Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Inside-out Peanut Butter Cookies

Cookies

1-1/4 brown sugar
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup shortening
3 Tbl milk
1 Tbl vanilla
1 egg
1-3/4 cup flour
3/4 t. baking soda
3/4 t. salt

Mix together brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Add egg and bear until blended. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture. Refridgerate dough for about an hour.

Preheat oven to 375. Grease mini muffin pan. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Press into muffin pan bottom and sides. Bake for 7-8 minutes.

Filling

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 t. shortening

Place chocolate chips and shortening in microwave safe bowl. Microwave on medium for 1-2 minutes. Stir until smooth. Spoon about 1/2 t. into center of each cookie.

Grandma Aggie's Frozen Whiskey Sours

1 can frozen orange juice concentrate
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 can water
2 cans bourbon
1 qt. 7-up

Measure all liquids except for 7-up with concentrate container. Mix everything but 7-up together and freeze. Remove from freezer 10 minutes prior to serving. Add 7-up. Enjoy!

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Horsey Sauce

1 cup sour cream
1cup mayonnaise
3 Tbs. horseradish
1Tbs. Minced garlic
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients together

Friday, December 14, 2012

M&M Cookies

1 lb plain M&M's
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 c. butter (softened to room temperature)
3/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Coarsely chop 1 1/2 cups of M&M's - reserve the rest.  Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix with mixer until it is light and fluffy.  Add in flour, baking soda and salt.  Fold in chopped M&M's. Scoop dough on baking sheet.  Bake for 6 to 7 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Decorate cookies with remaining M&M's.  Return to oven and bake for another 3 to 5 minutes.

Peanut Butter Blossoms (Peanut Butter cookies with hersey kisses)

1 3/4 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. butter (room temperature)
1/2 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. sugar + extra sugar to roll the cookies in
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
Hersey Kisses

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar with mixer.  Add in the egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Shape dough into balls.  Roll balls in sugar and place on cookie sheet.  Bake for 8 minutes.  Remove from oven and place Hersey kiss in each pressing them down.  Bake for another 2-5 minutes. 

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Honey Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken
8 chicken strips
1/2 cup flour
2 Tbsp. Black Pepper
2 Tbsp salt
Paprika (to taste)

Sauce
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/2 stick of butter (melted)
3 Tbsp bbq sauce
1/2 honey

Directions

Preheat oven to 400. Roll the chicken in flour, salt and pepper, fully cover. Place the strips in a 9x11 or 8x8 pan, place in the oven for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile make the sauce. Combine all of the ingredients together.

After the chicken has cooked for 10 minutes, cover it in the sauce. Put it back in the oven for 20 minutes or until juices run clear!

Parmesean Baked Potato Halves

Ingredients

6 small potatoes, scrubbed and cut in half
1/4 cup butter
grated parmesan cheese
garlic powder
other seasonings (to personal preference, I added oregano and parsley)

Instructions

Prehead oven to 400 degress. Melt butter and pour into a 9x13 inch pan and spread evenly across the bottom. Generously sprinkle parmesan cheese and lightly sprinkle other seasonings all over the butter. Place in preheated oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Cook for 5 minutse before removing from pan. Serve on a plate with a side of sour cream for dipping.