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Beery Kielbasa Appetizers

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Sounds like Super Bowl to me!

Ingredients:

  • 18 oz beer
  • 18 oz barbecue sauce
  • ½ c brown sugar
  • ¼ c Dijon mustard
  • 2 lbs kielbasa sausage cut into ½ inch pieces
  • toothpicks

Directions:

  1. Combine beer, barbecue sauce, brown sugar and Dijon mustard in a large skillet over medium heat.
  2. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
  3. Reduce heat to low and add kielbasa pieces.
  4. Simmer until kielbasa is browned and glazed, about 1 hour.
  5. Serve warm in a chaffing dish.
  6. Don’t forget toothpicks in a bowl and a bowl for used ones.

Serves: Makes about 64 pieces

Source: allrecipes.com, submitted by ladderman229

Busterback Cross Country Ski Ranch Soda Cracker Candy

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OMG are these GOOD!!!!
Ingredients:

  • 1 c butter
  • 1 c brown sugar
  • salted or lightly salted soda crackers
  • 12 oz Semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  • slivered almonds
  • Pam

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Line cookie sheet with foil.
3. Spray with Pam.
4. Put soda crackers on foil in a single layer, touching.
5. Melt butter and sugar.
6. Bring to a boil and stir while boiling for 2 minutes.
7. Pour butter/sugar mixture over soda crackers, covering evenly with a spatula.
8. Place in oven for 5 minutes.
9. Remove (it will be puffy)  and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
10. As chips melt, spread them with a spatula
11. Sprinkle almonds over the chocolate.
12. Place in refrigerator until cold.
13. Break into pieces.

Serves: A crowd.  (don’t believe it – you will hide them and eat them all yourself.)

Notes:
I used Egg Matzah because the soda crackers were way past their prime.  Worked great.  Salt them slightly.

Source: Bless the Cook, St Thomas Episcopal Church, Sun valley Idaho