Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Cocoa and White Chocolate Chip Cookies




2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup Baking Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks)butter or margarine
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed brown Sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) White Chocolate Chip Morsels

INSTRUCTIONS

PREHEAT oven to 350°

COMBINE`~ flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels. Drop by well-rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets.


BAKE ~ for 9 to 11 minutes or until centers are set. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
 
12/15/2014 Merry Christmas 2014
 
 
 
 
til next time.
 
 

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Peanut butter~Chocolate kiss cookies



 

Peanut Blossoms Cookies

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup peanut butter

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

Sugar

48 Choclate Kisses~milk chocolates, unwrapped

What you do;

1. Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, shortening, peanut butter, milk, vanilla and egg; mix with electric mixer on low speed until stiff dough forms.

2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately top each cookie with 1 milk chocolate candy, pressing down firmly so cookie cracks around edge; remove from cookie sheets.

 

 
Merry Christmas
2014
 
 
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Buckeyes~the kind you eat


 
 
 

My Mom made the best Buckeyes EVER but her recipe is unavailable to me.

Buckeye are a a good luck charm to many, As a child I carried a buckeye from my Great~grandparents farm, south of the city, on Mt. Zion-Elwin blacktop

Why a "Buckeye" is a good luck charm.
       A buckeye is a kind of a nut, which has markings resembling an iris in an eyeball, which gives it it's name. Such amulets invoke the eye of God to watch over you, also other amulets in the shape of an eye, natural or manmade. It is also to turn away the evil eye from others...
The buckeye is a relative of the Chestnut and Horse Chestnut.

Recipe you say, well this is about as close as I could find to the one I like.

BUCKEYES
 
2 cups smooth peanut butter
1 cup (2sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 lb confectioners sugar
1~12 oz pkg chocolate chips
 
  1. In a large bowl, combine peanut butter and butter; mix until smooth. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Form mixture into 1-inch balls, place on a waxed paper-lined rimmed baking sheet, and chill for 1 hour.
  2. In a saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Stick a toothpick in the center of each peanut butter ball and dip each three-quarters of the way into the chocolate mixture, coating all sides except the top quarter. Place on the prepared baking sheet and remove toothpick. Using your finger, fill in the hole left by the toothpick.
  3. After dipping all the peanut butter balls, cover, and chill, or freeze until ready to serve.
Makes about 5 dozen treats. If they are small, lol

There you have it.
 
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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Found a great recipe site

 



Wow found this great new web page. Many of the recipes from the brochure above. I recommend the Chuckwagon Beef Stew,
Years ago I picked up some recipe books from Marlboro and had really good recipes.
I thought I would crawl the web to see if I could find ones that I really like and I found many of them here. Old West Recipes
Many good, go to pages, could take you all day to enjoy the volumes of Old West.

til next time,

Cowgirl up and stay warm


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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Sweetened Condensed Milk from Evaporated Milk

 
 
 
I know I can buy it but If I have what I need to make it from scratch, why not.
 
I used:
1 can evaporated milk
1 1/4 cup sugar
Heat it to a boil, then cook slowly for about 30 minutes.
At the end of cooking I added
1 Tbls butter
Cool completely before use.
 
Kinda reminds me of making Marshmallow fudge from scratch.


til next time

connie

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Got a New Book

When leaving work today I happen to notice s few books laying on some shelves.
Thought I would check and make sure the price was correct. It was!

 
 
Maybe it's just me but I think some young people could get some good use from this book.
Found it at Rural King, $5.00. Sure would make a great Christmas gift.
Might want to keep the book cover because the bound front and back are plain white.
 
til next time
 
 
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Fruits of Labor

Reaping what you sow.

 Look what we pulled for Meal of the day. Fresh green beans and potatoes.
 
 
 
Pickled beets last week June 18, 2014
 
 
these will be great in the middle of winter.
 
 
til next time,
 
connie
 
 
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Tarter Sauce



I have made this tarter sauce for years, never thought anyone would want a recipe for it. So here goes.

 
Tarter Sauce
 
1 cup Salad dressing, (not mayonnaise)
 
3 Tablespoons sweet pickle relish
 
1/2 small chopped onion
 
1 Tablespoon Chesapeake Bay seasoning (I suggest you season to taste with this)
 
 
Combine in order given, keep cold until ready for use.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Pineapple Angel Food Cake

I have wondered, just how many of you have ever tried this?

 
I did, because I could. With the price of the cake mix alone. It is just as cheap to buy one already baked.

So here goes;

1) Angel Food Cake mix, use the one step box cake mix.

2) 1-20 oz can crushed pineapple, in it's own juice.

Directions: place cake mix in a bowl, slowly, the mix will become very airy and make you sneeze. Add can of pineapple, give it a minute before you stir the ingredients, then gently stir to combine. Over mixing will cause the cake mix to flatten and not rise to Angel food cake.

Preheat oven to 350* not sure how long to bake it so I kept an eye on it.

I used a 13" x 9" pan. Spread flake coconut in the bottom.

If you don't like coconut, I won't make you eat it.

 
 
Gently pour the cake mix into the baking pan. Try not to stir, you'll loose the fluffy of the cake.
 
Place cake in preheated oven and bake about 30 minutes but check on it.
I think I over cooked mine.
 

 
I went ahead and turned it over onto a cake sheet.
 

 
Tastes just fine!

 
 
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