so I'm stocked up for "snacks" for the granddaughters and the hubby of course.  They are good with a dish of ice cream or fresh fruit.