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Traditional Shortbread
By KimberlyB
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup caster (or granulated) sugar
- 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- Extra sugar to sprinkle
Lazy Caramel Corn
By KimberlyB
Pop bags of popcorn and dump into a bowl
- 2 bags of microwave popcorn
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Almond Joy Cookies
By KimberlyB
Pre-heat oven to 375°F Lightly grease cookie sheets
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 3 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 cups chocolate chips
- 2 cups sweetened coconut
- 2 cups chopped almonds
Recipe for Slow Cooker Enchilada Casserole
By KimberlyB
1. Stir the beef, salsa, onion powder, chili powder, cumin and garlic together in bottom of slow cooker
- 1 lb ground beef, browned and drained (I like to cook ground beef in bulk and then store in freezer zipper bags in 1 lb increments. It saves time when you're putting something like this together.)
- 2 cups salsa or picante sauce (I used mild)
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed)
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 cup frozen corn (you could use canned corn, too if you want)
- 3 whole wheat tortillas, cut into one inch squares (I used a pizza cutter to help make this super fast)
- 2 cups shredded sharp or medium cheddar cheese
- Sour cream, extra salsa, cilantro, for serving
Brownies on Steroids
By KimberlyB
The ultimate chocolate rush- sweet, thick brownies topped with chocolate chips, toasted pecans, English toffee an...
- 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 3/4 cup cold butter
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
- 1 cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans
- 1/2 cup coconut
- 1/3 cup English toffee bits
Santa-Size Gingerbread Cookies
By KimberlyB
1. In a medium bowl stir together flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves; set aside
- 2 1/2 2 1/2
- cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 2 1/2
- teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 2
- teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 3/4
- teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 1/2
- teaspoon salt
- 1/8 1/8
- teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- Dash ground cloves
- 3/4 3/4
- cup butter, softened
- 1 1
- cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 1/2
- cup mild-flavor molasses
- 1 1
- egg
Peanut Butter Cake Bars Recipe
By KimberlyB
•In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 package (11-1/2 ounces) milk chocolate chips
Italian Bread
By KimberlyB
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- 3 and 1/2 cups bread flour (the last 1/4 cup or less to be added as needed)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 and 3/4 cups warm water (1/2 cup of this will be for the yeast mixture)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 gently beaten egg white
Quinoa Salad
By KimberlyB
Cook quinoa in 1 1/2 c water according to package directions, omitting salt and oil if called for
- Dressing:
- 3/4 c dry quinoa
- 1 1/2 c water
- 1 c diced red pepper
- 1 c canned black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 c frozen corn, thawed
- 1/2 c diced red onion
- 3 TBS cider vinegar
- 2 TBS canola oil
- 1 TBS sugar
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black papper
- 1/3 c crumbled feta cheese
Creamy Squash Soup
By KimberlyB
Place squash in saucepan along with carrots, onions, and broth then add in the salt
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 3 cans chicken broth (13 3/4-ounces each)
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced
- 1 cup diced onion
- 2 lb Butternut Squash, halved, peeled and seeded; cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/3-1/2 cup light cream, you can use heavy if desired