Boiled Cookies

This is one of my favorite cookies. My grandmother has always made these for us growing up and I got the recipe from her a few years ago and have made several batches. It's very easy and doesn't really require a lot of ingredients. Most of the time, I have the ingredients stashed away in my pantry anyway.
WHAT YOU NEED:

4 tablespoons of cocoa powder

2 c. of sugar

1/2 c. milk

1 stick of butter

2 1/2 c. quick cooking oats

1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 c. crunchy peanut butter

WHAT YOU DO:

Mix the cocoa, sugar, butter and milk together in a saucepan and bring to a boil, once bubbles cover the top, stir constantly for 1 1/2-2 minutes and remove from heat. Add vanilla, peanut butter and oats and stir until mixed well. Drop by the teaspoon full IMMEDIATELY onto wax paper and let cool. Makes about 3 dozen.

WHAT YOU GET:

White Chocolate-Berry Delight

Since strawberries are in season, I thought I would post this super easy and yummy dessert that calls for fresh berries! It is very light and perfect after a large dinner!




Ingredients:
*Fresh Berries (We've used strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries...use your favorite berries!)
* Heavy Whipping Cream
*Baker's White Chocolate

Wash and chop strawberries. For smaller berries, wash and remove any stems. Keep the berries in the refrigerator. The colder the berries, the better the taste! In a double boiler, melt chocolate. If you do not have a double boiler, stack two pots on top of each other! It works the same way! While chocolate is melting, add whipping cream. Add enough whipping cream to make the consistency you like! Once chocolate is melted, drizzle over berries and enjoy!

Added Author

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have added an author to this blog. My friend Ashton was going to start a recipe type blog and I told her that I would just add her as an author to mine. :) I have also changed the web address to it so if you have it saved in your dashboard, you may need to go change it.

K-A-I-D-I Letters

After starting on Kaidi's letters back in March I decided it was time I sit down and finish the last 2 letters. To make these letters, I bought some wooden cut out letters

from Hobby Lobby and then some scrapbook paper that I felt would match her room. I also bought some mod podge

and used it to stick the paper to the letters. I laid the wooden letter on the scrap book paper, traced around the letter with about a 1/4 inch margin and then cut it out. I then covered the letter with the mod podge

and stuck it on top of the paper. i tucked all the edges around it and gave it a top layer of mod podge (it dries clear) and let it dry and I am finished. I am not completely finished with this project because I still want to tack some ribbon to the back of the letters so that I can hang it on her wall. Here is a pic of the letters.

Oven Fried Chicken

2 lbs chicken parts (i usually use boneless breasts)

3/4 c. flour

3 tbsp. butter

1 tbsp. paprika

1 tbsp. salt

1/2 tbsp. pepper

Heat oven to 350. Put butter in 13x9 dish and let melt while you prepare the chicken. Wash chicken and pat dry with paper towel. mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. I honestly don't know if that is the right amount of salt, pepper and paprika, I don't measure, I just sprinkle. I also put a lil bit of salt on the chicken before i coat it in the flour mix. coat chicken in flour mix and lay, skin side down, in the melted butter. Bake for 30 mins. then flip the chicken over and bake for another 15.

This meal is very easy and very tasty! Hope you enjoy!

Chicken Wings

This is something we have made an "everytime we grill" appetizer. It is a great snack! We take a pack of chicken drumettes, throw them on the grill and sprinkle them with Everglade Seasoning

The more you sprinkle, the saltier it is so depending on your "liking" sprinkle away... turn them over and take them up when they are nice and crispy colored! :) You can also do them in the oven 350 degrees, cook them 30 mins, turn them all over and cook another 30 mins. YUMMY!

Chicken Nuggets

Here is a recipe I found in a book of recipes someone emailed me a few years ago. The book contains recipes of items at various food chains. Sunday night I tried the Olive Garden's Lasagna recipe. It actually tasted pretty good. I am not a huge fan of Olive Garden's lasagna, but Gregg loves it so I gave it a try. Last night I tried Chick-fil-A's chicken nuggets. I really liked them. Didn't so much taste like Chick-fil-A's, but they were still really good. I didn't bring the recipe with me so I am hoping that I have everything right. It was actually pretty simple.

What you need:

2 c. chicken, cut up in cubes

2 c. water

2 cubes of chicken bouillon (i just used 2 cups of chicken stock b/c i didn't have any cubes in the cabinet)

2 1/4 tsp. season all

1/4 tsp. paprika

1 c. flour

1 1/2 c. cracker meal

( i read on a website that CFL fries their nuggets in peanut oil. I fried those last night in regular vegetable oil and they tasted fine. I may try the Peanut oil next time!)

ok, you take the water, chicken stock and 1/4 tsp of the season all and soak the chicken in that for 12 hours or overnight.

Mix the cracker meal, flour, paprika and the remaining season all in a bowl. drain the chicken. then coat each nugget in the flour mix. (I put it all in a big Tupperware bowl and put the top on and did the "shake") Drop it down in the deep fryer until golden brown. Dump them on to a paper towel and salt to your liking. Wala! That's it! :)

They were very juicy and I didn't use any kind of sauce to eat them. I wish I would have done more than just the 2 cups (equivalent of 2 breast) . You could really do as much chicken as you needed to, the flour mix makes plenty! Hope you enjoy this recipe!