INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup shortening
1 2/3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
2 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
powdered sugar
DIRECTIONS:
Mix shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Melt butter and mix with cocoa. Add to sugar mixture. Then add all teh dry ingredients. Roll in powdered sugar.
Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes.
For Chocolate Marshmallow cookies omit milk. Put marshmallow on cookies one minute before done.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Caramels
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 cups corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
2 cups canned milk or cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
Combine salt, sugar, syrup. Stir until boils. Add butter and bring to boil. Drizzle milk into mixture to keep the mixture boiling. Cook 246 degrees or firm ball stage. Take off heat and add vanilla. Pour into greased 9x9 or 9x13 pan. This makes a lot of caramel, so you may want to half recipe and put in 8x8 or something smaller.
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 cups corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
2 cups canned milk or cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
Combine salt, sugar, syrup. Stir until boils. Add butter and bring to boil. Drizzle milk into mixture to keep the mixture boiling. Cook 246 degrees or firm ball stage. Take off heat and add vanilla. Pour into greased 9x9 or 9x13 pan. This makes a lot of caramel, so you may want to half recipe and put in 8x8 or something smaller.
Almond Roca-Grandma's
INGREDIENTS:
1 pound butter (has to be real butter)
2/3 cup water
3 cups sugar
3 cups almonds, sliced
3 cups milk chocolate
DIRECTIONS:
Put water in a saucepan first. Add butter and sugar. Cook until 320. Put 1 1/2 cups of nuts in the bottom of a greased 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch pan. Pour roca on nuts. Put chocolate on and allow to melt. Spread evenly. Sprinkle on the remaining nuts. Cool and break into pieces. Store loosely covered, not tightly in a tin.
When cooking the roca if it smells like it is burning but hasn't gone to 320 yet, it is probably done and your thermometer isn't accurate. Must stir constantly towards the end.
Shirley's Crescent Rolls
SERVINGS: 48
INGREDIENTS:
2 packages yeast, or 2 tablespoons
1/2 cup warm water
1 1/2 cups milk, scalded
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup butter
7 cups flour, or more if needed
6 eggs
extra butter, softened
DIRECTIONS:
Add the yeast to the warm water, and scalded milk (very warm milk). Add sugar, salt and butter. Add 4 cups of the flour and eggs to the mixture. Mix well. Add 3-4 cups more flour until dough is soft and sticky.
Let rise until double or in the fridge overnight.
Divide into 3 parts. Roll into three 16 inch circles. Spread with soft butter. Cut with a pizza cutter into 16 wedges each. Roll up each wedge starting with the wide end. Let raise. Bake at 350 10-15 minutes.
INGREDIENTS:
2 packages yeast, or 2 tablespoons
1/2 cup warm water
1 1/2 cups milk, scalded
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup butter
7 cups flour, or more if needed
6 eggs
extra butter, softened
DIRECTIONS:
Add the yeast to the warm water, and scalded milk (very warm milk). Add sugar, salt and butter. Add 4 cups of the flour and eggs to the mixture. Mix well. Add 3-4 cups more flour until dough is soft and sticky.
Let rise until double or in the fridge overnight.
Divide into 3 parts. Roll into three 16 inch circles. Spread with soft butter. Cut with a pizza cutter into 16 wedges each. Roll up each wedge starting with the wide end. Let raise. Bake at 350 10-15 minutes.
Crock Pot Chicken Taco Wraps
INGREDIENTS:
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (can be frozen!)
1 can black beans
1 can corn
Salsa
DIRECTIONS:
Put 4 chicken breasts, can of black beans, can of corn, and a can-worth of salsa into crock pot. Don't drain any of the juices before putting in, and don't add any water. Put lid on, and leave in crock pot for 3-4 hours on high, or 6-8 hours on low. After cooked, shred chicken and add back to the crock pot. Spoon into tortillas, wrap up and enjoy!
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (can be frozen!)
1 can black beans
1 can corn
Salsa
DIRECTIONS:
Put 4 chicken breasts, can of black beans, can of corn, and a can-worth of salsa into crock pot. Don't drain any of the juices before putting in, and don't add any water. Put lid on, and leave in crock pot for 3-4 hours on high, or 6-8 hours on low. After cooked, shred chicken and add back to the crock pot. Spoon into tortillas, wrap up and enjoy!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Hi
WELL- great news! The test came back for Paul's bone marrow and it came back CLEAN! No cancer in his bones, so he will just have to have radiation on the spot on his head where it was found, which if I remember right- should only take a month! We are so grateful and so happy.
