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JALAPENO CHEESE BREAD
By stepjo7269
This recipe yields a 1 1/2 pound loaf
- Directions:
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/8 cup water
- 1 egg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese
- 3 tablespoons seeded chopped fresh jalapeño peppers (or diced canned jalapeño peppers)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
- Place the ingredients in the bread pan in the order recommended by your machine's manufacturer. Process on the appropriate cycle.
THE ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
By stepjo7269
Southern Living Cooking School Cookbook Insert
- Directions:
- 3/4 cups butter flavor crisco
- 4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup pecan pieces
- ●Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- ●Cream crisco, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl; blend until creamy: blend in egg.
- ●Combine flour, salt, and baking soda; add to creamed mixture, gradually.
- ●Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
- ●Drop rounded tablespoonsfuls (about 2 measuring tablespoons) of dough 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
- ●Bake at 375 degrees 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies, 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies.
- ●Cool on baking sheet 2 minutes.
MARTHA'S MACARONI AND CHEESE
By stepjo7269
Leslie L. from keyingredient
- 6 6 1/4- to 1/2-inch white bread, crusts removed, torn into 1/4- to 1/2-inch pieces
- 8 8 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus more for dish
- 5 1/2 5 1/2 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 2 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 4 1/2 4 1/2 18 cups (about 18 ounces) grated sharp white cheddar
- 2 2 8 1 1/4 5 ounces) grated Gruyere or 1 1/4 cups (about 5 ounces) grated pecorino Romano
- 1 1 1 pound elbow macaroni
- ●The pasta will finish cooking as it bakes. The sauce will bubble, seeping into the hollows of your macaroni.
- to the smell of butter and browning cheese makes your stomach growl, you'll know the dish is ready to eat.
- 1 1/2-quart easily divide this recipe in half; use a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish if you do.
- 2 2. 2. Slowly pour hot milk into flour-butter mixture while whisking. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the mixture bubbles and becomes thick.
- 3 3. 3 1 1/2 1 from the heat. Stir in salt, nutmeg, black pepper, cayenne pepper, 3 cups cheddar, and 1 1/2 cups Gruyere or 1 cup pecorino Romano. Set cheese sauce aside.
- 5 5. 1 1/2 1/2 1/4 30 the prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining 1 1/2 cups cheddar and 1/2 cup Gruyere or 1/4 cup pecorino Romano; scatter breadcrumbs over the top. Bake until browned on top, about 30 minutes.
DREAMSICLE CAKE
By stepjo7269
Judy Orr-Gilleland (RN at VAMC)
- 1 box orange supreme cake mix
- 1 can drained mandarin oranges
- 12 oz Cool Whip
- 16 oz sour cream
- 1 c. sugar
- ●Mix cake as directed on box and add mandarin oranges to cake mix. Pour into 9 x 13 baking pan.
- ●Bake at 350 F for 25-30 minutes. Cool completely.
- ●Mix Cool Whip, sour cream and sugar until well blended. Top cake with Cool Whip mixture.
CLASSIC CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
By stepjo7269
Taste of Home's Family Favorite Pasta magazine p
- SOUP INGREDIENTS:
- 1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 4 pounds), cut up
- 10 cups water
- 1 large carrot, sliced
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1 celery rib, sliced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 large carrots, sliced
- 2 celery ribs, sliced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cups uncooked fine egg noodles
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 cup frozen cut green beans
- Directions
- ● In a large soup kettle or Dutch oven, combine the first 10 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes or until juices run clear, skimming the surface as foam rises.
- ● Remove chicken. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Cut meat into bite-size pieces; set aside.
- ● Strain broth, discarding vegetables and bay leaf. Return broth to the pan; add the carrots, celery and onion. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
- ● Add noodles and chicken. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 6 minutes. Stir in peas and beans. Cook for 2-4 minutes or until beans and noodles are tender.
BUTTERY TOFFEE COOKIES
By stepjo7269
Land O Lakes Butter rapper Makes 4 dozen cookies
- 1 C. Land O Lakes butter softened*
- 1 C. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tea. vanilla
- 2 ½ C. all-purpose flour
- 1 tea. baking soda
- ½ tea. salt
- 1 (8 ounce) package milk chocolate toffee bits
- ● Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- ● Combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in large mixer bowl.
- ● Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- ● Reduce speed to low; add flour, baking soda and salt.
- ● Beat until well mixed.
- ● Stir in toffee bits by hand.
- ● Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- ● Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
- ● Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
LEMON CRUMB CAKE
By stepjo7269
Taste of Home By: Katie Wollgast from Florissant, Missouri
- TOPPING:
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 can (15-3/4 ounces) lemon pie filling
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- Reduced-fat vanilla ice cream, optional
- Directions:
- ●In a large bowl, beat the first five ingredients until well blended.
- ●In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into buttermilk mixture until blended.
- ●Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in baking pan coated with cooking spray. Drop pie filling by teaspoonfuls over batter.
- ●In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in almonds; sprinkle over batter.
- ●Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- ●Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.
LEMON & LIME JELL
By stepjo7269
Aretha Collins
- 1 pkg. lemon Jell-O
- 1 pkg. lime Jell-O
- 1 pkg. cream cheese
- 1 can crushed pineapple
- 1 pkg. (1-2 C.) of pecan pieces
- ●Chop or dice pecan pieces to small pieces. Put 1 tea. butter into a pan and roast pecans for 15 min.
- ●Open Jell-O and pour into a bowl. Add 2 C. cold water to Jell-O and mix. Add 3 C. boiling water to Jell-O and mix.
- ●Add cream cheese to Jell-O and mix with a fork and then stir with a wire whip.
- ●Add pecans and pineapple into Jell-O and mix.
- ●Put into dish and chill in the refrigerator for 25 min. Then stir with a spoon and let chill for 1 ½ hrs. in the freezer. After ½ hrs., take out of the freezer and put in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
HEAVENLY ANGEL FOOD CAKE
By stepjo7269
Taste of Home By: Fayrene De Koker of Auburn, Washington
- 1-1/2 cups egg whites (about 12)
- 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- Directions
- ●Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- ●Sift confectioners' sugar and flour together twice; set aside.
- ●Add the cream of tartar, extracts and salt to egg whites; beat on medium speed until soft
- peaks form.
- ●Gradually add sugar, about 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on high until stiff glossy peaks
- form and sugar is dissolved.
- ●Gradually fold in flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time.
- ●Gently spoon into an ungreased 10-in. tube pan. Cut through the batter with a knife to
- remove air pockets.
- ●Bake on the lowest oven rack at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until lightly browned and
- entire top appears dry. Immediately invert pan; cool completely, about 1 hour.
- ●Run a knife around side and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a serving plate.
Corned Beef Brining
By stepjo7269
1. Combine all of the brine ingredients and bring to a boil, then cool
- 1 (8 -10 lb) beef brisket
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and cut in thirds
- The Brine
- 2 quarts water
- 1 cup kosher salt
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon peppercorn
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- The Simmering Liquid
- water, to come up 3/4 to side of brisket
- 1 teaspoon peppercorn
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon whole cloves
- 4 garlic cloves, sliced