Sunday, October 24, 2010

Happy Halloween!!!


This recipe is a hit every year!!! Don't they look great?!!
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup Karo syrup
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup powdered milk
Mix and wrap around a straight pretzel. Then just make your knuckle marks with a tooth pick and use slivered or pealed whole almonds for the finger nails. We have also used red gel frosting for blood and that's a great addition...... just forgot it at the store this time!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Light and Easy Dinner Rolls!

Add 1 TB yeast and 1 TB sugar to 1/4 cup of warm water in a small bowl. Set this aside for the yeast to activate and get bubbly!

mix 1/4 cup of butter (room temp), 1 1/4 tea salt, and 1 TB sugar
Add 1 Cup hot water and stir until dissolved

When lukewarm add yeast mixture and 1 beaten egg

Add approximately 2 3/4 cup flour (I always add mostly wheat flour but have done all white). Mixture should be still sticky but you need to be able to handle it.

Kneed on flour board and put put back in bowl cover and let raise. Should double in size.
(I turn my oven on for 1 min to preheat then turn it off. This makes a nice warm place for my dough to raise.)

Flatten on flour board to make your rolls. I use a round glass and make a circle, stretch it out, spread melted butter, and fold over. But any method is fine.

Then let raise again! (picture above)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and bake for 12 to 15 minutes!



Patiently waiting to have yummy rolls!!!



Funny how one is missing!!! I have to have one right out of the oven! They are so so so good!!!
Enjoy!!!


Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Happy Birthday to my Wonderful Husband Tyson!














Peanut Butter Cup Cake!

One of Tyson's favorite treats are Miniature Reese's Peanut butter cups. He is very particular about how he likes to eat them, they have to come out of the fridge!

I thought this cake would be perfect for him!!! It was a big hit!!! I found it on one of the blogs I follow, but forgot which one, and they got it from Parents.com. So thank you if you posted it!!! I'm great at printing tons of recipes, but not so great at remembering where I get them from!

1 Devil's food cake mix
3 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup veg oil
2+ cups chopped peanut butter cups
8 oz dark chocolate, chopped
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat two 9-inch cake pans with non-stick cooking spray. Line with wax paper and coat paper.

In a large bowl, beat cake mix, eggs, buttermilk and veg oil on low for 30 sec. Increase speed to medium-high and beat for 2 minutes. Scrape down sides after 1 min. Fold in 2 cups chopped peanut better cups.

Pour batter into pans and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until done! :)


cool cakes completely!!!

Place chopped dark chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring cream to a boil and pour over chocolate. Whisk until chocolate melts. Add Peanut better and whisk until smooth.

Trim each cake layer so the tops are flat. Place one layer on a cooling rack and pour 1 cup frosting on top. Spread evenly with a spatula. Add second layer and pour remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Smooth out with spatula.

Allow frosting to set for a minute and gently press remaining chopped peanut butter cup pieces all over the top! Place in fridge and let chill for an hour. Remove and serve!!!




Friday, June 11, 2010

Zucchini Bread

I know everyone has the best zucchini bread recipe, but it is always fun to try a different one. This one doesn't taste healthy at all. It is so yummy!!! In fact, I pulled them out of the oven and before I knew it, I had eaten a small loaf all by myself!!! And yes, I did say that I'm on a diet this week! When I took them out of the oven I realized that I forgot to mix brown sugar and cinnamon and crumble it on the top. It makes it look really good and gives it more of a crusty crust on top.


3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 cups grated zucchini
2 tea van
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 tea baking soda
1/4 tea baking powder
1 tea salt

Optional:
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

I'm allergic to walnuts so I substitute them for a couple handfuls of miny chocolate chips! I love chocolate!!!

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 8x4 inch loaf pans. ( I use what I have!)

In a large bowl, beat eggs till light and frothy. Mix in oil and sugar. Stir in zucchini and vanilla. Combine flour, cinnamon, soda, baking powder, and salt; them mix into egg mixture. Add nuts or chocolate chips. Divide batter into pans.

Bake at 325 for 50 to 70 minutes, depending on pan size!!!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Nate's favorite Breadsticks!!!

So Nate is my girlfriends husband! This is her recipe and it is delicious!!!!!! In fact, it has become a regular in our house. We either eat it with Alfredo or spaghetti, or on nights like tonight we are having it with salad and pizza sauce. It is so yummy and super duper easy!

