I have been meaning to post some recipes for a while and now that I have my cookbooks out and I am planning meals for the week I thought it would be the perfect time to share some of the recipes that I have that I love or that other people often ask me for. Hope you enjoy!
Best Cookies EVER!
(these are from one of my best friends Melissa and I am pretty sure they are one of the top 5 reasons that Mike married me...I use to make them for him all the time)
1lb butter
2c sugar
2c brown sugar
4 eggs
4tsp vanilla
1tsp salt
2tsp soda
2tsp baking powder
4 1/2 c flour
3 c quaker oats
1 12oz bag chocolate chips (semisweet)
1 king size hershey almond bar (chopped up into small pieces)
cook at 400 for 5-6 minutes
Best ever sugar cookie recipe
(thank you Lacey...I didn't even like sugar cookies before these)
mix together
2c sugar
1c butter
add and blend
3 eggs
1c. milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon extract (double vanilla if you don't have this)
add and mix
6 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
bake at 400 for 6-8 min
Best brownies
2c sugar
1/2c cocoa
1/2c butter
1tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 1/2c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/3c milk
(you can add chopped walnuts on top if you like, I usually don't)
cook at 350 for 30 minutes
Best ever chocolate cake with ganache frosting
Chocolate cake mix
3 eggs
1 1/4c water
1/2 c oil
1 small package of instant chocolate pudding
1 c light sour cream
pour into two butter and floured 8 inch pans and cook according to directions from cake box
Ganache
1 package bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips
2-2 1/2 c heavy whipping cream
2 T butter
Bring whipping cream to low boil, stir in butter, add chips stirring until smooth and melted
pour into a shallow dish, cover and refrigerate for several hours, spread over bottom layer of cake, put top layer on and spread over top layer.
Best ever homemade salsa
1 small jalapeno pepper
5 large roma tomatoes
1 c. fresh cilantro
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 c fresh lime
1/3-1/2 c. red onion
chop everything up and put in food processor, pulse until it is at your desired chunkiness
Best Cashew Chicken
(this is a family favorite, it's my moms recipe)
chop up 4-6 chicken breasts in small square pieces and marinate in the following
3 tbsp chicken broth
3 tbsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp salt (you can choose to omit this, the soy sauce has a lot of salt already)
1/4 tsp pepper
shake of garlic salt
1 egg white
Marinate for 1/2 hour to hour and then cook in pan and when the chicken is cooked through add cashews and chopped green onions. Serve over rice.
(these are from one of my best friends Melissa and I am pretty sure they are one of the top 5 reasons that Mike married me...I use to make them for him all the time)
1lb butter
2c sugar
2c brown sugar
4 eggs
4tsp vanilla
1tsp salt
2tsp soda
2tsp baking powder
4 1/2 c flour
3 c quaker oats
1 12oz bag chocolate chips (semisweet)
1 king size hershey almond bar (chopped up into small pieces)
cook at 400 for 5-6 minutes
Best ever sugar cookie recipe
(thank you Lacey...I didn't even like sugar cookies before these)
mix together
2c sugar
1c butter
add and blend
3 eggs
1c. milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon extract (double vanilla if you don't have this)
add and mix
6 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
bake at 400 for 6-8 min
Best brownies
2c sugar
1/2c cocoa
1/2c butter
1tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 1/2c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/3c milk
(you can add chopped walnuts on top if you like, I usually don't)
cook at 350 for 30 minutes
Best ever chocolate cake with ganache frosting
Chocolate cake mix
3 eggs
1 1/4c water
1/2 c oil
1 small package of instant chocolate pudding
1 c light sour cream
pour into two butter and floured 8 inch pans and cook according to directions from cake box
Ganache
1 package bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips
2-2 1/2 c heavy whipping cream
2 T butter
Bring whipping cream to low boil, stir in butter, add chips stirring until smooth and melted
pour into a shallow dish, cover and refrigerate for several hours, spread over bottom layer of cake, put top layer on and spread over top layer.
Best ever homemade salsa
1 small jalapeno pepper
5 large roma tomatoes
1 c. fresh cilantro
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 c fresh lime
1/3-1/2 c. red onion
chop everything up and put in food processor, pulse until it is at your desired chunkiness
Best Cashew Chicken
(this is a family favorite, it's my moms recipe)
chop up 4-6 chicken breasts in small square pieces and marinate in the following
3 tbsp chicken broth
3 tbsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp salt (you can choose to omit this, the soy sauce has a lot of salt already)
1/4 tsp pepper
shake of garlic salt
1 egg white
Marinate for 1/2 hour to hour and then cook in pan and when the chicken is cooked through add cashews and chopped green onions. Serve over rice.
1 comment:
wait, did i see that right? the
"best ever cookies" have ONE POUND OF BUTTER!!! no wonder they are the best ever!!!
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