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Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
By Wollygator
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup Hershey’s cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups (12-oz package) Reese’s Peanut Butter chips
Green Beans with Creamy Garlic Dressing
By Wollygator
1. Place a medium bowl of ice water near the stove
- 1 pound green beans, trimmed and cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces
- 1 small clove garlic, minced, or ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup nonfat plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, (optional)
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Pork Tenderloin with Soy, Ginger and Cilantro
By Wollygator
1. Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 2 2 tbsp. honey
- 2 zest and juic3e of 2 limes
- 2 2 2 tbsp. finely grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 1 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 2 1-inch (1-pound) pork tenderloins, cut into 1-inch cubes
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Shooting Star
By Wollygator
Pour that good stuff into a rocks glass with ice
- 1 1/2 oz. Blue Chair Bay Coconut Spiced Rum
- Energy Drink of your choice
Pumpkin Pancakes
By Wollygator
1. Whisk flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in a large bowl
- 1½ cups white whole-wheat flour (see Tips)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1½ cups buttermilk (see Tips)
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup toasted chopped pecans (see Tips)
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
By Wollygator
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place the oven rack in the center of the oven
- 2/3 2/3 2/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 2 2 large egg
- 1 1 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract or almond extract
- 1 1 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1-3/4 1-3/4 1-3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup shelled, unsalted pistachios, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup dried cranberries or cherries
Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
By Wollygator
1. Preheat the oven to 425°F
- 2 pounds Red Bliss, Yukon Gold, or other thin-skinned potatoes (5 to 6 medium potatoes), scrubbed clean
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon dried rosemary or 2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
Lemon Velvet Supreme
By Wollygator
1. Combine vanilla yogurt and pudding mix; gently stir together
- 2 cups fat-free vanilla yogurt
- 3 tablespoons instant lemon pudding mix
- 8 squares graham crackers, crushed
- 1 (4-ounce) can mandarin orange slices, drained (or your favorite fruit)
Christmas Tree Cake
By Wollygator
1. Preheat oven to 359 degrees
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 (10-oz.) bag marshmallows
- 1 (16-oz.) can plus 1 cup vanilla frosting, divided
- Green and yellow food coloring
- 1 waffle ice cream cone
- 1 cup pearlized chocolate balls (such as Sixlets)
- 1 large green gum ball
Tropical Fruit Compote
By Wollygator
1. In a saucepan, combine 3/4 cup of water with the sugar, lemon juice and lemon peel (and rum or vanilla extract, ...
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 piece lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon rum or vanilla extract (optional)
- 1 pineapple cored and peeled, cut into 8 slices
- 2 mangos peeled and pitted, cut into 8 pieces
- 3 bananas, peeled, cut into 8 diagonal pieces
- fresh mint leaves (optional)