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Last night we had a delicious dinner at our house with our friends Beth and Brett.  I wanted to try out some new recipes and I knew they'd forgive me if they got food poinsoning.  Both of the new recipes I tried turned out to be wonderful, so I thought I'd share them with you.

First, we had a brown sugar and balsamic glazed pork loin.

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Yummo! We ate scalloped potatoes and green beans with it.

For desert I cooked some lemon burst cookies.  These are some of the easiest cookies to make and they are by far my favorite cookies to eat!

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So here's the recipes.  Enjoy!

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Brown Sugar & Balsamic Glazed Pork

Ingredients:

1 two pound boneless pork loin

1 tsp. ground sage

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1 crushed garlic clove

1/2 cup water

Glaze:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp. cornstarch

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

1/2 cups water

2 tbsp. soy sauce

Directions: Combine sage, salt, pepper, and garlic. Rub over roast. Place in slow cooker with 1/2 cup water. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. About 1 hour before roast is done, combine the glaze ingredients in a small sauce pan. Heat and stir until the mixture thickens.  Brush the roast with the glaze 2 or 3 times during the last hour of cooking. Serve the remaining glaze on the side.

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Lemon Burst Cookies

Ingredients:

1 box lemon cake mix

1 8oz. container of cool whip

1 egg

1/3 cup powdered sugar

Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat cool whip, egg, and cake mix until well blended.  Dough will be thick and sticky. Drop a teaspoonful into a bowl a bowl of powdered sugar and roll to coat. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 11-13 minutes. Let cool.