This is a great recipe from Pampered Chef. 

Apple Danish Braid

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
• 2 pkgs. refrigerated crescent rolls
• 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
• 1 TBS. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. In a bowl, combine cream cheese and powdered sugar until well blended. Add egg mixing until smooth.
3. Unroll 1 pkg. of crescent dough; do not separate. Arrange longest sides of dough across width of 12" x 15" rectangle baking stone or cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining pkg. of dough. Roll dough to seal perforations.
4. On longest sides of baking stone, cut dough into strips 1-1/2 inches apart, 3 inches deep using pizza cutter (there will be 6 inches in the center for the filling).
5. Spread half of cream cheese mixture evenly over middle of dough.
6. Peel, core and slice apples. Cut slices crosswise in half; evenly arrange apple slices over cream cheese mixture.
7. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.
8. Scoop remaining cream cheese mixture over apples; sprinkle with pecans.
9. To braid, lift strips of dough across mixture to meet in center, twisting each strip one turn. Continue alternating strips to form a braid. Tuck ends under to seal at end of braid.
10. Bake 25-28 minutes or until deep golden brown. Remove from oven. Cut & serve.

Note: I halved this recipe in the picture above.

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Homestyle Green Beans

Ingredients:

• 1 large can Italian style green beans (We love Allen’s brand)

• 1/4 sweet onion, chopped

• 2 slices of bacon, chopped

• Pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Sauté onion and bacon in a medium saucepan over medium heat until bacon is browning and onion is translucent.  Stir frequently. 
2. Pour can of green beans into sauce pan.  Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until ready to serve.  Pepper to taste.

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This is another family favorite.  The kids love it as much as we do.  Super simple.  I typically serve with a salad or green beans and corn.  The original recipe calls for poppy seeds but I never include them because I don’t have those on hand. 

Ritz Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 package of chicken, cooked and chopped

• 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup

• 1 cup sour cream

• 1 1/2 cups crushed Ritz crackers (1 sleeve)

• 1/2 cup butter, melted

• 1 teaspoon poppy seeds (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with Pam or butter. In a medium bowl, stir together the soup and sour cream. Add chicken and stir. Pour into baking dish.
3. Place the Ritz crackers in a large plastic bag.  Crush the crackers using a rolling pin.  In a separate bowl, stir together the crushed crackers, poppy seeds and melted butter. Sprinkle over the chicken mixture.
4. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top of the casserole is browned and the sauce is bubbly.

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