I've been using this same recipe for years. I live at high elevation and it comes out as written PERFECT. Used this as cupcakes and layered cake. We like ours with a simple ganache if baked in bunt pan, and buttercream with cupcakes or layered cake.

I've used this method for quite a few years and have never had a problem. Perfect for my family in every way! Thank you, Linda.

I just made a recipe very, very close to this one. Instead of posting another one, I decided to review this one. I'd never tried a monster cookie recipe but my 10-year old and I cruised through this with not a problem. Our recipe had no salt, instead of margarine, used butter and increased M&Ms to 1 cup, chocolate chips to 1 cup and peanut butter chips of 1/2 cup. Very, very yummy! May become house favorite. We made HUGE cookies by using 1/4 cupfuls, decorated with a few extra M&Ms, flattened slightly. Excellent cookies!

Very yummy! I made some changes due to what's on hand and personal tastes: Ricotta instead of cottage cheese, 14 oz can of diced tomatoes, plus 14 oz can of tomato sauce. Everything else as stated in recipe - came out great! Couple of pointers: 1) KNOW YOUR CROCKPOT when cooking pasta dishes. Start checking the dish about 30 to 45 minutes before recipe says it's done. I've found pasta dishes in crockpots can go from yum to mush very quickly. And 2) I would recommend cooking pasta in the crockpot on a day you're home; put it together and go to work and you may (like I have in the past!) come home to a huge disappointment. Thanks for the keeper, Derf!

Served this tonight with a moderately spiced BBQ meat dish and salad. The simple, mild macaroni pie was perfect with the spice of the meat. I didn't use all cheddar in this dish as I had odds and ends to use up. There's a reason why this dish is traditionally eaten with ketchup or salsa as it lends itself well to blend with other flavors. Comfort food at its best when you're getting over a bad cold and just need a hug!!

Once again, KittenCal, you saved dinner for my family! Made this with chicken quarters; doubled the ketchup, added a bit more brown sugar and cut the chili powder by half. (KittenCal LOVES her spice!) Chicken came out juicy and this is definately a KEEPER for my family!

This recipe was put to the most serious of tests - a 10-year old who doesn't like spaghetti and her parents who long to slurp up oodles and oodles of noodles. Definately not Italian spaghetti, but not quite tex-mex meat mixture with spaghetti. We decided it was a not too sweet (DO NOT think canned sloppy joe stuff), kicked up sloppy joe mixture with spaghetti..and cheese! The recipe came together easily with ingredients we all probably have on hand; the meat mixture was ready to go in the time it took for water to boil and pasta to cook. The only confusion was the 1 cup of shredded cheddar and directions to add 1/2 C to meat and then top with the other 3/4 C of cheddar with some mozzarella; probably a typo but really - is there ever TOO much cheese? I think this would freeze without a hitch and would be perfect to leave for others to pop in the oven for supper; I wouldn't hesitate to take this dish to a new mom or grieving family. Simple, yummy, filling comfort food!

DO NOT pass this one up! I whipped these up tonight and they are delicious! The only thing I did was blended in the spices with the milk/bread mixture in the blender just to save some mixing time. Baked for about 40 minutes and served with a simple tomato sauce. Easy to mix up but the end result is so much more than a simple meatball.

I don't know if you had me at the mention of your mom, grandmother or Mason jar; this stuff is awesome! I had to halve it but it came out perfect and I sped it along by using the microwave. I made oven BBQ chicken and got rave reviews. This is a keeper for our house! Thank you for sharing.