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A yummy sweet cookie frosting. This frosting would also be super tasty on cakes or cupcakes.
Enjoy!
What you need:
1/3 cup softened unsalted butter
1/4 cup of milk
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of almond extract
4 1/4 cups of powdered sugar
Steps:
In a medium size bowl mix all ingredients together. That’s it!
Happy frosting making!
What You Need:
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
3/4 cup of light brown sugar (firmly packed)
3/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 cup unsalted softened butter (2 sticks)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 10oz bag of mini chocolate chips
Steps:
1. Blend together both sugars and softened butter. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Set aside.
2. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda.
3. Combine the wet and dry ingredients together and add bag of mini chocolate chips.
4. Scoop tablespoon size of cookie dough onto cookie pan.
5. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes. (Oven time may vary. 8 minutes worked for mine.)
TO GET THE RIPPLES
Take the cookies out 2 to 3 minutes before they are fulling done baking. With both hands (with oven mitts on) beat the pan against the counter a few times. Don’t be too gentle, have fun with it. You will see with your eyes the ripples begin to form. Place back in oven to finish baking.
Set on cooling rack when complete.
Notes: cookie dough can be stored in fridge for 2 to 4 days. If you choose to freeze the dough I would recommend no longer than 2 to 3 months.
Makes between 20 to 25 cookies (depending on desired size)
Bake at 350 for 8 to 10mins (oven time may vary)
What You Need:
1 cup of all-purpose flour
1 full stick of softened unsalted butter (8 tablespoons)
2 cups of rolled oats
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips (I used dark, but you can use semisweet too)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Steps:
1. In a medium size bowl mix together oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour.
2. In a large bowl beat with an electric mixer the brown sugar, the stick of butter, and granulated sugar until combined. Beat in egg. Then beat in maple syrup and vanilla extract. Once it’s all combined begin beating in the flour mixture. (Can use hands when it begins getting thicker)
4. Once mixture is set add chocolate chips and mix well. (If you have kids this is fun for them to mix with their hands)
5. Place generous dollops of oatmeal batter onto parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 mins.
Note: when taking the cookies out of the oven beat the tray on the counter a few times to enhance a chewy soft texture. So yummy. It needs to be done RIGHT AWAY once pulled out.
ALSO, I personally bake one tray at a time on the high rack. This recipe made about 3 trays for me.
Enjoy!
This bread is easy to make and super tasty. A yummy quick breakfast treat, but hey, if you want to have this for lunch or dinner I won’t judge!
Is best served warmed up with unsalted butter! Enjoy!
(This is called ‘Breakfast Zucchini Bread’ because it’s best to make in the evening and allow to sit overnight.)
Makes one small 8 x 4 loaf
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
What You Need:
1 large zucchini or 2 small ones finely shredded
1 beaten egg
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon plus a sprinkle of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
Steps:
1. In one small bowl whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda.
2. In a separate medium/large size bowl mix the beaten egg, sugar, vegetable oil, and shredded zucchini with an electric mixer.
3. Begin adding the dry ingredients (the flour and spices) to the wet ingredients (the egg and oil) slowly till batter is consistent.
4. Generously butter up the loaf pan and pour batter into pan. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
5. When bread is complete, allow to cool completely. Cover and let it sit overnight.
And then, enjoy for breakfast!
Servings: 4 – 6 servings
Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Temperate should read 165 when complete.
What You Need:
1 lb ground beef
1 cup bread crumbs
1 diced onion OR 1 tablespoon of onion powder
1 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
1 egg beaten
Steps:
1. Combine all ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Reserving 1/2 cup of the barbecue sauce.
2. Mix well with hand, form loaf shape and place in loaf pan. Pour remaining barbecue sauce over loaf.
3. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Allow meatloaf to rest for about ten minutes. Check meatloaf temperature, it should read 165.
Enjoy with fresh veggies and roasted potatoes.
What You Need:
1 loaf of French bread (Vienna bread is tasty with this recipe as well) cut in 1/2 inch slices
1 cup whole milk
2 tablespoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
4 beaten eggs
Cinnamon sugar spice, fresh fruit, and pure maple syrup for finishing – OPTIONAL (but truthfully, makes a huge difference!)
Steps:
1. Heat skillet to medium-high heat.
2. In a shallow bowl combine beaten eggs, whole milk, vanilla extract and sugar. Dip bread slices into egg mixture and allow a few moments to absorb the mixture on both sides of each slice.
3. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter on a hot skillet and begin your first batch of bread slices. 2-3 minutes on each slice of bread until golden.
4. Repeat step 3 with remaining butter and bread slices.
While warm spread softened butter on French toast. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar and serve with pure maple syrup and fresh fruit.
Enjoy!
