Fall is upon us and the cool weather season has begun! Time to get your fireplaces cleaned out and your Fall menu started off right with these two recipes from our kitchen.

Cheeseburger Soup

2.5 lbs. ground beef

1 onion diced

2 Tbsp. dill

Flour

2 cups pickle juice

4 cups chicken stock

1 cup heavy cream

1 cup chopped pickles

4 oz Havarti with dill cheese grated

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Sauté onions and add ground beef

Add dill

Add enough flour to pick up the cooked ground beef

Add pickle juice and chicken stock

Cook until thickens

add heavy cream & chopped pickles

Remove from heat and add grated cheese

Check for salt and pepper

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And for desert,

Cream Cheese Stuffed Brownies

2 quarts sugar

24 eggs

6 cups flour

4 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. salt

4 tsp. vanilla extract

1 LB dark chocolate

2 lbs. Semi –sweet chocolate

2 lbs. Butter

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Melt butter and chocolate over a double boiler until smooth

Pour into mixing bowl

Add eggs and mix 5 min

Add sugar and mix until no more granular of sugar

Folds in dry ingredients do not over mix.

2lbs. Of cream cheese

1 lb. of powder sugar

Cream all until smooth

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Pour ½ of brownie mix into sheet pan squeeze cream cheese mixture in lines across pan ¼ inch apart until completely lined out.

Pour the remaining brownie mix on top and bake for 35 min until inserted knife comes out clean.

If you are making walnut brownies then leave out the cream cheese and just add nuts.