Hill Country Pecan Spread Food

PECAN SPREAD

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, milk, green bell pepper, garlic salt, pepper, onion and sour cream.
• Place in a bowl or on a plate you're going to serve.
• Melt butter in a separate pan and add nuts and salt.
• Stir well and drain on a paper towel.
• Spoon nuts over cheese mixture.
• Serve with crackers.
• For the Snowcap Spread and Pecan Spread mixed, mix in the green olives, red bell pepper and deviled ham.

HILL COUNTRY PECAN SPREAD

Steps:

• Using an electric mixer, blend together softened cream cheese and milk.
• Stir in dried beef, green pepper, onion, sour cream, garlic, pepper and jalapenos.
• Mix well.
• Pour into 1 quart baking dish.
• Melt butter in small skillet.
• Add pecans and saute over medium heat until light brown.
• Spread over cream cheese mixture, and bake in a pre-heated 350*F oven for 20 minutes.

HILL COUNTRY COCOA-PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; lightly grease and flour-dust a 10-inch deep-dish pie plate; set aside.
• Using your hands, mix flour with butter until fat is dispersed evenly into small pieces about half the size of a pea.
• Add cold water and salt and knead just until dough comes together (overmixing will make a tough crust).
• Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Place chilled dough on a surface lightly dusted with flour.
• Toss a bit of flour on pie dough and roll out with a rolling pin to a 1/4 inch thickness.
• Place in prepared pie plate.
• Shape dough to plate and place parchment paper in plate.
• Fill pie plate with pie weights (dried beans or rice) to prevent bottom of shell from cooking.
• Bake pie shell for 12-20 minutes or until almost done.
• Be sure that dough does not get brown.
• Remove from oven and let cool.
• Remove paper and pie weights.
• In saucepan, combine butter, sugars and honey, and bring to a rapid boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes, or until mixture bubbles.
• Add cream, chocolate and pecans, and continue to cook, stirring until mixture bubbles again.
• Pour filling into baked pie shell.
• Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes, or until bubbles appear.
• Remove from oven and chill.
• Serve pie cold with vanilla or coffee ice cream.