4 baked real thing Recipes

russet baking potatoes (6-8 oz.each) or 2 yukon gold baking potatoes (6-8 oz.each), unsalted. butter (less if possible) or 3 tbsp unsalted margarine (less if possible), chopped onion, chopped celery, sliced button mushroom, all-purpose flour, dried thyme, crushed, salt, ground black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes (optional, more if needed ), half-and-half (we used 2% milk) or 4 cups light cream (we used 2% milk) or 4 cups milk (we used 2% milk) or 4 cups soymilk (we used 2% milk), tomatoes (for color ), shredded sharp cheddar cheese (5 oz), low sodium chicken broth or 1 cup low sodium vegetable broth, peppery rubbed bacon (crispy broken pieces, please the real thing) or 8 slices turkey bacon (crispy broken pieces, please the real thing), sliced green onions, sour cream

unbleached flour, baking soda, salt, butter flavor crisco, splenda sugar blend for baking, splenda brown sugar blend , for baking, vanilla extract, eggs, ghirardelli chocolate chips (chocolate lovers, you can always add more chocolate chips as desired!) or 1 (12 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips (chocolate lovers, you can always add more chocolate chips as desired!) or 1 (12 oz) package dark chocolate chips (chocolate lovers, you can always add more chocolate chips as desired!)

fully-cooked shank half ham, bone in (pre-sliced is best ), sugar (i like to use 1/2 brown sugar and 1/2 white), ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, paprika, ground ginger, ground allspice