Friday Fixins!

Welcome to Friday again. Another whole week has shot by and here comes a hot dry weekend again!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* RECIPE: CHOCOLATE TURTLE CHEESECAKE *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* INGREDIENTS: 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 14 ounces individually wrapped caramels 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk 1 cup chopped pecans 1/2 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened DIRECTIONS: Melt the butter or margarine, and combine with the cookie crumbs. Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Melt the caramels with the evaporated milk in a 1 1/2 quart heavy saucepan over low heat. Heat and stir frequently until smooth. Pour caramel sauce into crust, and top with pecans. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla; beat well until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Melt the chocolate, and blend into cream cheese mixture. Pour chocolate batter over pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Loosen cake from the edges of pan, but do not remove rim until cooled. Chill completely. Yield: 9-inch Cheesecake Category: Cakes, Desserts The Daily Recipe Website	*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* RECIPE: CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* INGREDIENTS: 6 ea Chicken breasts 1/2 c Onion, chopped 1/2 c Celery, chopped 3 tb Butter 3 tb White wine, dry 7 1/2 oz Crabmeat, flaked 1/2 c Herb stuffing mix 2 tb All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Paprika 1 pk Hollandaise sauce mix 3/4 c Milk 2 tb White wine, dry 1/2 c Swiss cheese, shredded 1 x Salt 1 x Pepper DIRECTIONS: Skin & bone chicken breasts; pound to flatten. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Cook onion and celery in 3T butter until tender. Remove from heat; add 3T wine, the crab and stuffing mix, and toss. Divide mixture among breasts. Roll up and secure. Combine flour, paprika. Coat chicken. Place in 11" X 7" X 2" baking dish , drizzle with 2T melted butter. Bake uncovered in 375 degree oven for 1 hour. Transfer to platter. Blend hollandaise sauce mix, milk. Cook, stirring, until thick. Add remaining wine and cheese. Stir until cheese melts. Serve over chicken. Yield: 6 Servings Category: Chicken, Main Dishes The Daily Recipe Website