Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Paije's Pink Sugar Cookies

Cookie
1 cup of butter (softened)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. baking soda
4 tsp. baking powder
4.5 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Add sour cream and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. Roll on floured surface 1/3 to 1/2 inch thick. Use a a round cookie cutter and place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 14-17 minutes.

Frosting
32oz. package powdered sugar
3/4 cup shortening (not butter flavor)
1/2 cup butter/margerine
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp salt

Throw all the wet stuff in first and slowly add powdered sugar.

Spritz Cookies

1.5 cups butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
3.5 cups flour
colored sprinkles

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Add flour, one cup at a time. Dough will be soft, don't refrigerate. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. This is the pampered chef recipe.

Ghiradelli Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup butter (softened)
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 (12oz) bag chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift and add flour mixture. Bake at 375 9-11 minutes.

Mom's Cabin Cookies

1 cup butter (softened)
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2.5 cups flour
1.5 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups Hershey's Mini Kisses (milk chocolate)

Preheat oven to 375. In large bowl beat butter, peanut butter, and sugars. Add eggs. Sift flour, soda, powder and salt. Add to butter mixture. Last add the mini kisses. Roll in sugar and press with two fingers. Bake 8-10 minutes.

30 Day Bran Muffins

This recipe is from John's Mom. She makes these every Christmas to pass out to friends. I am addicted, I love these muffins.

2 cups boiling water
5 tsp. baking soda
1 qt. buttermilk (4 cups)
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
4 eggs
6 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
4 cups all bran cereal
2 cups bran flakes cereal

Boil water in large pot. Add baking soda and buttermilk and stir. In your largest mixing bowl (my kitchen aid works, just barely) combine shortening, sugar and salt. Beat in eggs one at a time. Alternate flour and liquid. Then add cereal and mix slowly until combined. Scoop into containers with lids and you can either freeze or keep in the fridge for up to 30 days. Bake at 425 for 15 min.

This recipe is originally from John's great grandmother Wyatte Shellenberger.

Fried Rice

4 cups of cooked rice (room temperature)
2 eggs (beaten)
1 cup frozen peas (thawed)
2 Tbs. grated carrot
1/2 cup diced onion
1.5 Tbs. butter
2 Tbs. soy sauce
salt/pepper (dash)
1 cup diced spam

Scramble eggs in a small pan and separate into pea sized bites. Combine rice, peas, carrots, egg, onion and spam in a large bowl and toss together. Melt butter in large saucepan over med/high heat. When butter has melted dump bowl of ingredients in and add soy sauce and salt/pepper. Cook 6-8 minutes stirring often. I like to serve this with teriyaki chicken or egg rolls.

Parmesan Bread Sticks

1 loaf of Rhodes frozen bread dough
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Thaw bread dough for about 2 hours. Cut loaf into 8 pieces and stretch each piece to about 6". Melt butter in a shallow dish and dip each bread stick top into the butter and then roll it in the parmesan cheese. Place on a greased baking sheet and let rise for 30 minutes. Bake at 400 for about 12 minutes.