Dessert

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

- 1 tsp baking soda

- 1 tsp salt

- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

- 1 cup brown sugar

- 1/2 cup granulated sugar

- 1 cup penat butter 

- 2 large eggs

- 2 tbspcvanilla extract

- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with silicone liners or parchment paper.

2. Whisk togheter flour, baking soda and salt.

3. Using an electric mixer on midium speed, beat butter, brown sugar and sugar until light and creamy. Add       peanat butter, and mix until combined. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.

4. Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually add flour mixure, mixing just until combined.

5. Stir in chocolate chips

6. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto prepared pans. Bake 10 to 12 min, or until cookies are lightly                 browned but centers are still soft.

7. Cool cookies on pan for 5 min. Then transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely

You see it on the picture. There is just a few cookies left. My family loved the cookies.

French Toast

French toast is awesome so I made it for breakfast on a Sunday 

INGREDIENTS

• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 8 thick slices of 2-day-old bread, better if slightly stale
• Butter
• Maple syrup

METHOD

1 Beat eggs, milk, and cinnamon together. If using, add orange zest and/or Triple Sec. Whisk until well blended. Pour into a shallow bowl.

2 Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture, allowing bread to soak up some of the mixture. Melt some butter (or use vegetable oil) over a large skillet on medium high heat. Add as many slices of bread onto the skillet as will fit at a time. Fry until brown on both sides, flipping the bread when necessary.

3 Serve hot with butter, maple syrup, and if available, fresh berries.

Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce

I made this at my aunt's suggestion. It tastes pretty good

Ingredients:

2 cups half and half

15 ounce can pure pumpkin

1 cup plus 2 tbs dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

10 cups 1/2-inch cubes egg bread

1/2 cup raisins (i didn't put in raisins)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350. Whisk half and half, pumpkin, dark brown sugar, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and vanilla extract in large bowl to blend. Fold in bread cubes. Transfer mixture to glass baking dish. Let stand 15 minutes. Bake pumpkin bread pudding until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes

For Caramel Sauce:

Whisk brown sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until butter melts. Whisk in cream and stir until sugars dissolves and sacue is smooth, about 3 minutes. Single recipe makes 6 servings. 

breakfast

Karen's Pancake

It's a pretty easy breakfast, but it's always very delicious.

Ingredients
- 2 cup flour
- 6 tsp baking pouder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar
Add:
- 1 cup milk (might need a bit more)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup apple sauce

Instructions
1. Mix all togheter
2. Add the 3 things (milk, eggs, apple sauce)
3. bon appetit!

Easy Omelettes

This is just an easy quick way to do eggs. Its fun and tasty that I just...make.

Ingredients
- 4 Eggs
- 1/4 Bell Pepper
- Salt
- Pepper
-1tsp butter

Directions
-Heat a medium sauce pan on med heat
-Whisk eggs, salt and pepper together
-Finely dice bell pepper
-Melt butter, swirling around
-Add egg to pan
-As the eggs cook, frequently pull edges into the center....the key is to keep the egg moving.
-When the bottom is almost done but the top is still quite raw add the bell pepper
-Fold sides over and flip to cook top


This recipe worked well, much nicer in a large pan because you get a softer egg. The peppers should be sauteed first to remove some of the water. When they arnt then the egg gets lots of water afterwards.

Dutch Meatball Soup

This is the kind of soup my family has almost every Sunday and I've always really liked it. 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp meatloaf spices

1/2 cup bread crambs

1 pound hamburger

1 cup carrot

1 cup celery

1 cup onion

1 cup broccoli

knorr beef cubes (2)

2 pkg knorr veg mix

1 cup noodles

Instructions:

1) Fill a pan of water, put on stove to boil

2) Mix meatloaf spices and bread crumbs to hamburger. Put bowl in fridge

3) Cut up carrots, celery, onion, and broccoli. Put in boiling water.

4) Make meatballs from previous mixture and put into the pan

5) add knorr beef cubes and let simmer for 1 hour

6) 1/2 hour beofre serving add knorr veg mix and noodles

BLT Pasta Salad

    I've always liked pasta salads so I decided to make one. Overall it was a success, it tasted pretty good and my family liked it.





Ingredients:
1 (7 ounce) package rotini pasta noodles (cooked and drained)
8 slices bacon (cooked until crispy and crumbled)
1 cup mayonnaise (or salad dressing)
¼ cup lemon juice concentrate
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons chicken flavored instant bouillon
1 large tomato (seeded and chopped)
¼ cup green onions (sliced)
4 cups lettuce (thinly sliced)

Instructions:
Step 1: In a small bowl combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, chicken flavor instant bouillon, and sugar. Mix well until smooth.
Step 2: In a serving bowl add noodles, bacon, tomato, and green onions, Toss with dressing. Stir in lettuce right before serving.
(Makes 10 Servings)