Makes: 4-6 servings Time: 25 mins in oven (oven time can vary)
What You Need:
1 lb to 1 1/2 lbs of thin chicken breasts cut into 1/4 inch strips
1 lb of baby bell peppers cut in half and seeded
1 large yellow onion sliced
2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon of Chili Powder
2 teaspoons of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper
1 teaspoon of paprika
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1 large lime
8 to 10 warmed tortillas
Steps:
1. In a small bowl mix together the chili powder, salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.
2. Line a sheet pan with foil. Arrange baby bell peppers on the sheet pan. Drizzle a tablespoon of olive oil onto the peppers and apply half of the seasoning from the bowl to the peppers.
3. Place the sheet of peppers under the broiler for about 15 to 20 mins until peppers begin to blacken a little and char. (If your broiler has a setting for low or high, set it to high)
4. In a medium bowl combine the chicken strips, tablespoon of olive oil, and the rest of the seasoning.
5. Pull out sheet pan and place chicken strips onto the peppers. Broil for an additional 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
6. Squeeze lime over entire sheet of peppers and chicken.
Serve with warmed tortillas, sour cream, cheese, guacamole, or salsa! So easy and delish!
Enjoy!
Note: This is all made with the broiler setting on your oven. You are NOT baking these. Broilers can be tricky, it’s okay to keep opening your oven to check with the peppers. With the chicken though, 5 mins is the magic number! Don’t open the oven!
Step 1: Fill a small to medium size pot of water, then, place desired amount of eggs into water. Turn stove top to medium high (to about a 7 or 8 on stove)
Step 2: When water comes to a rolling boil, turn heat down to medium (About a 5 or 4). You want to keep the rolling boil going but you don’t want it to be an aggressive boil. Set timer for 18 minutes.
Step 3: Once the timer goes off remove pot from stove immediately and place eggs into an ice bath (a bowl of water with ice). Let sit for about 5 to 10 minutes.
After removing from ice bath, cut in half, and your eggs should look like this.
PERFECT AND DELICIOUS.
That’s it!! Place in fridge to enjoy later or eat right away.
Oven: 400 Makes: 12 muffins Bake: 15-18 mins oven time varies
Insert toothpick and when it comes out clean then it’s complete
What You Need For Muffins:
1 3/4 cups of flour
1 1/4 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 beaten egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
3/4 cup fresh blueberries
What You Need For Oatmeal Streusel Topping:
3 tablespoons of brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
A dash of nutmeg (optional)
2 tablespoons of butter
3-5 tablespoons of rolled oats (if you don’t want to use oats you can use flour)
Steps For Muffins:
1. Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in large mixing bowl. In another small mixing bowl combine beaten egg, milk, and oil.
2. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and then add egg mixture. Mix until completely combined. Then add fresh blueberries to mixture.
3. Spoon batter into muffin tins, then sprinkle streusel topping on muffins. Bake at 400 for 15 to 18 mins.
Serve with softened butter. Absolutely delish.
Steps For Oatmeal Streusel Topping:
Combine the oatmeal, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl. Add butter until the mixture becomes crumbly. Sprinkle onto muffins before baking.
Easy, yummy, and quick!
Once you figure out how easy this is the possibilities are endless!
I’m so excited to try more flavors and to really get creative!
Let’s just get to it shall we.
All You Need Is (for this specific pop-tart)
• premade pie crust
• smuckers natural strawberry fruit spread
• The egg white of ONE egg (all you do is brush this over the pastry before popping into the oven)
• Cookie Icing
(Sprinkles optional)
Maybe one of these days I’ll try making these with homemade dough and icing but I don’t have time! Do you!? This method of using store bought and pre-made makes this super easy, especially with your kids!
This is something fun then can make by themselves too! With adult supervision with the oven of course.
Steps:
Step 1. Follow steps on the pre-made dough, on the box of dough I bought it said to roll out and let rise for 20 mins.)
– once dough is ready, cut out the size of rectangles you want and as many as you want (doesn’t need to be perfect).
– in this picture there are 6 rectangles which will make 3 pop -tarts.
Step 2:
Put a dollop amount of strawberry spread onto the rectangles. However many you are making you want to make sure each rectangle has a plain one to go on top.
Step 3.
Place a plain rectangle of dough onto each rectangle with strawberry spread. And seal each pastry with a fork. Poke some holes on top with a toothpick.
Brush egg white wash all over the pastries. (whisk egg white a little before brushing)
(I made these with my girls so they aren’t the prettiest but I’m sure if you have time you can do a nicer job!)
Step 5.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes (oven time may vary) allow to cool
Step 6.
Add cookie icing and sprinkles!
Enjoy! See, simple!
Now go get creative and Wild with this!!!
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