Monday, February 22, 2010

Symphony Candy Bar Fudge~


This is our FHE treat tonight! Really yummy and quick~

2 giant (8 oz.) Symphony Almond and Toffee Candy Bars
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Crumble chocolate in a bowl and pour 1 can sweetened condensed milk over it.

Microwave 1 minute. Stir a little and microwave another minute. Stir again, it will be creamy.

Pour into greased 8x 10 pan or a similar size (I used a 9x7x2) If it is too runny, set in fridge for a few minutes!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Sour Cream Lasagna~

I received this recipe from my cousin-in-law, Devri. It is delicious! Thanks Devri!

Sour Cream Lasgna
1 pkg. Noodles
1 lb. ground beef
2 cans (8oz.) tomato soup (tomato sauce can also be used)
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup sour cream
6 green onions
3/4 cup shredded cheese
Cook noodles in salted boiling water; drain when done. Brown meat, stir in tomato soup or sauce, salt, pepper, cottage cheese, sour cream, and onions. In a 2 qt. casserole dish, alternate layers of noodles, and meat sauce starting with noodles. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes! Baking time may vary!

Chocolate Kiss Cookies~

Chocolate Kiss Cookies

1 bag Hershey's kisses
1 cup butter softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar (packed)
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup semi-sweet mini baking chips(I used Nestle mini morsels)

preheat oven to 375 degrees. remove wrappers from kisses. mix all ingredients together except kisses. mold a small amount of dough around the kiss and form into a ball. place on ungreased cookie sheet. bake 9-11 minutes. cool on wire rack. cool completely and drizzle with chocolate if desired.
For the drizzle use either hershey's chocolate shoppe topping or make your own by placing 1/4 cup chocolate chips and 1 tsp shortening in microwave on high for 30 seconds, stir, if necessary, microwave for 20 more seconds or until choc. is melted and smooth. drizzle on cookies and enjoy.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread :)

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

I was looking all morning for a chocolate bread recipe! I found one the other night on a blog and couldn't find it again this morning! :( I was sad, but then I found this one at www.sistercafe.blogspot.com so I decided to give it a try! THIS IS VERY CHOCOLATEY(is that even a word?); I like dark-rich chocolate, but I am not convinced that Spencer liked it? Next time I may use Milk Chocolate chips and a little less cocoa? I will have to experiment with it!


1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups mashed bananas (about 3)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350. Spray bottom of 8x4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. Beat sugar, eggs, and oil in large bowl at medium speed until combined. Beat in banana and vanilla at low speed. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; beat into banana mixture at low speed just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

3 Spoon batter into pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Raspberry Sour Cream Muffins :)


DELICIOUS is all I can say! ;) I just made these for Breakfast in the morning and I don't think they are going to make it until morning!

This recipe is similar to one recently posted on the Idea Door for Blueberry Sour Cream Muffins, but I changed it to our favorite! ;)

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons salted butter, melted
1 1/4 cups sour cream, (10 ounces)
1 1/2 cups frozen raspberries (or blueberries)

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin tin or use paper foils.
2. Whisk flour and baking soda in medium bowl until combined. Whisk eggs in second medium bowl until well-combined and light-colored; about 20 seconds. Add sugar and whisk vigorously until thick and homogeneous, about 30 seconds; add melted butter in 2 or 3 additions, whisking to combine after each addition. Add sour cream in 2 additions, whisking just to combine.
3. Add frozen raspberries(blueberries) to dry ingredients and gently toss just to combine. Add sour cream mixture and fold with rubber spatula until batter comes together and berries are evenly distributed, 25-30 seconds. (Small spots of flour may remain and batter will be thick. Do not over-mix.)
4. Use ice cream scoop or large spoon to drop batter into greased muffin tin. Bake until light golden brown and inserted toothpick comes out clean, 25-30 minutes, rotating pan from front to back halfway through baking time. Invert muffins onto wire rack, stand muffins upright, and cool 5 minutes. Serve as is or with the cinnamon sugar topping below! (Yummy)

Cinnamon/Sugar topping
While muffins are cooling, mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon in small bowl and melt 4 tablespoons butter in small saucepan. After baked muffins have cooled 5 minutes, working one at a time, dip top of each muffin in melted butter and then cinnamon/sugar. Set muffins upright on wire rack.