Well, this morning was -14 degrees. As in...NEGATIVE 14 DEGREES. No- not windchill, actual air degree. It's already hard enough to wake up for work each morning, but to walk out to a CRAZY-ICED car, feel nose hairs freeze, feel wet hair freeze, worry that your eyeballs are freezing.............is REALLY not welcoming. Really not a good start to the day. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! That is what I scream half the way to work each day.
Work is good. Busy. Everyday at 3:30 pm I get bored and think..I need chocolate or a sucker or something. Then they give me vegetables. Sorry, but that really just doesn't fill the desire.
Clay and I watch the Bachelor and True Beauty on Monday nights. That's right, we've given in. We were just bored one night, it was on...and that's all it took. We were hooked. All I can say...is True Beauty is one of the funniest things ever. For those of you who don't know...it's about these people who think they are on there because they are the most beautiful people in America, but they are being judged on their inner beauty. American reality at it's finest.
Clay has been talking endlessly about starting his own business. He gets mad at me because I am skeptical about everything being that...everyday I prepare tax returns of people who's business has a net loss of (12K-100K). Let me tell you, that is a sure way to make you NEVER want to start your own business. Clay of course, is different:) He will make it, it's simple. He knows what makes a good business. At least this is what he tells me. We'll see.
Alright. Love you all. Bye!
Well, this morning was -14 degrees. As in...NEGATIVE 14 DEGREES. No- not windchill, actual air degree. It's already hard enough to wake up for work each morning, but to walk out to a CRAZY-ICED car, feel nose hairs freeze, feel wet hair freeze, worry that your eyeballs are freezing.............is REALLY not welcoming. Really not a good start to the day. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! That is what I scream half the way to work each day.
Work is good. Busy. Everyday at 3:30 pm I get bored and think..I need chocolate or a sucker or something. Then they give me vegetables. Sorry, but that really just doesn't fill the desire.
Clay and I watch the Bachelor and True Beauty on Monday nights. That's right, we've given in. We were just bored one night, it was on...and that's all it took. We were hooked. All I can say...is True Beauty is one of the funniest things ever. For those of you who don't know...it's about these people who think they are on there because they are the most beautiful people in America, but they are being judged on their inner beauty. American reality at it's finest.
Clay has been talking endlessly about starting his own business. He gets mad at me because I am skeptical about everything being that...everyday I prepare tax returns of people who's business has a net loss of (12K-100K). Let me tell you, that is a sure way to make you NEVER want to start your own business. Clay of course, is different:) He will make it, it's simple. He knows what makes a good business. At least this is what he tells me. We'll see.
Alright. Love you all. Bye!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Quick Update
Work is good. I picked up on everything I learned really quick, I was surprised. I've already learned new things that I never learned last year. I am so so SO glad that I dropped all those wretched classes because I forgot how tired I am at the end of the day. I am sooo tired by the time I get home, there is no way I could do all my homework without feeling like I'm going to die. The roads have been great! Thank goodness. Have I updated you on Paul yet? I don't think so. I can't remember. But he has his bone marrow test tomorrow and we will find out the results from that on Tuesday.
Just watched LOST. The creators said that this season would be more of answering questions instead of creating them. YEAH FREAKING RIGHT! I have so many more questions. Anyway, it was good. 3 hours of LOST- who could ask for more?
This morning I woke up with like...4 scratches (visible, red scratches). One on my face (yeah- cute, I know), one on my chest, one on my arm, one on my back. Don't really understand it.
Well, that's all for now. Clay's joints have been hurting a bit...he thinks it's the cold. We are hoping they are still healing and that the pain will go away eventually.
Sorry this was so sporadic! It's late, time for bed- but I just thought I'd update a bit. Love you all!
Oh- PS- I will post the Chicken Pot Pie recipe here in a few days on my Chef Danielle blog.
Just watched LOST. The creators said that this season would be more of answering questions instead of creating them. YEAH FREAKING RIGHT! I have so many more questions. Anyway, it was good. 3 hours of LOST- who could ask for more?
This morning I woke up with like...4 scratches (visible, red scratches). One on my face (yeah- cute, I know), one on my chest, one on my arm, one on my back. Don't really understand it.
Well, that's all for now. Clay's joints have been hurting a bit...he thinks it's the cold. We are hoping they are still healing and that the pain will go away eventually.
Sorry this was so sporadic! It's late, time for bed- but I just thought I'd update a bit. Love you all!
Oh- PS- I will post the Chicken Pot Pie recipe here in a few days on my Chef Danielle blog.
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