Food Friday: Recipes for Party Chicken and Raspberry Delight

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Here are two dishes that you can make for Valentine's Day or whenever you want to make someone feel special!  I've been making these two recipes for 20-30 years and they always meet with rave reviews!

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Raspberry Delight

This dish can be made ahead!

Serves: 12-16

Ingredients:

2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 Tbsp sugar

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp salt

2 cups whipped topping

1 (6 oz) or 2 (3 oz) packages raspberry gelatin

2 cups boiling water

2 (10 oz) pkg sweetened frozen raspberries

Additional whipped topping (optional)

Fresh mint (optional)

Directions:

• In a bowl, combine flour and sugar; blend in butter with a wooden spoon until smooth.
• Press into an ungreased 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until set (crust will not brown).  Cool.
• In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
• Fold in whipped topping.  Spread over crust.

For Topping:

• Dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in raspberries.
• Chill for 20 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken.
• Spoon over filling.
• Refrigerate until set.
• Cut into squares; garnish with whipped topping and mint if desired.

Party Chicken

Serves: 8-12

Ingredients:

8 boneless skinless chicken breasts

8 slices bacon

1 (4 oz) jar dried beef

1 can cream of mushroom soup (or cream of chicken soup)

1 (8 oz) carton sour cream

Directions:

• Shred the chipped beef and layer in bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
• Wrap each chicken breast with a slice of bacon.
• Combine soup and sour cream and spread over the top of the chicken.
• Now, depending on when you want to serve this dish, you have baking options:

Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or
Bake at 300 degrees F for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or
Bake at 250 degrees F for 2-3 hours.

This dish can be assembled ahead of time and refrigerated until ready to bake.

Enjoy!