Italian Roll~




Last night for dinner we had this! I was in a hurry trying to get it out of the oven and on the table before I left for dance so the pictures aren't the greatest, but it would be hard to explain how to do it without pictures! I wish I would of taken one before I braided the roll? I will try and explain?

To make you will need a loaf of Rhodes frozen bread or you can make your own! I didn't have time yesterday to make my own! :( Then your favorite pizza toppings! Since I don't eat much meat ours are pretty simple, sauce, cheese, olives, Italian seasoning, and Spencer likes Pepperoni. Also you will need a couple egg whites. For my sauce I used Shirley J's pizza and pasta sauce with tomato sauce! Yummy! :)
1. Roll out dough into a rectangle. (at least 10-12 inches wide)
2. Place on a greased baking sheet; I used a cookie sheet.
3. Imagine dough in thirds; one third in center will be left to place filling, and the two sides will be cut to braid. Cut dough horizontal on long sides of rectangle about one inch wide. Leaving the center to place the pizza fillings! (DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?) I might need to make it again and take a picture??? Hopefully the picture below helps!
4. Place fillings in center! Sauce, cheese, etc.! :)
5. Starting at the top, fold one side then the opposite side. Continue until you have a braid!p.s. the girls helped me so we kindof had a mess and toppings everywhere!
6. Beat the egg whites and brush on braid.
7. If desired sprinkle top with Italian Seasoning!

Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until brown! LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU ARE CONFUSED AND I NEED TO EXPLAIN BETTER?Sorry this picture really isn't good! I wanted to get one when it was baked and this is what I ended up with! No time to transfer into on to a pretty serving dish! :(

Enjoy! We had a yummy green salad with ours last night!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

HOMEMADE OREOS!

These are sooooooo good! :) YUMMY! I attempted to make them on Monday for our FHE treat, but Spencer and the girls ate them all before I could get the frosting done! So I made more today and added the frosting! They are delicious either way! I found this recipe on www.sisterscafe.blogspot.

~HOMEMADE OREOS~

For the Cookies:
1 package chocolate cake mix (I used Chocolate Fudge today, I don't remember which one I used on Monday, but Devil's food is going to make them taste more like an Oreo cookie Chocolate!)
2 eggs
1/2 - cup oil


Heat oven to 350 degrees. Add oil and eggs to cake mix and blend together. Roll dough into balls (a little larger than a quarter). Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on sheet (until warm). Remove cookies from sheet and place on cooling rack. To assemble the cookies, add about a tablespoon of filling into the center of one cookie. Place another cookie similar in size on top of the filling. Lightly press, to work the filling evenly to the outsides of the cookie. Continue this process until all the cookies have been sandwiched with cream.

Cream Cheese Filling Recipe:
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1 block of cream cheese (8 oz)
3-4 cups - powdered sugar (depending on desired consistency)
1 - tsp vanilla extract

Cream butter and add cream cheese and mix well. Add vanilla. Add powdered sugar slowly until you reach your desired consistency.

SORRY I DIDN"T GET ANY PICTURES, BUT I THINK MOST OF US KNOW WHAT AN OREO LOOKS LIKE! :)

~Chicken and Rice~

This is easy to prepare, but takes a LONG time to cook! It's yummy! (I only added chicken to half of it so I could enjoy it also!:)

1 1/2 cups uncooked rice
1 1/2 cup shredded cheese (can use more cheese if you want!)
3 cups cold water
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1-2 chicken breasts, cut in peices
Minced onions
Salt and Pepper

Spray bottom of a 9x13 pan with pam spray. Spread rice in bottom of pan. Sprinkle 1 cup cheese over rice. Cover rice with water. Salt and pepper sparingly. Layer chicken over rice. Sprinkle with minced onions. Mix together soup, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Pour soup mixture over chicken. Bake uncovered for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Spread remaining 1/2 cup cheese over chicken, cover with foil and continue baking for another 1/2 hour.