Preheat oven on 400 degrees with a cube of butter on a cookie sheet


1 1/2 cup warm water
2 TB sugar
1 TB yeast
Mix and let stand for 10 minutes (this is to make sure your yeast is active, and get it going)
add 1 tea salt
3 cups of flour (I always use whole wheat flour)

Knead dough 10 times on flour board, roll out, and cut into 1 inch strips. Pull out your cookie sheet and put the strips in the hot butter. I like to twist mine!!! Sprinkle with garlic salt and parm cheese.

400 degrees for 15 minutes!

Yummmy!!! Enjoy

Saturday, May 1, 2010

About as Authentic as it Gets!!!

About 6 years ago we lived in Vancouver, WA. My husband was going to school to become a Funeral Director and I worked in the Regis Hair Salon there. This wasn't my favorite job, but I did make some great friends! I worked with a Spanish gal named Maritza who I miss so much!!! She always brought these yummy enchiladas for lunch, and I loved that she was so willing to share with me! She was a great friend! We keep in touch a little, but I always think of her when I make this recipe cause I finally got her to teach me how to make them, in exchange for a lesson in baking banana bread (which I have a super yummy recipe for). So here goes! It's a long process, not hard, but very very very worth it!!!
Step 1- Lets just start with getting our chicken ready. Now you can use any left over chicken you might have. For convenience I sometimes stick my frozen chicken in a pot and boil it. Today I grilled up about 3 small chicken breasts with a little salt and pepper, nothing fancy! After it's cooked and cooled, shred it up!

Step 2- The Mexican cheese is the best for this recipe, it's round and it kinda crumbles! It is so yummy!!! I forget the name, but next time I run to the store I'll post the name of it. I have so much Monteray Jack cheese in my fridge that I'm using that today, but I would recommend you get the Mexican kind! It has such a great texture and flavor!!!


Now time to fry up the tortillas, these are corn tortilla. Get the package of about 30, then you fry them up in veggie oil for about 5 seconds each. Just layer them with paper towels till your tortillas are all done. This takes a few minutes, but it helps with the rolling of the enchiladas later!!! And hey, what's a little fat in our diet?!!!


Now for the Enchilada sauce!!! This smells so yummy it's hard to wait to eat them!!!
If you've never had tomatillos then I'll give you the step by step. They are a small green tomato with a papery feeling cover on them. Take the cover off and scrub them with a little soapy water, just make shur you rinse them really good!!!
Boil 1lb tomatillos
Put the tomatillos in the mixer with: 2 pieces of garlic
5 to 8 green chilies (this can be substituted with other peppers, depending on the flavor and heat you want! Today I used 4 jalapenos and I took the seeds out of one of them. )
1 TB salt
Fresh Cilantro, about half or 3/4 of a bunch!
(I know this seems like a lot!!! but don't be scared!!)
Then I pour the boiling water from the tomatillos till the mixer is half full with water! This cooks everything!
Then mix it up really well! Oh baby!!! now you can smell how wonderful this is going to taste!!!!

So now we just have to make the enchiladas!!! Dip the tortilla in the green sauce, add a little shredded chicken, and a little cheese. When I say a little, I mean a little. I shed the chicken up in small pieces and just do a small row of chicken. Then you just roll them up!!! After they are all done, pour the remaining sauce over the top of the enchiladas!!! Oh my goodness, I'm so excited for dinner tonight! Then you just bake till nice and steamy hot!!! 350 degrees for 20 minutes or so with tin foil (you don't want them to dry out!)!!!

All right, this is how mine looked today before I baked them!!! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do every time we eat it!!! Top with sour cream, more cheese, and a smile!!!
Happy cooking!!!



Friday, April 30, 2010

Carrot Bars!

In one bowl mix: 4 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 1/2 cup strained carrots or 3 sm bottles of baby food
(I always use the baby food!!!!)
2 1/2 cups sifted flour

In second bowl mix: 2 cups sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/4 cup crisco or veg oil
1/2 nuts (optional)

Mix together and bake on a 17 in by 12 in cookie sheet (sheet cake style).

30 minutes at 350 degrees

Now this cake is delicious but what makes the cake is the frosting!!!!

mix with beaters: 3 1/2 powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter
1- 8 oz cream cheese
1/2 TB vanilla

Mix till nice and fluffy!!!! Frost cake when completely cooled!

Happy Baking everyone!!!!!