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  Directions:

  Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium size bowl, cream together cream cheese, pineapple, and 1 tbsp. sugar until well combined.

  Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and remaining 1 cup sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs and milk and beat until thoroughly combined. Add flour, nuts, and baking powder and continue to beat until blended. (It will be stiff.)

  Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon of batter into each of the prepared muffin cups. Top with 1 tablespoon of cream cheese filling and then spoon 1 tablespoon of batter over the filling. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 10 more minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Serve and enjoy!

  AL’S FAVORITE PIZZA

  Ingredients:

  1 pizza crust (I like Boboli.)

  4 tbsp. olive oil

  2/3 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

  1/3 cup blue cheese salad dressing (I like Bob’s Big Boy.)

  ½ lb. pork sausage

  ½ cup fresh mushrooms, sliced

  ½ cup chopped fresh onion

  2 garlic cloves, peeled and diced

  2 green onions, chopped

  2 tbsp. basil leaves, chopped

  OPTIONAL: Pizza stone and pizza peel

  Instructions:

  Preheat oven to 425 degrees. If you have a pizza stone, put it in the oven.

  Heat 1 tbsp. olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and mushrooms. Cook until limp. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Put onion mixture in small bowl.

  Heat 1 tbsp. olive oil over medium heat. Fry the sausage until brown, breaking it up by stirring it from time to time so it becomes bite size. Remove from heat.

  Place crust on pizza peel or cutting board. Spread 2 tbsp. olive oil on crust and then spread blue cheese dressing on top. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Evenly distribute onion mixture over the crust. Scatter sausage over crust.

  Transfer pizza crust to stone or put into oven on oven rack. Cook for 12 – 15 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle basil and green onion over it. Let sit for 3 minutes. Slice and serve. Enjoy!

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  ABOUT DIANNE

  I live in Huntington Beach, California, with my husband, Tom, a former California State Senator, and my boxer dog, Kelly. My passions are cooking, reading, and dogs, so whenever I have a little free time, I am either in the kitchen, playing with Kelly in the back yard, or curled up with the latest book I'm reading.

  Her other books are available below:

  Amazon: Blue Coyote Motel

  Amazon: Coyote in Provence

  Amazon: Cornered Coyote

  Amazon: Coyote Series

  Amazon: Kelly’s Koffee Shop

  Amazon: Murder at Jade Cove

  Amazon: White Cloud Retreat

  Amazon: Marriage and Murder

  Amazon: Murder in Cottage #6

  Amazon: Murder in the Pearl District

  Amazon: Murder and Brandy Boy

  Amazon: Murder in Calico Gold

  Amazon: The Death Card

  Amazon: Murder at The Cooking School

  Amazon: Murder & The Monkey Band

  Amazon: Murder at The Bed & Breakfast

  Amazon: Murder at The Secret Cave

  Amazon: Murder in Cuba

  Amazon: The Blue Butterfly

  Amazon: Trouble at the Kennel

  Amazon: Murdered by Words

  Amazon: Murdered by Country Music

  Amazon: Murder at the Big T Lodge

  Amazon: Murdered in Argentina

  Amazon: Murder on the East Coast

  Amazon: Murder at the Clinic

  Amazon: Murder at the Polo Club

  Amazon: Alexis

  Amazon: Trouble at the Animal Shelter

  Amazon: Murder in Calistoga

  Amazon: Murder on Bainbridge Island

  Amazon: Murder & The Movie Star

  Amazon: Murder in Whistler

  Amazon: Murdered by Plastic Surgery

  Amazon: Murder in Seattle

  Amazon: Murder after Midnight

  Amazon: Murder in San Francisco

  Amazon: Murder at Le Bijou Bistro

  Amazon: Murder at the Courthouse

  Amazon: Murder at the Gallery

  Amazon: Murder at the Waterfront

  Amazon: Murder at the Gearhart

  Amazon: Murdered by Superstition

  Amazon: Red Zero 1

  Amazon: Red Zero 2

  Amazon: Red Zero 3

  Amazon: The Professor’s Predicament

  Amazon: Murder at the Church

  Amazon: Murdered by Prejudice

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